UAE and Egypt played out a 1-1 draw to keep their hopes of progressing to the quarter-finals of the Fifa Arab Cup alive while Jordan, Algeria and Iraq punched their tickets to the next round.
Nicolas Jimenez squared the ball for Caio Lucas to open the scoring against Egypt before the national team were pegged back by a Marwan Hamdy header in the 85th minute.
With Jordan having beaten Kuwait 3-1 earlier in the day to win Group C, it means the other three teams can all still progress with one game remaining.
Egypt sit second on two points ahead of their final group match against already-qualified Jordan on Tuesday, while Cosmin Olaroiu's side are third on one point, ahead of next opponents Kuwait, on goal difference.
Jordan sealed their place
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