Women's Football Cup Arabia in Bahrain Teams : Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Qatar and Syria Start : 18. October
18.10 GROUP A - Bahrain v Qatar, Palestine v Syria 19.10 GROUP B - Jordan v Iraq, Egypt v Lebanon 20.10 GROUP A - Bahrain v Syria, Palestine v Qatar 21.10 GROUP B - Jordan v Lebanon, Egypt v Iraq 22.10 GROUP A - Bahrain v Palestine, Qatar v Syria 23.10 GROUP B - Egypt v Jordan, Iraq v Lebanon 25.10 Semi-Finals 28.10 Final http://www.addustour.com/ViewTopic.aspx?ac=\Sports\2010\10\Sports_issue1097_day13_id272984.htm http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=288908
Arabia Cup spurs the women's game http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid=1317459.html#arabia+cup+spurs+womens+game
Today: Not a good start for the first debutant (Qatar) Bahrain 17-0 Qatar (Half-time 8-0]. Let's hope Iraq do better tomorrow against Jordan.
They had it tough, playing the tournament favourites in the first match. Their games get gradually easier - Egypt next followed by Lebanon. Based on that first result, I'd expect they may concede 12 or more against Egypt, and they may manage to keep Lebanon to 'only' 10. Gradually, by playing more games, they will improve. Most teams lose heavily at the beginning. It was only 30 or 40 years ago that Oman's men team lost 21-0 to Libya - now they are winning the Gulf Cup and playing top teams like Chile.
UAE - Iraq 6-1 http://m.gulfnews.com/sport/football/emiratis-too-powerful-for-iraqis-1.805094 UAE - Iraq 4-0 http://www.alkhaleej.ae/portal/7455117f-0051-44f9-b3c2-8316e4f46d54.aspx