1966 Arab Cup

1966 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Iraq
Dates	1–10 April
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (2nd title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	111 (5.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Al-Biski (16 goals)
Best player(s)	Shidrak Yousif
← 1964 1985 →

The 1966 Arab Cup was the third edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Baghdad, Iraq. The host nation and defending champions Iraq won the title for the 2nd time.^[1]

At the tournament's closing ceremony, the chairman of the Arab Cup Organising Committee announced that the next edition of the Arab Cup would be held in 1967 in Damascus, Syria,^[2] however this did not end up taking place.

Participated teams

The 10 participated teams are:

Venues

Baghdad	Baghdad
Al-Kashafa Stadium
Capacity: 14,000

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	4	3	1	0	15	3	+12	7
Lebanon	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Jordan	4	1	1	2	6	7	–1	3
Kuwait	4	0	2	2	8	11	–3	2
Bahrain	4	0	1	3	7	22	–15	1

1 April 1966

Iraq	3–1	Kuwait
Yousif Dhiab Atta

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

5 April 1966

Lebanon	2–1	Jordan
El-Sharki Abou Murad		Mustafa Al-Adwan 22'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

2 April 1966

Iraq	2–1	Jordan
Assad Atta		Al-Shaqran 22'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

2 April 1966

Lebanon	6–1	Bahrain
Altounian El-Sharki Abou Murad Berjaoui Chatila

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

3 April 1966

Lebanon	2–1	Kuwait
El-Sharki 1', ?'		Al-Dawla

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

7 April 1966

Jordan	2–1	Bahrain
Issa 22' Mustafa Al-Adwan 60'		Zalekh

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

5 April 1966

10:00 UTC+3

Iraq	10–1	Bahrain
Dhiab Jameel Ismail Najim Hameed Dawood

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

8 April 1966

Jordan	2–2	Kuwait
Issa 22' Mustafa Al-Adwan 70'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

6 April 1966

Kuwait	4–4	Bahrain

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

7 April 1966

Iraq	0–0	Lebanon

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Group B

Oman abandoned their first match against Libya with 10 minutes left from a disputed decision when they started losing 21–0 to Libya, and withdrew from the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	4	2	2	0	34	0	+34	6
Syria	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
Palestine	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	3
North Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	24	–23	0
Oman	1	0	0	1	0	21	–21	0

1 April 1966

Libya	0–0	Palestine

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

2 April 1966

Syria	4–1	North Yemen

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

3 April 1966

Libya	21–0 [n 1]	Oman
Ben Soueid Al-Biski Al-Jahani Ben Zayed	Abandoned in 80'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

4 April 1966

Syria	0–0	Libya

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

4 April 1966

Palestine	7–0	North Yemen

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

6 April 1966

Syria	3–1	Palestine

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

6 April 1966

Libya	13–0	North Yemen
Al-Biski Ben Soueid Al-Ahwal Al-Khatiti

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 8, 1966 – Baghdad
	Iraq	3
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
	Libya	1
					Iraq	2
	April 8, 1966 – Baghdad
					Syria	1
	Syria	1
	Lebanon	0
					Third place
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
					Libya	6
					Lebanon	1

Semi-finals

8 April 1966

Iraq	3–1	Libya
Mahmoud Balla Atta		Al-Biski

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

8 April 1966

Syria	1–0	Lebanon

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Third place play-off

10 April 1966

Libya	6–1	Lebanon
Al-Biski Al-Jahani Al-Ahwal		El-Sharki

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Final

10 April 1966

18:00 UTC+3

Iraq	2–1	Syria
Ismail 68', 84'		Idlibi 27'

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

Goalscorers

16 goals

• Ali Al-Biski^[3]

14 goals

• Ahmed Ben Soueid

6 goals

• Mahmoud Al-Jahani

5 goals

• Nouri Dhiab
• Adnan Al Sharqi

Notes and references

Notes

References

External links

• Details in RSSSF

This page was last edited on 18 May 2024, at 15:13