6th Arabian Gulf Cup

1982 Arabian Gulf Cup

دورة كأس الخليج العربي السادسة (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	19 March – 4 April
Teams	6 (1 withdrew)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (5th title)
Runners-up	Bahrain
Third place	United Arab Emirates
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	38 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ibrahim Zowayed Salem Khalifah Majed Abdullah Yussef Al-Suwayed (3 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Saeed Salbukh
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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	Jassim Mandi
Germany	Jan Redelfs
Hong Kong	Thomson Chan
Iraq	Sami Naji
Italy	Gianfranco Menegali
Kuwait	Abdullah Ghareeb
Oman	Shambeeh Abo Waheed
Saudi Arabia	Fallaj Al-Shanar
Scotland	Brian McGinlay
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

19 March 1982

United Arab Emirates	6-0	Qatar

20 March 1982

Kuwait	2–0	Bahrain

20 March 1982

Iraq	4–0 1	Oman

21 March 1982

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Saudi Arabia

22 March 1982

Qatar	3–0	Oman

24 March 1982

Kuwait	2–0	United Arab Emirates

24 March 1982

Iraq	1–1 1	Saudi Arabia

25 March 1982

Bahrain	4–1	Oman

26 March 1982

Kuwait	1–0	Saudi Arabia

26 March 1982

Iraq	2–1 1	Qatar

27 March 1982

Bahrain	3–2	United Arab Emirates

29 March 1982

Kuwait	2–0	Oman

29 March 1982

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Qatar

29 March 1982

Iraq	1–0 1	United Arab Emirates

31 March 1982

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Oman

31 March 1982

Bahrain	1–0	Qatar

2 April 1982

United Arab Emirates	3–1	Oman

2 April 1982

Saudi Arabia	2–2	Bahrain

4 April 1982

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

External links

• Results from 1982 Gulf Cup at RSSSF.com

This page was last edited on 17 January 2024, at 10:53