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1992 Arab Cup

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1992 Arab Cup
1992 Arab Cup /
1992 Arab Games football tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySyria
Dates8–17 September
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Egypt
(1st title Arab Cup)
(3rd title Arab Games)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Kuwait
Fourth place Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Ayman Mansour
Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Owairan
Saudi Arabia Waleed Al-Felaij
(2 goals each)

The 1992 Arab Cup is the sixth edition of the Arab Cup and also counted as the seventh edition of the 1992 Arab Games football tournament, hosted by Syria, in 2 Provinces Aleppo and Damascus. Egypt won their first title of the Arab Cup and their third gold medal of the Arab Games by beating Saudi Arabia in the final.[1]

Part of the Arab Games

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The 1992 edition organized as part of the 1992 Arab Games football tournament was also counted as a part of the Arab Cup.[2]

Participated teams

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Iraq absent

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The most successful team and holder of the Arab Cup with four titles and the gold medalist holder in the Arab Games football tournament, Iraq the defending champions banned for playing in the Arab Cup due to Gulf War.[3]

Teams of the tournament

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Egypt participated with the olympic team. The 6 participated teams are:

Participants
Zone Team
Hosts  Syria
Holders None
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)  Kuwait
Zone 2 (Red Sea)  Egypt
 Saudi Arabia
Zone 3 (North Africa) None
Zone 4 (East Region)  Jordan
 Palestine

Venues

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Aleppo
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
 Kuwait 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 2
 Jordan 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Egypt 1–1 Jordan
Mansour 68' Tadrus 6'
Referee: Omar Al-Shaqeer (Saudi Arabia)


Egypt 1–0 Kuwait
Mansour 40'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3
 Syria 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Palestine 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Syria 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Kardaghli 78' Abdullah 58' (pen.)
Referee: Kamal Sobhi (Egypt)

Syria 0–0 Palestine

Knock-out stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 
 Egypt (pen.)0 (4)
 
17 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 Syria0 (3)
 
 Egypt3
 
15 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
 Saudi Arabia 2
 
 
 Kuwait0
 
Third place
 
 
17 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 
 Kuwait2
 
 
 Syria 1

Semi-finals

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Egypt 0–0 Syria
Penalties
4–3

Third place play-off

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Kuwait 2–1 Syria
Al-Flayah 11', 51'

Final

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Egypt 3–2 Saudi Arabia
El-Sheshini 4' (pen.)
El-Kass 26'
H. Hassan 85'
Al-Roomi 9'
Al-Owairan 73'
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Egypt 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 8 Gold Medal & Arab Cup champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Saudi Arabia 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kuwait 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 Bronze Medal
4  Syria (H) 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 Fourth place
5  Palestine 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 Eliminated in group stage
6  Jordan 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: rsssf[dead link]
(H) Hosts

References

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  1. ^ "في مثل هذا اليوم.. منتخب مصر بطلاً لكأس العرب 1992". Akhbar El-Yom. Omar Al-Banobi. 18 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Arab Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  3. ^ "تاريخ دورة الألعاب العربية". BBC Arabic. Ibrahim Al-Jarhi. 26 September 2004.
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