The 1988 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

in the city of

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. Al-Ettifaq won the championship for the first time beating in the final

Club Africain Club Africain ( ar, النادي الإفريقي) is a Tunisian football club based in Tunis that competes in the Tunisian Championship. It fields several sports teams, including football, handball, basketball, swimming and volleyball. The foot ...

Participants

Preliminary round

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

Kazma SC Kazma Sporting Club ( ar, نادي كاظمة الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional association football club. Founded in 1964, the club competes in the Kuwaiti Premier League. Club history Naming The club is named after the area of Kathma. ...

and

Fanja SC Fanja Sports Club ( ar, نادي فنجاء الرياضي; also known locally as ''Al-Malik'', or "The King" because of their great success, or just plainly as Fanja) is an Omani sports club based in Fanja, Oman. The club is currently playing i ...

advanced to the final tournament.''

Zone 2 (Red Sea)

'' Al-Ettifaq and

Al-Merrikh Al-Merrikh Sporting Club ( ar, نادي المريخ الرياضي) is a Sudanese football club based in Omdurman. Their home stadium is Al-Merrikh Stadium, which is locally known as The Red Castle. Founded in 1908, Al-Merrikh is one of the ol ...

advanced to the final tournament.''

Zone 3 (North Africa)

Preliminary round tournament held in

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and

KAC Marrakech Kawkab Athlétique Club of Marrakech ( ar, الكوكب المراكشي; KACM) is a Moroccan professional football club based in Marrakech. The club was founded on 20 September 1947 by Hadj Idriss Talbi. Honours * Moroccan League First Divis ...

advanced to the final tournament.''

Zone 4 (East Region)

Preliminary round tournament held in

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

from 4 to 10 August 1988. ---- ---- '' Al-Shabab Baghdad and

Jableh SC Jableh Sporting Club () is a Syrian professional football club based in Jableh. Achievements *Syrian League ** Champions (4): 1987, 1988, 1989, 2000 *Syrian Cup ** Winners (2): 1999, 2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a ...

advanced to the final tournament.''

Final tournament

Final tournament held in

from 21 October to 4 November 1988.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winners

References

External links

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