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. Qualification Squads Venues First round All times are Qatar time (UTC+3) Group A Group B Knockout stage All times are Qatar time (UTC+3) {{Round4-with third |widescore=yes |RD1=Semi-finals |RD2=Final |Consol=Third place |December 14 - Doha| |2||1 |December 15 - Doha||1||0 |December 18 - Doha||0 (3)| (pen.)|0 (4) |December 17 - Doha||0 (0)| (pen.)|0 (3) }} Semi-finals Third place play-off Final Statistics 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-ho2 goals: Ma Lin Xie Yuxin Farshad Pious Byun Byung-joo Chung Hae-won Hwang Sun-hong Kim Joo-sung Adel Khamis Mansour Muftah Khalid Salman1 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 Mohamed1 own goal Muhsin Musabah (for Qatar) AwardsMost Valuable Player Kim Joo-sungTop scorer Lee Tae-hoBest Goalkeeper Zhang HuikangBest Forward Lee Tae-hoTeam of the Tournament''' Final standings References External links RSSSF Details AFC Asian Cup tournaments AFC International association football competitions hosted by Qatar 1988–89 in Qatari football AFC Asian Cup