1974 Kuneitra Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Syria
City	Damascus
Dates	26 September – 9 October 1974
Teams	11 (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 played	29
Goals scored	108 (3.72 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Khalil (EGY) Ahmed Faras 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

26 September 1974

Syria	2–0	Palestine
Tughli Esfahani

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

28 September 1974

Syria	2–1	Libya
Nano Sorour		Al-Ghazali

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

28 September 1974

Sudan	6–0	North Yemen
Gagarin Sharafeldin Santo

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

30 September 1974

Sudan	3–1	Palestine
Al-Kori Baye Gagarin		Abdel Aziz

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

30 September 1974

Libya	9–1	North Yemen
Al-Ghazali Muhammad Al-Aswad Circassi Al-Bohemi Al-Jahmani		Al-Jaradi

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

2 October 1974

Syria	2–0	Sudan
Sorour Goutouk

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

2 October 1974

Libya	0–0	Palestine

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

4 October 1974

Syria	6–0	North Yemen
Goutouq Hatmah Sorour Berjakli Mahlami

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

4 October 1974

Sudan	3–1	Libya
Sharafeldin Santo Kamal		Al-Aswad

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

6 October 1974

Palestine	7–1	North Yemen
Abdel Aziz Naimi Naji		Nashta

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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	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

27 September 1974

Tunisia	2–0	Egypt B
Ratima Bou Ghania

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

27 September 1974

Morocco	2–1	Jordan
Ismail (o.g.) Faras		Al-Tali

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

27 September 1974

NA Hussein Dey	4–1	Lebanon
Lalmas Khalem		El Sahili

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

29 September 1974

Lebanon	2–1	Tunisia
Dougan El Sahili		Kamoun

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

29 September 1974

Morocco	4–2	Egypt B
Dish El Safawi Makrouh [fr]		Rushdie Mostafa

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

29 September 1974

NA Hussein Dey	6–0	Jordan
Chenen Boudjenoun Amidan Sahli

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

1 October 1974

Egypt B	3–1	NA Hussein Dey
Khalil Hamza		Khalem

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

1 October 1974

Morocco	3–1	Tunisia
Faras Safawi		Habita

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

1 October 1974

Jordan	0–0	Lebanon

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

3 October 1974

Morocco	3–0	Lebanon
Al-Safawi Ahmed Ihardane

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

3 October 1974

Tunisia	1–0	NA Hussein Dey
Kabouti

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

3 October 1974

Egypt B	5–0	Jordan
Khalil Yaqoub Bayoumi

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

5 October 1974

Morocco	1–0	NA Hussein Dey
Faras

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

5 October 1974

Tunisia	5–0	Jordan
Boughanieh Habita Al-Khwaini

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

5 October 1974

Egypt B	2–0	Lebanon
Khalil Hassan

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
	Syria (a.e.t.)	3
					9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
	Tunisia	1
					Syria	1 (3)
	7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
					Morocco (p)	1 (4)
	Morocco	2
	Sudan	0
					Third place play-off
					9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium
					Tunisia	3
					Sudan	1

Semi-finals

7 October 1974

Syria	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia
Lotfi Tughli Said		Boughanieh

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

7 October 1974

Morocco	2–0	Sudan
Dish Ahmed		Boughanieh

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Third place play-off

9 October 1974

Tunisia	3–1	Sudan
Kretet Kamoun		Abdallah

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Final

9 October 1974

Syria	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Morocco
Goutouq		Faras
Penalties
Tatish Mahalmi Al-Nimr	3–4	Najah Al-Safawi Faras Dish

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Scorers

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

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal