1992 Arab Cup

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1992 Arab Cup
1992 Arab Cup /
1992 Arab Games football tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySyria
Dates8–17 September
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
(1st title Arab Cup)
(3rd title Arab Games)
Runners-upFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Third placeFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Fourth placeFlag of Syria.svg  Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Egypt.svg Ayman Mansour
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saeed Al-Owairan
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Waleed Al-Felaij
(2 goals each)

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]

Contents

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
ZoneTeam
HostsFlag of Syria.svg  Syria
HoldersNone
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Zone 2 (Red Sea)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Zone 3 (North Africa)None
Zone 4 (East Region)Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine

Venues

Aleppo
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
Al-Hamadaniya stad Aleppo1.jpg

Squads

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 211021+13
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 210142+22
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 201125−31
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–1Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Mansour Soccerball shade.svg68' Tadrus Soccerball shade.svg6'
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo
Referee: Omar Al-Shaqeer (Saudi Arabia)


Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–0Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Mansour Soccerball shade.svg40'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 211032+13
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 20201102
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 201112−11
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg1–1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Kardaghli Soccerball shade.svg78' Abdullah Soccerball shade.svg58' (pen.)
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo
Referee: Kamal Sobhi (Egypt)

Syria  Flag of Syria.svg0–0Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (pen.)0 (4)
 
17 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 0 (3)
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3
 
15 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2
 
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 2
 
 
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 0
 
Third place
 
 
17 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 2
 
 
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 1

Semi-finals

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg0–0Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Penalties
El-Sheshini Soccerball shad check.svg
? Soccerball shad check.svg
? Soccerball shad check.svg
Mansour Soccerball shade cross.svg
El-Kass Soccerball shad check.svg
4–3Soccerball shad check.svg Qadir
Soccerball shade cross.svg Khalaf
Soccerball shad check.svg Afash
Soccerball shad check.svg Khalifa
Soccerball shade cross.svg Dib
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo
Attendance: 20,000

Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg2–0Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait

Third place play-off

Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg2–1Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Al-Flayah Soccerball shade.svg11', 51'Soccerball shade.svg

Final

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg3–2Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
El-Sheshini Soccerball shade.svg4' (pen.)
El-Kass Soccerball shade.svg26'
H. Hassan Soccerball shade.svg85'
Al-Roomi Soccerball shade.svg9'
Al-Owairan Soccerball shade.svg73'
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

Final ranking

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 422053+28Gold Medal & Arab Cup champions
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 421175+27Silver Medal
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 420265+16Bronze Medal
4Flag of Syria.svg  Syria (H)40312313Fourth place
5Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 20111211Eliminated in group stage
6Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 20112531
Source: rsssf [ dead link ]
(H) Hosts

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