1972 Palestine Cup of Nations

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.

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)
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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