Arabian Gulf Cup

Arabian Gulf Cup
Organising body	Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation
Founded	1970
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Bahrain; (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Kuwait; (10 titles)
Website	AGCFF.com
	24th Arabian Gulf Cup

The Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎, Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi),[1][2][3] often referred to simply as the Gulf Cup,[4][5][6] is a biennial football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nations. The history of the competition has also seen it held every three to four years due to political or organisational problems.[7]

History

The idea for the tournament was established at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the first Arabian Gulf Cup took place in 1970 which was won by Kuwait. Kuwait has been the most successful team in the tournament's history, winning 10 tournaments out of 24 in total, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iraq all have three titles. The current champions are Bahrain, who defeated Saudi Arabia in 2019 to win their first title.

In 2017, the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. In July 2019, the AGCFF announced that the 24th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup will be held in Doha. In October 2019, the three countries also announced to boycott the tournament.[8] Later in November 2019, the three countries announced to take part in the 24th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup tournament to be hosted by Qatar.[9]

Developments

View of the jam-packed stadium during the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup in Abu Dhabi in 2007

A major point that helped Qatar improve the competition was the fact that Al Jazeera Sports, the leading sports channel in Western Asia, and North Africa is based in Doha. Al Jazeera Sports won broadcasting rights to the 2004, and exclusively in the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2009[10] after a deal ending in million,[11] and dramatically reformed the Arabian Gulf Cup by hosting numerous talk shows and documentaries, on top of filming in HD and perfecting camerawork of matches.[12]

The tournament marked the presence of some of the most influential personalities of the football world, including FIFA President, Sepp Blatter,[13] and UEFA president, Michel Platini.[14][15] The FIFA Executive Committee has also put on their October 4, 2013 meeting agenda to hear the proposal for the Arabian Gulf Cup to be included in the international match calendar.[16]

Results

Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match or losing semi-finalists
Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1st Details	1970	Bahrain	Kuwait	round-robin	Bahrain	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Qatar
2nd Details	1972	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	round-robin	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	round-robin	Qatar
3rd Details	1974	Kuwait	Kuwait	4 – 0	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	1 – 1 (3–0) penalties	Qatar
4th Details	1976	Qatar	Kuwait	4 – 2	Iraq	Qatar	round-robin	Bahrain
5th Details	1979	Iraq	Iraq	round-robin	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Bahrain
6th Details	1982	United Arab Emirates	Kuwait	round-robin	Bahrain	United Arab Emirates	round-robin	Saudi Arabia
7th Details	1984	Oman	Iraq	1 – 1 (4–3) penalties	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	United Arab Emirates
8th Details	1986	Bahrain	Kuwait	round-robin	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Qatar
9th Details	1988	Saudi Arabia	Iraq	round-robin	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Bahrain
10th Details	1990	Kuwait	Kuwait	round-robin	Qatar	Bahrain	round-robin	Oman
11th Details	1992	Qatar	Qatar	round-robin	Bahrain	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	United Arab Emirates
12th Details	1994	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	United Arab Emirates	Bahrain	round-robin	Qatar
13th Details	1996	Oman	Kuwait	round-robin	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	United Arab Emirates
14th Details	1998	Bahrain	Kuwait	round-robin	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	round-robin	Oman
15th Details	2002	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Qatar	Kuwait	round-robin	Bahrain
16th Details	2003–04	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Bahrain	Qatar	round-robin	Oman
17th Details	2004	Qatar	Qatar	1 – 1 (6–5) penalties	Oman	Bahrain	3 – 1	Kuwait
18th Details	2007	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Oman	Saudi Arabia and Bahrain
19th Details	2009	Oman	Oman	0 – 0 (6–5) penalties	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait and Qatar
20th Details	2010	Yemen	Kuwait	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Iraq and United Arab Emirates
21st Details	2013	Bahrain	United Arab Emirates	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Iraq	Kuwait	6 – 1	Bahrain
22nd Details	2014	Saudi Arabia	Qatar	2 – 1	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Oman
23rd Details	2017–18	Kuwait	Oman	0 – 0 (5–4) penalties	United Arab Emirates	Iraq and Bahrain
24th Details	2019	Qatar	Bahrain	1 – 0	Saudi Arabia	Iraq and Qatar
25th Details	2021	Iraq

