5th Arabian Gulf Cup
دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة (in Arabic) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Iraq |
Dates | 23 March – 9 April |
Teams | 7 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 70 (3.33 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
← 1976 1982 → |
The 5th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة) was the fifth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq and took place from 23 March to 9 April 1979.[1] Hosts Iraq won their first ever title after defeating Saudi Arabia 2–0,[2] becoming the second team to win the competition after Kuwait.
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in 1978 and hosted in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, but it was delayed after the UAE gave up their hosting rights.[3]
Teams
Team | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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![]() | 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) |
![]() | 1 (1976) |
![]() | 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) |
![]() | 2 (1974, 1976) |
![]() | 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) |
![]() | 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) |
![]() | 3 (1972, 1974, 1976) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Venues
Baghdad | |
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Al-Shaab Stadium | |
Capacity: 40,000 | |
Match officials
Country | Referee |
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![]() | Ibrahim Al-Doy |
![]() | Kim |
Alex Vaz | |
![]() | Sami Naji |
![]() | Ahmed Al-Misfer |
![]() | Sivapalan Kathiravale |
![]() | Rostam Baqer |
![]() | Fahad Al-Dahmash |
![]() | Nadasen Chandra |
![]() | Vijit Getkaew |
![]() | Khalfan Ali |
Tournament
The seven 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 |
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![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 12 |
![]() | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 |
![]() | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 8 |
![]() | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 |
![]() | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 5 |
![]() | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 2 |
![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 1 |
Matches
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Naseeb ![]() Abdullah ![]() | Report | Easa ![]() |
Kuwait ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Al-Suwayed ![]() Al-Buloushi ![]() | Report | Mattar ![]() |
Bahrain ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Shuwaier ![]() Zowayed ![]() Al-Hayiki ![]() | Report |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Jassem ![]() Khalifa ![]() Abdullah ![]() | Report |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Muftah ![]() |
Bahrain ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Zowayed ![]() Al-Zayani ![]() Shuwaier ![]() | Report | Sumar ![]() |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Report | Saad ![]() Al-Suwayed ![]() Kameel ![]() Al-Buloushi ![]() Al-Dakhil ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Jassem ![]() | Report | Ghaith ![]() |
Oman ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Al-Suwayed ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Abdullah ![]() Hamdan ![]() Abdoraboh ![]() | Report |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Ahmed ![]() Abdul-Sahib ![]() Hassan ![]() Saeed ![]() Khudhair ![]() |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Oman ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Report | Saeed ![]() Hassan ![]() Khudhair ![]() |
Qatar ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Bashir ![]() | Report | Shuwaier ![]() |
Iraq ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Hassan ![]() Farhan ![]() | Report |
Kuwait ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Suwayed ![]() | Report |
Oman ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Abdulrahman ![]() Tshombe ![]() Boshanain ![]() Abdullah ![]() |
Winners
5th Arabian Gulf Cup winners |
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![]() Iraq First title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 70 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.
10 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
Khalil Shuwaier
Saud Jassem
2 goals
Ibrahim Zowayed
Mahdi Abdul-Sahib
Hadi Ahmed
Adel Khudhair
1 goal
Abdulhadi Al-Hayiki
Mohammed Al-Zayani
Kamel Ghaith
Hassan Farhan
Nadhim Shaker
Faisal Al-Dakhil
Mahboub Juma'a
Fathi Kameel
Naeem Saad
Ahmad Sumar
Anbar Bashir
Khamis Daham
Hassan Mattar
Mansour Muftah
Abdullah Abdoraboh
Eisa Hamdan
Eissa Khalifa
Sultan bin Naseeb
Saeed Abdullah
Rajab Abdulrahman
Salem Boshanain
Ahmad Easa
Ahmed Tshombe
Awards
- Player of the Tournament[4]
- Top Scorer[4]
Hussein Saeed (10 goals)
- Goalkeeper of the Tournament[4]
References
External links
- Official Site (Arabic)
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- Saudi Arabia 1972
- Kuwait 1974
- Qatar 1976
- Iraq 1979
- United Arab Emirates 1982
- Oman 1984
- Bahrain 1986
- Saudi Arabia 1988
- Kuwait 1990
- Qatar 1992
- United Arab Emirates 1994
- Oman 1996
- Bahrain 1998
- Saudi Arabia 2002
- Kuwait 2003–04
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- United Arab Emirates 2007
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- Yemen 2010
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- Saudi Arabia 2014
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