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1988 AFC Asian Cup

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1988 AFC Asian Cup
كأس آسيا 1988
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates2–18 December
Teams10
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place Iran
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored40 (1.67 per match)
Attendance164,500 (6,854 per match)
Top scorerSouth Korea Lee Tae-Ho (3 goals)
Best playerSouth Korea Kim Joo-Sung
Best goalkeeperChina Zhang Huikang
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1992 →

The 1988 AFC Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association 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 South Korea in the final match in Doha.[1][2][3]

Qualification

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Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 QatarHostsN/A2 (1980, 1984)
 Saudi Arabia1984 AFC Asian Cup champions16 December 19841 (1984)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup 1 winners17 February 19882 (1980, 1984)
 ChinaGroup 1 runners-up16 February 19883 (1976, 1980, 1984)
 KuwaitGroup 2 winners18 April 19884 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984)
 Japan [a]Group 2 runners-up18 April 19880 (debut)
 SyriaGroup 3 winners3 June 19882 (1980, 1984)
 IranGroup 3 runners-up4 June 19885 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984)
 BahrainGroup 4 winners22 June 19880 (debut)
 South KoreaGroup 4 runners-up22 June 19886 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984)

Squads

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Venues

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2 Qatar SC Stadium
2 Qatar SC Stadium
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1 Al-Ahly Stadium
1 Al-Ahly Stadium
Venues of the 1988 AFC Asian Cup
1
Al-Ahly Stadium
2
Qatar SC Stadium
City Stadium Capacity
Doha Al-Ahly Stadium 20,000
Qatar SC Stadium

First round

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All times are Qatar time (UTC+3)

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7 8 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iran 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 5
3  Qatar (H) 4 2 0 2 7 6 +1 4
4  United Arab Emirates 4 1 0 3 2 4 −2 2
5  Japan 4 0 1 3 0 6 −6 1
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Iran 2–0 Qatar
Bavi 6'
Pious 89'		 Report
Attendance: 15,000
United Arab Emirates 0–1 South Korea
Report Lee Tae-ho 8' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Japan 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Qatar 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Muftah 17'
Musabah red-colored football 26' (o.g.)		 Report H. Mohamed 35'
Attendance: 2,000
South Korea 2–0 Japan
Hwang Sun-hong 13'
Kim Joo-sung 35'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Salah Mohammed (Iraq)
Iran 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Pious 27' Report
Attendance: 4,000
Qatar 2–3 South Korea
Salman 47' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Report Chung Hae-won 10', 72'
Kim Joo-sung 34'
Attendance: 15,000
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Japan
A.A. Mohamed 86' Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)
South Korea 3–0 Iran
Byun Byung-joo 26', 57'
Hwang Sun-hong 42'		 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Japan 0–3 Qatar
Report Khamis 58', 82'
Muftah 90'
Attendance: 10,000

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  China 4 2 1 1 6 3 +3 5
3  Syria 4 2 0 2 2 5 −3 4
4  Kuwait 4 0 3 1 2 3 −1 3
5  Bahrain 4 0 2 2 1 3 −2 2
Source: RSSSF
Syria 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Mutlaq 20'
Al-Suwaiyed 82'
Attendance: 15,000
Kuwait 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Attendance: 3,000
China 3–0 Syria
Gao Sheng 13'
Xie Yuxin 14', 19'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Kuwait
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Bahrain 0–1 China
Report Zhang Xiaowen 78'
Attendance: 1,000
Syria 1–0 Kuwait
Al-Nasser 63' Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Bahrain
Jazea'a 78' Report F. Mahmoud 44' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,000
Kuwait 2–2 China
Adel Abbas 60' (pen.)
Mansour Basha 62'		 Report Ma Lin 10', 87'
Attendance: 8,000
Bahrain 0–1 Syria
Report Abu Al-Sel 72' (pen.)
Attendance: 800
China 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Bishi 56'
Attendance: 15,000

Knockout stage

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All times are Qatar time (UTC+3)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
December 14 - Doha
 
 
 South Korea (a.e.t.)2
 
December 18 - Doha
 
 China1
 
 South Korea0 (3)
 
December 15 - Doha
 
 Saudi Arabia (pen.)0 (4)
 
 Saudi Arabia1
 
 
 Iran0
 
Third place
 
 
December 17 - Doha
 
 
 China0 (0)
 
 
 Iran (pen.)0 (3)

Semi-finals

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South Korea 2–1 (a.e.t.) China
Lee Tae-ho 93', 103' Report Mai Chao 100'
Attendance: 1,000
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Iran
Abdullah 16' Report
Attendance: 17,000

Third place play-off

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Final

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Statistics

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Goalscorers

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With three goals, South Korea's 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 an own goal.

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

1 own goal

Awards

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Most Valuable Player[5]

Top scorer[5]

Best Goalkeeper[5]

Best Forward[5]

Team of the Tournament[5]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forward
China Zhang Huikang
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Deayea		 Saudi Arabia Mohamed Al-Jawad
Saudi Arabia Saleh Nu'eimeh
South Korea Park Kyung-hoon
South Korea Chung Yong-hwan		 China Xie Yuxin
United Arab Emirates Mohamed Salim
Kuwait Mahboub Juma'a
Iran Sirous Ghayeghran
South Korea Chung Hae-won
Qatar Adel Khamis
Kuwait Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri
South Korea Byun Byung-joo		 Saudi Arabia Youssef Al-Thunayan
Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah
South Korea Kim Joo-sung
China Wang Baoshan

Notes

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  1. ↑ Japan entered the 1988 AFC Asian Cup and its qualifiers with a B team, made up mostly of university players, as the Japan Football Association kept the senior national team players at home for domestic league and cup competitions.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com. 2011-01-07. Archived from the original on 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2015-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "1988 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Asian Cup 1988 Qatar » Schedule". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "日本サッカーの夜明け前にあった「幻のアジア挑戦」 初出場の1988年大会、B代表で"ぶっつけ本番"【コラム】" (in Japanese). 2024-01-11. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Jovanovic, Bojan; King, Ian; Morrison, Neil; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter (16 December 2010). "Asian Nations Cup 1988". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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