1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup

1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس 1998
Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
City	Beirut
Dates	19 – 30 August 1998
Teams	13 (from UAFA confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	MC Oran (2nd title)
Runners-up	Al-Jaish
Third place	Al-Qadsia
Fourth place	Al-Nejmeh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	50 (3.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Wael Nazha; Adel Al-Shammari; Said Bayazid; (3 goals each)
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth edition of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup held in Beirut, Lebanon between 19 – 30 August 1998. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. MC Oran from Algeria won the final against Al-Jaish from Syria for consecutively the second time.

Qualifying round[edit]

Al-Nejmeh (the hosts) and MC Oran (the holders) qualified automatically.

Zone 1 (Gulf Area)[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Rayyan	4–4 (a)	Al-Qadsia	3–2	1–2
Al-Wasl	w/o	Al-Muharraq	—	—

Al-Qadsia & Al-Wasl advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 2 (Red Sea)[edit]

Qualifying tournament held in Saudi Arabia. Al-Wehda Sana'a of Yemen withdrew from the tournament.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Al-Mourada	0–0	Al-Ismaily
Al-Ta'ee	1–0	Al-Ismaily
Al-Ta'ee	0–2	Al-Mourada

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Mourada	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Al-Ta'ee	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	3
Al-Ismaily	1	0	1	0	0	1	−1	1
Al-Wehda Sana'a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Al-Mourada & Al-Ta'ee advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 3 (North Africa)[edit]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Al-Nasr Benghazi	w/o	USM Alger	—	—

Al-Nasr Benghazi advanced to the final tournament.

Zone 4 (East Region)[edit]

Qualifying tournament held in Beirut, Lebanon between 2 – 4 June 1998.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Day 1 (2 June)
Al-Jaish	1–0	Al-Wehdat
Al-Ansar	1–0	Khadamat Rafah
Day 2 (4 June)
Al-Jaish	6–2	Khadamat Rafah
Al-Ansar	2–0	Al-Wehdat
Day 3 (6 June)
Al-Wehdat	6–3	Khadamat Rafah
Al-Ansar	3–3	Al-Jaish

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Jaish	3	2	1	0	10	5	+5	7
Al-Ansar	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
Al-Wehdat	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
Khadamat Rafah	3	0	0	3	5	9	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Al-Jaish advanced to the final tournament.

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Qadsia	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
Al-Nejmeh	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
Al-Nasr Benghazi	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
Al-Mourada	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

19 August 1998

20:30

Al-Nejmeh	2–1	Al-Mourada
Nazha 45', 89'		Barsham 61'

Camille Chamoun Stadium, Beirut

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Nasser Al Hamdan (Saudi Arabia)

21 August 1998