1988 Arab Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	Arab Cup
Year:	1988
Size:	200px
Country:	Jordan
Dates:	8–21 July
Num Teams:	10
Confederations:	2
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion:	Iraq
Champion-Flagvar:	1963
Count:	4
Second:	Syria
Third:	Egypt
Fourth:	Jordan
Matches:	24
Goals:	35
Top Scorer:	Ahmed Radhi (4 goals)
Player:	Tawfiq Al-Saheb
Prevseason:	1985
Nextseason:	1992

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)

Bahrain & Kuwait qualified.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Egypt & Saudi Arabia qualified.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

The tournament was held in Algiers, Algeria. Libya and Morocco withdrew.

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Algeria & Tunisia qualified.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Syria qualified.

Qualified teams

The 8 qualified teams are:

Participants
Zone	Team
Hosts
Holders
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
Zone 2 (Red Sea)
Zone 2 (Red Sea)
Zone 3 (North Africa)
Zone 3 (North Africa)
Zone 4 (East Region)

Final tournament

Venues

Amman
Amman International Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Squads

See main article: 1988 Arab Cup 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]