The first group of the tournament witnessed major surprises Qatari “Al-Annabi” is presented andCarthage Eagles team Two surprising defeats to both the Palestinian and Syrian national teams, respectively, with the same score, 1-0, in the opening round of the tournament.

Then, in the second round, Qatar and Tunisia fell into a draw against each other Syria (1-1) andPalestine (2-2) respectively.

After the matches of the first and second rounds, the Palestine national team is at the top of the first group with four points, superior on goal difference to its runner-up, Syria.

While Tunisia and Qatar occupy third and fourth places respectively with one point each, and Tunisia is on the verge of early exit from the tournament.

Qualification scenarios for the first group:

The national teams of Tunisia and Qatar, who qualified directly for the finals of the 2025 Arab Football Cup, have little chance of qualifying to the quarter-finals, unlike Syria and Palestine, who are coming from the qualifiers.

The expected scenario is that the Palestinian and Syrian teams will draw in their next match next Sunday, in the third and final round of the group stage. In this case, they will qualify together for the quarter-finals of the tournament, regardless of the result of the other match between Tunisia and Qatar.

While the Tunisian team needs to win against Qatar in exchange for Syria losing to Palestine with any result, or for Palestine to lose in that match by a difference of at least two goals or .

As for the Qatari team, it needs to win over Tunisia first, then wait for Palestine or Syria to win their last confrontation by a difference of two goals or .

In the event that Palestine wins over Syria with a goal and Qatar also wins over Tunisia with a goal, the decision will be made by fair play between Syria and Qatar to qualify for the quarter-finals, given that (in that hypothesis) they will be equal in points, goals, and attacking ranking.

Source: RT