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5th Arab Cup, held in Jordan
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 Best player(s) Tawfiq Al-Saheb ← 1985 1992 →
International football competition
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)
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Bahrain & Kuwait qualified.
Zone 2 (Red Sea)
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Egypt & Saudi Arabia qualified.
Zone 3 (North Africa)
The tournament was held in Algiers , Algeria . Libya and Morocco withdrew.
11 December 1987 5 July Stadium , Algiers Attendance: 17,900Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria )
13 December 1987 5 July Stadium , Algiers
15 December 1987 5 July Stadium , Algiers Attendance: 3,000
Algeria & Tunisia qualified.
Zone 4 (East Region)
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Syria qualified.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Final tournament
Venues
Squads
Main article: 1988 Arab Cup 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.
Group A
9 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 17,000
9 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 17,000Referee: Issa Al-Jassas (Kuwait )
11 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 8,000
11 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 8,000
13 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 18,000Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria )
13 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 18,000
15 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 22,000
15 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 22,000
17 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 25,000
17 July 1988 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
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 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 15,000
8 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 15,000
10 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 21,000
10 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 21,000
12 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 19,000
12 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 19,000Referee: Ali Bin Nasser (Tunisia )
14 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 20,000
14 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 27,000
16 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 27,000
16 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 20,000
Knock-out stage
Semi-finals
19 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 33,000Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria )
19 July 198819:15 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 33,000
Third place play-off
21 July 1988 Amman International Stadium , Amman
Final
Main article: 1988 Arab Cup Final
21 July 1988--:-- UTC+3 Amman International Stadium , Amman Attendance: 15,000Referee: Abdelali Naciri (Morocco )
Top scorers
4 Goals 2 Goals References
Arab Cup 1988 Amman, Jordan (July 8-21)
External links
FIFA Arab Cup Editions Finals
Squads
Qualification
Related topics
Note: The 1992 edition was organised as part of the Arab Games , and also counted as the Arab Cup .
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