1992 Arab Cup

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1992 Arab Cup
1992 Arab Cup /
1992 Pan Arab Games football tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySyria
Dates8–17 September
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt
(1st title Arab Cup)
(3rd title Pan Arab Games)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Kuwait
Fourth place Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Ayman Mansour
Kuwait Saeed Al-Owairan
Saudi Arabia
(2 goals each)
← 1988
1998 →

The 1992 Arab Cup is the sixth edition of the Arab Cup and also counted as the seventh edition of the 1992 Pan Arab Games football tournament, hosted by Syria, in 2 Provinces Aleppo and Damascus. Egypt won their first title of the Arab Cup and their third gold medal of the Pan Arab Games by beating Saudi Arabia in the final.[1]

Part of the Pan Arab Games[]

The 1992 edition organized as part of the 1992 Pan Arab Games football tournament was also counted as a part of the Arab Cup.[2]

Participated teams[]

Iraq absent[]

The most successful team and holder of the Arab Cup with four titles and the gold medalist holder in the Pan Arab Games football tournament, Iraq the defending champions banned for playing in the Arab Cup due to Gulf War.[3]

Teams of the tournament[]

Egypt participated with the olympic team. The 6 participated teams are:

Participants
Zone Team
Hosts  Syria
Holders None
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)  Kuwait
Zone 2 (Red Sea)  Egypt
 Saudi Arabia
Zone 3 (North Africa) None
Zone 4 (East Region)  Jordan
 Palestine

Venues[]

Aleppo
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
Al-Hamadaniya stad Aleppo1.jpg

Squads[]

Main article: 1992 Arab Cup squads

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
 Kuwait 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 2
 Jordan 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Egypt 1–1 Jordan
Mansour Goal 68' Tadrus Goal 6'
Referee: Omar Al-Shaqeer (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait 4–1 Jordan
Goal
Goal 54', ?'
? Goal		 Tadrus Goal
Egypt 1–0 Kuwait
Mansour Goal 40'

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3
 Syria 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Palestine 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Syria 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Kardaghli Goal 78' Abdullah Goal 58' (pen.)
Referee: Kamal Sobhi (Egypt)
Syria 0–0 Palestine
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Palestine
Al-Bishi Goal 54'
Al-Owairan Goal 57'		 Goal

Knock-out stage[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 
 Egypt (pen.)0 (4)
 
17 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 Syria0 (3)
 
 Egypt3
 
15 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
 Saudi Arabia 2
 
 
 Kuwait0
 
Third place
 
 
17 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 
 Kuwait2
 
 
 Syria 1

Semi-finals[]

Egypt 0–0 Syria
Penalties
4–3
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Kuwait
Al-Muwallid Goal 38'
Al-Jaber Goal 87'

Third place play-off[]

Kuwait 2–1 Syria
Goal 11', 51' Goal

Final[]

Main article: 1992 Arab Cup Final
Egypt 3–2 Saudi Arabia
El-Sheshini Goal 4' (pen.)
El-Kass Goal 26'
H. Hassan Goal 85'		 Al-Roomi Goal 9'
Al-Owairan Goal 73'
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

Final ranking[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Egypt 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 8 Gold Medal & Arab Cup champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Saudi Arabia 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kuwait 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 Bronze Medal
4  Syria (H) 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 Fourth place
5  Palestine 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 Eliminated in group stage
6  Jordan 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: rsssf
(H) Host

References[]

  1. ^ "في مثل هذا اليوم.. منتخب مصر بطلاً لكأس العرب 1992". Akhbar El-Yom. Omar Al-Banobi. 18 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Arab Cup". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  3. ^ "تاريخ دورة الألعاب العربية". BBC Arabic. Ibrahim Al-Jarhi. 26 September 2004.

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