1974 Kuneitra Cup

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]

1974 Kuneitra Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySyria
CityDamascus
Dates26 September – 9 October 1974
Teams11 (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 played29
Goals scored108 (3.72 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ali Khalil (EGY)
Ahmed Faras
Abdel Aziz
(6 goals each)

Format

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

Group A

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.
Syria 2–0 Palestine
  • Tughli
  • Esfahani

Syria 2–1 Libya
  • Nano
  • Sorour
  • Al-Ghazali
Sudan 6–0 North Yemen
  • Al-Siddiq
  • Ahmed
  • Othman

Sudan 3–1 Palestine
  • Al-Kuri
  • Baye
  • Al-Siddiq
  • Abdel Aziz
Libya 9–1 North Yemen
  • Al-Ghazali
  • Muhammad
  • Al-Aswad
  • Circassi
  • Al-Bohemi
  • Al-Jahmani
  • Al-Jaradi

Syria 2–0 Sudan
  • Sorour
  • Goutouk
Libya 0–0 Palestine

Syria 6–0 North Yemen
  • Goutouq
  • Hatmah
  • Sorour
  • Berjakli
  • Mahlami
Sudan 3–1 Libya
  • Ahmed
  • Othman
  • Abdel-Wahhab
  • Al-Aswad

Palestine 7–1 North Yemen
  • Abdel Aziz
  • Naimi
  • Naji
  • Nashta

Group B

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.
Tunisia 2–0 Egypt B
  • Ratima
  • Bou Ghania
Morocco 2–0 Jordan
  • Al-Tali
NA Hussein Dey 4–1 Lebanon
  • Hassan
  • Mokhtar
  • El Sahili

Lebanon 2–1 Tunisia
  • Dougan
  • El Sahili
  • Kamoun
Morocco 4–2 Egypt B
  • Dish
  • El Safawi
  • Makrouh
  • Rushdie
  • Mostafa
NA Hussein Dey 6–0 Jordan
  • Omri
  • Boujounoun
  • Amidan
  • Al Sahli

Egypt B 3–1 NA Hussein Dey
  • Khalil
  • Hamza
  • Mukhtar
Morocco 3–1 Tunisia
  • Habita
Jordan 0–0 Lebanon

Morocco 3–0 Lebanon
  • Al-Safawi
  • Ahmed
  • Hardan
Tunisia 1–0 NA Hussein Dey
  • Kabouti
Egypt B 5–0 Jordan
  • Khalil
  • Yaqoub
  • Bayoumi

Tunisia 5–0 Jordan
  • Boughanieh
  • Habita
  • Al-Khwaini
Egypt B 2–0 Lebanon
  • Khalil
  • Hassan

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
 
 
 Syria (a.e.t.)3
 
9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
 
 Tunisia1
 
 Syria1 (3)
 
7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
 
 Morocco (p)1 (4)
 
 Morocco2
 
 
 Sudan0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
 
 
 Tunisia3
 
 
 Sudan1

Semi-finals

Syria 3–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
  • Lotfi
  • Tughli
  • Said
  • Boughanieh
Morocco 2–0 Sudan
  • Dish
  • Ahmed
  • Boughanieh

Third place play-off

Tunisia 3–1 Sudan
  • Kretet
  • Kamoun
  • Abdallah

Final

Syria 1–1 (a.e.t.) Morocco
  • Goutouq
Penalties
  • Tatish
  • Mahalmi
  • Al-Nimr
3–4

Scorers

There were 108 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.72 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

  • Saeed Al-Ghazali (LBY)
  • Zoubir Boughanieh
  • Haidar Al-Siddiq
  • Azam Goutouk (SYR)

3 goals

  • Kalim Mokhtar
  • Idris Dish
  • Ahmed El Safawi
  • Sharafuddin Ahmed
  • Radwan Sorour (SYR)
  • Muhyiddin Habita

2 goals

  • Ammar Boujounoun
  • Lalmad Hassan
  • Shanan Omri
  • Atef El Sahili
  • Ali Al-Aswad (LBY)
  • Ali Muhammad (LBY)
  • Fadel Othman
  • Mahmoud Tughli (SYR)
  • Hamed Kamoun
  • Abdel Nasser Kretet

1 goal

  • Ali Amidan
  • Salem Al 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)
  • Al-Arabi Hardan
  • Ahmed Makrouh
  • Nasr Al-Jaradi
  • Samir Naimi
  • Ahmed Naji
  • Hamid Nashta
  • Abdel Aziz Abdallah
  • Abdel Aziz Baye
  • Khidir Al-Kuri
  • Kamal Abdel-Wahhab
  • 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

References

  1. Karkora, Mahmoud. "Kuneitra Cup 1974 (Syria)". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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