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The 1st Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الأولى) was the first edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The first tournament was held in Bahrain. It was won by the Kuwait, who defeated the hosts in the final match to finish first in the round-robin group. The tournament took place from 27 March to 3 April 1970.[1]

Venues

Isa Town
Isa Town Stadium
Capacity: 15,000

Match officials

Country Referee
United Arab Republic Egypt Sobhi Naseer
Kuwait Kuwait Yousef Al-Suwaidan
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Daham
Sudan Sudan Abdeen Ibrahim

Tournament

The four teams in the tournament played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 3 3 0 0 10 4 +6 6
 Bahrain 3 1 1 1 3 4 –1 3
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 2 4 –2 2
 Qatar 3 0 1 2 4 7 –3 1

Matches

Bahrain 2–1 Qatar
Zulaikh
Salmeen
Report Faraj pen.'
Referee: Sobhi Naseer (Egypt)
Kuwait 3–1 Saudi Arabia
Diksin 43'
Khalaf 67'
Al-Masoud 83'
Report Al-Abdali 2'
Referee: Abdeen Ibrahim (Sudan)

Bahrain 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Report
Referee: Sobhi Naseer (Egypt)
Kuwait 4–2 Qatar
Khalaf
Al-Masoud
Sattam
Ibrahim
Report Ballan
Almas
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Daham (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia 1–1 Qatar
Mousa 20' Report Ballan 45+1'
Referee: Yousef Al-Suwaidan (Kuwait)
Kuwait 3–1 Bahrain
Khalaf
Al-Masoud
Diksin
Report Ameen
Referee: Abdeen Ibrahim (Sudan)

Result

 1st Arabian Gulf Cup winners 

Kuwait

First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

Player of the Tournament[2]
Top Scorer[2]
Goalkeeper of the Tournament[2]

References

External links