1988 AFC Asian Cup
The 1988 AFC Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar between 2 December and 18 December 1988. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha.[1]
Asian Cup Qatar 1988 كأس آسيا 1988 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Qatar |
Dates | 2 December–18 December |
Teams | 10 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 40 (1.67 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Qualification
Qatar qualified automatically as host
Saudi Arabia qualified automatically as defending champions
The other 8 qualifying teams were:
Squads
Venues
Stadiums in Doha |
Doha | |
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Al-Ahly Stadium | Qatar SC Stadium | |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | |
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First round
All times are Qatar time (UTC+3)
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 |
(H) Host.
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Lee Tae-Ho ![]() |
Qatar ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Muftah ![]() Musabah ![]() |
Report | H. Mohamed ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Hwang Sun-Hong ![]() Kim Joo-Sung ![]() |
Report |
Iran ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Pious ![]() |
Report |
Qatar ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Salman ![]() |
Report | Chung Hae-Won ![]() Kim Joo-Sung ![]() |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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A.A. Mohamed ![]() |
Report |
South Korea ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Byun Byung-Joo ![]() Hwang Sun-Hong ![]() |
Report |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
Syria ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Al-Mutlaq ![]() Al-Suwaiyed ![]() |
Kuwait ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Bahrain ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Zhang Xiaowen ![]() |
Syria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Nasser ![]() |
Report |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Jazea'a ![]() |
Report | F. Mohamed ![]() |
Kuwait ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Adel Abbas ![]() Mansour Basha ![]() |
Report | Ma Lin ![]() |
Bahrain ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Abu Al-Sel ![]() |
China PR ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Al-Bishi ![]() |
Knockout stage
All times are Qatar time (UTC+3)
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
December 14 - Doha | ||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||
December 18 - Doha | ||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0 (3) | |||||
December 15 - Doha | ||||||
![]() | 0 (4) | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
December 17 - Doha | ||||||
![]() | 0 (0) | |||||
![]() | 0 (3) |
Semi-finals
South Korea ![]() | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Lee Tae-Ho ![]() |
Report | Mai Chao ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Abdullah ![]() |
Report |
Third place play-off
Final
South Korea ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Cho Min-Kook ![]() Lee Tae-Ho ![]() Byun Byung-Joo ![]() Kim Joo-Sung ![]() Cho Yoon-Hwan ![]() |
3–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
With three goals, Lee Tae-Ho is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 40 goals were scored by 28 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal. The second highest scorer in this tournament was Shadi Gilke of Syria who was the first teenager to score 2 goals in the AFC. Shadi went afterwards to play in Europe in Dynamo Moscow.
3 goals:
2 goals:
1 goal:
Fahad Mohamed
Gao Sheng
Mai Chao
Zhang Xiaowen
Karim Bavi
Adel Abbas
Mansour Basha
Saleh Al-Mutlaq
Mohamed Al-Suwaiyed
Fahad Al-Bishi
Yousuf Jazea'a
Majed Abdullah
Walid Abu Al-Sel
Walid Al-Nasser
Hassan Mohamed
Abdulaziz Mohamed
1 own goal
Muhsin Musabah (for Qatar)
Awards
Most Valuable Player[2]
Top scorer[2]
Best Goalkeeper[2]
Best Forward[2]
Team of the Tournament[2]
Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forward |
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Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PCT | Result |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | .750 | 1st |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 11 | .917 | 2nd |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | .500 | 3rd |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | .500 | |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | .500 | Eliminated in the first stage |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | .500 | |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | .375 | |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | .250 | |
9 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | .250 | |
10 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 | .125 |
References
- "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- Jovanovic, Bojan; King, Ian; Morrison, Neil; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter (16 December 2010). "Asian Nations Cup 1988". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2020.