1966 Arab Cup

The 1966 Arab Cup was the third edition of the Arab Cup hosted in Baghdad, Iraq. The host nation and defending champions Iraq won the title for the 2nd time.^[1]

1966 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Iraq
Dates	1–10 April
Teams	10 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (2nd title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Libya
Fourth place	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	111 (5.29 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Al-Biski (16 goals)
Best player(s)	Shidrak Yousif
← 1964 1985 →

At the tournament's closing ceremony, the chairman of the Arab Cup Organising Committee announced that the next edition of the Arab Cup would be held in 1967 in Damascus, Syria,^[2] however, this did not end up taking place.

Participated teams

The 10 participated teams are:

Bahrain  Iraq (hosts) & (holders)  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon

Libya  North Yemen  Oman  Palestine  Syria

Venues

Baghdad	Baghdad
Al-Kashafa Stadium
Capacity: 14,000

Squads

Main article: 1966 Arab Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	4	3	1	0	15	3	+12	7
Lebanon	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Jordan	4	1	1	2	6	7	–1	3
Kuwait	4	0	2	2	8	11	–3	2
Bahrain	4	0	1	3	7	22	–15	1

Iraq	3–1	Kuwait
Yousif Dhiab Atta

1 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Lebanon	2–1	Jordan
El-Sharki Abou Murad		Mustafa Al-Adwan 22'

5 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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Iraq	2–1	Jordan
Assad Atta		Al-Shaqran 22'

2 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Lebanon	6–1	Bahrain
Altounian El-Sharki Abou Murad Berjaoui Chatila

2 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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Lebanon	2–1	Kuwait
El-Sharki 1', ?'		Al-Dawla

3 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Jordan	2–1	Bahrain
Issa 22' Mustafa Al-Adwan 60'		Zalekh

7 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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Iraq	10–1	Bahrain
Dhiab Jameel Ismail Najim Hameed Dawood

5 April 1966

10:00 UTC+3

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Jordan	2–2	Kuwait
Issa 22' Mustafa Al-Adwan 70'

8 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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Kuwait	4–4	Bahrain

6 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Iraq	0–0	Lebanon

7 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Group B

Oman abandoned their first match against Libya with 10 minutes left from a disputed decision when they started losing 21–0 to Libya, and withdrew from the tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Libya	4	2	2	0	34	0	+34	6
Syria	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
Palestine	3	1	1	1	8	3	+5	3
North Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	24	–23	0
Oman	1	0	0	1	0	21	–21	0

Libya	0–0	Palestine

1 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Syria	4–1	North Yemen

2 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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Libya	21–0 [n 1]	Oman
Ben Soueid Al-Biski Al-Jahani Ben Zayed	Abandoned in 80'

3 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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Syria	0–0	Libya

4 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Palestine	7–0	North Yemen

4 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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Syria	3–1	Palestine

6 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Libya	13–0	North Yemen
Al-Biski Ben Soueid Al-Ahwal Al-Khatiti

6 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 8, 1966 – Baghdad
	Iraq	3
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
	Libya	1
					Iraq	2
	April 8, 1966 – Baghdad
					Syria	1
	Syria	1
	Lebanon	0
					Third place
					April 10, 1966 – Baghdad
					Libya	6
					Lebanon	1

Semi-finals

Iraq	3–1	Libya
Mahmoud Balla Atta		Al-Biski

8 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

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Syria	1–0	Lebanon

8 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Third place play-off

Libya	6–1	Lebanon
Al-Biski Al-Jahani Al-Ahwal		El-Sharki

10 April 1966

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Final

Main article: 1966 Arab Cup Final

Iraq	2–1	Syria
Ismail 68', 84'		Idlibi 27'

10 April 1966

18:00 UTC+3

Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mamdouh Khourma (Jordan)

Goalscorers

16 goals

• Ali Al-Biski^[3]

14 goals

• Ahmed Ben Soueid

6 goals

• Mahmoud Al-Jahani

5 goals

• Nouri Dhiab
• Adnan Al Sharqi