1966 Arab Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Iraq |
Dates | 1–10 April |
Teams | 10 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 111 (5.29 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (16 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
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
[edit]The 10 participated teams are:
Venues
[edit]Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 7 |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 3 |
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4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 2 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 22 | –15 | 1 |
Lebanon ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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El-Sharki ![]() Abou Murad ![]() |
Mustafa Al-Adwan ![]() |
Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad
Jordan ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Issa ![]() Mustafa Al-Adwan ![]() |
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Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad
Group B
[edit]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 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | +34 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | –23 | 0 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | –21 | 0 |
Syria ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad
Libya ![]() | 21–0 [n 1] | ![]() |
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Ben Soueid ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Al-Biski ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Al-Jahani ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ben Zayed ![]() |
Abandoned in 80' |
Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad
Palestine ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad
Libya ![]() | 13–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Biski ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ben Soueid ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Al-Ahwal ![]() ![]() Al-Khatiti ![]() |
Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad
Knock-out stage
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
April 8, 1966 – Baghdad | ||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
April 10, 1966 – Baghdad | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
April 8, 1966 – Baghdad | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
April 10, 1966 – Baghdad | ||||||
![]() | 6 | |||||
![]() | 1 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Third place play-off
[edit]Final
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]- 16 goals
- 14 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ نهائي كأس العرب 1966 - Al-Gardenia
- ^ "3rd Arab Football Cup Tournament Ends". Baghdad News. 12 April 1966.
- ^ "Ali Al-Baski, the historical goal scorer for Libyan football ... and the star of records". Al Wasat. Retrieved 10 August 2020.