1988 Arab Nations Cup

1988 Arab Nations 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)	Ahmad Radhi (4 goals)

The 1988 Arab Nations Cup is the fifth edition of the Arab Nations Cup hosted by Amman, Jordan. The defending champion Iraq won the title for the 4th time.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Algeria  Bahrain  Egypt  Iraq (holders)  Jordan (hosts)

Kuwait  Lebanon  Saudi Arabia  Syria  Tunisia

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	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3	2

Egypt  v  Saudi Arabia

9 July 1988

Egypt	0 - 0	Saudi Arabia

Amman

Iraq  v  Tunisia

9 July 1988

Iraq	1 – 1	Tunisia
Radhi  32'		Mahjoubi  62'

Amman

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Iraq  v  Lebanon

11 July 1988

Iraq	0 – 0	Lebanon

Amman

Saudi Arabia  v  Tunisia

11 July 1988

Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Tunisia
Farhan  80'		Maaloul  90'

Amman

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Egypt  v  Tunisia

13 July 1988

Egypt	1 – 0	Tunisia
Suleiman  62'

Amman

Lebanon  v  Saudi Arabia

13 July 1988

Lebanon	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia
Hamoud  81'

Amman

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Iraq  v  Saudi Arabia

15 July 1988

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

Amman

Egypt  v  Lebanon

15 July 1988

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

Amman

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Lebanon  v  Tunisia

17 July 1988

Lebanon	1 – 1	Tunisia
Hamoud  65'		Mhadbi  46'

Amman

Iraq  v  Egypt

17 July 1988

Iraq	0 – 0	Egypt

Amman

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 University	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
Kuwait	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	3
Bahrain	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3

Jordan  v  Bahrain

8 July 1988

Jordan	0 – 0	Bahrain

Amman

Syria  v Algeria University

8 July 1988

Syria	1 – 1	Algeria University
Jakalan  31'		Hadj Adlane  62'

Amman

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Jordan  v  Kuwait

10 July 1988

Jordan	0 – 1	Kuwait
		Al Breiki

Amman

Algeria University v  Bahrain

10 July 1988

Algeria University	0 – 0	Bahrain

Amman

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Syria  v  Bahrain

12 July 1988

Syria	2 – 1	Bahrain
Deeb  9' Jakalan  83'		Salim  16'

Amman

Algeria University v  Kuwait

12 July 1988

Algeria University	1 – 0	Kuwait
Hadj Adlane  32'

Amman

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Syria  v  Kuwait

14 July 1988

Syria	1 – 0	Kuwait
Kardaghli  81'

Amman

Jordan  v Algeria University

14 July 1988

Jordan	2 – 1	Algeria University
Yadaje  61' Abdel Muneim  75'		Kroud  74'

Amman

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Jordan  v  Syria

16 July 1988

Jordan	2 – 0	Syria
Yadaje  12' Al Sahob  35'

Amman

Kuwait  v  Bahrain

16 July 1988

Kuwait	1 – 1	Bahrain

Amman

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 July 1988 - Amman
	Syria	0 (4)
	Egypt	0 (3)
					21 July 1988 - Amman
					Iraq	1 (4)
					Syria	1 (3)
					Third place
	19 July 1988 - Amman			21 July 1988 - Amman
	Iraq	3		Egypt	2
	Jordan	0			Jordan	0

Semi-finals

Syria  v  Egypt

19 July 1988

Syria	0 – 0	Egypt
	Penalties
	4 - 3

Amman

Iraq  v  Jordan

19 July 1988

Iraq	3 – 0	Jordan
Radhi  22' Ali  45' Sharif  80'

Amman

Third place play-off

Egypt  v  Jordan

21 July 1988

Egypt	2 – 0	Jordan
Mayhoub  49' H. Hassan  90'

Amman

Final

Iraq  v  Syria

21 July 1988

Iraq	1 – 1	Syria
Gorgis  34'		Al-Nasser  33'
	Penalties
	4 - 3

Amman

Result

1988 Arab Nations Cup Winners
Iraq Fourth title

Top scorers

4 Goals

• Ahmad Radhi

2 Goals

Tarek Hadj Adlane Hossam Hassan

Nart Yadaje Mahmoud Hamoud

Mohammad Jakalan

References

1. Arab Cup 1988 Amman, Jordan (July 8-21)

External links

• Details in RSSSF