Arab Cup
Held at irregular intervals. The 1992 edition was held as the football tournament of the Arab Games.
Palmares
year winners runners-up venue
1963 Tunisia Syria Lebanon
1964 Iraq Libya Kuwait
1966 Iraq Syria Iraq
1985 Iraq Bahrain Saudi Arabia
1988 Iraq Syria Jordan
1992 Egypt Ol. Saudi Arabia Syria
1998 Saudi Arabia Qatar Qatar
2002 Saudi Arabia Bahrain Kuwait 2009 abandoned 2012 Morocco Libya Saudi Arabia
Number of wins
4 Iraq
2 Saudi Arabia
1 Egypt
Tunisia
1963 Beirut, Lebanon (April 7-13)
7- 4-1963 Tunisia 1-0 Syria 1.Tunisia 4 4 0 0 11- 1 8
Kuwait 4-0 Jordan 2.Syria 4 3 0 1 9- 4 6
8- 4-1963 Syria 3-2 Lebanon 3.Lebanon 4 2 0 2 9- 7 4
Tunisia 4-0 Jordan 4.Kuwait 4 1 0 3 8-12 2
9- 4-1963 Syria 3-1 Kuwait 5.Jordan 4 0 0 4 1-14 0
Lebanon 3-1 Jordan
10- 4-1963 Tunisia 5-1 Kuwait
Syria 3-0 Jordan
12- 4-1963 Lebanon 0-1 Tunisia
13- 4-1963 Lebanon 4-2 Kuwait
1964 Kuwait (November 13-20)
13-11-1964 Iraq 1-0 Kuwait 1.Iraq 4 3 1 0 6- 2 7
Jordan 0-0 Lebanon 2.Libya 4 2 2 0 9- 5 6
15-11-1964 Libya 2-1 Lebanon 3.Kuwait 4 1 1 2 5- 5 3
Kuwait 2-0 Jordan 4.Lebanon 4 1 1 2 4- 5 3
17-11-1964 Iraq 1-0 Lebanon
Libya 5-2 Jordan
?-11-1964 Kuwait 1-1 Libya 5.Jordan 4 0 1 3 3-10 1
Iraq 3-1 Jordan
19-11-1964 Lebanon 3-2 Kuwait
Iraq 1-1 Libya
1966 Iraq (April 1-10?)
Group 1
1- 4-1966 Iraq 0-0 Lebanon 1.Iraq 4 3 1 0 15- 3 7
Kuwait 4-4 Bahrain 2.Lebanon 4 3 1 0 10- 3 7
3- 4-1966 Iraq 2-1 Jordan 3.Jordan 4 1 1 2 6- 7 3
Lebanon 6-1 Bahrain 4.Kuwait 4 0 2 2 8-11 2
5- 4-1966 Iraq 3-1 Kuwait 5.Bahrain 4 0 1 3 7-22 1
Lebanon 2-1 Jordan
7- 4-1966 Iraq 10-1 Bahrain
Jordan 2-2 Kuwait
9- 4-1966 Lebanon 2-1 Kuwait
Jordan 2-1 Bahrain
Group 2
Libya 21-0 Oman [*] 1.Syria 3 2 1 0 7- 2 5
Libya 0-0 Palestine 2.Libya 3 1 2 0 13- 0 4
Syria 4-1 North Yemen 3.Palestine 3 1 1 1 8- 3 3
Syria 0-0 Libya 4.North Yemen 3 0 0 3 1-22 0
Palestine 7-0 North Yemen Oman withdrew after first match.
Syria 3-1 Palestine
Libya 13-0 North Yemen
[*] abandoned in 80'
Scorers Libya:
vs Oman:
Ahmed Ben Suwed (9), Ali Al-Baski (7), Mahmoud Al-Jahani (4), Mahmoud Zand
NB: Oman walked off with 10 minutes left contesting the award of a
penalty to Libya
vs Yemen:
Ali Al-Baski (5), Ahmed Ben Suwed (5), Ahmed Al-Hawal (2),
Abdul-Kadir Al-Khatiti
Semifinals
Iraq 3-1 Libya
[Qasim Mahmoud, Hassan Ali, Husham Atta Ajaj; Ali Al-Baski]
Syria 1-0 Lebanon
Third Place Match
Lybia 6-1 Lebanon
[Ali Al-Baski (3), Mahmoud Al-Jahani (2), Ahmed Al-Hawal; ?]
