1985 Arab Cup
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The 1985 Arab Cup was the fourth edition of the
Arab Cup The FIFA Arab Cup ( ar, كأس العرب, translit=Kaʾs al-ʿArab), or simply Arab Cup, is an international association football competition which has been organized by FIFA since 2021, and is contested by the senior men's national teams of ...
hosted by
Ta'if Taif ( ar, , translit=aṭ-Ṭāʾif, lit=The circulated or encircled, ) is a city and governorate in the Makkan Region of Saudi Arabia. Located at an elevation of in the slopes of the Hijaz Mountains, which themselves are part of the Sarat M ...
,
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
. The competition come back after nineteen years of absence. The defending champion
Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
won the title for the 3rd time.


Qualified teams

The 6 qualified teams are:


Venues


Squads


Group stage


Group A

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Group B

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Knock-out stage


Semi-finals

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Third place play-off


Final


Goalscorers

;5 goals *
Anad Abid Anad Abid Tweresh (born 3 August 1955) is an Iraqi football forward who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.Details in RSSSF
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1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
1985 in African football 1985 in Asian football 1984–85 in Saudi Arabian football 1984–85 in Iraqi football 1984–85 in Qatari football 1984–85 in Bahraini football 1985 in Jordanian sport