1985 Arab Cup

1985 Arab Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	3–12 July
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (3rd title)
Runners-up	Bahrain
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	21 (2.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anad Abid (5 goals)
Best player	Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad
Best goalkeeper	Mohammed Saleh
Fair play award	Jordan
← 1966 1988 →

The 1985 Arab Cup was the fourth edition of the Arab Cup hosted by Ta'if, Saudi Arabia. The competition returned after nineteen years of absence. The defending champion Iraq won the title for the 3rd consecutive time.

Qualified teams

Main article: 1985 Arab Cup qualification

The 6 qualified teams are:

Participants
Zone	Team
Zone 1 (Gulf Area)	Bahrain
	Qatar
Zone 2 (Red Sea)	Saudi Arabia
Zone 3 (North Africa)	Mauritania
Zone 4 (East Region)	Iraq
	Jordan

Venues

Ta’if	1985 Arab Cup is located in Saudi Arabia Ta’if Ta’if
King Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 17,000
File:King Fahd Stadium THAILAND U-17 VS SAUDI ARABIA U-17.jpg

Squads

Main article: 1985 Arab Cup squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	6
Qatar	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3
Jordan	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

3 July 1985

Saudi Arabia	4–0	Jordan
Nu'eimeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Azmi File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' (o.g.) Al-Musaibeah File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' Al-Bishi File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Nizar Watti (Syria)

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5 July 1985

Qatar	2–0	Jordan
Khalfan File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Muftah File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)

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7 July 1985

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Qatar
Mohammad File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Report

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Iraq	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4
Mauritania	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

4 July 1985

Iraq	1–1	Bahrain
Abid File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'	Report	Eid File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

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6 July 1985

Bahrain	2–0	Mauritania
Shwetar File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 74'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

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8 July 1985

Iraq	2–0	Mauritania
Mahmoud File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Abid File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Mohammed Senhoub (Yemen)

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 July 1985 – Taif
	Iraq B	3
					12 July 1985 – Taif
	Saudi Arabia	2
					Iraq B	1
	10 July 1985 – Taif
					Bahrain	0
	Bahrain (p)	1 (3)
	Qatar	1 (1)
					Third place
					12 July 1985 – Taif
					Saudi Arabia (p)	0 (3)
					Qatar	0 (1)

Semi-finals

10 July 1985

Iraq	3–2	Saudi Arabia
Abid File:Soccerball shade.svg 12', 18' Rashid File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'	Report	Nu'eimeh File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (pen.) Abd Al-Jawad File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Belaïd Lacarne (Algeria)

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10 July 1985

Bahrain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Qatar
Al-Harban File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'		Muftah File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'
Penalties
Hassan soccer ball with red X Shwetar soccer ball with check mark Saif soccer ball with check mark Al-Harban soccer ball with check mark	3–1	soccer ball with check mark Al-Adsani soccer ball with red X Al Ammari soccer ball with red X Sabela soccer ball with red X Muftah

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Third place play-off

12 July 1985

Saudi Arabia	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Qatar
Penalties
Abd Al-Jawad soccer ball with check mark Al-Bishi soccer ball with check mark Al-Dosari soccer ball with check mark Khamees soccer ball with red X	3–1

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Final

Main article: 1985 Arab Cup Final

12 July 1985

Iraq	1–0	Bahrain
Abid File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'	Report

King Fahd Stadium, Taif

Referee: Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi (Kuwait)

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Anad Abid

External links

• Details in RSSSF