Final
Iraq 2-1 Syria
1985 Taif, Saudi Arabia (July 3-12)
Group 1
3- 7-1985 Saudi Arabia 4-0 Jordan 1.Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 5- 0 4
5- 7-1985 Qatar 2-0 Jordan 2.Qatar 2 1 0 1 2- 1 2
7- 7-1985 Saudi Arabia 1-0 Qatar 3.Jordan 2 0 0 2 0- 6 0
Group 2
4- 7-1985 Bahrain 1-1 Iraq 1.Bahrain 2 1 1 0 3- 1 3
6- 7-1985 Bahrain 2-0 Mauritania 2.Iraq 2 1 1 0 3- 1 3
8- 7-1985 Iraq 2-0 Mauritania 3.Mauritania 2 0 0 2 0- 4 0
Semifinals
10- 7-1985 Iraq 3-2 Saudi Arabia
10- 7-1985 Bahrain 1-1 Qatar [aet, Bahrain 4-2 on penalties]
Third Place Match
12- 7-1985 Saudi Arabia 0-0 Qatar [aet, Saudi Arabia 4-1 on penalties]
Final
12- 7-1985 Iraq 1-0 Bahrain
1988 Amman, Jordan (July 8-21)
Group 1
1.Egypt 4 2 2 0 4- 0 6
2.Iraq 4 1 3 0 3- 1 5
3.Lebanon 4 1 2 1 2- 4 4
4.Tunisia 4 0 3 1 3- 4 3
5.Saudi Arabia 4 0 2 2 1- 4 2
9- 7-1988 Egypt 0-0 Saudi Arabia
Iraq 1-1 Tunisia
[Ahmad Radhi 32; Mohammed Al Mahjoub 62]
11- 7-1988 Iraq 0-0 Lebanon
Saudi Arabia 1-1 Tunisia
[Mohammad Farhan 80; Ma'alool 90]
13- 7-1988 Egypt 1-0 Tunisia
[Tareq Suleiman 62]
Lebanon 1-0 Saudi Arabia
[Mahmoud Hamoud 81]
15- 7-1988 Iraq 2-0 Saudi Arabia
[Ahmad Radi 13, 35]
Egypt 3-0 Lebanon
[Iman Shawqi 29, Taher Abu Zeid 68, Hossam Hassan 88]
17- 7-1988 Lebanon 1-1 Tunisia
[Mahmoud Hammoud 65; Tawfiq Muhazabi 46]
Egypt 0-0 Iraq
NB: only Egypt vs Saudi Arabia and Egypt vs Iraq considered official
A-internationals by FIFA; criteria for this are unclear
Group 2
1.Jordan 4 2 1 1 4- 2 5
2.Syria 4 2 1 1 4- 4 5
3.Algeria 4 1 2 1 3- 3 4
4.Kuwait 4 1 1 2 2- 3 3
5.Bahrain 4 0 3 1 2- 3 3
8- 7-1988 Jordan 0-0 Bahrain
Syria 1-1 Algeria
[Mohammed Jakalan 31; Haji Adlan 62]
10- 7-1988 Jordan 0-1 Kuwait
[Walid Al Breiki ?]
Algeria 0-0 Bahrain
12- 7-1988 Syria 2-1 Bahrain
[Hussain Deeb 9, Mohammed Jakalan 83; Adil Salim 16]
Algeria 1-0 Kuwait
[Haji Adlan 32]
14- 7-1988 Syria 1-0 Kuwait
[Abdul Qader Khardagli 81]
Jordan 2-1 Algeria
[Nart Yadaje 61, Jihad A Muneim 75; Rashid Krood 74]
16- 7-1988 Jordan 2-0 Syria
[Nart Yadje 12, Tawfiq Al Sahob 35]
Kuwait 1-1 Bahrain
NB: only Syria vs Algeria, Jordan vs Kuwait, Syria vs Bahrain, Algeria vs Kuwait
and Jordan vs Syria considered official A-internationals by FIFA; criteria
for this are unclear
Semifinals
19- 7-1988 Syria 0-0 Egypt [aet, Syria 4-3 on penalties]
Iraq 3-0 Jordan
[Ahmad Radhi 22, Younis Ali 45, Ismail Mohammad Sharif 80]
Third Place Match
21- 7-1988 Egypt 2-0 Jordan
[Ala Mahyoub 49, Hossam Hassan 90]
Final
21- 7-1988 Iraq 1-1 Syria [aet, Iraq 4-3 on penalties]
[Bassil Korkees 34; Walid Al-Nasser 33]
NB: of the knock-out stage, only the final considered an official A-international
by FIFA; criteria unclear
1992 Syria (Sep 8-17)
NB: tournament organised as part of Arab Games, counted for Arab Cup.
