1988_AFC_Asian

1988 AFC Asian Cup

1988 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Qatar 1988

Tournament details

Host country Qatar

Teams 10

Final positions

Champions Saudi Arabia (2nd title)

Runners-up Korea Republic

Third place Iran

Fourth place China PR

Tournament statistics

Matches played 24

Goals scored 45 (1.88 per match)

Top scorer(s) Lee Tae-Ho (3 goals)

Best player Kim Joo-Sung

The Asian Football Confederation's 1988 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar between December 2 and December 18. Saudi Arabia defeated Republic of Korea in the final match in Doha.

1 Qualification
2 First round
- 2.1 Group A
- 2.2 Group B
3 Semi-finals
4 Third Place Match
5 Final
- 5.1 Knockout Map
6 Winners
7 Awards
8 Scoring players
9 Top scoring teams

Qualification

Qatar qualified automatically as host
Saudi Arabia qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 8 qualifying teams were:

First round

In the following tables:

Pts = total points accumulated
Pld = total games played
W = total games won
D = total games drawn (tied)
L = total games lost
GF = total goals scored (goals for)
GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
GD = goal difference (GF−GA)

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Korea Republic	8	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7
Iran	5	4	2	1	1	3	3	0
Qatar	4	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1
United Arab Emirates	2	4	1	0	3	2	4	−2
Japan	1	4	0	1	3	0	6	−6


December 2
	Iran	2 – 0	Qatar
		(HT: 1 – 0)		Ref:Micheal Voutrou (FRA)
	Bavi 6'
	Pious 82'

December 3
	Rep. of Korea	1 – 0	U.A.E.	Doha Al-Ahly Stadium (1500)
		(HT: 1 – 0)		Ref: George Courtney (ENG)
	Lee 8'

December 4
	Iran	0 – 0	Japan
		(HT: 0 – 0)		Ref:Thompson TANSHAN

December 5
	Qatar	2 – 1	U.A.E.
		(HT: 2 – 1)
	Muftah 17'		Mohomed 35'
	Faray 26'

December 6
	Rep. of Korea	2 – 0	Japan	Doha Qatar SC Stadium (15:00)
		(HT: 2 – 0)		Ref:Salah Mohammed Karim (IRQ)
	Hwang 17'
	Kim 35'

December 8
	Iran	1 – 0	U.A.E.
		(HT: 1 – 0)		Ref:Steven Owens (TUN)
	Pious 28'

December 9
	Rep. of Korea	3 – 2	Qatar	Doha Qatar SC Stadium (1700)
		(HT: 2 – 0)		Ref:George Courtney (ENG)
	Chung 10'		Salman (pen)47'
	Kim 34'		Salman (pen)80'
	Chung 72'

December 10
	Japan	0 – 1	U.A.E.
		(HT: 0 – 0)
			Muhammad 80'

December 11
	Rep. of Korea	3 – 0	Iran	Doha Al-Ahly Stadium (1700)
		(HT: 2 – 0)		Ref:Naji Jouieni (TUN)
	Byun 26'
	Hwang 42'
	Byun 57'

December 12
	Qatar	3 – 0	Japan
		(HT: 0 – 0)
	Khamis 58'
	Khamis 82'
	Muftah 90'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	6	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3
China PR	5	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
Syria	4	4	2	0	2	2	5	−3
Kuwait	3	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1
Bahrain	2	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2


December 2
	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Syria
		(HT: 1 – 0)
	Al-Saleh 20'
	Sherbani 82'

December 3
	Kuwait	0 – 0	Bahrain
		(HT: 0 – 0)

December 4
	P.R. China	3 – 0	Syria
		(HT: 3 – 0)
	Gao 13'
	Xie 14'
	Xie 19'

December 5
	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	Kuwait
		(HT: 0 – 0)

December 6
	P.R. China	1 – 0	Bahrain
		(HT: 0 – 0)
	Zhang 78'

December 8
	Syria	1 – 0	Kuwait
		(HT: 1 – 0)
	Nasser 63'

December 9
	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Bahrain
		(HT: 0 – 1)
	Al-Ja'azeh 78'		Muhammad (pen)44'

December 10
	P.R. China	2 – 2	Kuwait
		(HT: 1 – 0)
	Ma 10'		Hussein (pen)60'
	Ma 87'		Muhammad (pen)62'

December 11
	Bahrain	0 – 1	Syria
		(HT: 0 – 0)
			Al-Hel 72'

December 12
	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	P.R. China
		(HT: 0 – 0)
	Alibishin 56'

Semi-finals

December 14	Rep.of Korea	2 – 1	P.R. CHINA
		(HT: 0 – 0)
		(FT: 0 – 0)
	Lee 93'		Mai 100'
	Lee 102'


December 15	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Iran
		(HT:1 – 0)
	Abdullah 20'

Third Place Match

December 17
	Iran	0 – 0	P.R. China
		(HT: 0 – 0)
		(FT: 0 – 0)
		(AET: 0 – 0)
	Iran wins 3 – 0 on penalties

Final

December 18
	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	Rep. of Korea	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
		(HT: 0 – 0)
		(FT: 0 – 0)
		(AET: 0 – 0)
	Saudi Arabia wins 4 – 3 on penalties

Knockout Map

Semi finals			Final

December 14 - Qatar
Korea Republic	2
China PR	1

			December 18 - Doha
			Saudi Arabia (PSO)	0 (4)
			South Korea	0 (3)


			Third place
December 15 - Qatar		December 17 - Qatar
Saudi Arabia	1	Iran (PSO)	0 (3)
Iran	0		China PR	(0)