1998 Arab Nations Cup

1998 Arab Nations Cup
Tournament details
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.

Qualifying

 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

For more details on this topic, see 1998 Arab Nations Cup squads.

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
 Qatar 220041+36
 Jordan 210123-13
 Libya 200224-20

22 September 1998
Qatar  2 - 1  Libya
Adel Khamis  44'
Mubarak Mustafa  49'
Khaled Ramadan  43'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Syria Mohamed Koussa

24 September 1998
Libya  1 - 2  Jordan
Ahmed El-Masli  61' Hassouneh Al-Sheikh  36'
Rafat Ali  64'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Sudan Salah Ahmed

26 September 1998
Qatar  2 - 0  Jordan
Mubarak Mustafa  17'
Adel Khamis 69'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Kuwait Qassem Hamza

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 220081+76
EgyptEgypt U21 210135-23
 Syria 200216-50

22 September 1998
EgyptEgypt U21 2 - 1  Syria
Abdullah Rajab  37'
Abdullatif Al-Doumani  44'
Mahmoud Mahmalji  67'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Saudi Arabia Omar Al-Mehanna

24 September 1998
EgyptEgypt U21 1 - 4  Kuwait
Abdullatif Al-Doumani  25' Jassem Al Houwaidi  4'
Jamal Mubarak  19'
Badr Haji  85' (pen)
Bashar Abdullah  90'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Tunisia Hisham Qirat

26 September 1998
Kuwait  4 - 0  Syria
Jassem Al Houwaidi  10'
Bashar Abdullah  23'
Hamad Al-Saleh  35'
Fawwaz Marzouq Bakhit  57'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Sudan Salah Ahmed

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 210142+23
 Morocco U23 21012203
 Sudan 210124-23

23 September 1998
Morocco U23  1 - 0  United Arab Emirates
Hamid Termina  86'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Kuwait Qassem Hamza

25 September 1998
Morocco U23  1 - 2  Sudan
Tarik Sektioui  25' Anas Al-Nour  42, 45'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Kuwait Qassem Hamza

27 September 1998
United Arab Emirates  4 - 1  Sudan
Hassan Saeed  13'
Mohamed Obaid Hilal  83 (pen),88 (pen)'
Ali Hassan  90'
Abdulmajid Jaafar  68'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Saudi Arabia Omar Al-Mehanna

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 220071+66
 Lebanon 201114-31
 Algeria U23 201103-31

23 September 1998
Algeria U23  0 - 0  Lebanon
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Qatar Juma'a Al-Ali

25 September 1998
Saudi Arabia  3 - 0  Algeria U23
Obeid Al-Dossary  8, 90'
Ibrahim Suwayed  54'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: United Arab Emirates Abdulaziz Al-Mulla

27 September 1998
Saudi Arabia  4 - 1  Lebanon
Obeid Al-Dossary  28, 38, 77'
Nawaf Al-Temyat  82'
Zaher Al-Indari  88'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Qatar Juma'a Al-Ali

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
Saudi Arabia  2 - 1  Kuwait
Yousuf Al-Thunayan  65'
Khalid Al Temawi  79'
Adel Youssouf  3'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tunisia Hisham Qirat


29 September 1998
Qatar  2 - 1  United Arab Emirates
Yasser Nazmi  65'
Mubarak Al-Kowari  75'
Ali Hassan  60'
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Syria Mohamed Koussa

Third place play-off

1 October 1998
Kuwait  4 - 1  United Arab Emirates
Badr Haji  41' (pen)
Bashar Abdullah  67, 87, 90'
Mohamed Ali  26'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Algeria Mourad Bendada

Final

1 October 1998
Saudi Arabia  3 - 1  Qatar
Obeid Al-Dossary  28, 49, 64' Mubarak Mustafa  82'
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Bahrain Abdulaziz Hassan

Result

 1998 Arab Nations Cup Winners 

Saudi Arabia
First title

Awards

Top Scorer:

Most Valuable Player:

Best Keeper:

References

External links

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