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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) South Korea Lee Tae-Ho (3 goals)
Best player South Korea Kim Joo-Sung
← Singapore 1984
Japan 1992 →

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.

Contents

Qualification

Main article: 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification
  •  Qatar qualified automatically as host
  •  Saudi Arabia qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 8 qualifying teams were:

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 1988 AFC Asian Cup squads.

Venues

Doha Doha
Al-Ahly Stadium Qatar SC Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000
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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 Goal 6'
Pious Goal 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 Goal 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 Goal 17'
Musabah Goal 26' (o.g.)		 Report H. Mohamed Goal 35'
1988-12-06
15:00
 South Korea  2 – 0  Japan Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Salah Mohammed (Iraq)
Hwang Sun-Hong Goal 13'
Kim Joo-Sung Goal 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 Goal 27' Report
1988-12-09
17:00
 Qatar  2 – 3  South Korea Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: George Courtney (England)
Salman Goal 47' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Report Chung Hae-Won Goal 10', 72'
Kim Joo-Sung Goal 34'
1988-12-10
15:00
 United Arab Emirates  1 – 0  Japan Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)
A.A. Mohamed Goal 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 Goal 26', 57'
Hwang Sun-Hong Goal 42'		 Report
1988-12-12
17:00
 Japan  0 – 3  Qatar Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
Report Khamis Goal 58', 82'
Muftah Goal 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 Goal 20'
Al-Suwaiyed Goal 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 Goal 13'
Xie Yuxin Goal 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 Goal 78'
1988-12-08
17:00
 Syria  1 – 0  Kuwait Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
Al-Nasser Goal 63' Report
1988-12-09
15:00
 Saudi Arabia  1 – 1  Bahrain Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Jazea'a Goal 78' Report F. Mohamed Goal 44' (pen.)
1988-12-10
17:00
 Kuwait  2 – 2  China PR Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Adel Abbas Goal 60' (pen.)
Mansour Basha Goal 62'		 Report Ma Lin Goal 10', 87'
1988-12-11
15:00
 Bahrain  0 – 1  Syria Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Report Abu Al-Sel Goal 72' (pen.)
1988-12-12
15:00
 China PR  0 – 1  Saudi Arabia Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
Report Al-Bishi Goal 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 Goal 93', 103' Report Mai Chao Goal 100'
1988-12-15
16:00
 Saudi Arabia  1 – 0  Iran Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: George Courtney (England)
Abdullah Goal 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 Penalty missed
Wang Baoshan Penalty missed
Wu Wenbing Penalty missed		 0 – 3 Penalty scored Moharrami
Penalty scored Ansarifar
Penalty scored 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 Penalty missed
Lee Tae-Ho Penalty scored
Byun Byung-Joo Penalty scored
Kim Joo-Sung Penalty scored
Cho Yoon-Hwan Penalty missed		 3 – 4 Penalty scored Al-Naima
Penalty missed Al-Jawad
Penalty scored Abdullah
Penalty scored Al-Mutlaq
Penalty scored Al-Bishi
 AFC Asian Cup 1988 Winners 

Saudi Arabia
Second title

Awards

MVP (Most Valuable Player)

Top Scorer

Best Goalkeeper

Statistics

Scoring players

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

1 own goal

Top scoring teams

11 goals:

7 goals:

5 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

1 goal:

0 goal:

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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