1998 Arab Nations Cup

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name =Arab Nations Cup
year = 1998
othertitles =


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country = Qatar
dates = 22 September – 1 October
finalists = 12
venues = 1
cities = 1
winners = Saudi Arabia
count = 1
matches = 16
goals = 52
attendance =
top_scorer = flagicon|KSA Obeid Al-Dossary 8 goals
updated = Feb 11

The 1998 Arab Nations Cup is the 7th edition of the Arab Nations Cup hosted by Syria, in 2 Provinces Aleppo and Damascus. Saudi Arabia won their first title.

Qualifying

* qualified as hosts.
* qualified as holders.
* and fb|MAR qualified as World Cup qualifiers.

* The Qualifying Stage is divided in to 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:: fb|Kuwait and fb|United Arab Emirates qualified from the Gulf group: fb|Algeria and fb|Libya qualified from the North Africa group: fb|Sudan qualified from the Red Sea group: fb|Jordan, fb|Syria and fb|Lebanon qualified from the Levant group

Group A

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date= 23 September, 1998
team1=fb-rt|Morocco
score= 1 - 0
team2=fb|UAE
goals1= Hamid Termina goal|86
goals2=
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 5,000
referee = flagicon|Kuwait Qassem Hamza ----footballbox
date= 25 September, 1998
team1=fb-rt|Morocco
score= 1 - 2
team2=fb|Sudan
goals1= Tareq Al-Siktiwi goal|25
goals2= Anas Al-Nour goal|42, 45
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 13,000
referee = flagicon|Kuwait Qassem Hamza----footballbox
date= 27 September, 1998
team1=fb-rt|UAE
score= 4 - 1
team2=fb|Sudan
goals1= Hassan Saeed goal|13
Mohamed Obaid Hilal goal|83 (pen),88 (pen)
Ali Hassan goal|90
goals2= Abdulmajid Jaafar goal|68
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 15,000
referee = flagicon|KSA Omar Al-Mehanna

Group D

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date= 23 September, 1998
team1=fb-rt|Algeria
score= 0 - 0
team2=fb|LIB
goals1=
goals2=
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 5,000
referee = flagicon|Qatar Juma'a Al-Ali ----footballbox
date= 25 September, 1998
team1=fb-rt|KSA
score= 3 - 0
team2=fb|Algeria
goals1= Obeid Al-Dossary goal|8, 90
Ibrahim Suwayed goal|54
goals2=
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 10,000
referee = flagicon|UAE Abdulaziz Al-Mulla ----footballbox
date= 27 September, 1998
team1=fb-rt|KSA
score= 4 - 1
team2=fb|LIB
goals1= Obeid Al-Dossary goal|28, 38, 77
Nawaf Al-Temyat goal|82
goals2= Zaher Al-Indari goal|88
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 13,000
referee = flagicon|Qatar Juma'a Al-Ali

Knock-out stage

Round4-with third
29 September, 1998 - Doha, Qatar |fb|KSA|2|fb|Kuwait|1
29 September, 1998 - Doha, Qatar |fb|Qatar |2|fb|UAE|1
1 October, 1998 - Doha, Qatar |fb|KSA|3|fb|Qatar| 1
1 October, 1998 - Doha, Qatar |fb|Kuwait|4|fb|UAE| 1

emi-finals

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date= 29 September, 1998
team1=fb-rt|KSA
score= 2 - 1
team2=fb|Kuwait
goals1= Yousuf Al-Thunayan goal|65
Khaled Al-Timawi goal|79
goals2= Adel Youssouf goal|3
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 20,000
referee = flagicon|TUN Hisham Qirat
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date= 29 September, 1998
team1=fb-rt|Qatar
score= 2 - 1
team2=fb|UAE
goals1= Yasser Nazmi goal|65
Mubarak Al-Kowari goal|75
goals2= Ali Hassan goal|60
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 20,000
referee = flagicon|Syria Mohamed Koussa

Third place play-off

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date= 1 October, 1998
team1=fb-rt|Kuwait
score= 4 - 1
team2=fb|UAE
goals1= Badr Hajji goal|41|pen
Bashar Abdullah goal|67, 87, 90
goals2= Mohamed Ali goal|26
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 25,000
referee = flagicon|Algeria Morad Bin Dada

Final

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date= 1 October, 1998
team1=fb-rt|KSA
score= 3 - 1
team2=fb|Qatar
goals1= Obeid Al-Dossary goal|28, 49, 64
goals2= Mubarak Mustafa goal|82
stadium=Qassem Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar
attendance = 25,000
referee = flagicon|Bahrain Abdulaziz Hassan

Awards

Top Scorer:
* Obeid Al-Dossary - 8 goals.Most Valuable Player:
* Badr Hajji
* Mubarak MustafaBest Keeper:
* Mohammed Al-Deayea

External links

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arabcup.html#98 Details in RSSSF]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arabcup98-details.html More Details ]