1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup

1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس 1998
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
City Beirut
Dates 19 – 30 August 1998
Teams 13 (from UAFA confederations)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Algeria MC Oran (2nd title)
Runners-up Syria Al-Jaish
Third place Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Fourth place Lebanon Al-Nejmeh
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 50 (3.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Lebanon Wael Nazha
Kuwait Adel Al-Shammari
Syria Said Bayazid
(3 goals each)

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. 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-Qadsia & Al-Wasl advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

Qualifying tournament held in Saudi Arabia. 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
Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
Egypt Al-Ismaily 1 0 1 0 0 1 −1 1
Yemen Al-Wehda Sana'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Al-Mourada & Al-Ta'ee advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Team 1 Agg. 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
Lebanon 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

Al-Jaish advanced to the final tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9
Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 3 1 0 2 7 5 +2 3
Libya Al-Nasr Benghazi 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
Sudan Al-Mourada 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3

19 August 1998
20:30
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon 2 – 1 Sudan Al-Mourada
Nazha  45', 89' Barsham  61'
Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Nasser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)

21 August 1998
20:30
Al-Nasr Benghazi Libya 1 – 2 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
M. Abdulsalam  65' Al-Saleh  52'
Sadeq  59'

23 August 1998
18:00
Al-Mourada Sudan 1 – 3 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Makeen  42' Ah. Al-Shammari  55'
Bu Swehe  56'
Ad. Al-Shammari  73'
Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut
Referee: Jasem Khouri (Qatar)

23 August 1998
20:30
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon 1 – 1 Libya Al-Nasr Benghazi
Nazha  90+2' Mohammad  54'

25 August 1998
18:00
Al-Nasr Benghazi Libya 6 – 1 Sudan Al-Mourada
M. Abdulsalam  27', 65' (pen.), 90+2'
K. Abdulsalam  42'
Taha  60'
Mansur  90+1'		 Barsham  98'

23 August 1998
20:30
Al-Nejmeh Lebanon 3 – 3 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Sanamian  11', 90+1'
Shahrour  89'		 Ad. Al-Shammari  45+1', 82'
Al-Khalidi  72'
Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut
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
United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3

20 August 1998
18:00
MC Oran Algeria 1 – 2 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
Mecheri  30' Isa  20'
Khamees  90' (pen.)
Municipal Stadium, Beirut
Referee: Taleb Ramadan (Lebanon)

20 August 1998
20:30
Al-Jaish Syria 3 – 0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee
Bayazid  12', 77' (pen.)
Homsi  53' (pen.)
^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.

22 August 1998
20:30
Al-Wasl United Arab Emirates 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee
Al-Reayea  35'
Municipal Stadium, Beirut
Referee: Zoubeir Nouira (Tunisia)

24 August 1998
18:00
MC Oran Algeria 4 – 2 Saudi Arabia Al-Ta'ee
Madani  9' (o.g.)
Mecheri  10'
Belatoui  50' (pen.)
Amrane  68'		 Abdulkareem  15' (pen.)
Mashal  17'
Municipal Stadium, Beirut
Referee: Taleb Ramadan (Lebanon)

24 August 1998
20:30
Al-Jaish Syria 1 – 1 United Arab Emirates Al-Wasl
Mostafa  68' (pen.) Darwish  31'
Municipal Stadium, Beirut
Referee: Omar Shetawi (Jordan)

Knock-out stage

Semi-finals Final
27 August – Beirut
  Kuwait Al-Qadsia 1  
  Algeria MC Oran (a.e.t.) 2  
 
30 August – Beirut
      Algeria MC Oran (a.e.t.) 2
    Syria Al-Jaish 1
27 August – Beirut
  Syria Al-Jaish 3
  Lebanon Al-Nejmeh 1  

Semi-finals

27 August 1998
18:00
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Algeria MC Oran
Saoula  47' (o.g.) Amrane  37'
Zerrouki  105+1'

27 August 1998
20:30
Al-Jaish Syria 3 – 1 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh
Bayazid  34'
Mostafa  55'
Hajj-Mustapha  69'		 Abbas  17'

Final

30 August 1998
20:30
MC Oran Algeria 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Syria Al-Jaish
Boukessassa  53'
Gaïd  95' 		Khalaf  11'

Winners

1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
Algeria
MC Oran
Second title

References

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