1966_Arab_Cup Knowpia

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 1972 →

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]

Participated teams edit

The 10 participated teams are:

Bahrain
Iraq (hosts) & (holders)
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon

Venues edit

Baghdad	Baghdad
Al-Kashafa Stadium
Capacity: 14,000

Squads edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

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 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
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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

10 April 1966

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

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Final edit

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 edit

16 goals

Ali Al-Biski^[2]

14 goals

Ahmed Ben Soueid

6 goals

Mahmoud Al-Jahani

5 goals

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

^ Oman withdrew the tournament after its first match against Libya, protesting a penalty free-kick decision of the referee at 80'.

References edit

^ نهائي كأس العرب 1966 - Al-Gardenia
^ "Ali Al-Baski, the historical goal scorer for Libyan football ... and the star of records". Al Wasat. Retrieved 10 August 2020.