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1966 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Iraq
Dates	1–10 April
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (2nd title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	111 (5.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Al-Biski (16 goals)
Best player(s)	Shidrak Yousif
← 1964 1985 →

The 1966 Arab Cup was the third edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Baghdad, Iraq. The host nation and defending champions Iraq won the title for the 2nd time.

At the tournament's closing ceremony, the chairman of the Arab Cup Organising Committee announced that the next edition of the Arab Cup would be held in 1967 in Damascus, Syria, however this did not end up taking place.

Participated teams

The 10 participated teams are:

Venues

Baghdad	Baghdad
Al-Kashafa Stadium
Capacity: 14,000

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	4	3	1	0	15	3	+12	7
Lebanon	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Jordan	4	1	1	2	6	7	–1	3
Kuwait	4	0	2	2	8	11	–3	2
Bahrain	4	0	1	3	7	22	–15	1

Iraq	3–1	Kuwait
Yousif Dhiab Atta

Lebanon	2–1	Jordan
El-Sharki Abou Murad		Mustafa Al-Adwan 22'

Iraq	2–1	Jordan
Assad Atta		Al-Shaqran 22'

Lebanon	6–1	Bahrain
Altounian El-Sharki Abou Murad Berjaoui Chatila

Lebanon	2–1	Kuwait
El-Sharki 1', ?'		Al-Dawla

Jordan	2–1	Bahrain
Issa 22' Mustafa Al-Adwan 60'		Zalekh

Iraq	10–1	Bahrain
Dhiab Jameel Ismail Najim Hameed Dawood

Jordan	2–2	Kuwait
Issa 22' Mustafa Al-Adwan 70'

Kuwait	4–4	Bahrain

Iraq	0–0	Lebanon

Group B

Oman abandoned their first match against Libya with 10 minutes left from a disputed decision when they started losing 21–0 to Libya, and withdrew from the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	4	2	2	0	34	0	+34	6
Syria	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
Palestine	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	3
North Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	24	–23	0
Oman	1	0	0	1	0	21	–21	0

Libya	0–0	Palestine

Syria	4–1	North Yemen

Libya	21–0	Oman
Ben Soueid Al-Biski Al-Jahani Ben Zayed	Abandoned in 80'

Syria	0–0	Libya

Palestine	7–0	North Yemen

Syria	3–1	Palestine

Libya	13–0	North Yemen
Al-Biski Ben Soueid Al-Ahwal Al-Khatiti

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 8, 1966 – Baghdad
	Iraq	3
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
	Libya	1
					Iraq	2
	April 8, 1966 – Baghdad
					Syria	1
	Syria	1
	Lebanon	0
					Third place
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
					Libya	6
					Lebanon	1

Semi-finals

Iraq	3–1	Libya
Mahmoud Balla Atta		Al-Biski

Syria	1–0	Lebanon

Third place play-off

Libya	6–1	Lebanon
Al-Biski Al-Jahani Al-Ahwal		El-Sharki

Final

Iraq	2–1	Syria
Ismail 68', 84'		Idlibi 27'

Goalscorers

16 goals

• Ali Al-Biski

14 goals

• Ahmed Ben Soueid

6 goals

• Mahmoud Al-Jahani

5 goals

• Nouri Dhiab
• Adnan Al Sharqi

Notes and references

Notes

1. Oman withdrew the tournament after its first match against Libya, protesting a penalty free-kick decision of the referee at 80'.

References

1. نهائي كأس العرب 1966 - Al-Gardenia
2. "3rd Arab Football Cup Tournament Ends". Baghdad News. 12 April 1966.
3. "Ali Al-Baski, the historical goal scorer for Libyan football ... and the star of records". Al Wasat. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

External links

• Details in RSSSF

• 1966 Arab Cup
• 1966 in Asian football
• International association football competitions hosted by Iraq
• 1966 in Iraqi sport
• Football in Baghdad
• 1966 in African football
• April 1966 sports events in Asia