1992 Arab Cup

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]

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
Champions Egypt
(1st title Arab Cup)
(3rd title Arab Games)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Kuwait
Fourth place Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Ayman Mansour
Kuwait Saeed Al-Owairan
Saudi Arabia Waleed Al-Felaij
(2 goals each)

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
Zone Team
Hosts  Syria
Holders None
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)  Kuwait
Zone 2 (Red Sea)  Egypt
 Saudi Arabia
Zone 3 (North Africa) None
Zone 4 (East Region)  Jordan
 Palestine

Venues
Aleppo
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Squads
Main article: 1992 Arab Cup squads

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 211021+13
 Kuwait 210142+22
 Jordan 201125−31
Egypt 1–1 Jordan
Mansour 68' Tadrus 6'
Referee: Omar Al-Shaqeer (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait 4–1 Jordan
Soliman
Al Saleh 54', ?'
? 		Muhammad Al-Ashhab
Egypt 1–0 Kuwait
Mansour 40'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 211032+13
 Syria 20201102
 Palestine 201112−11
Syria 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Kardaghli 78' Abdullah 58' (pen.)
Referee: Kamal Sobhi (Egypt)
Syria 0–0 Palestine
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Palestine
Al-Bishi 54'
Al-Owairan 57'

Knock-out stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 
 Egypt (pen.)0 (4)
 
17 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 Syria0 (3)
 
 Egypt3
 
15 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
 Saudi Arabia 2
 
 
 Kuwait0
 
Third place
 
 
17 September 1992 – Aleppo
 
 
 Kuwait2
 
 
 Syria 1

Semi-finals
Egypt 0–0 Syria
Penalties
4–3
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Kuwait
Al-Muwallid 38'
Al-Jaber 87'

Third place play-off
Kuwait 2–1 Syria
Al-Flayah 11', 51'

Final
Main article: 1992 Arab Cup Final
Egypt 3–2 Saudi Arabia
El-Sheshini 4' (pen.)
El-Kass 26'
H. Hassan 85'		 Al-Roomi 9'
Al-Owairan 73'
Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

Final ranking
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Egypt 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 8 Gold Medal & Arab Cup champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Saudi Arabia 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 Silver Medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kuwait 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 Bronze Medal
4  Syria (H) 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3 Fourth place
5  Palestine 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 Eliminated in group stage
6  Jordan 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
Source: rsssf
(H) Hosts

References
  1. "في مثل هذا اليوم.. منتخب مصر بطلاً لكأس العرب 1992". Akhbar El-Yom. Omar Al-Banobi. 18 September 2019.
  2. "Arab Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  3. "تاريخ دورة الألعاب العربية". BBC Arabic. Ibrahim Al-Jarhi. 26 September 2004.
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