1985 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	3–12 July
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq B (3rd title)
Runners-up	Bahrain
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	21 (2.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anad Abid (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad[1]
Best goalkeeper	Mohammed Saleh
Fair play award	Jordan
← 1966 1988 →

The 1985 Arab Cup was the fourth edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Ta'if, Saudi Arabia. The competition come back after nineteen years of absence. The defending champion Iraq won the title for the 3rd time.

Qualified teams

The 6 qualified teams are:

Participants
Zone	Team
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)	Bahrain
	Qatar
Zone 2 (Red Sea)	Saudi Arabia
Zone 3 (North Africa)	Mauritania
Zone 4 (East Region)	Iraq
	Jordan

Venues

Ta’if	Ta’if
King Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 17,000

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Qatar	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
Jordan	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

3 July 1985

Saudi Arabia	4–0	Jordan
Nu'eimeh 45' Azmi 49' (o.g.) Al-Musaibeah 58' Al-Bishi 89'	Report

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

5 July 1985

Qatar	2–0	Jordan
Khalfan 32' Muftah 66'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)

7 July 1985

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Qatar
Mohammad 61'	Report

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Iraq B	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Mauritania	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

4 July 1985

Iraq B	1–1	Bahrain
Abid 42'	Report	Eid 78'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

6 July 1985

Bahrain	2–0	Mauritania
Shwetar 15', 74'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

8 July 1985

Iraq B	2–0	Mauritania
Mahmoud 42' Abid 60'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Mohammed Senhoub (Yemen)

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 July 1985 – Taif
	Iraq B	3
					12 July 1985 – Taif
	Saudi Arabia	2
					Iraq B	1
	10 July 1985 – Taif
					Bahrain	0
	Bahrain (p)	1 (3)
	Qatar	1 (1)
					Third place
					12 July 1985 – Taif
					Saudi Arabia (p)	0 (3)
					Qatar	0 (1)

Semi-finals

10 July 1985

Iraq B	3–2	Saudi Arabia
Abid 12', 18' Rashid 28'	Report	Nu'eimeh 12' (pen.) Abd Al-Jawad 88'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)

10 July 1985

Bahrain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Qatar
Al-Harban 55'		Muftah 40'
Penalties
Hassan Shwetar Saif Al-Harban	3–1	Al-Adsani Al Ammari Sabila Muftah

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Third place play-off

12 July 1985

Saudi Arabia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Qatar
Penalties
Abd Al-Jawad Al-Bishi Al-Dosari Khamees	3–1

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Final

12 July 1985

Iraq B	1–0	Bahrain
Abid 21'	Report

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi (Kuwait)

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Anad Abid