Group 1 (Aleppo)
8- 9-92 Egypt Ol. 1-1 Jordan 1.Egypt Ol. 2 1 1 0 2- 1 3
10- 9-92 Kuwait 4-1 Jordan 2.Kuwait 2 1 0 1 4- 2 2
12- 9-92 Egypt Ol. 1-0 Kuwait 3.Jordan 2 0 1 1 2- 5 1
Group 2 (Damascus)
9- 9-92 Syria 1-1 Saudi Arabia 1.Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 0 3- 2 3
11- 9-92 Syria 0-0 Palestine 2.Syria 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2
13- 9-92 Saudi Arabia 2-1 Palestine 3.Palestine 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1
Semifinals (Aleppo)
15- 9-92 Egypt 0-0 Syria [aet, Egypt 4-3 on penalties]
Saudi Arabia 2-0 Kuwait
Third Place Match (Aleppo)
17- 9-92 Kuwait 2-1 Syria
Final (Aleppo)
17- 9-92 Egypt Ol. 3-2 Saudi Arabia
[Sami El-Sheshini (pen), Ahmed El-Kass, Hossam Hassan; Al Roumi, Al Owairan]
NB: only Kuwait vs Jordan, Saudi Arabia vs Kuwait and Syria vs Kuwait
considered official A-internationals by FIFA; unclear why Syria vs
Saudi Arabia is not considered as such
Arab Games 1985
Arab Games 1997
1998 Qatar
Preliminary Round
Qualifying Group 1
Qatar qualified as hosts.
Bahrain and Oman withdrew.
Kuwait and United Arab Emirates qualified for finals.
Qualifying Group 2
Egypt qualified as holders.
Saudi Arabia qualified as World Cup qualifiers.
Comores and Somalia withdrew.
15- 6-98 Sudan - Yemen
29- 6-98 Yemen - Sudan
Yemen withdrew, Sudan qualified.
Qualifying Group 3
Morocco qualified as World Cup Qualifiers.
Mauritania and Tunisia withdrew.
Algeria and Libya qualified for finals.
Qualifying Group 4 (in Lebanon)
20- 7-98 Syria 3-0 Jordan 1.Syria 3 3 0 0 6- 1 9
Lebanon 3-1 Palestine 2.Jordan 3 1 1 1 3- 4 4
23- 7-98 Palestine 1-2 Syria 3.Lebanon 3 1 0 2 3- 4 3
Lebanon 0-2 Jordan 4.Palestine 3 0 1 2 3- 6 1
26- 7-98 Jordan 1-1 Palestine
Lebanon 0-1 Syria
Iraq disqualified.
Jordan, Syria and Lebanon qualified for finals.
Final Tournament
Group 1
22- 9-98 Qatar 2-1 Libya 1.Qatar 2 2 0 0 4- 1 6
24- 9-98 Libya 1-2 Jordan 2.Jordan 2 1 0 1 2- 3 3
26- 9-98 Qatar 2-0 Jordan 3.Libya 2 0 0 2 2- 4 0
Group 2
22- 9-98 Egypt Ol. 2-1 Syria 1.Kuwait 2 2 0 0 8- 1 6
24- 9-98 Egypt Ol. 1-4 Kuwait 2.Egypt Ol. 2 1 0 1 3- 5 3
26- 9-98 Kuwait 4-0 Syria 3.Syria 2 0 0 2 1- 6 0
Group 3
23- 9-98 Morocco Ol. 1-0 UAE 1.UAE 2 1 0 1 4- 2 3
25- 9-98 Morocco Ol. 1-2 Sudan 2.Morocco Ol. 2 1 0 1 2- 2 3
27- 9-98 UAE 4-1 Sudan 3.Sudan 2 1 0 1 3- 5 3
Group 4
23- 9-98 Algeria Ol. 0-0 Lebanon 1.Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 7- 1 6
25- 9-98 Saudi Arabia 3-0 Algeria Ol. 2.Lebanon 2 0 1 1 1- 4 1
27- 9-98 Saudi Arabia 4-1 Lebanon 3.Algeria Ol. 2 0 1 1 0- 3 1
Semifinals
29- 9-98 Saudi Arabia 2-1 Kuwait
Qatar 2-1 UAE
Third Place Match
1-10-98 Kuwait 4-1 UAE
Final
1-10-98 Saudi Arabia 3-1 Qatar
2002 Kuwait
December 16-30. Draw November 17.
