1988 Arab Cup

1988 Arab Cup
Tournament details
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)
	← 1985 1992 →

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
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

11 December 1987

Algeria	0 – 0	Tunisia

5 July Stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 17 900

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

13 December 1987

Tunisia	2 – 1	Mauritania
Maâloul 37' (p) Mahjoubi 84'		16'

5 July Stadium, Algiers

15 December 1987

Algeria	3 – 0	Mauritania
Boukar 44' Djahmoune 52' 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	Jordan
Holders	Iraq
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)	Bahrain
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)	Kuwait Ol.
Zone 2 (Red Sea)	Egypt
Zone 2 (Red Sea)	Saudi Arabia Ol.
Zone 3 (North Africa)	Algeria UT
Zone 3 (North Africa)	Tunisia
Zone 4 (East Region)	Syria

Final tournament[]

Venues[]

Amman	Amman
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
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

9 July 1988

Egypt	0–0	Saudi Arabia Ol.

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 17,000

9 July 1988

Iraq	1–1	Tunisia
Radhi 32'		Mahjoubi 62'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Issa Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

11 July 1988

Iraq	0–0	Lebanon

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 8,000

11 July 1988

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 8,000

13 July 1988

Egypt	1–0	Tunisia
Soliman 62'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

13 July 1988

Lebanon	1–0	Saudi Arabia Ol.
Hammoud 81'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 18,000

15 July 1988

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 22,000

15 July 1988

Egypt	3–0	Lebanon
Shawky 29' Abouzaid 68' H. Hassan 88'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 22,000

17 July 1988

Lebanon	1–1	Tunisia
Hammoud 65'		Mehedhebi 46'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 25,000

17 July 1988

Iraq	0–0	Egypt

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 25,000

Group B[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

8 July 1988

Jordan	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

10 July 1988

Jordan	0–1	Kuwait Ol.

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 21,000

10 July 1988

Algeria UT	0–0	Bahrain

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 21,000

12 July 1988

Syria	2–1	Bahrain
6' Jakalan 83'		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)

14 July 1988

Syria	1–0	Kuwait Ol.
Kardaghli 81'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 20,000

14 July 1988

Jordan	2–1	Algeria UT
61' 75'		74'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 27,000

16 July 1988

Jordan	2–0	Syria
12' 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
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