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Semifinals	Total
Kuwait	10 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010)	1 (1979)	2 (2002, 2013)	1 (2004)	1 (2009)	15
Saudi Arabia	3 (1994, 2002*, 2003–04)	7 (1972, 1974, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019)	7 (1970, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1988*, 1992, 1996)	1 (1982)	1 (2007)	19
Qatar	3 (1992, 2004, 2014)	4 (1984, 1990, 1996, 2002)	2 (1976*, 2003–04)	5 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1994)	2 (2009, 2019*)	16
Iraq	3 (1979*, 1984, 1988)	2 (1976, 2013)	–	–	3 (2010, 2017–18, 2019)	8
United Arab Emirates	2 (2007*, 2013)	4 (1986, 1988, 1994*, 2017–18)	5 (1972, 1974, 1982*, 1998, 2014)	3 (1984, 1992, 1996)	1 (2010)	15
Oman	2 (2009*, 2017–18)	2 (2004, 2007)	–	4 (1990, 1998, 2003–04, 2014)	–	8
Bahrain	1 (2019)	4 (1970*, 1982, 1992, 2003–04)	3 (1990, 1994, 2004)	5 (1976, 1979, 1988, 2002, 2013*)	2 (2007, 2017–18)	15
Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	0

Note:

An asterisk (*) beside the year in the above table means that country hosted the tournament.

Participating nations

Total	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Team	1970	1972	1974	1976	1979	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2002	2003–04	2004	2007	2009	2010	2013	2014	2017–18	2019	Total
Bahrain	2nd	WD	GS	4th	4th	2nd	GS	GS	4th	3rd	2nd	3rd	GS	GS	GS	2nd	3rd	SF	GS	GS	4th	GS	SF	1st	24
Iraq				2nd	1st	WD	1st	GS	1st	WD							GS	GS	GS	SF	2nd	GS	SF	SF	15
Kuwait	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	GS	1st	GS	1st	GS	GS	1st	1st	3rd	GS	4th	GS	SF	1st	3rd	GS	GS	GS	24
Oman			GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	GS	GS	4th	1st	GS	22
Qatar	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	2nd	4th	GS	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	GS	2nd	3rd	1st	GS	SF	GS	GS	1st	GS	SF	24
Saudi Arabia	3rd	2nd	2nd	GS	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd		3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	GS	SF	2nd	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	2nd	23
United Arab Emirates		3rd	4th	GS	GS	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd	GS	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	GS	GS	GS	1st	GS	SF	1st	3rd	2nd	GS	23
Yemen																GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	9

Legend:

#: Invitee
Red border: Host Nation
Blank: Did Not Enter
TBD: To Be Determined
GS: Group Stage
SF: Semifinalists (No 3rd Place Match)
WD: Withdrew

Note:

Iraq was banned from the competition from 1992 to 2003.
Yemen have not yet won the championship nor even winning a single competitive game.
There were no third place playoffs for the Arabian Gulf Cup in 2007, 2009, 2010, 2017–18 and 2019.

General statistics

As of 2019 Cup

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	23	109	56	25	28	163	102	+61	193
2	Kuwait	24	113	56	23	33	194	112	+82	191
3	United Arab Emirates	23	111	41	28	39	117	135	−18	151
4	Qatar	24	112	41	25	41	130	129	+1	148
5	Bahrain	23	107	32	34	41	113	135	−22	130
6	Iraq	15	58	26	21	11	104	56	+48	99
7	Oman	22	104	19	27	58	81	176	−95	84
8	Yemen	9	30	0	6	24	9	77	−68	6

Source:[17]

Note: This table excludes eleven annulled games from 1972 (Bahrain were ejected from the competition), 1982 (Iraq were forced to withdraw due to the political situation in the country), and 1990 (Iraq were ejected from the competition).

