1966 Arab Cup

1966 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Iraq
Dates	1–10 April
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (2nd title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	111 (5.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Al-Biski (16 goals)
Best player(s)	Shidrak Yousif
← 1964 1985 →

The 1966 Arab Cup was the third edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Baghdad, Iraq. The host nation and defending Champions Iraq won the title for the 2nd time.^[1]

Participated teams[]

The 10 participated teams are:

Bahrain  Iraq (hosts) & (holders)  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon

Libya  North Yemen  Oman  Palestine  Syria

Venues[]

Squads[]

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	4	3	1	0	15	3	+12	7
Lebanon	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Jordan	4	1	1	2	6	7	–1	3
Kuwait	4	0	2	2	8	11	–3	2
Bahrain	4	0	1	3	7	22	–15	1

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Group B[]

Oman abandoned their first match against Libya with 10 minutes left from a disputed decision when they started losing 21–0 to Libya, and withdrew from the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	4	2	2	0	34	0	+34	6
Syria	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
Palestine	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	3
North Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	24	–23	0
Oman	1	0	0	1	0	21	–21	0

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Knock-out stage[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 8, 1966 – Baghdad
	Iraq	3
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
	Libya	1
					Iraq	2
	April 8, 1966 – Baghdad
					Syria	1
	Syria	1
	Lebanon	0
					Third place
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
					Libya	6
					Lebanon	1

Semi-finals[]

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Third place play-off[]

Final[]

Goalscorers[]

16 goals

• Ali Al-Biski^[2]

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Details in RSSSF