1988 Arab Cup
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 | Iraq (4th title) |
Runners-up | Syria |
Third place | Egypt |
Fourth place | Jordan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 35 (1.46 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ahmed Radhi (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | Tawfiq Al-Saheb |
The 1988 Arab Nations Cup is the fifth edition of the Arab Nations Cup hosted by Amman, Jordan. The defending champion Iraq won the title for the 4th time.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Participants | |
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Zone | Team |
Hosts | Jordan |
Holders | Iraq |
Zone 1 (Gulf Area) | Bahrain |
Kuwait Ol. | |
Zone 2 (Red Sea) | Egypt |
Saudi Arabia Ol. | |
Zone 3 (North Africa) | Algeria UT |
Tunisia | |
Zone 4 (East Region) | Syria |
Venues
Amman | |
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Amman International Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | |
Squads
Group stage
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
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Egypt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
Iraq | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
Tunisia | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 |
Saudi Arabia Ol. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
Egypt | 0–0 | Saudi Arabia Ol. |
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Attendance: 17 000
Saudi Arabia Ol. | 1–1 | Tunisia |
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Farhan 80' | Maaloul 90' (pen.) |
Attendance: 8 000
Lebanon | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia Ol. |
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Hammoud 81' |
Attendance: 18 000
Iraq | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia Ol. |
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Radhi 13', 35' |
Attendance: 22 000
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Jordan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
Syria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Algeria UT | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Kuwait Ol. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Bahrain | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Syria | 1–1 | Algeria UT |
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Jakalan 31' | Hadj Adlane 62' |
Attendance: 15 000
Jordan | 0–1 | Kuwait Ol. |
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Al Breiki |
Attendance: 21 000
Algeria UT | 0–0 | Bahrain |
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Attendance: 21 000
Algeria UT | 1–0 | Kuwait Ol. |
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Hadj Adlane 32' |
Attendance: 19 000
Syria | 1–0 | Kuwait Ol. |
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Kardaghli 81' |
Attendance: 20 000
Jordan | 2–1 | Algeria UT |
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Yadaje 61' Abdel Muneim 75' |
El-Groud 74' |
Attendance: 27 000
Kuwait Ol. | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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Attendance: 20 000
Knock-out stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
19 July 1988 - Amman | ||||||
Syria | 0 (4) | |||||
21 July 1988 - Amman | ||||||
Egypt | 0 (3) | |||||
Iraq | 1 (4) | |||||
19 July 1988 - Amman | ||||||
Syria | 1 (3) | |||||
Iraq | 3 | |||||
Jordan | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
21 July 1988 - Amman | ||||||
Egypt | 2 | |||||
Jordan | 0 |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Top scorers
- 4 Goals
- 2 Goals
References
External links
Categories:
- 1988 Arab Nations 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