1988 AFC Asian Cup

1988 AFC Asian Cup
كأس آسيا 1988
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates2–18 December
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (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)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Lee Tae-Ho (3 goals)
Best player(s)South Korea Kim Joo-Sung
Best goalkeeperChina Zhang Huikang
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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

Main article: 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance
 Qatar Hosts N/A 2 (1980, 1984)
 Saudi Arabia 1984 AFC Asian Cup champions 16 December 1984 1 (1984)
 United Arab Emirates Group 1 winners 17 February 1988 2 (1980, 1984)
 China Group 1 runners-up 16 February 1988 3 (1976, 1980, 1984)
 Kuwait Group 2 winners 18 April 1988 4 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984)
 Japan Group 2 runners-up 18 April 1988 0 (debut)
 Syria Group 3 winners 3 June 1988 2 (1980, 1984)
 Iran Group 3 runners-up 4 June 1988 5 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984)
 Bahrain Group 4 winners 22 June 1988 0 (debut)
 South Korea Group 4 runners-up 22 June 1988 6 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980, 1984)

Squads

Further information: 1988 AFC Asian Cup squads

Venues

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Qatar SC Stadium
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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

All times are Qatar time (UTC+3)

Group A

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: 20,000
United Arab Emirates 0–1 South Korea
Report Lee Tae-ho 8' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Japan 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 4,000
Qatar 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Muftah 17'
Musabah 26' (o.g.)		 Report H. Mohamed 35'
South Korea 2–0 Japan
Hwang Sun-hong 13'
Kim Joo-sung 35'		 Report
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'
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Japan
A.A. Mohamed 86' Report
Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)
South Korea 3–0 Iran
Byun Byung-joo 26', 57'
Hwang Sun-hong 42'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Japan 0–3 Qatar
Report Khamis 58', 82'
Muftah 90'

Group B

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'
Kuwait 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
China 3–0 Syria
Gao Sheng 13'
Xie Yuxin 14', 19'		 Report
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Kuwait
Report
Bahrain 0–1 China
Report Zhang Xiaowen 78'
Syria 1–0 Kuwait
Al-Nasser 63' Report
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Bahrain
Jazea'a 78' Report F. Mahmoud 44' (pen.)
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Kuwait 2–2 China
Adel Abbas 60' (pen.)
Mansour Basha 62'		 Report Ma Lin 10', 87'
Bahrain 0–1 Syria
Report Abu Al-Sel 72' (pen.)
China 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Bishi 56'

Knockout stage

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

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

Third place play-off

China 0–0 (a.e.t.) Iran
Report
Penalties
Duan Ju soccer ball with red X
Wang Baoshan soccer ball with red X
Wu Wenbing soccer ball with red X		 0–3 soccer ball with check mark Moharrami
soccer ball with check mark Ansarifard
soccer ball with check mark Ghayeghran
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)

Final

Main article: 1988 AFC Asian Cup Final
South Korea 0–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Report
Penalties
Cho Min-kook soccer ball with red X
Lee Tae-ho soccer ball with check mark
Byun Byung-joo soccer ball with check mark
Kim Joo-sung soccer ball with check mark
Cho Yoon-hwan soccer ball with red X		 3–4 soccer ball with check mark Nu'eimeh
soccer ball with red X Abd Al-Jawad
soccer ball with check mark Majed Abdullah
soccer ball with check mark Al-Mutlaq
soccer ball with check mark Al-Bishi
Attendance: 20,000

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

Most Valuable Player[4]

Top scorer[4]

Best Goalkeeper[4]

Best Forward[4]

Team of the Tournament[4]

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

References

  1. ^ "Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988)". Goal.com. 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
  2. ^ "1988 AFC Asian Cup". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Asian Cup 1988 Qatar » Schedule". Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e 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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