Australia Bicentenary Gold Cup

The 1988 Australian Bicentennial Gold Cup was a one-off association football tournament to celebrate the bincentennial of first settlement at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788. It was contested by 1988 AFC Asian Cup winners, Saudi Arabia, 1986 FIFA World Cup winners, Argentina, world number one ranked side, Brazil and host nation Australia.[1][2][3] Brazil were eventual winners, beating Australia 2-0 in the final.[4] Argentina took out 3rd place beating Saudi Arabia 2-0 in the 3rd place match.

Participants

Format

Teams played each other once in a round robin group stage. Each team was awarded 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. The top two teams from the group played in a final and the bottom two teams played in a 3rd place match.[5]

Summary

Group stage

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil321051+45
 Australia320172+54
 Argentina302136−32
 Saudi Arabia301239−61

6 July 1988
Argentina  2 – 2  Saudi Arabia
Díaz  27', 50' (pen.) Report Majed Abdullah  41'
Díaz  61' (o.g.)

7 July 1988
Australia  0 – 1  Brazil
Report Romario  31'
Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 11,214

13 July 1988
Brazil  4 – 1  Saudi Arabia
Geovani  27' (pen.), 50' (pen.)
Jorginho  28'
Edmar  40' 		Report Majed Abdullah  65'

14 July 1988
Australia  4 – 1  Argentina
Wade  2'
Yankos  42', 67' (pen.)
Bozinovski  80' 		Report Ruggeri  31'
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 18,985

Third place

Final

17 July 1988
Australia  0 – 2  Brazil
Report Romario  56'
Müller  67'
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 28,161

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Forgotten Story of ... Australia's defeat to Fiji - Vince Rugari". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  2. ↑ "The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper.". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Socceroo 1988 Matches". Ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  5. ↑ "Globalization and Sport". Google.com.au. Retrieved 2015-07-09.

External links

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