2009 Arab Nations Cup - Qualifying

Qualifying

  • The First qualifying Stage contains 8 teams which have lower FIFA Ranking. The 8 teams divided into 2 Groups, each group contain 4 teams and the group winners qualify the 2nd qualifying Stage.
  • The 2nd Qualifying Stage contains 16 seats, 14 teams who have a higher FIFA ranking get bye from the First Qualifying Round and are entered into 2nd Qualifying Round, plus 2 teams from the First qualifying Stage to complete the last 2 seats. 16 teams will be divided in to 4 Groups, 4 teams in each group and the group winners and runners-up will qualify to the Arab Nations Cup.

Top Seeds
(bye to 2nd Qualifying Round)

  • Algeria
  • Bahrain
  • Egypt
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • Tunisia
  • United Arab Emirates

Last 8
(1st Qualifying Round)

  • Comoros
  • Djibouti
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritania
  • Palestine
  • Somalia
  • Sudan
  • Yemen

The teams sorted by Alphabetical order

Read more about this topic:  2009 Arab Nations Cup