1985 Arab Cup Final

Ta'if hosts the final tournament
Event	1985 Arab Cup
Iraq B Bahrain 1 0
Date	12 July 1985
Venue	King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if
Referee	Abdul Aziz Al-Salmi (Kuwait)

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 two goals from Anad Abid to Iraq, to win their third Arab Cup. Iraq played with the B team in the tournament.^[1]

Point system

This tourney had a 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

Assistant referees: Mohamed Larache (Morocco) Mohammed ... (Saudi Arabia) Fourth official: Mohammed ... (Saudi Arabia)

Man of the Match: ... ... (...)

References

External links

• 1985 Arab Cup - rsssf.com