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

15km
10miles
none
2
Qatar SC Stadium
1
Al-Ahly Stadium
Map
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
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
United Arab Emirates 0–1 South Korea
Report Lee Tae-ho 8' (pen.)
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 200
Referee: George Courtney (England)
Japan 0–0 Iran
Report
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Samuel Chan Yam Ming (Hong Kong)
Qatar 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Muftah 17'
Musabah 26' (o.g.)		 Report H. Mohamed 35'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
South Korea 2–0 Japan
Hwang Sun-hong 13'
Kim Joo-sung 35'		 Report
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Salah Mohammed (Iraq)
Iran 1–0 United Arab Emirates
Pious 27' Report
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Steven Ovinis (Malaysia)
Qatar 2–3 South Korea
Salman 47' (pen.), 80' (pen.) Report Chung Hae-won 10', 72'
Kim Joo-sung 34'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: George Courtney (England)
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Japan
A.A. Mohamed 86' Report
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Ahmad Bash (Jordan)
South Korea 3–0 Iran
Byun Byung-joo 26', 57'
Hwang Sun-hong 42'		 Report
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)
Japan 0–3 Qatar
Report Khamis 58', 82'
Muftah 90'
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)

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'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Kuwait 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
China 3–0 Syria
Gao Sheng 13'
Xie Yuxin 14', 19'		 Report
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Kuwait
Report
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
Bahrain 0–1 China
Report Zhang Xiaowen 78'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Syed Shahid Hakim (India)
Syria 1–0 Kuwait
Al-Nasser 63' Report
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Yusuf Namoğlu (Turkey)
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Bahrain
Jazea'a 78' Report F. Mahmoud 44' (pen.)
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Kuwait 2–2 China
Adel Abbas 60' (pen.)
Mansour Basha 62'		 Report Ma Lin 10', 87'
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden)
Bahrain 0–1 Syria
Report Abu Al-Sel 72' (pen.)
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
China 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Bishi 56'
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Referee: Mohamed Hansal (Algeria)

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'
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vincent Mauro (United States)
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Iran
Abdullah 16' Report
Qatar SC Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: George Courtney (England)

Third place play-off

China 0–0 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
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
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 Abdullah
soccer ball with check mark Al-Mutlaq
soccer ball with check mark Al-Bishi
Al-Ahly Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

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.

External links

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