4th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup

1976 Arabian Gulf Cup
دورة كأس الخليج العربي الرابعة (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	26 March – 15 April
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (4th title)
Runners-up	Iraq
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	Bahrain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	84 (3.82 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jasem Yaqoub (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Ali Kadhim
Best goalkeeper	Hamood Sultan
	← 1974 1979 →

4th Arabian Gulf Cup

1976 football competition held in Qatar

The 4th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الرابعة) was the fourth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar and was won by the three-time defending champions Kuwait. The tournament took place between 26 March and 15 April 1976.^[1] All matches were played at the Khalifa Sports City Stadium.

Quick Facts دورة كأس الخليج العربي الرابعة (in Arabic), Tournament details ...

Iraq took part in the competition for the first time. Both Iraq and Kuwait finished level on points and goal difference in the round-robin group stage; thus, a play-off final was held to determine the champion. Kuwait defeated Iraq 4–2 in the final to win their fourth title in a row.^[2]

The number of teams was increased from six to seven and the format of the competition was changed back to the original format used in 1970 and 1972.

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[3] Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

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"كأس الخليج 4 لكرة القدم". Archived from the original on 2 November 2006.

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"Gulf Cup 1976". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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"لقاء مصيري بين فريقي الكويت والعراق".

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"اللوحة الشرفية للمنتخبات ابطال دورات الخليج واصحاب الالقاب".

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Team	Previous appearances in tournament^{[upper-alpha 1]}
Bahrain	3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
Iraq	0 (debut)
Kuwait	3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
Oman	1 (1974)
Qatar (host)	3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
Saudi Arabia	3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
United Arab Emirates	2 (1972, 1974)

Country	Referee
Algeria	Abdelkader Oweis
Bahrain	Abdulghaffar Al-Alwi
Iraq	Sobhi Adeeb
Kuwait	Abdulrahman Al-Bakr
Qatar	Taleb Ballan
Qatar	Mubarak Waleed
Saudi Arabia	Abdulrahman Al-Daham
Tunisia	Hédi Saoudi
Turkey	Sabahattin Ladikli
United Arab Emirates	Abbas Hassan

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	6	4	2	0	22	5	+17	10
Iraq	6	4	2	0	21	4	+17	10
Qatar	6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	9
Bahrain	6	3	0	3	9	15	−6	6
Saudi Arabia	6	2	0	4	8	14	−6	4
United Arab Emirates	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2
Oman	6	0	1	5	3	21	−18	1

4th_Arabian_Gulf_Cup

4th Arabian Gulf Cup

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Tournament

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Championship play-off

Winners

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Goalscorers

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Doha	Doha
	Khalifa Sports City Stadium
	Capacity: 20,000