1972 Palestine Cup of Nations

April 2026 Palestine Cup 1972 كأس فلسطين 1972 Iraq 1–14 January 9 1 1 Egypt 1972 1 Iraq 1963 Algeria Syria 1972 24 68 1973 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. Participated teams The 9 participated teams are: ALG EGY 1972 IRQ 1963 (hosts)KUW LBY 1972 PLEQAT South Yemen SYR 1972 Squads 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations squads Venues Cities Venues CapacityBaghdadAl-Shaab Stadium40,000 Group stage Group A TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsIraq 1963321061+55Egypt 1972312031+24Kuwait310247–32Libya 1972301237–41 1 January 1972 IRQ 1963 0–0 Egypt 1972 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 1 January 1972 KUW 3–2 LBY 1972 Al-Bahloul Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 5 January 1972 IRQ 1963 3–0 LBY 1972 Kadhim Ahmed Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 5 January 1972 EGY 1972 2–0 KUW Omasha 28El-Bouri 75 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 7 January 1972 IRQ 1963 3–1 KUW Yousif Kadhim Hatim Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 7 January 1972 EGY 1972 1–1 LBY 1972 Zizo 84 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Group B TeamPld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals forGA Goals againstGD Goal differencePts PointsSYR 1972440083+58Algeria430192+76South Yemen420257–24PLE41039902QAT4004515–100 1 January 1972 ALG 2–0 PLE Dahleb Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 1 January 1972 SYR 1972 1–0 South Yemen Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 4 January 1972 ALG 3–0 QAT Tahar 5Salhi 33Betrouni 53 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 4 January 1972 SYR 1972 3–1 PLE Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 6 January 1972 SYR 1972 3–2 QAT Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 6 January 1972 South Yemen 2–1 PLE Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 8 January 1972 SYR 1972 1–0 ALG Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 8 January 1972 South Yemen 2–1 QAT Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 10 January 1972 South Yemen 1–4 ALG Hannachi 37Dali 41 50Amar 72 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 10 January 1972 PLE 7–1 QAT Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Knock-out stage N4 yes high yes Semifinals Final Third place 12 January – Baghdad IRQ 1963 3 ALG 1 12 January – Baghdad EGY 1972 4 SYR 1972 2 13 January – Baghdad IRQ 1963 1 EGY 1972 3 14 January – Baghdad ALG 3 SYR 1972 1 Semi-finals 12 January 1972 IRQ 1963 3–1 ALG Kamil Kadhim Dahleb pen. Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 12 January 1972 EGY 1972 4–2 yes SYR 1972 Reyadh 8Shehta 83El-Shazly 110 117 pen. Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad 3rd place playoff 13 January 1972 ALG 3–1 SYR 1972 Dahleb 19Salhi 68 75 ? Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Final 14 January 1972 IRQ 1963 1–3 EGY 1972 Aziz 35 pen. El-Shazly 3Zizo 19 64 Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad Winners fb 1972 Palestine Cup winners Egypt First 1972 References External links Details in RSSSF 1972 1972 Category:1971–72 in Iraqi football