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1992 King Fahd Cup

كَأْسُ الْمَلِك فَهْد 1992
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
City	Riyadh
Dates	15–20 October
Teams	4 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Ivory Coast
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	18 (4.5 per match)
Attendance	196,500 (49,125 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gabriel Batistuta Bruce Murray (2 goals each)
Best player(s)	Fernando Redondo
1995 →

The 1992 King Fahd Cup (Arabic: كَأْسُ الْمَلِك فَهْد), named after Fahd of Saudi Arabia, was the first association football tournament of the competition that would later be known as the FIFA Confederations Cup. It was hosted by Saudi Arabia in October 1992, and was won by Argentina, who beat the hosts Saudi Arabia 3–1 in the final. The 1992 tournament was the only one not to feature a group stage and only featured four nations.

Qualified teams

Team	Confederation	Qualification method	Participation no.
Saudi Arabia	AFC	Hosts and 1988 AFC Asian Cup winners	1st
United States	CONCACAF	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners	1st
Argentina	CONMEBOL	1991 Copa América winners	1st
Ivory Coast	CAF	1992 African Cup of Nations winners	1st

Squads

Venue

All matches were played at the 67,000-capacity King Fahd II Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Match referees

Africa

• Lim Kee Chong

Asia

• Jamal Al Sharif

North, Central America and Caribbean

• Rodrigo Badilla

South America

• Ulisses Tavares da Silva

Final tournament

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 October – Riyadh
	Argentina	4
					20 October – Riyadh
	Ivory Coast	0
					Argentina	3
	15 October – Riyadh
					Saudi Arabia	1
	United States	0
	Saudi Arabia	3
					Third place
					19 October – Riyadh
					United States	5
					Ivory Coast	2

Semi-finals

United States	0–3	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Bishi 48' (pen.) Al-Thunayan 74' Al-Muwallid 84'

Argentina	4–0	Ivory Coast
Batistuta 2', 10' Altamirano 67' Acosta 81'	Report

Third place match

United States	5–2	Ivory Coast
Balboa 12' Jones 31' Wynalda 56' Murray 67', 83'	Report	Traoré 16' Sié 76'

Final

Argentina	3–1	Saudi Arabia
Rodríguez 18' Caniggia 24' Simeone 64'	Report	Al-Owairan 65'

Statistics

Goalscorers

With two goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Bruce Murray were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 18 goals were scored by 16 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

2 goals

• Gabriel Batistuta
• Bruce Murray

1 goal

• Alberto Acosta
• Ricardo Altamirano
• Claudio Caniggia
• Leonardo Rodríguez
• Diego Simeone
• Donald-Olivier Sié
• Abdoulaye Traoré
• Fahad Al-Bishi
• Khaled Al-Muwallid
• Saeed Al-Owairan
• Yousuf Al-Thunayan
• Marcelo Balboa
• Cobi Jones
• Eric Wynalda

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Argentina	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	4	Champions
2	Saudi Arabia (H)	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	2	Runners-up
3	United States	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	2	Third place
4	Ivory Coast	2	0	0	2	2	9	−7	0	Fourth place

References

1. Archived 2016-01-12 at the Wayback Machine; at RSSSF
2. "Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. July 10, 2017. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2019.

External links

• Intercontinental Champions Cup Saudi Arabia 1992 – FIFA.com
• Intercontinental Cup for Nations 1992 – RSSSF

• 1992 King Fahd Cup
• FIFA Confederations Cup tournaments
• International association football competitions hosted by Saudi Arabia
• 1992–93 in Saudi Arabian football
• 1992–93 in Argentine football
• United States at the 1992 King Fahd Cup
• 1992 in Ivorian football
• October 1992 events in Asia
• 1992 in association football