1988 AFC Asian Cup

1988 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Qatar 1988 كأس الأمم الآسيوية لكرة القدم 1988
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	2 December – 18 December
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Iran
Fourth place	China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	40 (1.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lee Tae-Ho (3 goals)
Best player	Kim Joo-Sung
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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.

Qualification

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

The other 8 qualifying teams were:

•  Bahrain
•  China PR
•  Iran
•  Japan
•  Kuwait
•  South Korea
•  Syria
•  United Arab Emirates

Squads

Venues

Doha	Doha
Al-Ahly Stadium	Qatar SC Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 20,000

First round

All times are Qatar time (UTC+3)

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
South Korea	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

1988-12-02 16:00	Iran	2 – 0	Qatar	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
	Bavi  6' Pious  89'	Report

1988-12-03 15:00	United Arab Emirates	0 – 1	South Korea	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Referee: George Courtney (England)
		Report	Lee Tae-Ho  8' (pen.)

1988-12-04 15:00	Japan	0 – 0	Iran	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Samuel Chan (Hong Kong)
		Report

1988-12-05 17:00	Qatar	2 – 1	United Arab Emirates	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
	Muftah  17' Musabah  26' (o.g.)	Report	H. Mohamed  35'

1988-12-06 15:00	South Korea	2 – 0	Japan	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Referee: Salah Mohammed (Iraq)
	Hwang Sun-Hong  13' Kim Joo-Sung  35'	Report

1988-12-08 15:00	Iran	1 – 0	United Arab Emirates	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Steven Ovinis (Malaysia)
	Pious  27'	Report

1988-12-09 17:00	Qatar	2 – 3	South Korea	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Salman  47' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	Report	Chung Hae-Won  10', 72' Kim Joo-Sung  34'

1988-12-10 15:00	United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Japan	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)
	A.A. Mohamed  86'	Report

1988-12-11 17:00	South Korea	3 – 0	Iran	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
	Byun Byung-Joo  26', 57' Hwang Sun-Hong  42'	Report

1988-12-12 17:00	Japan	0 – 3	Qatar	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
		Report	Khamis  58', 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

1988-12-02 18:00	Syria	0 – 2	Saudi Arabia	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
		Report	Al-Mutlaq  20' Al-Suwaiyed  82'

1988-12-03 17:00	Kuwait	0 – 0	Bahrain	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
		Report

1988-12-04 17:00	China PR	3 – 0	Syria	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
	Gao Sheng  13' Xie Yuxin  14', 19'	Report

1988-12-05 15:00	Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	Kuwait	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
		Report

1988-12-06 17:00	Bahrain	0 – 1	China PR	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Referee: Syed Shahid Hakim (India)
		Report	Zhang Xiaowen  78'

1988-12-08 17:00	Syria	1 – 0	Kuwait	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
	Al-Nasser  63'	Report

1988-12-09 15:00	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Bahrain	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
	Jazea'a  78'	Report	F. Mohamed  44' (pen.)

1988-12-10 17:00	Kuwait	2 – 2	China PR	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
	Adel Abbas  60' (pen.) Mansour Basha  62'	Report	Ma Lin  10', 87'

1988-12-11 15:00	Bahrain	0 – 1	Syria	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
		Report	Abu Al-Sel  72' (pen.)

1988-12-12 15:00	China PR	0 – 1	Saudi Arabia	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
		Report	Al-Bishi  56'

Knockout stage

All times are Qatar time (UTC+3)

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 14 - Doha
	South Korea (a.e.t.)	2
	China PR	1
					December 18 - Doha
					South Korea	0 (3)
					Saudi Arabia (pen.)	0 (4)
					Third place
	December 15 - Doha			December 17 - Doha
	Saudi Arabia	1		China PR	0 (0)
	Iran	0			Iran (pen.)	0 (3)

Semi-finals

1988-12-14 16:00	South Korea	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	China PR	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
	Lee Tae-Ho  93', 103'	Report	Mai Chao  100'

1988-12-15 16:00	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Iran	Qatar SC Stadium, Doha Attendance: 17,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Abdullah  16'	Report

Third place play-off

1988-12-17 16:00	China PR	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Iran	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)
		Report
		Penalties
	Duan Ju Wang Baoshan Wu Wenbing	0 – 3	Moharrami Ansarifar Ghayeghran

Final

1988-12-18 16:00	South Korea	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia	Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
		Report
		Penalties
	Cho Min-Kook Lee Tae-Ho Byun Byung-Joo Kim Joo-Sung Cho Yoon-Hwan	3 – 4	Al-Naima Al-Jawad Abdullah Al-Mutlaq Al-Bishi

AFC Asian Cup 1988 Winners
Saudi Arabia Second title

Awards

MVP (Most Valuable Player)

• Kim Joo-Sung

Top Scorer

• Lee Tae-Ho - 3 goals

Best Goalkeeper

• Zhang Huikang

Statistics

Scoring players

Top scoring teams

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Eff
1	Saudi Arabia	6	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9	75.0%
2	South Korea	6	5	1	0	11	3	+8	11	91.7%
3	Iran	6	2	2	2	3	4	−1	6	50.0%
4	China PR	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	6	50.0%
Eliminated in the First Stage
5	Qatar	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	4	50.0%
6	Syria	4	2	0	2	2	5	−3	4	50.0%
7	Kuwait	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	3	37.5%
8	United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	2	4	−2	2	25.0%
9	Bahrain	4	1	0	3	1	3	−2	2	25.0%
10	Japan	4	0	1	3	0	6	−6	1	12.5%

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