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]
Tournament details | |
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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 | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Goals scored | 108 (3.72 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (6 goals each) |
Format
editThe 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
editGroup A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 8 | Semi-finals | |
2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | ||
3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 3 | ||
4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | ||
5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 28 | −26 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average.
Libya | 9–1 | |
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Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Semi-finals | |
2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | ||
3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | ||
4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 4 | ||
5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | ||
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 |
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average.
Knockout stage
editBracket
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium | ||||||
3 | ||||||
9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium | ||||||
1 | ||||||
1 (3) | ||||||
7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium | ||||||
1 (4) | ||||||
2 | ||||||
0 | ||||||
Third place play-off | ||||||
9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium | ||||||
3 | ||||||
1 |
Semi-finals
editThird place play-off
editFinal
editScorers
editThere were 108 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.72 goals per match.
6 goals
Ali Khalil (EGY)
Ahmed Faras
Abdel Aziz
4 goals
Saeed Al-Ghazali (LBY)
Zoubir Boughanieh
Ali Gagarin
Azam Goutouk (SYR)
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Ali Amidan
Salem Sahli
Ahmed Bayoumi (EGY)
Mohamed Said Hamza (EGY)
Mahmoud Hassan (EGY)
Yassin Mostafa (EGY)
Mahmoud Rushdie (EGY)
Ezz El Din Yaqoub (EGY)
Nabil Al-Tali
Rashid Dougan
Abdel-Qader Al-Bohemi (LBY)
Mahmoud Al-Jahmani (LBY)
Abdul-Bari Circassi (LBY)
Larbi Ihardane
Ahmed Makrouh
Nasr Al-Jaradi
Samir Naimi
Ahmed Naji
Hamid Nashta
Abdel Aziz Abdallah
Abdel Aziz Baye
Khedr Al-Kori
Kamal Abdelwahab
Haitham Berjakli (SYR)
Riad Esfahani (SYR)
Suhail Lotfi (SYR)
Ibrahim Mahlami (SYR)
Ayman Matmah (SYR)
Nabil Nano (SYR)
Samir Said (SYR)
Abdel Majid Kabouti
Moncef Al-Khwaini
Ali Ratima
1 own goal
Badr Ismail (against Morocco)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Karkora, Mahmoud. "Kuneitra Cup 1974 (Syria)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
External links
edit- 1974 Kuneitra Cup on InternationalFootball.net