The Palestine Cup of Nations (Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

: كأس فلسطين للأمم), is a football competition which was held between Arab countries. The tournament apparently acted as replacement for the Arab Nations Cup

Arab Nations Cup

The Arab Cup of Nations , is a football competition held between Arab countries, the first edition where held in 1963 in Lebanon.-Winners:...

 during the long interruption between 1966 and 1985 and did not account as the Arab Cup, it held on three occasions in Arab countries in the 70's. The first edition was held in 1972 in Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

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Cup Winners

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
		Winner	Score	Runner-up	3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1972 Details	Iraq		3 – 1			3 – 1
1973 Details	Libya		4 – 0			0 – 0 (3 – 0) on penalties Penalty shootout (football) A penalty shoot-out, referred to as kicks from the penalty mark in the Laws of the Game, is the FIFA official term for a method used in association football to decide which team progresses to the next stage of a tournament following a tied game...
1975 Details	Tunisia		1 – 0 aet			1 – 0
1977 Details	Saudi Arabia	Cancelled			Cancelled

Successful national teams

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
	2 (1972, 1975)	-	-	-
	1 (1973)	-	-	-
	-	2 (1972, 1975)	-	1 (1973)
	-	1 (1973)	-	2 (1972, 1975)
	-	-	2 (1972, 1973)	-
	-	-	1 (1975)	-

External links

• Palestine Cup of Nations - rsssf.com