1973 Palestine Cup of Nations
# 1973 Palestine Cup of Nations

The 1973 Palestine Cup was the 2nd edition of the Palestine Cup of Nations, it was held in Libya between 11 and 26 August. Ten nations took part in the competition of which Tunisia won.

## Participated teams

The 10 participated teams are:

* Algeria
* Egypt (holders)
* Iraq
* Libya (hosts)
* North Yemen
* Palestine
* South Yemen
* Syria
* Tunisia
* United Arab Emirates

## Group stage

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tunisia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 8 |
| Syria | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 5 |
| Egypt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| North Yemen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 7 |
| Iraq | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| Libya | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 |
| South Yemen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 27 | −26 | 1 |

## Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 23 August – Tripoli | 23 August – Tripoli |
| Tunisia | 2 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 26 August – Tripoli | 26 August – Tripoli |
| Iraq | 0 | 26 August – Tripoli | 26 August – Tripoli |
| Iraq | 0 | Tunisia | 4 |
| 23 August – Benghazi | 23 August – Benghazi | | Tunisia | 4 |
| 23 August – Benghazi | 23 August – Benghazi | Syria | 0 |
| Algeria | 0 (5) | Syria | 0 |
| Syria (pen.) | 0 (6) | | |
| Syria (pen.) | 0 (6) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 August – Tripoli | 25 August – Tripoli |
| | | Algeria (pen.) | 0 (3) |
| | | Iraq | 0 (0) |

## Winners

* 1973 Palestine Cup winners
* Tunisia First title
