1974 Kuneitra Cup

1974 Kuneitra Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Syria
City	Damascus
Dates	26 September – 9 October 1974
Teams	11 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	108 (3.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	[ar] (EGY) Ahmed Faras (6 goals each)

The 1974 Kuneitra Cup (Arabic: كأس القنيطرة 1974) was an international football tournament held in Damascus, Syria, from 26 September to 9 October 1974. Morocco won the tournament, beating Syria in the final.^[1]

Format[]

The 11 teams were distributed in two groups: Group A was composed of Syria, Sudan, Libya, Palestine, and North Yemen; Group B of Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt B, NA Hussein Dey, Lebanon, Jordan. The top two teams of each group faced each other in the semi-finals: the winners progressed to the final, whereas the losers played the third-place match.

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Syria	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	8	Semi-finals
2	Sudan	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	Libya	4	1	1	2	11	6	+5	3
4	Palestine	4	1	1	2	8	6	+2	3
5	North Yemen	4	0	0	4	2	28	−26	0

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	5	5	0	0	13	4	+9	10	Semi-finals
2	Tunisia	5	3	0	2	10	5	+5	6
3	Egypt B	5	3	0	2	12	7	+5	6
4	NA Hussein Dey	5	2	0	3	11	6	+5	4
5	Lebanon	5	1	1	3	3	10	−7	3
6	Jordan	5	0	1	4	1	18	−17	1

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Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
	Syria (a.e.t.)	3
					9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
	Tunisia	1
					Syria	1 (3)
	7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
					Morocco (p)	1 (4)
	Morocco	2
	Sudan	0
					Third place play-off
					9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
					Tunisia	3
					Sudan	1

Semi-finals[]

Third place play-off[]

Final[]

Scorers[]

There were 108 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.72 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also[]

• Quneitra

References[]