1970 Arabian Gulf Cup

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Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Dates	27 March ? 3 April
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (1st title)
Runners-up	Bahrain
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	19 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jawad Khalaf Mohammed Al-Masoud (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Khaled Ballan
Best goalkeeper	Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi
1972 →

The 1st Arabian Gulf Cup ( Arabic : ???? ??? ?????? ?????? ?????? ) 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 [ edit ]

Isa Town	Isa Town
	Isa Town Stadium
	Capacity: 15,000

Match officials [ edit ]

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

Tournament [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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Result [ edit ]

1st Arabian Gulf Cup winners
Kuwait First title

Statistics [ edit ]

Goalscorers [ edit ]

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards [ edit ]

Player of the Tournament ^[2]

• Khaled Ballan

Top Scorer ^[2]

• Mohammed Al-Masoud (3 goals)
• Jawad Khalaf (3 goals)

Goalkeeper of the Tournament ^[2]

• Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Official Site (Arabic)
• RSSSF site