1988 AFC Asian Cup
The 1988 AFC Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation. The finals were held in Qatar between 2 December and 18 December 1988. Saudi Arabia defeated South Korea in the final match in Doha.
Qualification
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearance |
| 16 December 1984 | |||
| 17 February 1988 | |||
| 16 February 1988 | |||
| 18 April 1988 | |||
| 18 April 1988 | 0 | ||
| 3 June 1988 | |||
| 4 June 1988 | |||
| 22 June 1988 | 0 | ||
| 22 June 1988 |
Venues
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Doha | Al-Ahly Stadium | 20,000 |
| Doha | Qatar SC Stadium | 20,000 |
First round
All times are Qatar timeGroup A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
All times are Qatar timeSemi-finals
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Goalscorers
With three goals, South Korea's Lee Tae-Ho is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 40 goals were scored by 28 different players, with only one of them credited as an own goal.3 goals:
2 goals:
- Ma Lin
- Xie Yuxin
- Farshad Pious
- Byun Byung-joo
- Chung Hae-won
- Hwang Sun-hong
- Kim Joo-sung
- Adel Khamis
- Mansour Muftah
- Khalid Salman
- Fahad Mohamed
- Gao Sheng
- Mai Chao
- Zhang Xiaowen
- Karim Bavi
- Adel Abbas
- Mansour Basha
- Saleh Al-Mutlaq
- Mohamed Al-Suwaiyed
- Fahad Al-Bishi
- Yousuf Jazea'a
- Majed Abdullah
- Walid Abu Al-Sel
- Walid Al-Nasser
- Hassan Mohamed
- Abdulaziz Mohamed
Awards
Most Valuable PlayerTop scorer
Best Goalkeeper
Best Forward
Team of the Tournament