1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup

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1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس 1998
Tournament details
Host countryLebanon
CityBeirut
Dates19 – 30 August 1998
Teams13 (from UAFA confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsAlgeria MC Oran (2nd title)
Runners-upSyria Al-Jaish
Third placeKuwait Al-Qadsia
Fourth placeLebanon Al-Nejmeh
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored50 (3.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Lebanon Wael Nazha
Kuwait Adel Al-Shammari
Syria Said Bayazid
(3 goals each)
1997
1999

The 1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup held in Beirut, Lebanon between 19 – 30 August 1998. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. MC Oran from Algeria won the final against Al-Jaish from Syria for consecutively the second time.

Qualifying round

Al-Nejmeh (the hosts) and MC Oran (the holders) qualified automatically.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Rayyan Qatar 4–4 (a) Kuwait Al-Qadsia 3–2 1–2
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates
w/o Bahrain Al-Muharraq

Al-Wasl
advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in

Al-Wehda Sana'a
of Yemen withdrew from the tournament.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Al-Mourada Sudan 0–0 Egypt Al-Ismaily
Al-Ta'ee Saudi Arabia
1–0 Egypt Al-Ismaily
Al-Ta'ee Saudi Arabia
0–2 Sudan Al-Mourada
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Sudan Al-Mourada 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4
Al-Ta'ee
2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
Egypt Al-Ismaily 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 1
Al-Wehda Sana'a
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

Al-Ta'ee
advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score
Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Nasr Benghazi Libya w/o Algeria USM Alger

Al-Nasr Benghazi advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)

Qualifying tournament held in Beirut, Lebanon between 2 – 4 June 1998.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Day 1 (2 June)
Al-Jaish Syria 1–0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
Al-Ansar Lebanon
1–0 State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Day 2 (4 June)
Al-Jaish Syria 6–2 State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Al-Ansar Lebanon
2–0 Jordan Al-Wehdat
Day 3 (6 June)
Al-Wehdat Jordan 6–3 State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah
Al-Ansar Lebanon
3–3 Syria Al-Jaish
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Syria Al-Jaish 3 2 1 0 10 5 +5 7
Al-Ansar
3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
Jordan Al-Wehdat 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
State of Palestine Khadamat Rafah 3 0 0 3 5 9 −4 0
Source: [citation needed]

Al-Jaish advanced to the final tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
Libya Al-Nasr Benghazi 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
Sudan Al-Mourada 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon2–1Sudan Al-Mourada
Nazha 45', 89' Barsham 61'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nasser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)
Al-Nasr Benghazi Libya1–2Kuwait Al-Qadsia
M. Abdulsalam 65' Al-Saleh 52'
Sadeq 59'
Syria
)

Al-Mourada Sudan1–3Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Makeen 42' Ah. Al-Shammari 55'
Bu Swehe 56'
Ad. Al-Shammari 73'
Referee: Jasem Khouri (Qatar)
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon1–1Libya Al-Nasr Benghazi
Nazha 90+2' Mohammad 54'

Al-Nasr Benghazi Libya6–1Sudan Al-Mourada
M. Abdulsalam 27', 65' (pen.), 90+2'
K. Abdulsalam 42'
Taha 60'
Mansur 90+1'
Barsham 98'
Syria
)
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon3–3Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Shahrour
89'
Ad. Al-Shammari 45+1', 82'
Al-Khalidi 72'
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Hassan Aly Hassan (Egypt)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Syria Al-Jaish 3 1 2 0 4 1 +3 5
Algeria MC Oran 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
Al-Wasl
3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Al-Ta'ee
3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source: [citation needed]
Al-Wasl
Mecheri 30' Isa 20'
Khamees 90' (pen.)
Lebanon
)
Al-Ta'ee
Bayazid 12', 77' (pen.)
Homsi 53' (pen.)
Referee: Hassan Aly Hassan (Egypt)

MC Oran Algeria0–0Syria Al-Jaish
Referee: Omar Shetawi (Jordan)
^note  : The UAFA announced that the match between MC Oran and Al-Jaish, which was scheduled for 22 August at 18:00 was postponed to 26 August due to poisoning of some players MC Oran.
Al-Ta'ee
Al-Reayea 35'
Referee: Zoubeir Nouira (Tunisia)

Al-Ta'ee
Madani 9' (o.g.)
Mecheri 10'
Belatoui 50' (pen.)
Amrane 68'
Abdulkareem 15' (pen.)
Mashal 17'
Lebanon
)
Al-Wasl
Mostafa 68' (pen.) Darwish 31'
Referee: Omar Shetawi (Jordan)

Knock-out stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 August –
a.e.t.
)
2
 
a.e.t.)
2
 
27 August – Beirut
 
Syria Al-Jaish 1
 
Syria Al-Jaish 3
 
 
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 1
 

Semi-finals

Al-Qadsia Kuwait1–2 (a.e.t.)Algeria MC Oran
Saoula 47' (o.g.) Amrane 37'
Zerrouki gold-colored soccer ball 105+1'
Referee: Zoubeir Nouira (Tunisia)

Al-Jaish Syria3–1Lebanon Al-Nejmeh
Bayazid 34'
Mostafa 55'
Hajj-Mustapha 69'
Abbas 17'

Final

MC Oran Algeria2–1 (a.e.t.)Syria Al-Jaish
Boukessassa 53'
Gaïd gold-colored soccer ball 95'
Khalaf 11'
Referee: Jasem Khouiri (Qatar)

Winners

1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
Algeria
MC Oran
Second title

References

External links