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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
Jordan qualified automatically as hosts and
Iraq as holders.
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
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Bahrain &
Kuwait qualified.
Zone 2 (Red Sea)
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(November 2017 )
Egypt &
Saudi Arabia qualified.
Zone 3 (North Africa)
The tournament was held in
Algiers ,
Algeria . Libya and Morocco withdrew.
Algeria &
Tunisia qualified.
Zone 4 (East Region)
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Syria qualified.
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Final tournament
Venues
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.
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Group A
Group B
Knock-out stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Top scorers
4 Goals
2 Goals
References
External links
Arab Cup era, 1963–2012
Tournaments Qualification Finals Squads
FIFA Arab Cup era, 2021–present
Tournaments Qualification Finals Squads Statistics
Note: The 1992 edition was organised as part of the
Arab Games , and also counted as the
Arab Cup .