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.
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 |
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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Algeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
Mauritania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 0 |
Algeria | 3–0 | Mauritania |
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Boukar 44' Djahmoune 52' Dahmani 85' |
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 | 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 |
Final tournament edit
Venues edit
Amman | |
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Amman International Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | |
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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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 edit
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 24' |
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 edit
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
19 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
Syria (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||
21 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
Egypt | 0 (3) | |||||
Iraq (pen.) | 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 edit
Third place play-off edit
Final edit
Top scorers edit
- 4 Goals
- 2 Goals
References edit
External links edit
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