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)Egypt Ali Khalil (EGY)
Morocco Ahmed Faras
State of Palestine Abdel Aziz
(6 goals each)

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]

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
Sudan 3–1 Palestine
  • 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
  • Sharafeldin
  • Santo
  • Kamal
  • 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 Algeria 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 2–1 Jordan
  • Al-Tali
NA Hussein Dey Algeria4–1 Lebanon
  • El Sahili
Lebanon 2–1 Tunisia
  • Dougan
  • El Sahili
  • Kamoun
Morocco 4–2 Egypt B
  • Dish
  • El Safawi
  • Makrouh
  • Rushdie
  • Mostafa
NA Hussein Dey Algeria6–0 Jordan
  • Chenen
  • Boudjenoun
  • Amidan
  • Sahli
Egypt B 3–1Algeria NA Hussein Dey
  • Khalil
  • Hamza
Morocco 3–1 Tunisia
  • Habita
Jordan 0–0 Lebanon
Morocco 3–0 Lebanon
Tunisia 1–0Algeria 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 soccer ball with check mark
  • Mahalmi soccer ball with check mark
  • Al-Nimr soccer ball with check mark
 3–4

Scorers

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

6 goals

4 goals

  • Libya Saeed Al-Ghazali (LBY)
  • Tunisia Zoubir Boughanieh
  • Sudan Ali Gagarin
  • Syria Azam Goutouk (SYR)

3 goals

  • Algeria Mokhtar Khalem
  • Morocco Idris Dish
  • Morocco Ahmed El Safawi
  • Sudan Sharafeldin Ahmed Musa
  • Syria Radwan Sorour (SYR)
  • Tunisia Muhyiddin Habita

2 goals

  • Algeria Ammar Boudjenoun
  • Algeria Hacène Lalmas
  • Algeria Lamri Chenen
  • Lebanon Atef El Sahili
  • Libya Ali Al-Aswad (LBY)
  • Libya Ali Muhammad (LBY)
  • Sudan Alfadel Santo
  • Syria Mahmoud Tughli (SYR)
  • Tunisia Hamed Kamoun
  • Tunisia Abdel Nasser Kretet

1 goal

  • Algeria Ali Amidan
  • Algeria Salem Sahli
  • Egypt Ahmed Bayoumi (EGY)
  • Egypt Mohamed Said Hamza (EGY)
  • Egypt Mahmoud Hassan (EGY)
  • Egypt Yassin Mostafa (EGY)
  • Egypt Mahmoud Rushdie (EGY)
  • Egypt Ezz El Din Yaqoub (EGY)
  • Jordan Nabil Al-Tali
  • Lebanon Rashid Dougan
  • Libya Abdel-Qader Al-Bohemi (LBY)
  • Libya Mahmoud Al-Jahmani (LBY)
  • Libya Abdul-Bari Circassi (LBY)
  • Morocco Larbi Ihardane
  • Morocco Ahmed Makrouh
  • Yemen Arab Republic Nasr Al-Jaradi
  • State of Palestine Samir Naimi
  • State of Palestine Ahmed Naji
  • State of Palestine Hamid Nashta
  • Sudan Abdel Aziz Abdallah
  • Sudan Abdel Aziz Baye
  • Sudan Khedr Al-Kori
  • Sudan Kamal Abdelwahab
  • Syria Haitham Berjakli (SYR)
  • Syria Riad Esfahani (SYR)
  • Syria Suhail Lotfi (SYR)
  • Syria Ibrahim Mahlami (SYR)
  • Syria Ayman Matmah (SYR)
  • Syria Nabil Nano (SYR)
  • Syria Samir Said (SYR)
  • Tunisia Abdel Majid Kabouti
  • Tunisia Moncef Al-Khwaini
  • Tunisia Ali Ratima

1 own goal

  • Jordan Badr Ismail (against Morocco)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Karkora, Mahmoud. "Kuneitra Cup 1974 (Syria)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 April 2003. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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