1988 Arab Cup

1988 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Jordanien
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	Ägypten
Fourth place	Jordanien
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 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

Jordan qualified automatically as hosts and Iraq as holders.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Bahrain & Kuwait qualified.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Egypt & Saudi Arabia qualified.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

The tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria. Libya and Morocco withdrew.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algerien	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3
Tunesien	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
Mauretanien	2	0	0	2	1	5	–4	0

11 December 1987

Algerien	0–0	Tunesien

5 July Stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 17,900

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

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13 December 1987

Tunesien	2–1	Mauretanien
Maâloul 37' (p) Mahjoubi 84'		Sikki 16'

5 July Stadium, Algiers

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15 December 1987

Algerien	3–0	Mauretanien
Boukar 44' Djahmoune 52' Dahmani 85'

5 July Stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 3,000

Algeria & Tunisia qualified.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Syria qualified.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Participants
Zone	Team
Hosts	Jordanien
Holders	Iraq
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)	Bahrain
	Kuwait Ol.
Zone 2 (Red Sea)	Ägypten
	Saudi Arabia Ol.
Zone 3 (North Africa)	Algeria UT
	Tunesien
Zone 4 (East Region)	Syria

Final tournament

Venues

Amman	Amman
Amman International Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Squads

Main article: 1988 Arab Cup 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.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ägypten	4	2	2	0	4	0	+4	6
Iraq	4	1	3	0	3	1	+2	5
Libanon	4	1	2	1	2	4	−2	4
Tunesien	4	0	3	1	3	4	−1	3
Saudi Arabia Ol.	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3	2

9 July 1988

Ägypten	0–0	Saudi Arabia Ol.

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 17,000

9 July 1988

Iraq	1–1	Tunesien
Radhi 32'		Mahjoubi 62'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Issa Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

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11 July 1988

Iraq	0–0	Libanon

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 8,000

11 July 1988

Saudi Arabia Ol.	1–1	Tunesien
Farhan 80'		Maaloul 90' (pen.)

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 8,000

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13 July 1988

Ägypten	1–0	Tunesien
Soliman 62'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

13 July 1988

Libanon	1–0	Saudi Arabia Ol.
Hammoud 81'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 18,000

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15 July 1988

Iraq	2–0	Saudi Arabia Ol.
Radhi 13', 35'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 22,000

15 July 1988

Ägypten	3–0	Libanon
Shawky 29' Abouzaid 68' H. Hassan 88'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 22,000

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17 July 1988

Libanon	1–1	Tunesien
Hammoud 65'		Mehedhebi 46'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 25,000

17 July 1988

Iraq	0–0	Ägypten

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 25,000

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jordanien	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

8 July 1988

Jordanien	0–0	Bahrain

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 15,000

8 July 1988

Syria	1–1	Algeria UT
Jakalan 31'		Hadj Adlane 62'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 15,000

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10 July 1988

Jordanien	0–1	Kuwait Ol.
		Al Breiki

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 21,000

10 July 1988

Algeria UT	0–0	Bahrain

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 21,000

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12 July 1988

Syria	2–1	Bahrain
Deeb 6' Jakalan 83'		Salim 16'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 19,000

12 July 1988

Algeria UT	1–0	Kuwait Ol.
Hadj Adlane 24'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)

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14 July 1988

Syria	1–0	Kuwait Ol.
Kardaghli 81'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 20,000

14 July 1988

Jordanien	2–1	Algeria UT
Yadaje 61' Abdel Muneim 75'		El-Groud 74'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 27,000

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16 July 1988

Jordanien	2–0	Syria
Yadaje 12' Al Sahob 35'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 27,000

16 July 1988

Kuwait Ol.	1–1	Bahrain

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 20,000

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 July 1988 – Amman
	Syria (pen.)	0 (4)
					21 July 1988 – Amman
	Ägypten	0 (3)
					Iraq (pen.)	1 (4)
	19 July 1988 – Amman
					Syria	1 (3)
	Iraq	3
	Jordanien	0
					Third place
					21 July 1988 – Amman
					Ägypten	2
					Jordanien	0

Semi-finals

19 July 1988

Syria	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Ägypten
Penalties
Kardaghli Ahmad Al-Qolla Deeb	4–3	Abouzeid Shawky H. Hassan Youssef Mayhoub

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

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19 July 1988

19:15

Iraq	3–0	Jordanien
Radhi 22' Ali 45' Sharif 80'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 33,000

Third place play-off

21 July 1988

Ägypten	2–0	Jordanien
Mayhoub 49' H. Hassan 90'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Final

Main article: 1988 Arab Cup Final

21 July 1988

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Iraq	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Syria
Gorgis 34'		Al-Nasser 33'
Penalties
Mohammed Hussein Qais Shaker Oraibi	4–3	Kardaghli Ahmad Jakalan Saad Leyous

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Abdelali Naciri (Morocco)

Top scorers

4 Goals

• Ahmed Radhi

2 Goals

• Tarek Hadj Adlane
• Hossam Hassan
• Nart Yadaje
• Mahmoud Hamoud
• Mohammad Jakalan

External links

• Details in RSSSF