1992 Arab Cup Explained

Tourney Name:	Arab Cup
Year:	1992
Other Titles:	1992 Arab Cup / 1992 Arab Games football tournament
Country:	Syria
Dates:	8–17 September
Num Teams:	6
Confederations:	2
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion Other:	(1st title) (3rd title)
Second:	Saudi Arabia
Third:	Kuwait
Fourth:	Syria
Matches:	10
Goals:	23
Top Scorer:	Ayman Mansour Saeed Al-Owairan Waleed Al-Felaij (2 goals each)
Prevseason:	1988 AG 1985
Nextseason:	1998 AG 1997

The 1992 Arab Cup is the sixth edition of the Arab Cup and also counted as the seventh edition of the 1992 Arab Games football tournament, hosted by Syria, in 2 Provinces Aleppo and Damascus. Egypt won their first title of the Arab Cup and their third gold medal of the Arab Games by beating Saudi Arabia in the final.^[1]

Part of the Arab Games

The 1992 edition organized as part of the 1992 Arab Games football tournament was also counted as a part of the Arab Cup.^[2]

Participated teams

Iraq absent

The most successful team and holder of the Arab Cup with four titles and the gold medalist holder in the Arab Games football tournament, Iraq the defending champions banned for playing in the Arab Cup due to Gulf War.^[3]

Teams of the tournament

Egypt participated with the olympic team. The 6 participated teams are:

Participants
Zone	Team
Hosts
Holders	None
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)
Zone 2 (Red Sea)
Zone 3 (North Africa)	None
Zone 4 (East Region)

Venues

Aleppo
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Squads

See main article: 1992 Arab Cup squads.

Group stage

Group A

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	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	3
	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	2
	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

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Group B

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	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	3
	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

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Knock-out stage

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 1992 Arab Cup Final.

External links

• Details in RSSSF

Notes and References

1. Web site: في مثل هذا اليوم.. منتخب مصر بطلاً لكأس العرب 1992 . Akhbar El-Yom. Omar Al-Banobi . 18 September 2019 .
2. Web site: Arab Cup. 2021-04-23. RSSSF.
3. Web site: تاريخ دورة الألعاب العربية . BBC Arabic . Ibrahim Al-Jarhi . 26 September 2004 .