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Al -Ahli SC

• Asian Cup 1988

The Al -Ahli Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Qatari capital Doha. There mainly Fußballbegegnugen and athletics competitions are held. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. Main users of the stadium of the football club Al- Ahli SC, who play their home games there.

The stadium was in 1988 one of the venues for the AFC Asian Cup. In addition to the opening game on 2 December 1988 between Qatar and Iran eleven more games at the Al -Ahli stadium still took place. Among these is the match for third place and the final match between South Korea and Saudi Arabia, which won the Arabs 4-3 on penalties.

On October 28, 1993, the stadium was the venue for the soccer qualifying match for the World Cup 1994 countries between Japan and Iraq. The match went down in Japanese football history as the " disgrace of Doha ", because the game ended 2-2 and the Japan selection thus missed the part in the next World Cup.

2011, ie 23 years after the Asia Cup in 1988, the Asian championship was played again in Qatar. However, the Al -Ahli stadium was not taken.