1974 Kuneitra Cup

The 1974 Kuneitra Cup (Arabic: كأس القنيطرة 1974) was an international football tournament held in Damascus, Syria, from 26 September to 9 October 1974. Morocco won the tournament, beating Syria in the final.^[1]

1974 Kuneitra Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Syria
City	Damascus
Dates	26 September – 9 October 1974
Teams	11 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Morocco
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Tunisia
Fourth place	Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	108 (3.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Khalil (EGY) Ahmed Faras Abdel Aziz (6 goals each)

Format

The 11 teams were distributed in two groups: Group A was composed of Syria, Sudan, Libya, Palestine, and North Yemen; Group B of Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt B, NA Hussein Dey, Lebanon, Jordan. The top two teams of each group faced each other in the semi-finals: the winners progressed to the final, whereas the losers played the third-place match.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Syria	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11	8	Semi-finals
2	Sudan	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	6
3	Libya	4	1	1	2	11	6	+5	3
4	Palestine	4	1	1	2	8	6	+2	3
5	North Yemen	4	0	0	4	2	28	−26	0

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average.

Syria	2–0	Palestine
Tughli Esfahani

26 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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Syria	2–1	Libya
Nano Sorour		Al-Ghazali

28 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Sudan	6–0	North Yemen
Gagarin Sharafeldin Santo

28 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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Sudan	3–1	Palestine
Al-Kori Baye Gagarin		Abdel Aziz

30 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Libya	9–1	North Yemen
Al-Ghazali Muhammad Al-Aswad Circassi Al-Bohemi Al-Jahmani		Al-Jaradi

30 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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Syria	2–0	Sudan
Sorour Goutouk

2 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Libya	0–0	Palestine

2 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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Syria	6–0	North Yemen
Goutouq Hatmah Sorour Berjakli Mahlami

4 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Sudan	3–1	Libya
Sharafeldin Santo Kamal		Al-Aswad

4 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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Palestine	7–1	North Yemen
Abdel Aziz Naimi Naji		Nashta

6 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	5	5	0	0	13	4	+9	10	Semi-finals
2	Tunisia	5	3	0	2	10	5	+5	6
3	Egypt B	5	3	0	2	12	7	+5	6
4	NA Hussein Dey	5	2	0	3	11	6	+5	4
5	Lebanon	5	1	1	3	3	10	−7	3
6	Jordan	5	0	1	4	1	18	−17	1

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average.

Tunisia	2–0	Egypt B
Ratima Bou Ghania

27 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Morocco	2–1	Jordan
Ismail (o.g.) Faras		Al-Tali

27 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

NA Hussein Dey	4–1	Lebanon
Lalmas Khalem		El Sahili

27 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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Lebanon	2–1	Tunisia
Dougan El Sahili		Kamoun

29 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Morocco	4–2	Egypt B
Dish El Safawi Makrouh [fr]		Rushdie Mostafa

29 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

NA Hussein Dey	6–0	Jordan
Chenen Boudjenoun Amidan Sahli

29 September 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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Egypt B	3–1	NA Hussein Dey
Khalil Hamza		Khalem

1 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Morocco	3–1	Tunisia
Faras Safawi		Habita

1 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Jordan	0–0	Lebanon

1 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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Morocco	3–0	Lebanon
Al-Safawi Ahmed Ihardane

3 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Tunisia	1–0	NA Hussein Dey
Kabouti

3 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Egypt B	5–0	Jordan
Khalil Yaqoub Bayoumi

3 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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Morocco	1–0	NA Hussein Dey
Faras

5 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Tunisia	5–0	Jordan
Boughanieh Habita Al-Khwaini

5 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Egypt B	2–0	Lebanon
Khalil Hassan

5 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
	Syria (a.e.t.)	3
					9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
	Tunisia	1
					Syria	1 (3)
	7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
					Morocco (p)	1 (4)
	Morocco	2
	Sudan	0
					Third place play-off
					9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
					Tunisia	3
					Sudan	1

Semi-finals

Syria	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia
Lotfi Tughli Said		Boughanieh

7 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Morocco	2–0	Sudan
Dish Ahmed		Boughanieh

7 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Third place play-off

Tunisia	3–1	Sudan
Kretet Kamoun		Abdallah

9 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Final

Syria	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Morocco
Goutouq		Faras
Penalties
Tatish Mahalmi Al-Nimr	3–4	Najah Al-Safawi Faras Dish

9 October 1974

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Scorers

There were 108 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.72 goals per match.

6 goals

• Ali Khalil (EGY)
• Ahmed Faras
• Abdel Aziz

4 goals

• Saeed Al-Ghazali (LBY)
• Zoubir Boughanieh
• Ali Gagarin
• Azam Goutouk (SYR)

3 goals

• Mokhtar Khalem
• Idris Dish
• Ahmed El Safawi
• Sharafeldin Ahmed Musa
• Radwan Sorour (SYR)
• Muhyiddin Habita

2 goals

• Ammar Boudjenoun
• Hacène Lalmas
• Lamri Chenen
• Atef El Sahili
• Ali Al-Aswad (LBY)
• Ali Muhammad (LBY)
• Alfadel Santo
• Mahmoud Tughli (SYR)
• Hamed Kamoun
• Abdel Nasser Kretet

1 goal

• Ali Amidan
• Salem Sahli
• Ahmed Bayoumi (EGY)
• Mohamed Said Hamza (EGY)
• Mahmoud Hassan (EGY)
• Yassin Mostafa (EGY)
• Mahmoud Rushdie (EGY)
• Ezz El Din Yaqoub (EGY)
• Nabil Al-Tali
• Rashid Dougan
• Abdel-Qader Al-Bohemi (LBY)
• Mahmoud Al-Jahmani (LBY)
• Abdul-Bari Circassi (LBY)
• Larbi Ihardane
• Ahmed Makrouh [fr]
• Nasr Al-Jaradi
• Samir Naimi
• Ahmed Naji
• Hamid Nashta
• Abdel Aziz Abdallah
• Abdel Aziz Baye
• Khedr Al-Kori
• Kamal Abdelwahab
• Haitham Berjakli (SYR)
• Riad Esfahani (SYR)
• Suhail Lotfi (SYR)
• Ibrahim Mahlami (SYR)
• Ayman Matmah (SYR)
• Nabil Nano (SYR)
• Samir Said (SYR)
• Abdel Majid Kabouti
• Moncef Al-Khwaini
• Ali Ratima

1 own goal

• Badr Ismail (against Morocco)

See also

• Quneitra