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)
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 |
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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 |
Algeria | 3–0 | Mauritania |
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Boukar 44' Djahmoune 52' Dahmani 85' |
Zone 4 (East Region)
Syria qualified.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Participants | |
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Zone | Team |
Hosts | Jordan |
Holders | Iraq |
Zone 1 (Gulf Area) | Bahrain |
Kuwait Ol. | |
Zone 2 (Red Sea) | Egypt |
Saudi Arabia Ol. | |
Zone 3 (North Africa) | Algeria UT |
Tunisia | |
Zone 4 (East Region) | Syria |
Final tournament
Venues
Amman | |
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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 |
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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 |
Egypt | 0–0 | Saudi Arabia Ol. |
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Saudi Arabia Ol. | 1–1 | Tunisia |
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Farhan 80' | Maaloul 90' (pen.) |
Lebanon | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia Ol. |
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Hammoud 81' |
Iraq | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia Ol. |
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Radhi 13', 35' |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Syria | 1–1 | Algeria UT |
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Jakalan 31' | Hadj Adlane 62' |
Jordan | 0–1 | Kuwait Ol. |
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Al Breiki |
Algeria UT | 0–0 | Bahrain |
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Algeria UT | 1–0 | Kuwait Ol. |
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Hadj Adlane 24' |
Syria | 1–0 | Kuwait Ol. |
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Kardaghli 81' |
Jordan | 2–1 | Algeria UT |
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Yadaje 61' Abdel Muneim 75' |
El-Groud 74' |
Kuwait Ol. | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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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 |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Top scorers
- 4 Goals
- 2 Goals
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