1992 King Fahd Cup Explained

Tourney Name:King Fahd Cup
Year:1992
Other Titles:Arabic: كَأْسُ الْمَلِك فَهْد 1992
Size:150px
Country:Saudi Arabia
City:Riyadh
Dates:15–20 October
Num Teams:4
Confederations:4
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:ARG
Count:1
Second:KSA
Third:USA
Fourth:CIV
Matches:4
Goals:18
Attendance:196500
Top Scorer: Gabriel Batistuta
Bruce Murray
(2 goals each)
Player: Fernando Redondo[1]
Nextseason:1995

The 1992 King Fahd Cup (Arabic: كَأْسُ الْمَلِك فَهْد), named after Fahd of Saudi Arabia, was the first association football tournament of the competition that would later be known as the FIFA Confederations Cup. It was hosted by Saudi Arabia in October 1992, and was won by Argentina, who beat the hosts Saudi Arabia 3–1 in the final. The 1992 tournament was the only one not to feature a group stage and only featured four nations.

Qualified teams

TeamConfederationQualification methodParticipation no.
AFCHosts and 1988 AFC Asian Cup winners1st
CONCACAF1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners1st
CONMEBOL1991 Copa América winners1st
CAF1992 African Cup of Nations winners1st

Squads

See main article: 1992 King Fahd Cup squads.

Venue

All matches were played at the 67,000-capacity King Fahd II Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Match referees

Africa
Asia
North, Central America and Caribbean
South America

Final tournament

See main article: 1992 King Fahd Cup final tournament.

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 1992 King Fahd Cup Final.

Statistics

Goalscorers

With two goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Bruce Murray were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 18 goals were scored by 16 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

2 goals
1 goal

Tournament ranking

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/fifa-awards.html