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1966 Arab Cup final

football match

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ85723747 ↗
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The 1966 Arab Cup final was a football match that took place on 10 April 1966, at the Al-Kashafa Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq, to determine the winner of the 1966 Arab Cup. Iraq defeated Syria 2–1 with two goals from Ismail Gorgis to Iraq and a goal from Nureddin Idlibi to Syria, to win their second Arab Cup.

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Match Summary

Iraq emerged victorious with a close 2-1 win over Syria. Ismail Gorgis proved to be the hero for the Iraqi side, scoring both their goals.

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This entry incorporates text from “1966 Arab Cup final” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.