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

• Qatar hosts the 11th FIFA Arab Cup, which will take place on Monday in Doha, Qatar’s capital city.
• On the tournament’s opening day, Qatar will host Palestine while Tunisia will host Syria.
• On December 1st8, the iconic 89, 000-seat Lusail Stadium will host the final game.
• Six locations, all of which were used during the 2022 World Cup, have been chosen.
• There will be 32 matches between the 16 participating teams in total.
• The knockout stage will begin on December 1st1 and the group stage will continue until 9th December.

For the FIFA Arab Cup 2025, there are the details about the teams, groups, formats, matches, kickoff times, and locations:

Teams and organizations

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

Format

The knockout stage, which includes the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final, will feature the top two teams in each group. A third-place playoff will also be held between the two semifinalists who each lost.

If a match ends at the end of the regular playing period, it will have 30 minutes of extra time and, if necessary, penalties.

schedule of matches

Group Stage

December 1st

Tunisia vs. Syria at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium (4:00 pm / 13:00 GMT)

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

2 December

Group B: Morocco vs. the Comoros (Khalifa International Stadium, 3 p.m. / 00 GMT).

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

Group B: Oman vs. Saudi Arabia (Education City Stadium, 8:00 p.m. GMT)

3 December

Algeria vs. Sudan (Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, 3 p.m. / 00 GMT) Group D

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

Group C: Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (Al Bayt Stadium, 8 p.m. / 00 p.m. GMT)

4 December

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

Qatar vs. Syria at the Khalifa International Stadium (8 p.m. EST)

5th December

Oman vs. Morocco in Group B (Education City Stadium, 5:30 p.m. / 14 p.m. GMT)

Group B: Saudi Arabia vs. the Comoros (Al Bayt Stadium, 8 p.m. / 00 GMT)

6 December

Group C: Jordan vs. Kuwait (Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, 2 p.m. ET)

Bahrain and Algeria (Khalifa International Stadium, 4: 30 p.m., 13: 30 p.m. GMT)

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

United Arab Emirates vs. Egypt at Lusail Stadium on September 30th, 2018 / 30 GMT.

7-DECEMBER

Qatar vs. Tunisia at Al Bayt Stadium, 8 p.m. ET, 8:00 p.m.

Group A: Syria vs. Palestine (Education City Stadium, 8 p.m. / 00 GMT)

8th December

Group B: Morocco vs. Saudi Arabia (Lusail Stadium, 8 p.m. / 00 GMT)

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

9th December

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, 8 p.m. EST)

Bahrain vs. Sudan (Education City Stadium, 8 p.m. / 00 GMT) Group D

Rest day on December 1st0

Quarterfinals

December 1st1

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

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

December 1st2

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

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

Rest days on December 1st3 and 14 

Semifinals

December 1st5

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

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

Rest days on December 1st6 and 17

Third place playoff

December 1st8 (Khalifa International Stadium, 2pm/11:00 GMT)

Final

December 1st8

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

Source: Aljazeera