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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
Saudi Arabia Saeed Al-Owairan
Saudi Arabia Waleed Al-Felaij
(2 goals each)

Part of the Arab Games

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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

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Iraq absent

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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

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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

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Aleppo
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
 

Squads

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Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Egypt 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 3
  Kuwait 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 2
  Jordan 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1
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

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 3
  Syria 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
  Palestine 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
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

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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

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Egypt  0–0  Syria
Penalties
El-Sheshini soccer ball with check mark 
? soccer ball with check mark 
? soccer ball with check mark 
Mansour soccer ball with red X 
El-Kass soccer ball with check mark 
4–3 soccer ball with check mark  Qadir
soccer ball with red X  Khalaf
soccer ball with check mark  Afash
soccer ball with check mark  Khalifa
soccer ball with red X  Dib
Attendance: 20,000

Saudi Arabia  2–0  Kuwait

Third place play-off

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Kuwait  2–1  Syria
Al-Flayah   11', 51'  

Final

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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

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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[dead link]
(H) Hosts

References

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  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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