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AFC Asian Cup 1988

2 Dec 1988 – 18 Dec 1988 · Qatar · ← AFC Asian Cup 1984 · AFC Asian Cup 1992 →

Winner: Saudi Arabia
Runner-up: South Korea
Teams: 10
Matches: 24
Goals: 40
Per match: 1.67

Final: South Korea 0–0 Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia on penalties · Biggest win: China PR 3–0 Syria

Knockout bracket

The side that went through is in bold. Click a match to open it.

Semi-finals

South Korea2China PR1aet

Saudi Arabia1Iran0

Final

South Korea0Saudi Arabia0pens

Third place

China PR0Iran0pens

Groups2

Points, then goal difference, then goals — two for a win. Head-to-head tie-breaks and lots aren't applied.

Group A

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1South Korea	4	4	0	0	+7	8
2Iran	4	2	1	1	0	5
3Qatar	4	2	0	2	+1	4
4United Arab Emirates	4	1	0	3	-2	2
5Japan	4	0	1	3	-6	1

Group B

Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	+3	6
2China PR	4	2	1	1	+3	5
3Syria	4	2	0	2	-3	4
4Kuwait	4	0	3	1	-1	3
5Bahrain	4	0	2	2	-2	2

Where everyone finished10


Saudi Arabia	Winner	6	3	3	0	5	1	+4	B · 1
South Korea	Runner-up	6	5	1	0	11	3	+8	A · 1
Iran	Third place	6	2	2	2	3	4	-1	A · 2
China PR	Fourth place	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	B · 2
Qatar	Group stage	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	A · 3
Syria	Group stage	4	2	0	2	2	5	-3	B · 3
Kuwait	Group stage	4	0	3	1	2	3	-1	B · 4
United Arab Emirates	Group stage	4	1	0	3	2	4	-2	A · 4
Bahrain	Group stage	4	0	2	2	1	3	-2	B · 5
Japan	Group stage	4	0	1	3	0	6	-6	A · 5

Scorers27

Own goals aside.


Lee Tae-ho	South Korea	3	1
Adel Khamis	Qatar	2	0
Byung-joo Byun	South Korea	2	0
Farshad Pious	Iran	2	0
Hae-won Chung	South Korea	2	0
Joo-sung Kim	South Korea	2	0
Khalid Salman	Qatar	2	2
Ma Lin	China PR	2	0
Mansour Muftah	Qatar	2	0
Sun-hong Hwang	South Korea	2	0
Xie Yuxin	China PR	2	0
Abdulaziz Mohamed	United Arab Emirates	1	0
Adel Abbas Hussain	Kuwait	1	1
Fahad Al-Bishi	Saudi Arabia	1	0
Fayad Mahmoud	Bahrain	1	1

Goals per match

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Tallest: 8 · Goals in the match

Every match24


2 Dec 1988	Group stage	Qatar	0–2	Iran
2 Dec 1988	Group stage	Syria	0–2	Saudi Arabia
3 Dec 1988	Group stage	United Arab Emirates	0–1	South Korea
3 Dec 1988	Group stage	Kuwait	0–0	Bahrain
4 Dec 1988	Group stage	Japan	0–0	Iran
4 Dec 1988	Group stage	China PR	3–0	Syria
5 Dec 1988	Group stage	Qatar	2–1	United Arab Emirates
5 Dec 1988	Group stage	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Kuwait
6 Dec 1988	Group stage	South Korea	2–0	Japan
6 Dec 1988	Group stage	Bahrain	0–1	China PR
8 Dec 1988	Group stage	Iran	1–0	United Arab Emirates
8 Dec 1988	Group stage	Syria	1–0	Kuwait
9 Dec 1988	Group stage	Qatar	2–3	South Korea
9 Dec 1988	Group stage	Saudi Arabia	1–1	Bahrain
10 Dec 1988	Group stage	United Arab Emirates	1–0	Japan
10 Dec 1988	Group stage	Kuwait	2–2	China PR
11 Dec 1988	Group stage	South Korea	3–0	Iran
11 Dec 1988	Group stage	Bahrain	0–1	Syria
12 Dec 1988	Group stage	Qatar	3–0	Japan
12 Dec 1988	Group stage	China PR	0–1	Saudi Arabia
14 Dec 1988	Semi-final	South Korea	2–1	China PR
15 Dec 1988	Semi-final	Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iran
17 Dec 1988	Third-place play-off	China PR	0–0 (Iran on pens)	Iran
18 Dec 1988	Final	South Korea	0–0 (Saudi Arabia on pens)	Saudi Arabia

Every AFC Asian Cup18


AFC Asian Cup 2024	Qatar	3–1	Jordan	Qatar	24
AFC Asian Cup 2019	Qatar	1–3	Japan	United Arab Emirates	24
AFC Asian Cup 2015	Australia	2–1	South Korea	Australia	16
AFC Asian Cup 2011	Japan	0–1	Australia	Qatar	16
AFC Asian Cup 2007	Iraq	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam	16
AFC Asian Cup 2004	Japan	1–3	China PR	China PR	16
AFC Asian Cup 2000	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Lebanon	12
AFC Asian Cup 1996	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (pens)	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	12
AFC Asian Cup 1992	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Japan	8
AFC Asian Cup 1988	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (pens)	South Korea	Qatar	10
AFC Asian Cup 1984	Saudi Arabia	2–0	China PR	Singapore	10
AFC Asian Cup 1980	Kuwait	3–0	South Korea	Kuwait	10