1985 Arab Cup final

1985 Arab Cup Final
	Ta'if hosts the final tournament
Event	1985 Arab Cup
Date	12 July 1985
Venue	King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if
Referee	Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi (Kuwait)
	← 1966 1988 →

The 1985 Arab Cup Final was a football match that took place on 12 July 1985, at the King Fahd Stadium in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia, to determine the winner of the 1985 Arab Cup. Iraq B defeated Bahrain 1–0, with Anad Abid scoring for Iraq, to help it win the tournament. Iraq played with the B team in the tournament.^[1]

Point system

This tourney had an odd point system, with a win equaling two points instead of three, draws and losses still remaining at 1 and 0.

Table

Group A

Saudi Arabia-4 Saudi-W-L-Jordan

Qatar-2 Saudi-W-L-Qatar

Jordan-0 Qatar-W-L-Jordan

Group B

Iraq-3 Iraq-W-L-Mauritania

Bahrain-3 Iraq-D-Bahrain

Mauritania-0 Bahrain-W-L-Mauritania

Road to the final

Iraq B		Bahrain
Opponents	Results	Opponents	Results
Group stage
Bahrain	1–1	Iraq B	1–1
Mauritania	2–0	Mauritania	2–0
Semi-finals
Saudi Arabia	3–2	Qatar	1–1 (4–2 p)

Match

Details

12 July 1985

Iraq B	1–0	Bahrain
Abid 21'	Report	Al-Harban

King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if

Referee: Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi (Kuwait)

Iraq B

Bahrain


Iraq B:
GK	21	Suhail Saber
DF	2	Hameed Rashid
DF	3	Ghanim Oraibi
DF	4	Hassan Kamal
DF	5	Khaled Hadi
MF	10	Karim Hadi (c)
MF	13	Basim Qasim
MF	18	Taleb Jaloub
MF	7	Adnan Hamad	71'
FW	11	Emad Jassim	19'
FW	14	Anad Abid
Substitutes:
DF	–	Mahdi Jassim
Manager:
Anwar Jassam


Bahrain:
GK	22	Mohammed Saleh
DF	2	Ebrahim Zaid
DF	3	Salman Al-Harbi
DF	5	Adnan Daif (c)
DF	18	Abdul Karim Saif
MF	10	Ebrahim Al-Harban
MF	12	Marjan Eid
MF	14	Ali Hassan Yousif
FW	8	Ebrahim Farhan	45'
FW	11	Hamad Mohammed
FW	19	Waleed Shwetar	66'
Substitutes:
FW	4	Yacoub Hassan	66'
FW	7	Ahmed Rashdan	45'
FW	–	Khamis Eid
Manager:
Keith Burkinshaw