1992 Arab Nations Cup

The 1992 Arab Nations Cup is the sixth edition of the Arab Nations Cup and also counted as the seventh edition of the 1992 Pan Arab Games football tournament, hosted by Syria, in 2 Provinces Aleppo and Damascus. Egypt won their first title of the Arab Nations Cup and their third gold medal of the Pan Arab Games by beating Saudi Arabia in the final.[1]

1992 Arab Nations Cup
1992 Arab Nations Cup /
1992 Pan Arab Games football tournament
Tournament details
Host countrySyria
Dates8–17 September
Teams6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Egypt
(1st title Arab Cup)
(3rd title Pan Arab Games)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Kuwait
Fourth place Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored23 (2.3 per match)

Part of the Pan Arab Games

The 1992 edition organized as part of the 1992 Pan Arab Games football tournament was also counted as a part of the Arab Nations Cup.

Participated teams

Iraq absent

The most successful team and holder of the Arab Nations Cup with four titles and the gold medalist holder in the Pan Arab Games football tournament, Iraq the defending champions banned for playing in the Arab Nations Cup due to Gulf War.[2]

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 Nations 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', ?'
? 		Tadrus
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
 
 
 Egypt0 (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 Nations Cup Final
Egypt 3–2 Saudi Arabia
El-Sheshini  4' (p)
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
 Egypt 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2 8 Gold Medal & Arab Cup champions
 Saudi Arabia 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7 Silver Medal
 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) Host.

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