1988 Arab Cup Host country Jordan Dates 8–21 July Teams 10 (from 2 confederations) Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) Champions Iraq (4th title) Runners-up Syria Third place Egypt Fourth place Jordan Matches played 24 Goals scored 35 (1.46 per match) Top scorer(s) Ahmed Radhi (4 goals)Best player(s) Tawfiq Al-Saheb
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 [ edit ] Jordan qualified automatically as hosts and Iraq as holders.
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Bahrain & Kuwait qualified.
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Egypt & Saudi Arabia qualified.
Zone 3 (North Africa) [ edit ] The tournament was held in Algiers , Algeria . Libya and Morocco withdrew.
Algeria & Tunisia qualified.
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Syria qualified.
Qualified teams [ edit ] The 8 qualified teams are:
Final tournament [ edit ] Group stage [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Group B [ edit ] Knock-out stage [ edit ] Semi-finals [ edit ] Third place play-off [ edit ] Top scorers [ edit ] 4 Goals 2 Goals References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Arab Cup era, 1963–2012
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FIFA Arab Cup era, 2021–present
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Note: The 1992 edition was organised as part of the
Arab Games , and also counted as the
Arab Cup .