FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025: Full match schedule, teams, groups and format

• The 11th FIFA Arab Cup is hosted by Qatar and kicks disconnected successful the capital, Doha, connected Monday.
• Tunisia volition look Syria, and Qatar volition big Palestine connected the opening time of the tournament.
• The last volition instrumentality spot astatine the iconic 89,000-seat Lusail Stadium connected December 18.
• A full of six venues person been selected, each of which were utilized during the 2022 World Cup.
• The 16 participating teams volition beryllium divided into 4 groups, with 32 matches successful total.
• The radical signifier volition tally until December 9, with the knockout signifier starting connected December 11.

Here are the details connected the teams, groups, format, lucifer fixtures, kickoff times and venues for FIFA Arab Cup 2025:

Teams and groups

⚽ Group A: Qatar, Tunisia, Syria, Palestine
⚽ Group B: Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Comoros
⚽ Group C: Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait
⚽ Group D: Algeria, Iraq, Bahrain, Sudan

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Format

The apical 2 teams successful each radical volition suffice for the knockout stage, which features the quarterfinals, semifinals and the final. There is besides a third-place playoff betwixt the 2 losing semifinalists.

In the knockout stages, if a lucifer is level astatine the extremity of mean playing time, it volition spell to 30 minutes of other clip and, if required, penalties.

Palestinian players observe successful Doha, Qatar, connected November 25 aft they defeated Libya 4-3 connected penalties to unafraid a spot successful the FIFA Arab Cup 2025, opening connected December 1 [Mahmud Hams/AFP]

Match schedule

⚽ Group Stage

December 1

Group A: Tunisia vs Syria (Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, 4:00 pm/13:00 GMT)

Group A: Qatar vs Palestine (Al Bayt Stadium, 7:30 pm/16:30 GMT)

December 2

Group B: Morocco vs Comoros (Khalifa International Stadium, 3pm/12:00 GMT)

Group C: Egypt vs Kuwait (Lusail Stadium, 5:30 pm/14:30 GMT)

Group B: Saudi Arabia vs Oman (Education City Stadium, 8 pm/17:00 GMT)

December 3

Group D: Algeria vs Sudan (Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, 3pm/12:00 GMT)

Group D: Iraq vs Bahrain (Stadium 974, 5:30pm/14:30 GMT)

Group C: Jordan vs United Arab Emirates (Al Bayt Stadium, 8pm/17:00 GMT)

December 4

Group A: Palestine vs Tunisia (Lusail Stadium, 5:30 pm/14:30 GMT)

Group A: Syria vs Qatar (Khalifa International Stadium, 8pm/17:00 GMT)

December 5

Group B: Oman vs Morocco (Education City Stadium, 5:30pm/14:30 GMT)

Group B: Comoros vs Saudi Arabia (Al Bayt Stadium, 8pm/17:00 GMT)

December 6

Group C: Kuwait vs Jordan (Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, 2pm/11:00 GMT)

Group D: Bahrain vs Algeria (Khalifa International Stadium, 4:30pm/13:30 GMT)

Group D: Sudan vs Iraq (Stadium 974, 7pm/16:00 GMT)

Group C: United Arab Emirates vs Egypt (Lusail Stadium, 9:30pm/18:30 GMT)

December 7

Group A: Qatar vs Tunisia (Al Bayt Stadium, 8pm/17:00 GMT)

Group A: Syria vs Palestine (Education City Stadium, 8pm/17:00 GMT)

December 8

Group B: Morocco vs Saudi Arabia (Lusail Stadium, 8pm/17:00 GMT)

Group B: Oman vs Comoros (Stadium 974, 8pm/17:00 GMT)

December 9

Group C: Egypt vs Jordan (Al Bayt Stadium, 5:30pm/14:30 GMT)

Group C: United Arab Emirates vs Kuwait (Stadium 974, 5:30pm/14:30 GMT)

Group D: Algeria vs Iraq (Khalifa International Stadium, 8pm/17:00 GMT)

Group D: Bahrain vs Sudan (Education City Stadium, 8pm/17:00 GMT)

Rest time connected December 10

⚽ Quarterfinals

December 11

Quarterfinal 1 (Khalifa International Stadium, 5:30pm/14:30 GMT)

Quarterfinal 2 (Lusail Stadium, 8:30pm/17:30 GMT)

December 12

Quarterfinal 3 (Education City Stadium, 5:30pm/14:30 GMT)

Quarterfinal 4 (Al Bayt Stadium, 8:30pm/17:30 GMT)

Rest days connected December 13 and 14 

⚽ Semifinals

December 15

Semifinal 1 (Khalifa International Stadium, 5:30pm/14:30 GMT)

Semifinal 2 (Al Bayt Stadium, 8:30pm/17:30 GMT)

Rest days connected December 16 and 17

⚽Third spot playoff

December 18 (Khalifa International Stadium, 2pm/11:00 GMT)

⚽ Final

December 18

Final (Lusail Stadium, Lusail, 7pm/16:00 GMT)

The Lusail Stadium, which hosted the 2022 FIFA World Cup final, volition beryllium the venue for the FIFA Arab Cup last connected December 18 [Adam Nurkiewicz/Getty Images]