1998 Friendship Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
City	Abu Dhabi
Dates	17–21 October 1998
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United Arab Emirates (1st title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Lebanon
Fourth place	Sudan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	18 (3 per match)
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The 1998 Friendship Tournament was the 4th edition of the Friendship Tournament, and was held from 17 to 21 October 1998 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Four teams participated: the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Lebanon, and Syria. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament.^[1]

Participants

•  United Arab Emirates (hosts)
•  Lebanon
•  Sudan
•  Syria

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Winners
2	Syria	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Lebanon	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Sudan	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Matches

17 October 1998

United Arab Emirates	2–1	Sudan
Saad 71' Jumaa 86'		Zaki 38'

Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Said Belqola (Morocco)

17 October 1998

Lebanon	3–3	Syria
Ghazarian 28' Shouweikh 48' (pen.) Al Indari 67'		Jabban 30' Al Homsi 39' Bayazid ?' (pen.)

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Referee: Ali Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates)

19 October 1998

Sudan	1–1	Lebanon
Abdullah 84'		Taha 57'

Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Mohamed Al Mulla (United Arab Emirates)

19 October 1998

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Syria
Saeed 23'

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

21 October 1998

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Lebanon
Al Nuwais 56'

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 5,000

21 October 1998

Syria	3–2	Sudan

Abu Dhabi

Referee: Ali Ahmed Abdulla Saleh (United Arab Emirates)

Winner

1998 Friendship Tournament
United Arab Emirates First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 18 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

1 goal