2021 Arab Women's Cup
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| كأس العرب للسيدات 2021 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Egypt |
| Dates | 24 August – 6 September |
| Teams | 7 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 3 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Jordan (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Tunisia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 12 |
| Goals scored | 63 (5.25 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Nadine Ghazi(7 goals) |
← 2006 2027 → | |
The 2021 Arab Women's Cup (Arabic: كأس العرب للسيدات 2021) was the second edition of the Arab Women's Cup for national women's football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The tournament was hosted by Egypt between 24 August and 6 September 2021.[1][2]
Hosts Egypt lost to eventual winners Jordan in the semi-finals. Jordan beat Tunisia 1–0 in the final.
Did not enter
Venues
| Cairo | |||
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| Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium | Police Academy Stadium | Air Defense Stadium | |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 1,000 | |
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt, all the matches were played behind closed doors without any spectators.
Squads
Match officials
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Referees
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Assistant Referees
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Group stage
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria:
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Egypt (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tunisia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Lebanon |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Sudan |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 0 |
| Egypt | 10–0 | Sudan |
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| Lebanon | 0–4 | Egypt |
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| Lebanon | 5–1 | Sudan |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Algeria |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Jordan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Palestine |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
Knockout stage
- In the knockout stage, extra-time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 3 September—Cairo | ||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||
| 6 September—Cairo | ||||||
| Jordan | 5 | |||||
| Jordan | 1 | |||||
| 3 September—Cairo | ||||||
| Tunisia | 0 | |||||
| Algeria | 2 (3) | |||||
| Tunisia (p) | 2 (4) | |||||
Semi-finals
| Egypt | 2–5 | Jordan |
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Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
There have been 63 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
3 goals
Rahma Benaichouche- Naïma Bouhani
Salwa El-Mitwalli
Eya Jeddi- Imen Mchara
2 goals
1 goal
- Kenza Hadjar
- Imène Merrouche
- Madina Ramdani
- Yasmine Abu Al Joud
- Samia Adam
- Asmaa Gomaa
- Sara Essam Mohamed
- Dana Nadda
- Noha Sadek
- Manar Salem
- Samar El Zayat
Ayah Al-Majali- Luna Al-Masri
- Shahnaz Jebreen
Christy Maalouf
Rawan Abdelmoneim- Rayan Ragab
- Rimel Aboud
- Ghada Ayadi
- Ahlem Hattab
- Yassmine Jemaii
- Wafa Masoud
- Samia Ouni
Final standings
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos. | Team | G | Pld | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
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| 1 | Jordan |
B | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 6 | +5 |
| 2 | Tunisia |
A | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 6 | +10 |
| Eliminated in the semi-finals | ||||||||||
| 3 | Algeria |
B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | +5 |
| 3 | Egypt (H) |
A | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 7 | +11 |
| Eliminated in the group stage | ||||||||||
| 5 | Lebanon |
A | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Palestine |
B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | −6 |
| 7 | Sudan |
A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 27 | −25 |