Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth

Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth

Founded	1983
Abolished	2002
Region	Arab World
Number of teams	14
Last champions	Algeria
Most successful team(s)	Algeria  Iraq  Morocco  Saudi Arabia (1 title each)

The Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth (Arabic: كأس فلسطين للشباب) was a football competition which was held between Arab countries. contested by the national youth teams of the Arab World. The first edition was held in 1983 in Morocco. The final tournament took place in 2002 before the competition was cancelled and replaced by the Arab Cup U-20.

History[]

The competition was created in 1983 for teams from the Arab world of under-20, replacing the Palestine Cup of Nations, competition helds for the A teams from 1972 to 1975. The first edition helds on 1983 in Morocco. However, this competition was cancelled after 2002.

Cup Winners[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1983 Details	Morocco		Iraq	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia		Morocco	2–0	United Arab Emirates
1985 Details	Algeria		Saudi Arabia	2–1	Algeria		Iraq	2–0	Tunisia
1989 Details	Iraq		Morocco	3–1	Iraq		Bahrain	1–1 (4–3 p)	Saudi Arabia
1992	Sudan		Cancelled				Cancelled
2002 Details	Yemen		Algeria	n/a	Yemen		Oman	n/a	Palestine

Successful national teams[]

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Iraq	1 (1983)	1 (1989)	1 (1985)	-
Saudi Arabia	1 (1985)	1 (1983)	-	1 (1989)
Algeria	1 (2002)	1 (1985)	-	-
Morocco	1 (1989)	-	1 (1983)	-
Yemen	-	1 (2002)	-	-
Bahrain	-	-	1 (1989)	-
Oman	-	-	1 (2002)	-
United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	1 (1983)
Tunisia	-	-	-	1 (1985)
Palestine	-	-	-	1 (2002)

See also[]

• Palestine Cup of Nations
• Arab Cup U-20

External links[]

• Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth - rsssf.com
• Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth - goalzz.com