| Tourney Name: | Palestine Cup |
| Year: | 1972 |
| Other Titles: | كأس فلسطين 1972 |
| Country: | Iraq |
| Dates: | 1–14 January |
| Num Teams: | 9 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | Egypt |
| Champion-Flagvar: | 1972 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Iraq |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1963 |
| Third: | Algeria |
| Fourth: | Syria |
| Fourth-Flagvar: | 1972 |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 68 |
| Nextseason: | 1973 |
The 1972 Palestine Cup was the 1st edition of the Palestine Cup of Nations, it was held in Baghdad, Iraq between 1 and 14 January. The tournament acted as a replacement for the Arab Cup, which was otherwise not held between 1966 and 1985. Nine nations took part in the competition of which Egypt won.
The 9 participated teams are:
See main article: 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations squads.
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | –4 | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | –2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | –10 | 0 |
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