2nd Arabian Gulf Cup

2nd Arabian Gulf Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	16 March – 28 March
Venue(s)	1 (Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	25 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Saeed Ghareeb (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Farooq Ibrahim
Best goalkeeper	Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi

The second 2nd Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي) was held in Saudi Arabia, in March 1972.

The tournament was won by Kuwait, claiming their second title.

Bahrain also took part in the competition, but they walked off the field during their match against Saudi Arabia to protest the officiating; they were subsequently ejected from the competition and their results were expunged.

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	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

Matches

March 16, 1972

Saudi Arabia	2 – 2	Kuwait

March 17, 1972

United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Qatar

March 18, 1972

Kuwait	2 – 0 2	Bahrain

March 19, 1972

Saudi Arabia	4 – 0	United Arab Emirates

March 21, 1972

Bahrain	6 – 2 2	Qatar

March 22, 1972

Kuwait	7 – 0	United Arab Emirates

March 24, 1972

Saudi Arabia	4 – 0	Qatar

March 25, 1972

Bahrain	2 – 0 2	United Arab Emirates

March 26, 1972

Kuwait	5 – 0	Qatar

March 28, 1972

Saudi Arabia	2 – 1 1	Bahrain

¹ The match was abandoned with Saudi Arabia leading 2-1 after Bahrain walked off the field to protest the officiating; Bahrain were subsequently ejected from the competition and their record was expunged.
² The match was expunged after Bahrain were ejected from the competition.

Result

2nd Arabian Gulf Cup Winners
Kuwait Second title

External links

• Official Site (Arabic)