1988 Arab Cup

1988 Arab 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)	Ahmed Radhi ; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Tawfiq Al-Saheb
	← 1985 1992 →

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.

Qualification

Jordan qualified automatically as hosts and Iraq as holders.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Bahrain & Kuwait qualified.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Egypt & Saudi Arabia qualified.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

The tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria. Libya and Morocco withdrew.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3	3
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
Mauritania	2	0	0	2	1	5	–4	0

11 December 1987

Algeria	0–0	Tunisia

5 July Stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 17,900

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

13 December 1987

Tunisia	2–1	Mauritania
Maâloul 37' (p) Mahjoubi 84'		Sikki 16'

5 July Stadium, Algiers

15 December 1987

Algeria	3–0	Mauritania
Boukar 44' Djahmoune 52' Dahmani 85'

5 July Stadium, Algiers

Attendance: 3,000

Algeria & Tunisia qualified.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Syria qualified.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

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

Final tournament

Venues

Amman	Amman
Amman International Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

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 Ol.	4	0	2	2	1	4	−3	2

9 July 1988

Egypt	0–0	Saudi Arabia Ol.

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 17,000

9 July 1988

Iraq	1–1	Tunisia
Radhi 32'		Mahjoubi 62'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Issa Al-Jassas (Kuwait)

11 July 1988

Iraq	0–0	Lebanon

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 8,000

11 July 1988

Saudi Arabia Ol.	1–1	Tunisia
Farhan 80'		Maaloul 90' (pen.)

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 8,000

13 July 1988

Egypt	1–0	Tunisia
Soliman 62'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

13 July 1988

Lebanon	1–0	Saudi Arabia Ol.
Hammoud 81'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 18,000

15 July 1988

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 22,000

15 July 1988

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 22,000

17 July 1988

Lebanon	1–1	Tunisia
Hammoud 65'		Mehedhebi 46'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 25,000

17 July 1988

Iraq	0–0	Egypt

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 25,000

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 Ol.	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 International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 15,000

8 July 1988

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 15,000

10 July 1988

Jordan	0–1	Kuwait Ol.
		Al Breiki

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 21,000

10 July 1988

Algeria UT	0–0	Bahrain

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 21,000

12 July 1988

Syria	2–1	Bahrain
Deeb 6' Jakalan 83'		Salim 16'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 19,000

12 July 1988

Algeria UT	1–0	Kuwait Ol.
Hadj Adlane 24'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia)

14 July 1988

Syria	1–0	Kuwait Ol.
Kardaghli 81'

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 20,000

14 July 1988

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 27,000

16 July 1988

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

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 27,000

16 July 1988

Kuwait Ol.	1–1	Bahrain

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 20,000

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals		Final

19 July 1988 – Amman

Syria (pen.)	0 (4)
		21 July 1988 – Amman
Egypt	0 (3)
		Iraq (pen.)	1 (4)
19 July 1988 – Amman
		Syria	1 (3)
Iraq	3

Jordan	0
		Third place

		21 July 1988 – Amman

		Egypt	2

		Jordan	0