All-time goal records

All-time goal records by Tournaments:[18]

Tournaments	Games	Goals Scored	Goals per Game
1970	6	19	3.17
1972	6	25	4.17
1974	10	40	4.00
1976	22	84	3.82
1979	21	70	3.33
1982	15	38	2.53
1984	22	51	2.32
1986	21	53	2.52
1988	21	34	1.62
1990	10	21	2.10
1992	15	30	2.00
1994	15	34	2.27
1996	15	35	2.33
1998	15	40	2.67
2002	15	33	2.20
2003–04	21	46	2.19
2004	16	59	3.69
2007	15	34	2.27
2009	15	31	2.07
2010	15	30	2.00
2013	16	36	2.25
2014	16	33	2.06
2017–18	15	23	1.53
2019	15	45	3.00

Kuwait reached 100 goals on 3 March 1988 vs Qatar
Saudi Arabia reached 100 goals on 19 October 1996 vs Qatar
Qatar reached 100 goals on 16 December 2004 vs Oman
Iraq reached 100 goals on 2 December 2010 vs Kuwait
Bahrain reached 100 goals on 11 January 2013 vs Qatar
United Arab Emirates reached 100 goals on 11 January 2013 vs Oman

Does not include goals from annulled or abandoned games (1972 – Bahrain games, 1982 & 1990 Iraq games)

Includes 1974 Preliminary Round games

Does not include penalty shoot-out goals

All-time top scorers

Updated on 4 December 2019.

	Player	Country	Goals
1	Jasem Yaqoub	Kuwait	18
2	Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	17
2	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	17
4	Jasem Al Huwaidi	Kuwait	14
4	Faisal Al-Dakhil	Kuwait	14
6	Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates	13
6	Mansour Muftah	Qatar	13
8	Bader Al-Mutawa	Kuwait	12
8	Yussef Al-Suwayed	Kuwait	12
10	Fahad Khamees	United Arab Emirates	10
	Mahmoud Soufi	Qatar	10
	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	10

Players in bold are still active

Golden boot history

Year	Player	Goals scored
1970	Mohammed Masawd	3
1970	Jawad Khalif	3
1972	Hamad Bu Hamood	6
1974	Jasem Yaqoub	6
1976	Jasem Yaqoub	9
1979	Hussein Saeed	10
1982	Ebrahim Zwaeed	3
	Saleem Khalifa
	Yussif Swaid
	Majed Abdullah
1984	Hussain Saeed	7
1986	Fahad Khamees	6
1988	Zuhair Bukheet	4
1988	Ahmad Radhi	4
1990	Mohammed Ebrahim Hajeyah	5
1992	Mubarak Mustafa	3
1994	Fuad Anwar	4
1994	Mahmoud Soufi	4
1996	Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi	4
1998	Jasem Al Huwaidi	9
2002	Hani Al-Dhabit	5
2003–04	Talal Yousef	5
2004	Amad Al Hosni	4
2007	Ismail Matar	5
2009	Hassan Rabia	4
2010	Bader Al-Mutawa	3
2010	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	3
2013	Ahmed Khalil	3
2013	Abdulhadi Khamis	3
2014	Ali Mabkhout	5
2017–18	Ali Husni	2
	Ali Faez
	Jamal Rashid
	Almoez Ali
	Said Al-Ruzaiqi
2019	Ali Mabkhout	5

Country	Players	Years
Kuwait	8	9 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1990, 1998, 2010, 2013)
United Arab Emirates	6	7 (1982, 1986, 1988, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2019)
Iraq	4	5 (1979, 1984, 1988, 2010, 2017–18)
Oman		4 (2002, 2004, 2009, 2017–18)
Qatar		4 (1992, 1994, 1996, 2017–18)
Bahrain	3	3 (1982, 2003–04, 2017–18)
Saudi Arabia	2	2 (1982, 1994)
Yemen	0	0

Other records

Biggest Win – 8 Goals

Kuwait 8 – 0

Oman (29 March 1976)

Most Goals in a game – 8 Goals

Kuwait 8 – 0

Oman (29 March 1976)

Most Individual Goals in a Single Game – 5 Goals

Majed Abdullah

Saudi Arabia (3 April 1979 vs. Qatar)

Jassem Al Houwaidi

Kuwait (1998 vs. Qatar)

