Qualifying Tournaments
NB: various regional groups were played as separate tournaments, with the
winners receiving a trophy as well as qualifying for the semifinal stage
Group 1 (Sheikh Al-Saani Stadium, Doha, Qatar)
24- 7-88 Al-Saad-Al-Foutoua 4-1
25- 7-88 Al-Rasheed-Al-Ansar 6-0
27- 7-88 Al-Saad-Al-Ansar 1-0
28- 7-88 Al-Rasheed-Al-Foutoua 3-0
30- 7-88 Al-Foutoua-Al-Ansar 1-0
31- 7-88 Al-Rasheed-Al-Saad 0-0
1.Al-Rasheed (Bagdad) 3 2 1 0 9- 0 5
2.Al-Saad (Doha) 3 2 1 0 5- 1 5
3.Al-Foutoua (Deir-ez-Zor) 3 1 0 2 2- 7 2
4.Al-Ansar (Beirut) 3 0 0 3 0- 8 0
Group 2 (in Sharjah, UAE) (also Gulf Cooperation Council Club Tournament)
25- 3-88 Sharjah-West Riffa 2-0
26- 3-88 Al-Ittifaq-Al-Fanja 1-0
27- 3-88 Kazma-West Riffa 2-0
28- 3-88 Al-Ittifaq-Sharjah 1-0
29- 3-88 Kazma-Al-Fanja 3-1
30- 3-88 Al-Ittifaq-West Riffa 3-1
31- 3-88 Kazma-Sharjah 3-0
2- 4-88 Al-Fanja-West Riffa 1-0
3- 4-88 Al-Ittifaq-Kazma 1-1
4- 4-88 Sharjah-Al-Fanja 4-1
1.Kazma (Kuwait) 4 3 1 0 9- 2 7
Al-Ittifaq (Dammam) 4 3 1 0 6- 2 7
3.Sharjah 4 2 0 2 6- 5 4
-.Al-Fanja 4 1 0 3 3- 8 2x
4.West Riffa 4 0 0 4 1- 8 0
x played only for the GCC Tournament
Playoff for First Place
5- 4-88 Al-Ittifaq-Kazma 2-1
Group 3 (Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta)
2- 7-88 Mohun Bagan-Crescent Textile 8-0
3- 7-88 Al-Fanja-Kathmandu SC 5-1
5- 7-88 Mohun Bagan-Kathmandu SC 4-2
6- 7-88 Al-Fanja-Crescent Textile 8-1
8- 7-88 Crescent Textile-Kathmandu SC 2-1
9- 7-88 Mohun Bagan-Al-Fanja 1-0
1.Mohun Bagan (Calcutta) 3 3 0 0 13- 2 6
2.Al-Fanja 3 2 0 1 13- 3 4
3.Crescent Textile (Faisalabad) 3 1 0 2 3-17 2
4.Kathmandu SC 3 0 0 3 4-11 0
Group 4 (National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh)
14- 7-88 Mohammedan SC-Saunders SC 0-0
16- 7-88 Perspolis-Saunders SC 5-0
18- 7-88 Mohammedan SC-Perspolis 2-1
1.Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) 2 1 1 0 2- 1 3
2.Perspolis (Tehran) 2 1 0 1 6- 2 2
3.Saunders SC (Colombo) 2 0 1 1 0- 5 1
Group 5 (National and Din-Daeng Stadiums, Bangkok, Thailand)
21- 7-88 Royal Thai Air Force-Pahang 2-1
21- 7-88 NIAC Mitra-Belait 3-1
23- 7-88 Royal Thai Air Force-Geylang Intl. 9-0
23- 7-88 Pahang-NIAC Mitra 0-0
25- 7-88 Royal Thai Air Force-NIAC Mitra 2-1
25- 7-88 Geylang International-Belait 3-1
27- 7-88 NIAC Mitra-Geylang International 1-1
27- 7-88 Pahang-Belait 5-1
29- 7-88 Royal Thai Air Force-Belait 9-0
29- 7-88 Pahang-Geylang International 2-1
1.Royal Thai Air Force (Bangkok) 4 4 0 0 22- 2 8
2.Pahang 4 2 1 1 8- 4 5
3.NIAC Mitra (Surabaya) 4 1 2 1 5- 4 4
4.Geylang International (Sgp.) 4 1 1 2 5-13 3
5.Belait (Brunei) 4 0 0 4 3-20 0
Group 6 (in Guangzhou, China)
12- 7-88 Guangdong-Yamaha Motors 3-1
12- 7-88 April 25-South China 3-0
14- 7-88 Yamaha Motors-Wa Seng 9-2
14- 7-88 Guangdong-South China 1-0
16- 7-88 Yamaha Motors-South China 1-1
16- 7-88 April 25-Wa Seng 4-0
18- 7-88 South China-Wa Seng 3-0
18- 7-88 April 25-Guangdong 1-0
20- 7-88 Guangdong-Wa Seng 7-1
20- 7-88 April 25-Yamaha Motors 3-1
1.April 25 (Pyongyang) 4 4 0 0 11- 1 8
2.Guangdong (Guangzhou) 4 3 0 1 11- 3 6
