Palestine Cup of Nations

President Habib Bourguiba honors the Tunisian national team after winning the 1973 Palestine Cup
Founded	1972
Abolished	1977
Region	Arab World
Number of teams	8
Last champions	Egypt (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Egypt (2 titles)

The Palestine Cup (Arabic: كأس فلسطين, romanized: Kaʾs Filasṭīn) was a football competition which was held between countries in the Arab world. The tournament de facto acted as the replacement for the Arab Cup during the long interruption between 1966 and 1982, it held on three occasions in Arab countries in the 1970s. The first edition was held in 1972 in Iraq.

History

The cup was established in 1972 at the initiative of Said al-Sabeh, president of the Supreme Council for Palestinian Youth Welfare. The aim of the initiative was to create a new Arab championship that would reunite sport in the Arab countries, as well as with the aim of proving Arab affiliation and support for the Palestinian cause. The tournament was also created to be an alternative to the Arab Cup, which had been suspended after the third edition. Iraq was chosen to host the first edition in the same year, and eight Arab countries took part in the tournament, but only three editions were organised. After the return of the Arab Cup in 1982, the Palestine Cup became a tournament for youth teams under the name Palestine Cup for Youth.^[1]

Statistics

Winners

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1972 Details	Iraq		Egypt	3–1	Iraq		Algeria	3–1	Syria
1973 Details	Libya		Tunisia	4–0	Syria		Algeria	0–0 (3–0 p)	Iraq
1975 Details	Tunisia		Egypt	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Iraq		Sudan	1–0	Syria
1977	Saudi Arabia		Cancelled				Cancelled

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Egypt	2 (1972, 1975)	—	—	—
Tunisia	1 (1973)	—	—	—
Iraq	—	2 (1972, 1975)	—	1 (1973)
Syria	—	1 (1973)	—	2 (1972, 1975)
Algeria	—	—	2 (1972, 1973)	—
Sudan	—	—	1 (1975)	—

Summary

Source:^[2]

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Egypt	3	13	9	2	2	29	10	+19	29
2	Syria	3	16	9	1	6	31	28	+3	28
3	Iraq	3	15	7	5	3	25	10	+15	26
4	Algeria	2	12	7	3	2	32	7	+25	24
5	Tunisia	2	8	7	1	0	23	4	+19	14
6	Sudan	1	4	2	1	1	3	3	0	7
7	South Yemen	2	8	2	1	5	6	34	-28	7
8	Libya	3	9	1	3	5	17	15	+2	6
9	Palestine	3	10	2	1	7	13	24	-11	4
10	Kuwait	1	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
11	Yemen[a]	2	6	1	0	5	3	20	-17	3
12	United Arab Emirates	2	6	0	2	4	3	15	-12	2
13	Saudi Arabia	1	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	0
14	Qatar	1	4	0	0	4	5	15	-10	0