The 1974 Kuneitra Cup (Arabic: كأس القنيطرة 1974) was an international football tournament held in Damascus, Syria, from 26 September to 9 October 1974. Morocco won the tournament, beating Syria in the final.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Syria |
| City | Damascus |
| Dates | 26 September – 9 October 1974 |
| Teams | 11 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Morocco |
| Runners-up |  Syria |
| Third place |  Tunisia |
| Fourth place |  Sudan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Goals scored | 108 (3.72 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Ali Khalil (EGY) Ahmed Faras Abdel Aziz(6 goals each) |
The 11 teams were distributed in two groups: Group A was composed of Syria, Sudan, Libya, Palestine, and North Yemen; Group B of Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt B, NA Hussein Dey, Lebanon, Jordan. The top two teams of each group faced each other in the semi-finals: the winners progressed to the final, whereas the losers played the third-place match.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Syria
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 8 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Sudan
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Libya
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Palestine
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | |
| 5 |  North Yemen
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 28 | −26 | 0 |
| Syria | 2–0 | Palestine |
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| Syria | 2–1 | Libya |
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| Sudan | 6–0 | North Yemen |
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| Sudan | 3–1 | Palestine |
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| Libya | 9–1 | North Yemen |
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| Syria | 2–0 | Sudan |
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| Libya | 0–0 | Palestine |
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| Syria | 6–0 | North Yemen |
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| Sudan | 3–1 | Libya |
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| Palestine | 7–1 | North Yemen |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Morocco
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Tunisia
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Egypt B
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | |
| 4 |  NA Hussein Dey
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Lebanon
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5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
| 6 |  Jordan
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5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 2–0 | Egypt B |
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| Morocco | 2–1 | Jordan |
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| NA Hussein Dey | 4–1 | Lebanon |
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| Lebanon | 2–1 | Tunisia |
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| Morocco | 4–2 | Egypt B |
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| NA Hussein Dey | 6–0 | Jordan |
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| Egypt B | 3–1 | NA Hussein Dey |
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| Morocco | 3–1 | Tunisia |
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| Jordan | 0–0 | Lebanon |
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| Morocco | 3–0 | Lebanon |
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| Tunisia | 1–0 | NA Hussein Dey |
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| Egypt B | 5–0 | Jordan |
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| Morocco | 1–0 | NA Hussein Dey |
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| Tunisia | 5–0 | Jordan |
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| Egypt B | 2–0 | Lebanon |
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| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| 7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium | |||||
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| Syria (a.e.t.) | 3 | ||||
| 9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium | |||||
| Tunisia | 1 | ||||
| Syria | 1 (3) | ||||
| 7 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium | |||||
| Morocco (p) | 1 (4) | ||||
| Morocco | 2 | ||||
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| Sudan | 0 | ||||
| Third place play-off | |||||
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| 9 October – Abbasiyyin Stadium | |||||
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| Tunisia | 3 | ||||
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| Sudan | 1 | ||||
| Syria | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Tunisia |
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| Morocco | 2–0 | Sudan |
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| Tunisia | 3–1 | Sudan |
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| Syria | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Morocco |
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| Penalties | ||
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3–4 |
Al-Safawi Faras Dish |
There were 108 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.72 goals per match.
6 goals
Ali Khalil (EGY) Ahmed Faras Abdel Aziz4 goals
Saeed Al-Ghazali (LBY) Zoubir Boughanieh Ali Gagarin Azam Goutouk (SYR)3 goals
Idris Dish Ahmed El Safawi Sharafeldin Ahmed Musa Radwan Sorour (SYR) Muhyiddin Habita2 goals
Hacène Lalmas Lamri Chenen Atef El Sahili Ali Al-Aswad (LBY) Ali Muhammad (LBY) Alfadel Santo Mahmoud Tughli (SYR) Hamed Kamoun Abdel Nasser Kretet1 goal
Salem Sahli Ahmed Bayoumi (EGY) Mohamed Said Hamza (EGY) Mahmoud Hassan (EGY) Yassin Mostafa (EGY) Mahmoud Rushdie (EGY) Ezz El Din Yaqoub (EGY) Nabil Al-Tali Rashid Dougan Abdel-Qader Al-Bohemi (LBY) Mahmoud Al-Jahmani (LBY) Abdul-Bari Circassi (LBY) Larbi Ihardane Ahmed Makrouh [fr] Nasr Al-Jaradi Samir Naimi Ahmed Naji Hamid Nashta Abdel Aziz Abdallah Abdel Aziz Baye Khedr Al-Kori Kamal Abdelwahab Haitham Berjakli (SYR) Riad Esfahani (SYR) Suhail Lotfi (SYR) Ibrahim Mahlami (SYR) Ayman Matmah (SYR) Nabil Nano (SYR) Samir Said (SYR) Abdel Majid Kabouti Moncef Al-Khwaini Ali Ratima1 own goal
Badr Ismail (against Morocco)