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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Jordan |
Dates | 8–21 July |
Teams | 10 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 35 (1.46 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | |
Qualification
editJordan qualified automatically as hosts and Iraq as holders.
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
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Zone 2 (Red Sea)
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Egypt & Saudi Arabia qualified.
Zone 3 (North Africa)
editThe tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria. Libya and Morocco withdrew.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 0 |
Algeria | 3–0 | |
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Boukar Djahmoune Dahmani |
Attendance: 3,000
Zone 4 (East Region)
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Syria qualified.
Qualified teams
editThe 8 qualified teams are:
Participants | |
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Zone | Team |
Hosts | |
Holders | |
Zone 1 (Gulf Area) | |
Zone 2 (Red Sea) | |
Zone 3 (North Africa) | |
Zone 4 (East Region) |
Final tournament
editVenues
editAmman | |
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Amman International Stadium | |
Capacity: 25,000 | |
Squads
editGroup stage
editAlgeria 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
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
Egypt | 0–0 | |
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Attendance: 17,000
Saudi Arabia Ol. | 1–1 | |
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Farhan |
Maaloul |
Attendance: 8,000
Lebanon | 1–0 | |
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Hammoud |
Attendance: 18,000
Iraq | 2–0 | |
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Radhi |
Attendance: 22,000
Group B
editTeam | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
Syria | 1–1 | |
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Jakalan |
Hadj Adlane |
Attendance: 15,000
Jordan | 0–1 | |
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Al Breiki |
Attendance: 21,000
Algeria UT | 0–0 | |
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Attendance: 21,000
Algeria UT | 1–0 | |
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Hadj Adlane |
Syria | 1–0 | |
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Kardaghli |
Attendance: 20,000
Jordan | 2–1 | |
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Yadaje Abdel Muneim |
El-Groud |
Attendance: 27,000
Kuwait Ol. | 1–1 | |
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Attendance: 20,000
Knock-out stage
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
19 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
0 (4) | ||||||
21 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
0 (3) | ||||||
1 (4) | ||||||
19 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
1 (3) | ||||||
3 | ||||||
0 | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
21 July 1988 – Amman | ||||||
2 | ||||||
0 |
Semi-finals
editThird place play-off
editFinal
editTop scorers
edit- 4 Goals
- 2 Goals