The 2nd Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الثانية) was the second edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was won by defending champions Kuwait for the second time. The tournament took place between 16 and 28 March 1972.[1] Kuwait won their second consecutive title, edging out Saudi Arabia on goal difference after both nations finished with equal points. This was the first instance of the title being decided by goal difference.

1972 Arabian Gulf Cup
دورة كأس الخليج العربي الثانية (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates16–28 March
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Kuwait (2nd title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place United Arab Emirates
Fourth place Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored25 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Saeed Ghurab (5 goals)
Best player(s)Kuwait Farouq Ibrahim
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi
1970
1974

United Arab Emirates made their debut in the competition and finished third. Bahrain withdrew after walking off the field, during the final match of the tournament, against Saudi Arabia to protest the officiating. They were subsequently ejected from the competition and their results were expunged.

Teams

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Team Previous appearances in tournament[A]
  Bahrain 1 (1970)
  Kuwait 1 (1970)
  Qatar 1 (1970)
  Saudi Arabia (host) 1 (1970)
  United Arab Emirates 0 (debut)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Venues

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Riyadh
Youth Welfare Stadium in Al-Malaz
Capacity: 27,000

Match officials

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Country Referee
  Bahrain Ibrahim Al-Doy
  Egypt Mohamed Diab Al-Attar
  Kuwait Jaber Al-Jalahemah
  Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Daham
  Sudan Abdeen Ibrahim

Tournament

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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 2 1 0 14 2 +12 5
  Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 5
  United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 1 11 –10 2
  Qatar 3 0 0 3 0 10 –10 0
  Bahrain[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  1. ^ Bahrain were ejected from the competition and their record was expunged after abandoning their match against Saudi Arabia to protest the officiating.

Matches

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Kuwait  2–2  Saudi Arabia
Yaqoub   15'
Al-Mula   30'
Report Al-Mughnem   33'
Mousa   70'
United Arab Emirates  1–0  Qatar
Salem   Report
Referee: Jaber Al-Jalahemah (Kuwait)

Kuwait  Annulled
2–0
  Bahrain
Ibrahim  ,   Report
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Daham (Saudi Arabia)
United Arab Emirates  0–4  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Mughnem   1'
Ghurab   9', 23', 42'
Referee: Jaber Al-Jalahemah (Kuwait)

Bahrain  Annulled
6–2
  Qatar
Zulaikh  ,  ,  
Jaknam  
Ali  
Hamad  
Report Waleed  
Hassan  
Referee: Jaber Al-Jalahemah (Kuwait)

Saudi Arabia  4–0  Qatar
Ghurab   2', 60'
Mousa   39', 73' (pen.)
Report
Bahrain  Annulled
2–0
  United Arab Emirates
Jaknam   63'
Hamad   75'
Report
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Daham (Saudi Arabia)

Qatar  0–5  Kuwait
Report Al-Kaabi   o.g.'
Shoaib  ,  
Bouhamad  
Nassar  
Saudi Arabia  Annulled
2–1
  Bahrain
Ghurab   50', 54' (pen.) Report Ali   39'

Note: The match was abandoned after 60 minutes after Bahrain walked off the field to protest the officiating. Bahrain were subsequently ejected from the competition and their record was expunged.

Result

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 2nd Arabian Gulf Cup winners 
 
Kuwait

Second title

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 25 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 4.17 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

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

References

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  1. ^ "كأس الخليج 2 لكرة القدم". Archived from the original on 2007-01-14.
  2. ^ a b c "اللوحة الشرفية للمنتخبات ابطال دورات الخليج واصحاب الالقاب".
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