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:

Participants
Zone	Team
Hosts	Jordan
Holders	Iraq
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)	Bahrain
	Kuwait
Zone 2 (Red Sea)	Egypt
	Saudi Arabia U23
Zone 3 (North Africa)	Algeria UT
	Tunisia
Zone 4 (East Region)	Syria

Squads

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 U23	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3	2

9 July 1988

Egypt	0 - 0	Saudi Arabia U23

Amman

9 July 1988

Iraq	1 – 1	Tunisia
Radhi  32'		Mahjoubi  62'

Amman

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11 July 1988

Iraq	0 – 0	Lebanon

Amman

11 July 1988

Saudi Arabia U23	1 – 1	Tunisia
Farhan  80'		Maaloul  90'

Amman

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13 July 1988

Egypt	1 – 0	Tunisia
Soliman  62'

Amman

13 July 1988

Lebanon	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia U23
Hamoud  81'

Amman

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15 July 1988

Iraq	2 – 0	Saudi Arabia U23
Radhi  13', 35'

Amman

15 July 1988

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

Amman

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17 July 1988

Lebanon	1 – 1	Tunisia
Hamoud  65'		Mhadhbi  46'

Amman

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 UT	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

8 July 1988

Jordan	0 – 0	Bahrain

Amman

8 July 1988

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

Amman

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10 July 1988

Jordan	0 – 1	Kuwait
		Al Breiki

Amman

10 July 1988

Algeria UT	0 – 0	Bahrain

Amman

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12 July 1988

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

Amman

12 July 1988

Algeria UT	1 – 0	Kuwait
Hadj Adlane  32'

Amman

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14 July 1988

Syria	1 – 0	Kuwait
Kardaghli  81'

Amman

14 July 1988

Jordan	2 – 1	Algeria UT
Yadaje  61' Abdel Muneim  75'		El-Groud  74'

Amman

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16 July 1988

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

Amman

16 July 1988

Kuwait	1 – 1	Bahrain

Amman

Knock-out stage

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

Semi-finals

19 July 1988

Syria	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
Penalties
Kardaghli Ahmad Al-Qolla Deeb	4 - 3	Abouzeid Shawky H. Hassan Youssef Mayhoub

Amman

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19 July 1988

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

Amman

Third place play-off

21 July 1988

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

Amman

Final

21 July 1988

Iraq	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Syria
Gorgis  34'		Al-Nasser  33'
Penalties
Mohammed Hussein Qais Shaker Oraibi	4 - 3	Kardaghli Ahmad Jakalan Saad Leyous

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Result

1988 Arab Nations Cup Winners
Iraq Fourth title

Top scorers

4 Goals

• Ahmad Radhi

2 Goals

References

External links

• Details in RSSSF