1977 World Men's Military Cup

1977 World Men's Military Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Syria
City	Damascus
Dates	23 June - 3 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (4th title)
Runners-up	Kuwait
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	38 (2.38 per match)

The 1977 World Military Championship took part in Damascus, capital of Syria.

Qualification

Qualification stage

Group 1

Played between Iran, West Germany and Saudi Arabia

• West Germany qualified for the final tournament

Group 2

France v Morocco

February 18, 1976

France	5 − 0	Morocco

..., Vire

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France v Algeria

March 3, 1976

France	2 − 1	Algeria

..., Chateauroux

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Netherlands v France

April 28, 1976

Netherlands	1 − 1	France

..., Leerdam

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Algeria v France

May 18, 1976

Algeria	0 − 1	France

Stade 19 Juin 1965, Oran

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France v Netherlands

January 26, 1977

France	3 − 0	Netherlands

..., Chateauroux

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Morocco v France

March 16, 1977

Morocco	2 − 0	France

Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat

• France qualified for the final tournament

Group 3

Greece v Italy

November 24, 1976

Greece	2 − 2	Italy

..., Saloniki

• Italy qualified for the final tournament

Group 4

Played between Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Zaire

• Cameroon qualified for the final tournament

Group 5

Played between Nigeria, Gabon, Congo and Ivory Coast

• Nigeria qualified for the final tournament

Group 6

Played between Kuwait, Belgium and Jordan

• Kuwait qualified for the final tournament

Group 7

Played between Iraq, Bahrain, North Yemen and United Arab Emirates

• Iraq qualified for the final tournament

Qualified teams

• Syria - qualified as host
• West Germany
• France
• Italy

• Iraq
• Kuwait
• Cameroon
• Nigeria

Final Tournament

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	6
France	3	1	1	1	8	5	+1	3
Nigeria	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
West Germany	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1

Iraq v France

Iraq	1 − 0	France

..., Damascus

Nigeria v West Germany

Nigeria	0 − 0	West Germany

..., Damascus

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Iraq v Nigeria

Iraq	1 − 0	Nigeria

..., Damascus

France v West Germany

France	6 − 2	West Germany

..., Damascus

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Iraq v West Germany

Iraq	4 − 2	West Germany

..., Damascus

France v Nigeria

France	2 − 2	Nigeria

..., Damascus

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	6
Italy	3	1	1	1	6	1	+5	3
Syria	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	3
Cameroon	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Kuwait v Italy

Kuwait	1 − 0	Italy

..., Damascus

Syria v Cameroon

Syria	2 − 0	Cameroon

..., Damascus

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Kuwait v Italy

Kuwait	1 − 0	Italy

..., Damascus

Syria v Cameroon

Syria	2 − 0	Cameroon

..., Damascus

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Kuwait v Cameroon

Kuwait	1 − 0	Cameroon

..., Damascus

Italy v Syria

Italy	2 − 0	Syria

..., Damascus

Knockout stage

7th Place Match

West Germany v Cameroon

West Germany	3 − 2	Cameroon

..., Damascus

5th Place Match

Syria v Nigeria

Syria	1 − 0	Nigeria

..., Damascus

3rd Place Match

Italy v France

Italy	3 − 1 aet	France

..., Damascus

Final

Iraq v Kuwait

July 3, 1977

Iraq	0 − 0 5 − 4 pen	Kuwait

..., Damascus

Champion

1977 World Military Cup Winners
Iraq Second title

External links

• 1977 World Men's Military Cup - rsssf.com