1966 Arab Cup

1966 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Iraq
Dates	1–10 April
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (2nd title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	111 (5.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Al-Biski (16 goals)
Best player	Shidrak Yousif
← 1964 1985 →

The 1966 Arab Cup was the third edition of the Arab Cup hosted in Baghdad, Iraq. The host nation and defending champions Iraq won the title for the 2nd time. ^[1]

At the tournament's closing ceremony, the chairman of the Arab Cup Organising Committee announced that the next edition of the Arab Cup would be held in 1967 in Damascus, Syria, ^[2] however, this did not end up taking place.

Participated teams

The 10 participated teams are:

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament [a]
Iraq	Hosts & holders	1965	1 ( 1964 )
Bahrain	Invitee	1965	0 (debut)
Jordan	Invitee	1965	2 (1963, 1964)
Kuwait	Invitee	1965	2 ( 1964 , 1964)
Lebanon	Invitee	1965	1 ( 1963 )
Libya	Invitee	1965	1 (1964)
North Yemen	Invitee	1965	0 (debut)
Oman	Invitee	1965	0 (debut)
Palestine	Invitee	1965	0 (debut)
Syria	Invitee	1965	1 (1963)

Notes

1. Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.

Venues

Baghdad Habbaniyah Kut	Baghdad	Habbaniyah	Kut
	Al-Kashafa Stadium	Al-Habbaniyah Stadium	Al-Kut Stadium
	Capacity: 14,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 5,000

Squads

Main article: 1966 Arab Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	4	3	1	0	15	3	+12	7
Lebanon	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Kuwait	4	1	1	2	10	9	+1	3
Jordan	4	1	0	3	7	9	–2	2
Bahrain	4	0	1	3	7	25	–28	1

1 April 1966

Iraq	3–1	Kuwait
Yousif 19' Dhiab 28' Atta 78'		Al-Dawla 66'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

2 April 1966

Lebanon	6–1	Bahrain
El-Sharki Chatila Berjaoui Abou Murad Altounian		Ayub

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

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2 April 1966

Iraq	2–1	Jordan
Assad Atta		Al-Shaqran 22'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Rashad Hawasly (Syria)

3 April 1966

Lebanon	2–1	Kuwait
El-Sharki 2' Apo 62'		Al-Dawla 26'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Salih Faraj (Iraq)

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5 April 1966

10:00  UTC+3

Iraq	10–1	Bahrain
Ismail 6' Dhiab 18', 42', 49', 66' Jameel 25', 55' Dawood 35' Hameed 39' Najim		Salmeen 60'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Rashad Hawasly (Syria)

5 April 1966

Lebanon	2–1	Jordan
El-Sharki 56' Abou Murad 59'		Issa 14'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Salih Faraj (Iraq)

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6 April 1966

Kuwait	4–4	Bahrain
Al-Dawla 20', 35', 59' Al-Masoud 24'		Saleem 14', 32' Waleed 33' Ayub 35'

Al-Habbaniyah Stadium, Habbaniyah

Referee: Rashad Hawasly (Syria)

7 April 1966

Jordan	5–1	Bahrain
Issa 22' (?) Al-Adwan 60' ? ?		Zalekh

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq)

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7 April 1966

Iraq	0–0	Lebanon

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

8 April 1966

Kuwait	4–0	Jordan
Al-Dawla 2', 63', 71' Al-Khatib 42'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq)

Group B

Oman abandoned their first match against Libya with 10 minutes left from a disputed decision when they started losing 21–0 to Libya, and withdrew from the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	5
Libya	3	1	2	0	14	1	+13	4
Palestine	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	3
North Yemen	3	0	0	3	0	27	–27	0
Oman	Withdrew

1 April 1966

Libya	1–1	Palestine
Al-Biski 35'		Al-Samari 75'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Salih Faraj (Iraq)

2 April 1966

Syria	7–0	North Yemen
Alian 16' Markarian 42', 44' Haddad 52' Kezberi 64', 66' Idlibi 88'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq)

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3 April 1966

Libya	21–0 [n 1]	Oman
Ben Soueid ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Al-Biski ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?' Al-Jahani ?', ?', ?', ?' Ben Zayed ?'	Abandoned in 80'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Rashad Hawasly (Syria)

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4 April 1966

Syria	0–0	Libya

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Fahmi Al-Qaimaqchi (Iraq)

4 April 1966

Palestine	7–0	North Yemen
Al-Samari 28', 65', 86', 88' Al-Arabi 75' Al-Maghrebi 76' Taha 82'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

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6 April 1966

Syria	4–1	Palestine
Kaoulekian 29', 51', 53' Haddad 69'		Al-Maghrebi 47'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Salih Faraj (Iraq)

6 April 1966

Libya	13–0	North Yemen
Ben Soueid 1', 24', 50', 54', 70' Al-Biski 34', 40', 53', 63', 78' Al-Ahwal 3', 19' Al-Khatiti 61'

Al-Kut Stadium, Kut

Referee: Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 9, 1966 – Baghdad
	Iraq	3
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
	Libya	1
					Iraq	2
	April 9, 1966 – Baghdad
					Syria	1
	Syria	1
	Lebanon	0
					Third place
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
					Libya	6
					Lebanon	1

Semi-finals

9 April 1966

Iraq	3–1	Libya
Mahmoud 12' Balla 22' (pen.) Atta 74'		Al-Biski 65'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

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9 April 1966

Syria	1–0	Lebanon
Kaoulekian 48'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Salih Faraj (Iraq)

Third place play-off

10 April 1966

Libya	6–1	Lebanon
Al-Biski 31', 33', 71' Al-Jahani 42', 55' Al-Ahwal 69'		El-Sharki 6'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Referee: Rashad Hawasly (Syria)

Final

Main article: 1966 Arab Cup Final

10 April 1966

18:00  UTC+3

Iraq	2–1	Syria
Ismail 65', 81'		Idlibi 33'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

Goalscorers

16 goals

• Ali Al-Biski ^[3]

14 goals

• Ahmed Ben Soueid

6 goals

• Mahmoud Al-Jahani

5 goals

• Nouri Dhiab
• Adnan Al Sharqi

Notes and references

Notes

1. Oman withdrew the tournament after its first match against Libya, protesting a penalty free-kick decision of the referee at 80'. The match and results were not counted.

References

1. نهائي كأس العرب 1966 - Al-Gardenia
2. "3rd Arab Football Cup Tournament Ends". Baghdad News. 12 April 1966.
3. "Ali Al-Baski, the historical goal scorer for Libyan football ... and the star of records". Al Wasat. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

External links

• Details in RSSSF