4th Arabian Gulf Cup
1976 football competition held in Qatar
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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.
| دورة كأس الخليج العربي الرابعة (in Arabic) | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| Dates | 26 March – 15 April |
| Teams | 7 |
| Venue | 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 | Jasem Yaqoub (9 goals) |
| Best player | Ali Kadhim |
| Best goalkeeper | Hamood Sultan |
← 1974 1979 → | |
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.
Teams
- Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Venues
| Doha | |
|---|---|
| Khalifa Sports City Stadium | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | |
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Match officials
| Country | Referee |
|---|---|
 Algeria |
Abdelkader Oweis |
| Bahrain |
Abdulghaffar Al-Alwi |
| Iraq |
Sobhi Adeeb |
| Kuwait |
Abdulrahman Al-Bakr |
| Qatar |
Taleb Ballan |
| Mubarak Waleed | |
 Saudi Arabia |
Abdulrahman Al-Daham |
 Tunisia |
Hédi Saoudi |
 Turkey |
Sabahattin Ladikli |
 United Arab Emirates |
Abbas Hassan |
Tournament
The seven 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 |
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 |
Matches
| Qatar | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
Almas  20' |
Report |
| Bahrain | 3–2 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Buhram 49', 64' Al-Dawoodi 80' |
Report | Abdullah 73' Boshanain 88' |
| Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Sobhi 22' (pen.) Al-Mughnem 55' |
Report |
| Iraq | 7–1 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Waal 3' Abdul-Jalil 6'Hassan 25'Kadhim 45', 60', 68'Subhi 89' |
Report | Suroor 82' |
| Qatar | 3–1 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Muftah 1' Al-Hajri 2'Almas 29' |
Report | Abdulrahman 59' |
| Saudi Arabia | 3–1 | Oman |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Mughnem 3' Suroor 19'Khalifa 82' |
Report | Al-Alawi 5' |
| Iraq | 4–0 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Hussein 11' Kadhim 34' (pen.)Abdul-Jalil 43'Fartous 44' |
Report |
| Bahrain | 2–1 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Bashir 51' Buhram 80' |
Report | Naseeb 11' |
| United Arab Emirates | 1–1 | Oman |
|---|---|---|
| Mubarak 6' |
Report | Al-Alawi 23' (pen.) |
Championship play-off
Since Kuwait and Iraq finished level on both points and goal difference, a play-off match to decide the champion was required.[3]
Winners
| 4th Arabian Gulf Cup winners |
|---|
 Kuwait Fourth title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
There were 84 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match.
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
Sabah Abdul-Jalil
Mohammed Buhram
3 goals
- Falah Hassan
- Ahmed Subhi
Sulaiman Almas
Khaled Suroor
2 goals
- Kadhim Waal
- Ahmed Omar
- Mohammed Al-Mughnem
1 goal
- Jassem Al-Dawoodi
- Jawhar Almas
- Sultan Bashir
- Khalil Shuwaier
- Ibrahim Zowayed
- Ali Hussein Mahmoud
- Mejbel Fartous
Saud Bohamoud- Farouq Ibrahim
- Hussain Mohammed
Mubarak Al-Alawi- Muslem Al-Alawi
- Hamad Harib
- Saif Al-Hajri
- Eissa Khalifa
- Sultan bin Naseeb
- Hamed Sobhi
Jassem Abdullah- Rajab Abdulrahman
- Salem Boshanain
- Awadh Mubarak
1 own goal
- Ali Nasser (against Iraq)
Awards
- Player of the Tournament[4]
- Top Scorer[4]
- Jasem Yaqoub (9 goals)
- Goalkeeper of the Tournament[4]