Most Individual Goals in a Single Tournament – 10 Goals

Hussein Saeed

Iraq (1979)

References

"FIFA President impressed with Gulf Cup kick-off". FIFA.com.
"Arabian Gulf Cup 23 2017". Kooora.
"The Official Logo of the Arabian Gulf Cup". Kuwait Football Association.
AS, Diario (December 13, 2017). "Gulf Cup of Nations: Hosts Kuwait the most successful side". AS.com.
"Summary - Gulf Cup of Nations - Asia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
"Dozens injured during Oman's Gulf Cup win celebrations". www.aljazeera.com.
Editorial, Reuters. "Iraq pull out of Gulf Cup in spat with Saudi Arabia".
"Five teams to compete in 24th Arabian Gulf Cup next month". FOX Sports Asia. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
"Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain to play in Gulf Cup in Qatar". The Arabian Stories News. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
http://gulfnews.com/sport/football/uae-fans-could-be-deprived-of-gulf-cup-action-1.43346 – Al Jazeera win rights from Abu Dhabi & Dubai Sports, in a competition that was broadcast freely just a decade ago
http://m.sportbusiness.com/news/168199/al-jazeera-acquires-gulf-cup-rights Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine – Al Jazeera Sports receive full broadcasting rights for 23.5 million dollars
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) – Al Jazeera Sports offer the Gulf Cup in HD for the first time, and offer further enhanced visual graphics
http://www.gulf-cup.net/index.asp?IDNews=125&id=100001 – Sepp Blatter on the 19th Gulf Cup
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84173262/AFP – Michel Platini attending the 19th Gulf Cup
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84167684/AFP – Michel Platini attending the 19th Gulf Cup
https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/bodies/02/17/94/91/13920_excooctober_agenda_en_13-02270_101_en_en_13-02410_101_en_en_neutral.pdf
"General stats for all teams – Mundial 11". Mundial 11. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
Statistics made by contributor based on information found on gulfcup.com Archived 2006-02-05 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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[1] "FIFA President impressed with Gulf Cup kick-off". FIFA.com.

[2] "Arabian Gulf Cup 23 2017". Kooora.

[3] "The Official Logo of the Arabian Gulf Cup". Kuwait Football Association.

[4] AS, Diario (December 13, 2017). "Gulf Cup of Nations: Hosts Kuwait the most successful side". AS.com.

[5] "Summary - Gulf Cup of Nations - Asia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.

[6] "Dozens injured during Oman's Gulf Cup win celebrations". www.aljazeera.com.

[7] Editorial, Reuters. "Iraq pull out of Gulf Cup in spat with Saudi Arabia".

[8] "Five teams to compete in 24th Arabian Gulf Cup next month". FOX Sports Asia. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

[9] "Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain to play in Gulf Cup in Qatar". The Arabian Stories News. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

[10] ttp://gulfnews.com/sport/football/uae-fans-could-be-deprived-of-gulf-cup-action-1.43346 – Al Jazeera win rights from Abu Dhabi & Dubai Sports, in a competition that was broadcast freely just a decade ago

[11] ttp://m.sportbusiness.com/news/168199/al-jazeera-acquires-gulf-cup-rights Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine – Al Jazeera Sports receive full broadcasting rights for 23.5 million dollars

[12] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2010-02-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) – Al Jazeera Sports offer the Gulf Cup in HD for the first time, and offer further enhanced visual graphics

[13] ttp://www.gulf-cup.net/index.asp?IDNews=125&id=100001 – Sepp Blatter on the 19th Gulf Cup

[14] ttp://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84173262/AFP – Michel Platini attending the 19th Gulf Cup

[15] ttp://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84167684/AFP – Michel Platini attending the 19th Gulf Cup

[16] ttps://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/bodies/02/17/94/91/13920_excooctober_agenda_en_13-02270_101_en_en_13-02410_101_en_en_neutral.pdf

[17] "General stats for all teams – Mundial 11". Mundial 11. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2017.

[18] Statistics made by contributor based on information found on gulfcup.com Archived 2006-02-05 at the Wayback Machine

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