1972 Palestine Cup of Nations

1972 Palestine Cup

كأس فلسطين 1972
Tournament details
Host country	Iraq
Dates	1–14 January
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Egypt (1st title)
Runners-up	Iraq
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Syria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	68 (2.83 per match)
1973 ⊟

The 1972 Palestine Cup was the 1st edition of the Palestine Cup of Nations, it was held in Baghdad, Iraq between 1 and 14 January. The tournament acted as a replacement for the Arab Cup, which was otherwise not held between 1966 and 1985. Nine nations took part in the competition of which Egypt won.

Participated teams

The 9 participated teams are:

Algeria Egypt Iraq (hosts)

Kuwait Libya Palestine

Qatar South Yemen Syria

Squads

Main article: 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations squads

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Baghdad	Al-Shaab Stadium	40,000

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	2	1	0	6	1	5	5
Egypt	3	1	2	0	3	1	2	4
Kuwait	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	2
Libya	3	0	1	2	3	7	–4	1

1 January 1972

Iraq	0–0	Egypt

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

1 January 1972

Kuwait	3–2	Libya
		Al-Bahloul

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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5 January 1972

Iraq	3–0	Libya
Kadhim Ahmed

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

5 January 1972

Egypt	2–0	Kuwait
Omasha 28' El-Bouri 75'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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7 January 1972

Iraq	3–1	Kuwait
Yousif Kadhim Hatim

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

7 January 1972

Egypt	1–1	Libya
Zizo 84'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	4	4	0	0	8	3	5	8
Algeria	4	3	0	1	9	2	7	6
South Yemen	4	2	0	2	5	7	–2	4
Palestine	4	1	0	3	9	9	0	2
Qatar	4	0	0	4	5	15	–10	0

1 January 1972

Algeria	2–0	Palestine
Dahleb

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

1 January 1972

Syria	1–0	South Yemen

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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4 January 1972

Algeria	3–0	Qatar
Tahar 5' Salhi 33' Betrouni 53'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

4 January 1972

Syria	3–1	Palestine

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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6 January 1972

Syria	3–2	Qatar

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

6 January 1972

South Yemen	2–1	Palestine

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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8 January 1972

Syria	1–0	Algeria

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

8 January 1972

South Yemen	2–1	Qatar

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

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10 January 1972

South Yemen	1–4	Algeria
		Hannachi 37' Dali 41', 50' Amar 72'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

10 January 1972

Palestine	7–1	Qatar

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Knock-out stage

	Semifinals				Final
	12 January – Baghdad
	Iraq	2
					13 January – Baghdad
	Algeria	0
					Iraq	1
	12 January – Baghdad
					Egypt	3
	Egypt (a.e.t.)	4
	Syria	2
					Third place
					14 January – Baghdad
					Algeria	3
					Syria	1

Semi-finals

12 January 1972

Iraq	3–1	Algeria
Kamil Kadhim		Dahleb (pen.)

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

12 January 1972

Egypt	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Syria
Reyadh 8' Shehta 83' El-Shazly 110', 117' (pen.)

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

3rd place playoff

13 January 1972

Algeria	3–1	Syria
Dahleb 19' Salhi 68', 75'		?

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Final

14 January 1972

Iraq	1–3	Egypt
Aziz 35' (pen.)		El-Shazly 3' Zizo 19', 64'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

Winners

1972 Palestine Cup winners
Egypt First title

External links

• Details in RSSSF