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]
| 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 edit
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 edit
Group A edit
| 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.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average.
| Libya | 9–1 | North Yemen |
|---|---|---|
Group B edit
| 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.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average.
Knockout stage edit
Bracket edit
| 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 edit
Third place play-off edit
Final edit
Scorers edit
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
2 goals
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
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 edit
References edit
- ^ Karkora, Mahmoud. "Kuneitra Cup 1974 (Syria)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
External links edit
- 1974 Kuneitra Cup on InternationalFootball.net