Participants: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Sudan, Yemen, Morocco,
Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
(Libya were also announced originally but apparently withdrew)
Group 1
16-12-02 Kuwait 1-1 Morocco 1.Jordan 4 2 2 0 6- 4 8
Palestine 1-1 Jordan 2.Morocco 4 1 2 1 5- 4 5
18-12-02 Morocco 1-1 Jordan 3.Kuwait 4 1 2 1 6- 6 5
Kuwait 1-0 Sudan 4.Sudan 4 1 1 2 4- 5 4
20-12-02 Jordan 2-1 Sudan 5.Palestine 4 0 3 1 7- 9 3
Morocco 3-1 Palestine
23-12-02 Sudan 2-2 Palestine
Jordan 2-1 Kuwait
25-12-02 Sudan 1-0 Morocco
Kuwait 3-3 Palestine
Group 2
17-12-02 Saudi Arabia 2-1 Bahrain 1.Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 8- 3 10
Yemen 0-4 Syria 2.Bahrain 4 2 1 1 6- 3 7
19-12-02 Bahrain 2-0 Syria 3.Syria 4 2 0 2 8- 6 6
Saudi Arabia 1-0 Lebanon 4.Lebanon 4 1 1 2 5- 7 4
21-12-02 Syria 4-1 Lebanon 5.Yemen 4 0 1 3 5-13 1
Bahrain 3-1 Yemen
24-12-02 Lebanon 4-2 Yemen
Syria 0-3 Saudi Arabia
26-12-02 Yemen 2-2 Saudi Arabia
Lebanon 0-0 Bahrain
Semifinals
28-12-02 Jordan 1-2 Bahrain [asdet]
Saudi Arabia 2-0 Morocco
Final
30-12-02 Saudi Arabia 1-0 Bahrain [asdet]
[Mohammed Noor 94]
2012 Saudi Arabia
Group A
22- 6-12 Saudi Arabia 4-0 Kuwait 1.SAUDI ARABIA 2 1 1 0 6- 2 4
25- 6-12 Kuwait 2-0 Palestine 2.Kuwait 2 1 0 1 2- 4 3
28- 6-12 Saudi Arabia 2-2 Palestine 3.Palestine 2 0 1 1 2- 4 1
-.UAE withdrew
Group B
23- 6-12 Morocco A' 4-0 Bahrain 1.MOROCCO A' 3 2 1 0 8- 0 7
Libya 3-1 Yemen 2.LIBYA 3 2 1 0 5- 2 7
26- 6-12 Bahrain 0-2 Yemen 3.Yemen 3 1 0 2 3- 7 3
Libya 0-0 Morocco A' 4.Bahrain 3 0 0 3 1- 8 0
29- 6-12 Libya 2-1 Bahrain
Yemen 0-4 Morocco A'
Group C
24- 6-12 Iraq 1-0 Lebanon 1.IRAQ 3 2 1 0 4- 2 7
Egypt U-23 1-1 Sudan 2.Sudan 3 1 2 0 4- 2 5
27- 6-12 Lebanon 0-2 Sudan 3.Egypt U-23 3 0 2 1 3- 4 2
Iraq 2-1 Egypt U-23 4.Lebanon 3 0 1 2 1- 4 1
30- 6-12 Egypt U-23 1-1 Lebanon
Sudan 1-1 Iraq
Semifinals
3- 7-12 Saudi Arabia 0-2 Libya
Morocco A' 2-1 Iraq
Third Place Match
5- 7-12 Saudi Arabia 0-1 Iraq
Final
6- 7-12 Morocco A' 1-1 Libya [aet, 3-1 pen]
About this document
Sources included: [sss 7], Al-Azraq.
Thanks to Bojan Jovanovic (bojan@go.cc) for information on venues, dates and FIFA status, Maher Busedra (libya50@hotmail.com) for confirming some of Libya's scores, Josef Bobrowsky (jrjb@chello.at) for 1992 details, Refel Hashim (rha-rusul@uruklink.net) for confirming Iraq vs Saudi Arabia 1988, Ian King (worldsoccer@btinternet.com) for providing scorer details 1988, Ale Nehme for several additions involving Lebanon, Neil Morrison for correcting 1963 and 1966 data, Hassanin Mubarak (Iraqifootball@yahoo.com) for details on Libya matches 1966, to Pieter Veroeveren (Pieter.Veroeveren@tvd.be) for confirming Tunisia's scores in 1963, and to Ahmed Laïdi for pointing out the relationship with the Palestine Cups, the 1988 qualifying tournament, and various other informations
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