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1988 AFC Asian Cup

كأس آسيا 1988
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	2–18 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
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	40 (1.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lee Tae-Ho (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Kim Joo-Sung
Best goalkeeper	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.

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

Venues

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

Iran	2–0	Qatar
Bavi 6' Pious 89'	Report

United Arab Emirates	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Lee Tae-ho 8' (pen.)

Japan	0–0	Iran
	Report

Qatar	2–1	United Arab Emirates
Muftah 17' Musabah 26' (o.g.)	Report	H. Mohamed 35'

South Korea	2–0	Japan
Hwang Sun-hong 13' Kim Joo-sung 35'	Report

Iran	1–0	United Arab Emirates
Pious 27'	Report

Qatar	2–3	South Korea
Salman 47' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	Report	Chung Hae-won 10', 72' Kim Joo-sung 34'

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Japan
A.A. Mohamed 86'	Report

South Korea	3–0	Iran
Byun Byung-joo 26', 57' Hwang Sun-hong 42'	Report

Japan	0–3	Qatar
	Report	Khamis 58', 82' Muftah 90'

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

Syria	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Mutlaq 20' Al-Suwaiyed 82'

Kuwait	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

China	3–0	Syria
Gao Sheng 13' Xie Yuxin 14', 19'	Report

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Kuwait
	Report

Bahrain	0–1	China
	Report	Zhang Xiaowen 78'

Syria	1–0	Kuwait
Al-Nasser 63'	Report

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Bahrain
Jazea'a 78'	Report	F. Mahmoud 44' (pen.)

Kuwait	2–2	China
Adel Abbas 60' (pen.) Mansour Basha 62'	Report	Ma Lin 10', 87'

Bahrain	0–1	Syria
	Report	Abu Al-Sel 72' (pen.)

China	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	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
					December 18 - Doha
	China	1
					South Korea	0 (3)
	December 15 - Doha
					Saudi Arabia (pen.)	0 (4)
	Saudi Arabia	1
	Iran	0
					Third place
					December 17 - Doha
					China	0 (0)
					Iran (pen.)	0 (3)

Semi-finals

South Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	China
Lee Tae-ho 93', 103'	Report	Mai Chao 100'

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iran
Majed Abdullah 16'	Report

Third place play-off

China	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Iran
	Report
Penalties
Duan Ju Wang Baoshan Wu Wenbing	0–3	Moharrami Ansarifard Ghayeghran

Final

South Korea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia
	Report
Penalties
Cho Min-kook Lee Tae-ho Byun Byung-joo Kim Joo-sung Cho Yoon-hwan	3–4	Nu'eimeh Abd Al-Jawad Majed Abdullah Al-Mutlaq Al-Bishi

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:

• Lee Tae-ho

2 goals:

• Ma Lin
• Xie Yuxin
• Farshad Pious
• Byun Byung-joo
• Chung Hae-won
• Hwang Sun-hong
• Kim Joo-sung
• Adel Khamis
• Mansour Muftah
• Khalid Salman

1 goal:

• Fahad Mohamed
• Gao Sheng
• Mai Chao
• Zhang Xiaowen
• Karim Bavi
• Adel Abbas
• Mansour Basha
• Saleh Al-Mutlaq
• Mohamed Al-Suwaiyed
• Fahad Al-Bishi
• Yousuf Jazea'a
• Majed Abdullah
• Walid Abu Al-Sel
• Walid Al-Nasser
• Hassan Mohamed
• Abdulaziz Mohamed

1 own goal

• Muhsin Musabah (for Qatar)

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Kim Joo-sung

Top scorer

• Lee Tae-ho

Best Goalkeeper

• Zhang Huikang

Best Forward

• Lee Tae-ho

Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forward
Zhang Huikang Abdullah Al-Deayea	Mohamed Al-Jawad Saleh Nu'eimeh Park Kyung-hoon Chung Yong-hwan	Xie Yuxin Mohamed Salim Mahboub Juma'a Sirous Ghayeghran Chung Hae-won Adel Khamis Abdulaziz Al-Hajeri Byun Byung-joo	Youssef Al-Thunayan Majed Abdullah Kim Joo-sung 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. ^ Jovanovic, Bojan; King, Ian; Morrison, Neil; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter (16 December 2010). "Asian Nations Cup 1988". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

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