1992 King Fahd Cup


The 1992 King Fahd Cup, named after Fahd of Saudi Arabia, was the first association football tournament of the competition that would later be known as the FIFA Confederations Cup. It was hosted by Saudi Arabia in October 1992, and was won by Argentina, who beat Saudi Arabia 3–1 in the final. The 1992 tournament was the only one not to feature a group stage and only featured four nations. Disputed as the King Fahd Cup, in honor of the then Saudi ruler who organized the tournament with his country's federation, he was recognized by FIFA in 1997.

Qualified teams

TeamConfederationQualification methodParticipation no.
AFCHosts and 1988 AFC Asian Cup winners1st
CONCACAF1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners1st
CONMEBOL1991 Copa América winners1st
CAF1992 African Cup of Nations winners1st

Squads

Venue

All matches were played at the 67,000-capacity King Fahd II Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Match referees

;Africa
;Asia
;North, Central America and Caribbean
;South America

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

With two goals, Gabriel Batistuta and Bruce Murray were the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 18 goals were scored by 16 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
;2 goals
;1 goal