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The 6th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي السادسة) was the sixth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates between 19 March and 4 April 1982. Kuwait won their fifth title after defeating Oman 2–0 on 29 March.[1]

Iraq also took part in the competition, but they withdrew after their match against the UAE.[2]

Match officials

Country Referee
Bahrain Bahrain Jassim Mandi
Germany Germany Jan Redelfs
Hong Kong Hong Kong Thomson Chan
Iraq Iraq Sami Naji
Italy Italy Gianfranco Menegali
Kuwait Kuwait Abdullah Ghareeb
Oman Oman Shambeeh Abo Waheed
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Fallaj Al-Shanar
Scotland Scotland Brian McGinlay
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Fareed Abdulrahman

Tournament

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 5 4 0 1 8 2 +6 8
 Bahrain 5 3 1 1 10 7 +3 7
 United Arab Emirates 5 3 0 2 7 6 +1 6
 Saudi Arabia 5 2 1 2 6 4 +2 5
 Qatar 5 2 0 3 5 4 +1 4
 Oman 5 0 0 5 2 15 −13 0

Matches

United Arab Emirates 6-0 Qatar
Kuwait 2–0 Bahrain
Iraq 4–0 1 Oman
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Qatar 3–0 Oman
Kuwait 2–0 United Arab Emirates
Iraq 1–1 1 Saudi Arabia
Bahrain 4–1 Oman
Kuwait 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Iraq 2–1 1 Qatar
Bahrain 3–2 United Arab Emirates
Kuwait 2–0 Oman
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Qatar
Iraq 1–0 1 United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Oman
Bahrain 1–0 Qatar
United Arab Emirates 3–1 Oman
Saudi Arabia 2–2 Bahrain
Qatar 2–1 Kuwait

1 The match was declared null and void after Iraq withdrew from the competition.

Result

 6th Arabian Gulf Cup winners 

Kuwait

Fifth title

References

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