1988 Arab Cup
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Jordan |
Dates | 8–21 July |
Teams | 10 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 35 (1.46 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
The 1988 Arab Cup was the fifth edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Amman, Jordan. The defending champion Iraq won the title for the 4th time.
Qualification[edit]
Jordan qualified automatically as hosts and Iraq as holders.
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)[edit]
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Zone 2 (Red Sea)[edit]
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Egypt & Saudi Arabia qualified.
Zone 3 (North Africa)[edit]
The tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria. Libya and Morocco withdrew.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 0 |
Algeria ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Boukar ![]() Djahmoune ![]() Dahmani ![]() |
Attendance: 3,000
Zone 4 (East Region)[edit]
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Syria qualified.
Qualified teams[edit]
The 8 qualified teams are:
Participants | |
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Zone | Team |
Hosts | ![]() |
Holders | ![]() |
Zone 1 (Gulf Area) | ![]() |
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Zone 2 (Red Sea) | ![]() |
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Zone 3 (North Africa) | ![]() |
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Zone 4 (East Region) | ![]() |
Final tournament[edit]
Venues[edit]
Amman | |
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Amman International Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | |
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Squads[edit]
Group stage[edit]
Algeria and Saudi Arabia did not send their senior national teams to the competition. Instead, Algeria sent a University XI, probably an Under-23 squad, while Saudi Arabia's A team was in Australia during the tournament.[1]
Group A[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
Egypt ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Attendance: 17,000
Saudi Arabia Ol. ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Farhan ![]() |
Maaloul ![]() |
Attendance: 8,000
Lebanon ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Hammoud ![]() |
Attendance: 18,000
Iraq ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Radhi ![]() |
Attendance: 22,000
Group B[edit]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
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4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Syria ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Jakalan ![]() |
Hadj Adlane ![]() |
Attendance: 15,000
Jordan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Al Breiki |
Attendance: 21,000
Algeria UT ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Attendance: 21,000
Algeria UT ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Hadj Adlane ![]() |
Syria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kardaghli ![]() |
Attendance: 20,000
Jordan ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Yadaje ![]() Abdel Muneim ![]() |
El-Groud ![]() |
Attendance: 27,000
Kuwait Ol. ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Attendance: 20,000
Knock-out stage[edit]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
19 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
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21 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
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19 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
21 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
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Semi-finals[edit]
Third place play-off[edit]
Final[edit]
Top scorers[edit]
- 4 Goals
- 2 Goals
References[edit]
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 1988 Arab Cup
- International association football competitions hosted by Jordan
- 1988 in African football
- 1988 in Asian football
- 1988–89 in Saudi Arabian football
- 1988–89 in Iraqi football
- 1988–89 in Qatari football
- 1988–89 in Bahraini football
- 1988 in Jordanian sport
- 1988 in Syrian sport
- 1988 in Egyptian sport
- 1988 in Tunisian sport
- 1988–89 in Lebanese football
- 1988–89 in Kuwaiti football
- 1988–89 in Syrian football
- Sports competitions in Amman
- July 1988 sports events in Asia