1998 Arab Nations Cup
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | Qatar |
Dates | 22 September – 1 October |
Teams | 12 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Saudi Arabia (1st title) |
Runners-up | Qatar |
Third place | Kuwait |
Fourth place | United Arab Emirates |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 52 (3.25 per match) |
The 1998 Arab Nations Cup is the seventh edition of the Arab Nations Cup hosted by Qatar, in Doha. Saudi Arabia won their first title.
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Qualifying
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- Qatar qualified as hosts.
- Egypt qualified as holders.
- Saudi Arabia and Morocco qualified as World Cup qualifiers.
- The Qualifying Stage is divided into 4 Groups based on the Geography regions, the groups are: The Levant, The Gulf, The Red sea and The North Africa group, Top teams qualify to the 1998 Arab Nations Cup.
- The qualified teams from the Qualifying Stage are:
- Kuwait and United Arab Emirates qualified from the Gulf group
- Algeria and Libya qualified from the North Africa group
- Sudan qualified from the Red Sea group
- Jordan, Syria and Lebanon qualified from the Levant group
Squads
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Overview
Algeria, Egypt and Morocco did not send their senior national teams but instead sent their Under-23 teams to the competition.[1]
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Qatar | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
Libya | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 |
Egypt U21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
Syria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
22 September 1998
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Egypt U21 | 2 - 1 | Syria |
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Abdullah Rajab 37' Abdullatif Al-Doumani 44' |
Mahmoud Mahmalji 67' |
24 September 1998
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Egypt U21 | 1 - 4 | Kuwait |
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Abdullatif Al-Doumani 25' | Jassem Al Houwaidi 4' Jamal Mubarak 19' Badr Haji 85' (pen) Bashar Abdullah 90' |
26 September 1998
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Kuwait | 4 - 0 | Syria |
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Jassem Al Houwaidi 10' Bashar Abdullah 23' Hamad Al-Saleh 35' Fawwaz Marzouq Bakhit 57' |
Group C
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
Morocco U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Sudan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
27 September 1998
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United Arab Emirates | 4 - 1 | Sudan |
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Hassan Saeed 13' Mohamed Obaid Hilal 83 (pen),88 (pen)' Ali Hassan 90' |
Abdulmajid Jaafar 68' |
Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Saudi Arabia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 6 |
Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
Algeria U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
27 September 1998
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Saudi Arabia | 4 - 1 | Lebanon |
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Obeid Al-Dossary 28, 38, 77' Nawaf Al-Temyat 82' |
Zaher Al-Indari 88' |
Knock-out stage
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
29 September 1998 - Doha, Qatar | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 2 | ||||||
Kuwait | 1 | ||||||
1 October 1998 - Doha, Qatar | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 3 | ||||||
Qatar | 1 | ||||||
Third place | |||||||
29 September 1998 - Doha, Qatar | 1 October 1998 - Doha, Qatar | ||||||
Qatar | 2 | Kuwait | 4 | ||||
United Arab Emirates | 1 | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
Semi-finals
29 September 1998
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Saudi Arabia | 2 - 1 | Kuwait |
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Yousuf Al-Thunayan 65' Khalid Al Temawi 79' |
Adel Youssouf 3' |
29 September 1998
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Qatar | 2 - 1 | United Arab Emirates |
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Yasser Nazmi 65' Mubarak Al-Kowari 75' |
Ali Hassan 60' |
Third place play-off
1 October 1998
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Kuwait | 4 - 1 | United Arab Emirates |
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Badr Haji 41' (pen) Bashar Abdullah 67, 87, 90' |
Mohamed Ali 26' |
Final
Result
1998 Arab Nations Cup Winners |
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Saudi Arabia First title |
Awards
Top Scorer:
- Obeid Al-Dossary - 8 goals.
Most Valuable Player:
Best Keeper: