In the early morning of December 12, Beijing time, the final 2021 Arab Nations Cup Round 8 knockout rounds ended the last two matches, the Egyptian men's football team eliminated the Jordan men's football team 3-1, and the Algerian men's football team eliminated the defending champion Morocco men's football team 5-3 on penalties. At this point, all the top 4 teams in this tournament have been produced, and only the host Qatar men's team in the Asian region has been produced.
As the most important football event in the Arab region, the Arab Nations Cup was restarted after 9 years, the last time it was held in Saudi Arabia, and finally Morocco won the championship.
The Arab Nations Cup is a test match for the 2022 World Cup, with hosts Qatar and Tunisia taking the lead in advancing to the final four. The third round-of-eight knockout round was played between Egypt and Jordan, which did not reach the final four of the tournament, with Jordan finishing fourth in 1988.
In the latest edition of FIFA's world rankings, Egypt ranks 45th, Jordan ranks 91st and Asia ranks 14th.
In the 11th minute of the first half, Yazan Naimat's powerful shot from inside the penalty area went straight into the net to help Jordan take a 1-0 lead.
In the 45th minute of the first half, Hamdi flicked his head into the far corner to win the game, and Egypt equalized 1-1.
In the second half, no two teams did not score, and the game went into extra time. In the 99th minute, Rifat scored and Egypt won 2-1. In the 119th minute, Marwan-Daoud scored a goal for Egypt to seal the win and eventually eliminated Jordan 3-1.
In a match that began later, Algeria and Morocco played a 2-2 draw within 120 minutes, and finally decided to advance the team through a penalty shootout, and Algeria eliminated Morocco 5-3 on penalties.
After this, all the top 4 teams in the Arab National Cup have been produced, only the host Qatar has advanced to the Asian team, the UAE team, Jordan and Oman have been eliminated, and the other 3 teams in the top 4 have been occupied by African teams, namely Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia.
As hosts, Qatar finished runners-up in the 1998 Arab Nations Cup and now has another chance to attack the title. With egypt, Algeria and Tunisia all sidelined, Qatar has a chance to win the title.