1st Arabian Gulf Cup

The 1st Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الأولى) 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]

1970 Arabian Gulf Cup

دورة كأس الخليج العربي الأولى (in Arabic)
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 →

Venues

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

Match officials

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

Tournament

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

27 March 1970

16:00

Bahrain	2–1	Qatar
Zulaikh Salmeen	Report	Faraj pen.'

Isa Town Stadium, Isa Town

Referee: Sobhi Naseer (Egypt)

28 March 1970

16:00

Kuwait	3–1	Saudi Arabia
Diksin 43' Khalaf 67' Al-Masoud 83'	Report	Al-Abdali 2'

Isa Town Stadium, Isa Town

Referee: Abdeen Ibrahim (Sudan)

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30 March 1970

16:00

Bahrain	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Isa Town Stadium, Isa Town

Referee: Sobhi Naseer (Egypt)

31 March 1970

16:00

Kuwait	4–2	Qatar
Khalaf Al-Masoud Sattam Ibrahim	Report	Ballan Almas

Isa Town Stadium, Isa Town

Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Daham (Saudi Arabia)

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2 April 1970

16:00

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Qatar
Mousa 20'	Report	Ballan 45+1'

Isa Town Stadium, Isa Town

Referee: Yousef Al-Suwaidan (Kuwait)

3 April 1970

16:00

Kuwait	3–1	Bahrain
Khalaf Al-Masoud Diksin	Report	Ameen

Isa Town Stadium, Isa Town

Referee: Abdeen Ibrahim (Sudan)

Result

1st Arabian Gulf Cup winners
Kuwait First title

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

3 goals

• Mohammed Al-Masoud
• Jawad Khalaf

2 goals

• Mahmoud Diksin
• Khaled Ballan

1 goal

• Yousef Ameen
• Ahmed Salmeen
• Hassan Zulaikh
• Farouq Ibrahim
• Khalaf Sattam
• Sulaiman Almas
• Mubarak Faraj
• Mohammed Saad Al-Abdali
• Alnoor Mousa

Awards

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