GROUP 1: Qatar, Jordan, Libya

22/09   Qatar    v   Libya        2-1

24/09   Libya    v   Jordan       1-2

26/09   Qatar    v   Jordan       2-0

Team         P    W    D    L    F    A   Pts.
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1. Qatar     2    2    0    0    4    1    6 
2. Jordan    2    1    0    1    2    3    3
3. Libya     2    0    0    2    2    4    0



GROUP 2: Egypt (Olympic Team), Kuwait, Syria

22/09   Egypt    v   Syria        2-1

24/09   Egypt    v   Kuwait       1-4

26/09   Kuwait   v   Syria        4-0

Team         P    W    D    L    F    A   Pts.
---------------------------------------------- 
1. Kuwait    2    2    0    0    8    1    6
2. Egypt     2    1    0    1    3    5    3
3. Syria     2    0    0    2    1    6    0



GROUP 3: Morocco (Olympic Team), U.A.E, Sudan

23/09   Morocco  v   U.A.E.       1-0

25/09   Morocco  v   Sudan        1-2

27/09   U.A.E.   v   Sudan        4-1

Team         P    W    D    L    F    A   Pts.
---------------------------------------------- 
1. U.A.E.    2    1    0    1    4    2    3 
2. Morocco   2    1    0    1    2    2    3
3. Sudan     2    1    0    1    3    5    3



GROUP 4: Saudi Arabia, Algeria (Olympic Team), Lebanon

23/09   Algeria  v   Lebanon      0-0

25/09   Saudi A. v   Algeria      3-0

27/09   Saudi A. v   Lebanon      4-1

Team         P    W    D    L    F    A   Pts.
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1. Saudi A.  2    2    0    0    7    1    6 
2. Lebanon   2    0    1    1    1    4    1
3. Algeria   2    0    1    1    0    3    1



SEMI-FINALS 

29/09   Saudi Arabia v   Kuwait   2-1

        Qatar        v   U.A.E.   2-1



THIRD PLACE:

01/10   Kuwait       v   U.A.E.   4-1




                     FINAL 
                     01/10 
          Saudi Arabia v   Qatar
               3             1



Qualification Matches







Group One: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman

- Qatar qualified as the host country
- Bahrain and Oman withdrew
- Kuwait and UAE both qualified to the finals


Group Two: Egypt, Saudi Arabi, Sudan, Yemen, Djibouti, Somalia, Comoros Islands

15/06   Sudan     v    Yemen
29/06   Yemen     v    Sudan
(Yemen withdrew - Sudan qualified to the finals)

- Egypt qualified to the finals as holder
- Saudi Arabia qualified to the finals as World Cup qualifier
- Somalia and Comoros withdrew


Group Three: Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania

31/07   Algeria   v    Libya
14/08   Libya     v    Algeria

- Both teams qualified because Tunisia withdrew
- Morocco qualified to the finals as World Cup qualifier
- Tunisia and Mauritania withdrew


Group Four: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq

(all matches in Lebanon)

23/07   Syria     v    Jordan     3-0
        Lebanon   v    Palestine  3-1

26/07   Palestine v    Syria      1-2
        Jordan    v    Lebanon    2-0

29/07   Jordan    v    Palestine  1-1
        Lebanon   v    Syria      0-1

- Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon qualified
- Iraq dismissed




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