1988 AFC Asian Cup

The 9th Asian Cup took place in the period from 2 to December 18, 1988 in Qatar. The largest Asian football tournament is carried out since 1956 by the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC).

Defending Saudi Arabia won the final against South Korea. Best scorer of the tournament was Lee Tae- ho ( South Korea) with three goals.

Venues were the Al -Ahly Stadium and the Qatar SC Stadium, both in the capital, Doha.

Qualification

Automatically qualify were:

• Qatar Qatar as the host
• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia as defending

The following eight teams also could still qualify:

• Bahrain 1972 Bahrain
• People's Republic of China People's Republic of China
• Iran Iran
• Japan Japan
• Kuwait Kuwait
• Flag of South Korea South Korea
• Syria Syria
• United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates

See: Asian Cup 1988/Qualifikation

Final tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Semifinal

3rd Place Match

Final

Statistic

3 goals

2 Goals

• People's Republic of China Ma Lin
• Iran Farshad Peevos
• Qatar Adel Khamis
• Qatar Mansour Muftah
• Qatar Khalid Salman

1956 Hong Kong | South Korea 1960 | Israel 1964 | Iran 1968 | Thailand 1972 | Iran 1976 | Kuwait 1980 | Singapore 1984 | Qatar 1988 | Japan 1992 | United Arab Emirates 1996 | Lebanon 2000 | China 2004 | Indonesia / Malaysia / Thailand / Vietnam 2007 | Qatar 2011 | Australia 2015

• Asian Cup
• Football in 1988
• Sporting event in Doha