# 1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup

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

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

### Zone 1 (Gulf Area)

| 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)

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

### Zone 3 (North Africa)

| 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)

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 |
Al-Jaish advanced to the final tournament.

## Group stage
### Group A

| 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 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Al-Jaish | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
| MC Oran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| Al-Wasl | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Al-Ta'ee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
    ^note : The UAFA announced that the match between MC Oran and Al-Jaish, which was scheduled for 22 August at 18:00 was postponed to 26 August due to poisoning of some players MC Oran.

## Knock-out stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 27 August – Beirut | 27 August – Beirut |
| Al-Qadsia | 1 |
| Al-Qadsia | 1 | 30 August – Beirut | 30 August – Beirut |
| MC Oran (a.e.t.) | 2 | 30 August – Beirut | 30 August – Beirut |
| MC Oran (a.e.t.) | 2 | MC Oran (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 27 August – Beirut | 27 August – Beirut | | MC Oran (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| 27 August – Beirut | 27 August – Beirut | Al-Jaish | 1 |
| Al-Jaish | 3 | Al-Jaish | 1 |
| Al-Nejmeh | 1 | | |

### Final
## Winners

* 1998 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
* MC Oran Second title