1973 Palestine Cup of Nations

1973 Palestine Cup
كأس فلسطين 1973
	President Habib Bourguiba honors the Tunisian national team after winning the 1973 Palestine Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Libya
Dates	11–26 August
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Tunisia (1st title)
Runners-up	Syria
Third place	Algeria
Fourth place	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
	← 1972 1975 →

The 1973 Palestine Cup was the 2nd edition of the Palestine Cup of Nations, it was held in Libya between 11 and 26 August. Ten nations took part in the competition of which Tunisia won.^[1]

Participated teams

The 10 participated teams are:

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	4	4	0	0	13	3	+10	8
Syria	4	2	1	1	16	7	+9	5
Egypt	4	2	0	2	8	4	+4	4
Palestine	4	1	1	2	3	9	−6	3
North Yemen	4	0	0	4	2	15	−13	0

21 July 1973

Syria	1–1	Palestine
Nanu ?'		?'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

12 August 1973

Egypt	6–1	North Yemen
Khalil ?', ?' Abdel Azim 20', 41', 65' El Shaikh 62'		?'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

13 August 1973

Tunisia	4–1	Syria
Habita 44', 58', 73' Akid 86'		Sman ?'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 5.000

Palestine	beat	North Yemen

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

15 August 1973

Tunisia	1–0	Egypt
Habita 39'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Referee: 20.000

16 August 1973

Syria	7–1	North Yemen
Saeed ?', ?', ?' Sman ?' Shahrestan ?' Tatesh ?' Serur ?'		?'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

16 August 1973

Egypt	2–0	Palestine
Abdel Azim 25' El Shaikh 65'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

19 August 1973

Tunisia	2–0	North Yemen
Chakroun 63' Akid 66'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Attendance: 5.000

20 August 1973

Syria	2–0	Egypt
Shahrestan 20', 45'

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

21 August 1973

Tunisia	6–2	Palestine
Akid Chakroun Habita		Al-Khatib Temime

11 June Stadium, Tripoli

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	4	3	1	0	19	1	+18	7
Iraq	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6
Libya	4	1	2	1	12	4	+8	4
United Arab Emirates	4	0	2	2	3	7	−4	2
South Yemen	4	0	1	3	1	27	−26	1

11 August 1973

Libya	2–2	United Arab Emirates
Al-Aswad ?' Sedki ?'		Rabi ?' Suhail ?'

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

13 August 1973

Iraq	2–0	South Yemen
Luaibi Hanoon

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

13 August 1973

Algeria	2–0	United Arab Emirates
Belbahri 70' Fergani 76'

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

14 August 1973

Libya	10–0	South Yemen

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

15 August 1973

Algeria	0–0	Iraq

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

16 August 1973

United Arab Emirates	draw	South Yemen

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

17 August 1973

Algeria	15–1	South Yemen
Safsafi 1' Akli 6', 16', 35', 55', 64', 65' Djebbar 7', 80' Benmessaoud 8', 53' Fendi 10', 89' Guedioura 51', 76'		?'

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

18 August 1973

Libya	0–0	Iraq

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

20 August 1973

United Arab Emirates	1–3	Iraq
Abdel Rahman ?'		Luaibi Hassan

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

21 August 1973

Libya	0–2	Algeria
		Ighil 35' Belbahri 60'

March 28 Stadium, Benghazi

Knockout stage

Semifinals		Final

23 August – Tripoli

Tunisia	2
		26 August – Tripoli
Iraq	0
		Tunisia	4
23 August – Benghazi
		Syria	0
Algeria	0 (5)

Syria (pen.)	0 (6)
		Third place

		25 August – Tripoli

		Algeria (pen.)	0 (3)

		Iraq	0 (0)