1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup

1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس 1998
Tournament details
Host countryLebanon
CityBeirut
Dates19 – 30 August 1998
Teams13 (from UAFA confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsAlgeria MC Oran (2nd title)
Runners-upSyria Al-Jaish
Third placeKuwait Al-Qadsia
Fourth placeLebanon Al-Nejmeh
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored50 (3.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lebanon Wael Nazha
Kuwait Adel Al-Shammari
Syria Said Bayazid
(3 goals each)
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The 1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup held in Beirut, Lebanon between 19 – 30 August 1998. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. MC Oran from Algeria won the final against Al-Jaish from Syria for consecutively the second time.

Qualifying round

Al-Nejmeh (the hosts) and MC Oran (the holders) qualified automatically.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Rayyan Qatar 4–4 (a) Kuwait Al-Qadsia 3–2 1–2
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates w/o Bahrain Al-Muharraq — —

Al-Qadsia & Al-Wasl advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in Saudi Arabia. Al-Wehda Sana'a of Yemen withdrew from the tournament.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Al-Mourada Sudan 0–0 Egypt Al-Ismaily
Al-Ta'ee Saudi Arabia 1–0 Egypt Al-Ismaily
Al-Ta'ee Saudi Arabia 0–2 Sudan Al-Mourada
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sudan Al-Mourada 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
Egypt Al-Ismaily 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 1
Yemen Al-Wehda Sana'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

Al-Mourada & Al-Ta'ee advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Nasr Benghazi Libya w/o Algeria USM Alger — —

Al-Nasr Benghazi advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Qualifying tournament held in Beirut, Lebanon between 2 – 4 June 1998.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Day 1 (2 June)
Al-Jaish Syria 1–0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
Al-Ansar Lebanon 1–0 Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Day 2 (4 June)
Al-Jaish Syria 6–2 Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Al-Ansar Lebanon 2–0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
Day 3 (6 June)
Al-Wehdat Jordan 6–3 Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Al-Ansar Lebanon 3–3 Syria Al-Jaish
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Syria Al-Jaish 3 2 1 0 10 5 +5 7
Lebanon Al-Ansar 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
Jordan Al-Wehdat 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
Palestine Khadamat Rafah 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]

Al-Jaish advanced to the final tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
Libya Al-Nasr Benghazi 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
Sudan Al-Mourada 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon2–1Sudan Al-Mourada
Nazha 45', 89' Barsham 61'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nasser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Nasr Benghazi Libya1–2Kuwait Al-Qadsia
M. Abdulsalam 65' Al-Saleh 52'
Sadeq 59'
Al-Mourada Sudan1–3Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Makeen 42' Ah. Al-Shammari 55'
Bu Swehe 56'
Ad. Al-Shammari 73'
Referee: Jasem Khouri (Qatar)
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon1–1Libya Al-Nasr Benghazi
Nazha 90+2' Mohammad 54'
Attendance: 30,000
Al-Nasr Benghazi Libya6–1Sudan Al-Mourada
M. Abdulsalam 27', 65' (pen.), 90+2'
K. Abdulsalam 42'
Taha 60'
Mansur 90+1'		 Barsham 98'
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon3–3Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Sanamian 11', 90+1'
Shahrour 89'		 Ad. Al-Shammari 45+1', 82'
Al-Khalidi 72'
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Hassan Aly Hassan (Egypt)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Syria Al-Jaish 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
Algeria MC Oran 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source: [citation needed]
MC Oran Algeria1–2United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
Mecheri 30' Isa 20'
Khamees 90' (pen.)
Referee: Taleb Ramadan (Lebanon)
Al-Jaish Syria3–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee
Bayazid 12', 77' (pen.)
Homsi 53' (pen.)
Referee: Hassan Aly Hassan (Egypt)
MC Oran Algeria0–0Syria Al-Jaish
Referee: Omar Shetawi (Jordan)
^note  : The UAFA announced that the match between MC Oran and Al-Jaish, which was scheduled for 22 August at 18:00 was postponed to 26 August due to poisoning of some players MC Oran.
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates0–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee
Al-Reayea 35'
Referee: Zoubeir Nouira (Tunisia)
MC Oran Algeria4–2Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee
Madani 9' (o.g.)
Mecheri 10'
Belatoui 50' (pen.)
Amrane 68'		 Abdulkareem 15' (pen.)
Mashal 17'
Referee: Taleb Ramadan (Lebanon)
Al-Jaish Syria1–1United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
Mostafa 68' (pen.) Darwish 31'
Referee: Omar Shetawi (Jordan)

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 27 August – Beirut
 
 
 Kuwait Al-Qadsia 1
 
 30 August – Beirut
 
 Algeria MC Oran (a.e.t.) 2
 
 Algeria MC Oran (a.e.t.) 2
 
 27 August – Beirut
 
 Syria Al-Jaish 1
 
 Syria Al-Jaish 3
 
 
 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 1
 

Semi-finals

Al-Qadsia Kuwait1–2 (a.e.t.)Algeria MC Oran
Saoula 47' (o.g.) Amrane 37'
Zerrouki gold-colored soccer ball 105+1'
Referee: Zoubeir Nouira (Tunisia)
Al-Jaish Syria3–1Lebanon Al-Nejmeh
Bayazid 34'
Mostafa 55'
Hajj-Mustapha 69'		 Abbas 17'
Attendance: 40,000

Final

MC Oran Algeria2–1 (a.e.t.)Syria Al-Jaish
Boukessassa 53'
Gaïd gold-colored soccer ball 95'		 Khalaf 11'
Referee: Jasem Khouiri (Qatar)

Winners

1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
Algeria
MC Oran
Second title

References