3.Yamaha Motors (Iwata) 4 1 1 2 12- 9 3
4.South China (Hongkong) 4 1 1 2 4- 5 3
5.Wa Seng (Macao) 4 0 0 4 3-23 0
Semifinals
Group A (in Guangzhou, China)
Royal Thai Air Force withdrew
9-10-88 Kazma-Mohun Bagan 1-0
9-10-88 Al-Rasheed-Guangdong Wanbao 1-1
[Salam H Meghamis 90pen; Liao Yuhua 51]
11-10-88 Guangdong Wanbao-Mohun Bagan 6-0
[og 7, Liao Yuhua 18, 31, 87, Xie Yuxin 46, Li Caobo 77]
11-10-88 Al-Rasheed-Kazma 2-0
[? 84, ? 90]
13-10-88 Guangdong Wanbao-Kazma 1-1
[?; Sowayed 21]
13-10-88 Al-Rasheed-Mohun Bagan 4-0
1.Al-Rasheed (Baghdad) 3 2 1 0 7- 1 5
2.Guangdong Wanbao (Guangzhou) 3 1 2 0 8- 2 4
3.Kazma (Kuwait) 3 1 1 1 2- 3 3
4.Mohun Bagan (Calcutta) 3 0 0 3 0-11 0
Group B (in Kuantan, Malaysia)
5-10-88 Al-Saad-Pahang 2-0
[Khalid Daud 52, Hassan Johar 78pen]
5-10-88 April 25-Mohammedan SC 0-1
7-10-88 Al-Ittifaq-Pahang 4-1
[Abdullah Al-Dossary 42, Sadoon Al-Swiete 44, Hamed Al-Dubalki 56,
Jamal Al-Mubarak 85; Basrulkharfi Abdul Hadi 75]
7-10-88 Al-Saad-Mohammedan SC 2-2
[? 6, Ebrahim Kyumarth ?; Bijan Taheri Tari 26,
Mohammed Hassannullar 55]
9-10-88 Al-Saad-April 25 2-1
[Ebrahim Kyumarth ?, 75; Han Chang Bok 17]
9-10-88 Al-Ittifaq-Mohammedan SC 3-1
[Jamal Al-Mubarak 5, Sadoon Al-Swiete 55, Sami Al- Dossary 67;
Mohamed Kaisar Hamid 73]
11-10-88 Mohammedan SC-Pahang 1-2
[Syed Rumman Sali Sabbir ?; Ronnachai Sayomachai 15, 54]
11-10-88 Al-Ittifaq-April 25 1-1
[Zakki Al-Salleh ?; Choe Won Nam 47]
13-10-88 Al-Saad-Al-Ittifaq 2-1
[Hassan Johar 62pen, Salleh Mahamoud 88; Jamal Al-Mubarak 89]
13-10-88 April 25-Pahang 2-0
[Kim Yum Chol 49, 66]
1.Al-Saad (Doha) 4 3 1 0 8- 4 7
2.Al-Ittifaq (Dammam) 4 2 1 1 9- 5 5
3.April 25 (Pyongyang) 4 1 1 2 4- 4 3
4.Mohammedan SC (Dhaka) 4 1 1 2 5- 7 3
5.Pahang 4 1 0 3 3- 9 2
Final (Mar 31 & Apr 6, 1989)
Al-Rasheed (Bagdad) Irq Al-Saad (Doha) Qat 3-2 0-1 3-3*
[Ahmed Radhi 20, Ali Kadhum 24, 35; Khalid Salman 56, Moh Ghanim 85]
[Khalid Salman 82]
First Leg [Baghdad, Iraq; att: 10,000]
31- 3-89 Al-Rasheed-Al-Saad 3-2
[Ahmed Radhi 20, Ali Kadhum 24,35 - Khalid Salman 56,
Moh Ghanim 85]
[Ref: Abdullah Al-Naser (Saudi Arabia);
Al-Rasheed: Ahmed Ali, Karim Alawi, Sherar Haider, Salam Hashim,
Karim Salman, Naeem Sadam, Riyadh Abdul Abbas,
Laith Hussein, Ahmed Radhi, Ali Kadhum (Habib Jafar 66),
Saad Kais;
Al-Saad: Ahmed Matwi, Saeed Mahboob, Yousef Adsani, Wasif Soufi,
Marzouk Juma, Mohammed Amari, Khalid Salman, Mohammed
Ghanim, Khalid Habib, Hassan Joher, Khalifa Khamis]
Second Leg [Sheikh Al-Saani Stadium, Doha, Qatar; att: 5,000]
6- 4-89 Al-Saad-Al-Rasheed 1-0
[Khalid Salman 82]
[Ref: Jasim Mendi (Bahrain);
Al-Saad: Ahmed Mabwi, Saeed Mahboob, Wasif Soufi, Yousef Adsani,
Marzouk Juma, Mohammed Amari, Khalid Salman, Mohammed
Ghanim, Qasim Boor (Salah Salman 87), Hassan Joher,
Khalifa Khamis;
Al-Rasheed: Ahmed Ali, Karim Alawi, Adnan Derjal, Salam Hashim,
Karim Salman, Naeem Sadam, Riyadh Abdul Abbas, Laith
Hussein, Ahmed Radhi, Ali Kadhum, Saad Kais.]
Main sources: [Oli 95], [sss 8], [aso]
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