6th Arabian Gulf Cup

1982 Arabian Gulf Cup

دورة كأس الخليج العربي السادسة (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	19 March – 4 April
Teams	6 (1 withdrew)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Kuwait (5th title)
Runners-up	Bahrain
Third place	United Arab Emirates
Fourth place	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	38 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ibrahim Zowayed Salem Khalifah Majed Abdullah Yussef Al-Suwayed (3 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Saeed Salbukh
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The 6th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي السادسة) was the sixth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates between 19 March and 4 April 1982. Kuwait won their fifth title after defeating Oman 2–0 on 29 March.

Iraq also took part in the competition, but they withdrew after their match against the UAE.

Match officials

Country	Referee
Bahrain	Jassim Mandi
Germany	Jan Redelfs
Hong Kong	Thomson Chan
Iraq	Sami Naji
Italy	Gianfranco Menegali
Kuwait	Abdullah Ghareeb
Oman	Shambeeh Abo Waheed
Saudi Arabia	Fallaj Al-Shanar
Scotland	Brian McGinlay
United Arab Emirates	Fareed Abdulrahman

Tournament

The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kuwait	5	4	0	1	8	2	+6	8
Bahrain	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	7
United Arab Emirates	5	3	0	2	7	6	+1	6
Saudi Arabia	5	2	1	2	6	4	+2	5
Qatar	5	2	0	3	5	11	-6	4
Oman	5	0	0	5	2	15	−13	0

Matches

19 March 1982

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Qatar
Khamees 30'

20 March 1982

Kuwait	2–0	Bahrain
Al-Suwayed 60', 72'

20 March 1982

Iraq	4–0 1	Oman
Saeed 24' Dirjal 32', 90' Farhan 75'

21 March 1982

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Khalifa 49'

22 March 1982

Qatar	3–0	Oman
Bilal 31' Afifa 43' Muftah 56'

24 March 1982

Kuwait	2–0	United Arab Emirates
Al-Suwayed 52' Al-Anbari 63'

24 March 1982

Iraq	1–1 1	Saudi Arabia
Saeed 84'		Al-Saghir 14'

25 March 1982

Bahrain	4–1	Oman
Sharida 18' Zwayed 40' Abduljalil 67' Boushkar 72'		Hamdan 21'

26 March 1982

Kuwait	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Al-Haddad 88'

26 March 1982

Iraq	2–1 1	Qatar
Mohammed 20', 29'		Muftah 60' (pen.)

27 March 1982

Bahrain	3–2	United Arab Emirates
Mohammad 77' Zwayed 46' Shuwair 42'		Khalifa 9' Hadid 83'

29 March 1982

Kuwait	2–0	Oman
Al-Mawash 47' Al-Hashash 54'

29 March 1982

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Qatar
Abdullah 68' (pen.)

29 March 1982

Iraq	1–0 1	United Arab Emirates
Saeed 49'

31 March 1982

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Oman
Hamdan 6' Farhan 28' Marzouq 84'

31 March 1982

Bahrain	1–0	Qatar
Zwayed 74'

2 April 1982

United Arab Emirates	3–1	Oman
Hamdoun 11' Khamees 46' Khalifa 60'		Juman 83'

2 April 1982

Saudi Arabia	2–2	Bahrain
Abdullah 42', 75'		Sharida 1' Mohammed 50'

4 April 1982

Qatar	2–1	Kuwait
Salman 39' Al-Qadi 79'		Al-Ghanem 63'

¹ The match was declared null and void after Iraq withdrew from the competition.

Result

6th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
Kuwait Fifth title

External links

• Results from 1982 Gulf Cup at RSSSF.com