2002 Arab Cup final
football match
The 2002 Arab Cup final was a football match played on 30 December 2002 at the Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait, to determine the winner of the 2002 Arab Cup.
Saudi Arabia defeated Bahrain 1–0 in extra time to win their second consecutive Arab Cup.
Road to the final
In this edition, the ten qualifying teams had been divided into two groups. The two future finalists, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain ended up in the same group B. Saudi Arabia topped the group ahead of Bahrain.
In the semi-final, Saudi Arabia beat Morocco and Bahrain beat Jordan and met for a second time in the final.
Match
The Saudi national team maintained its title after becoming a champion of the 2002 Arab Cup soccer competition at Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium in Kuwait City in the final match of the eighth edition.
Mohammed Noor scored the golden goal in the 94th minute with a header after a cross pass from Abdulaziz Al-Janoubi, housed in the left corner of bahraini goalkeeper Ali Hassan.
At the start of the match, the Bahraini team relied on pressure on the players of the Saudi team, and with the passage of minutes, the Saudi team succeeded in possessing the ball and carrying out coordinated attacks that were broken before it reached the area of goalkeeper Ali Hassan.
The Saudi team had the advantage in the second half and tried hard to shake the net of Bahrain goalkeeper, whose players relied on defense and rapid counterattacks led by Ahmed Hassan and Hussein Ali.
The game took place in the middle of the field during most of times of the match.
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