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 (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar between 2 December and 18 December 1988. Saudi Arabia defeated South Korea in the final match in Doha.

First round
All times are Qatar time (UTC+3)

Knockout stage
All times are Qatar time (UTC+3)

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:
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Tae-ho

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

1 goal:


 * 🇧🇭 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

1 own goal
 * Muhsin Musabah (for Qatar)

Awards
Most Valuable Player
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Joo-sung

Top scorer
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Tae-ho

Best Goalkeeper
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Huikang

Best Forward
 * 🇰🇷 Lee Tae-ho

Team of the Tournament