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1992 Arab Cup

1992 Arab Cup / 1992 Arab Games football tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Syria
Dates	8–17 September
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (1st title Arab Cup) (3rd title Arab Games)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	23 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ayman Mansour Saeed Al-Owairan Waleed Al-Felaij (2 goals each)
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The 1992 Arab Cup is the sixth edition of the Arab Cup and also counted as the seventh edition of the 1992 Arab Games football tournament, hosted by Syria, in 2 Provinces Aleppo and Damascus. Egypt won their first title of the Arab Cup and their third gold medal of the Arab Games by beating Saudi Arabia in the final.

Part of the Arab Games

The 1992 edition organized as part of the 1992 Arab Games football tournament was also counted as a part of the Arab Cup.

Participated teams

Iraq absent

The most successful team and holder of the Arab Cup with four titles and the gold medalist holder in the Arab Games football tournament, Iraq the defending champions banned for playing in the Arab Cup due to Gulf War.

Teams of the tournament

Egypt participated with the olympic team. The 6 participated teams are:

Participants
Zone	Team
Hosts	Syria
Holders	None
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)	Kuwait
Zone 2 (Red Sea)	Egypt
	Saudi Arabia
Zone 3 (North Africa)	None
Zone 4 (East Region)	Jordan
	Palestine

Venues

Aleppo	Aleppo
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
Kuwait	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	2
Jordan	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

Egypt	1–1	Jordan
Mansour 68'		Tadrus 6'

Kuwait	4–1	Jordan
Soliman Al Saleh 54', ?' ?		Muhammad Al-Ashhab

Egypt	1–0	Kuwait
Mansour 40'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
Syria	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Palestine	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Syria	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Kardaghli 78'		Abdullah 58' (pen.)

Syria	0–0	Palestine

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Palestine
Al-Bishi 54' Al-Owairan 57'

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 September 1992 – Aleppo
	Egypt (pen.)	0 (4)
					17 September 1992 – Aleppo
	Syria	0 (3)
					Egypt	3
	15 September 1992 – Aleppo
					Saudi Arabia	2
	Saudi Arabia	2
	Kuwait	0
					Third place
					17 September 1992 – Aleppo
					Kuwait	2
					Syria	1

Semi-finals

Egypt	0–0	Syria
Penalties
El-Sheshini ? ? Mansour El-Kass	4–3	Qadir Khalaf Afash Khalifa Dib

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Kuwait
Al-Muwallid 38' Al-Jaber 87'

Third place play-off

Kuwait	2–1	Syria
Al-Flayah 11', 51'

Final

Egypt	3–2	Saudi Arabia
El-Sheshini 4' (pen.) El-Kass 26' H. Hassan 85'		Al-Roomi 9' Al-Owairan 73'

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Egypt	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8	Gold Medal & Arab Cup champions
	Saudi Arabia	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7	Silver Medal
	Kuwait	4	2	0	2	6	5	+1	6	Bronze Medal
4	Syria (H)	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3	Fourth place
5	Palestine	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Eliminated in group stage
6	Jordan	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

References

1. "في مثل هذا اليوم.. منتخب مصر بطلاً لكأس العرب 1992". Akhbar El-Yom. Omar Al-Banobi. 18 September 2019.
2. "Arab Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
3. "تاريخ دورة الألعاب العربية". BBC Arabic. Ibrahim Al-Jarhi. 26 September 2004.

External links

• Details in RSSSF

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