1988 AFC Asian Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name =
year = 1988
other_titles = Asian Cup Qatar 1988


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country = Qatar
dates = December
num_teams = 10
confederations =
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champion = KSA
count = 2
second = South Korea
third = IRN
fourth = CHN
matches = 24
goals = 45
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|KOR Lee Tae-Ho (3 goals)
player = flagicon|KOR Kim Joo-Sung
updated =The Asian Football Confederation's 1988 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar between December 2 and December 18. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha.

Qualification

* qualified automatically as host
* qualified automatically as defending championsThe other 8 qualifying teams were:
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First round

In the following tables:
* Pts = total points accumulated
* Pld = total games played
* W = total games won
* D = total games drawn (tied)
* L = total games lost
* GF = total goals scored (goals for)
* GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
* GD = goal difference (GF−GA)

Group A

Final

Knockout Map

Round4-with third
December 14 - Qatar|fb|KOR|2|fb|CHN|1
December 15 - Qatar|fb|KSA|1|IRN"'|0
December 18 - Doha| fb|KSA (PSO)|0 (4)|KOR| 0 (3)
December 17 - Qatar| fb|IRN (PSO)|0 (3)|fb|CHN| (0)

Winners

Awards

MVP (Most Valuable Player)

*flagicon|KOR Kim Joo-Sung

Top Scorer

*flagicon|KOR Lee Tae-Ho - 3 goals

Best Goalkeeper

*flagicon|CHN Zhang Huikang

coring players

3 goals:
* Lee Tae-Ho

2 goals:
* Ma Lin
* Xie Yuxin
* Farshad Pious
* Adel Khamis
* Mansour Muftah
* Khalid Salman
* Byun Byung-Joo
* Chung Hae-Won
* Hwang Sun-Hong
* Kim Joo-Sung

1 goal:
*flagicon|BHR Favad Muhammad
*flagicon|CHN Gao Shang
*flagicon|CHN Mai Chao
*flagicon|CHN Zhang Xiaowen
*flagicon|IRN Karim Bavi
*flagicon|KUW Adel Hussein
*flagicon|KUW Mansoor Muhammad
*flagicon|QAT Moshin Faray
*flagicon|KSA Saleh Mubarak Al-Saleh
*flagicon|KSA Mohamed Sherbani
*flagicon|KSA Fand Alibishin
*flagicon|KSA Yousuf Al-Ja’Azeh
*flagicon|KSA Majed Abdullah
*flagicon|SYR Walid Nasser
*flagicon|SYR Walid Al-Hel
*flagicon|UAE Mohamed Hasan Hussain
*flagicon|UAE Abdul Aziz Muhammad

Top scoring teams

11 goals:
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7 goals:
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5 goals:
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3 goals:
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2 goals:
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1 goal:
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0 goal:
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