Gulf Cup of Nations

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The Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج‎) is a football (soccer) tournament held every two years, it's a tournament for the Arab Countries around the Persian Gulf.

The Gulf Cup was founded at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico by Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The First Gulf Cup tournament took place in Bahrain.

The 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations, the 18th edition, took place between January 17 to January 30, 2007 in the United Arab Emirates. The tournament was won by United Arab Emirates who beat Oman 1-0 in the Final.

Contents 1 Future Hosts and Past Winners 2 Most Gulf Cup of Nations Champions 3 All Time Goal Records 4 Other Records 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Future Hosts and Past Winners

Year	Host	Champion	Runner Up
2013	Iraq
2011	Yemen
2009	Oman
2007	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Oman
2005	Qatar	Qatar	Oman
2003	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	Bahrain
2002	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Qatar
2000	Cancelled	not played	not played
1998	Bahrain	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
1996	Oman	Kuwait	Qatar
1994	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates
1992	Qatar	Qatar	Bahrain
1990	Kuwait	Kuwait	Qatar
1988	Saudi Arabia	Iraq	United Arab Emirates
1986	Bahrain	Kuwait	United Arab Emirates
1984	Oman	Iraq	Qatar
1982	United Arab Emirates	Kuwait	Bahrain
1979	Iraq	Iraq	Kuwait
1976	Qatar	Kuwait	Iraq
1974	Kuwait	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
1972	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia
1970	Bahrain	Kuwait	Bahrain

[edit] Most Gulf Cup of Nations Champions

Champion(s)	Nation	Year(s)	Runner-Up
9 times	Kuwait	1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998	1979
3 times	Saudi Arabia	1994, 2002, 2003	1972, 1974, 1989
3 times	Iraq	1979, 1984, 1988	1976
2 times	Qatar	1992, 2004	1984, 1990, 2002
1 times	United Arab Emirates	2007	1986, 1988, 1994

• Iraq was banned from the competition from 1991 to 2003

•  Oman,  Yemen and  Bahrain have not yet won the championship.

[edit] All Time Goal Records

Nation	Goals Scored	Tournaments	Games Played	Goals per Game
Kuwait	165	18	90	1.83
Saudi Arabia	135	17	84	1.61
Qatar	105	18	90	1.16
Bahrain	96	17	84	1.14
United Arab Emirates	88	17	86	1.02
Iraq	81	7	38	2.13
Oman	61	16	83	0.73
Yemen	6	3	12	0.50

• Kuwait reached 100 goals on 03-03-1988 vs Qatar

• Saudi Arabia reached 100 goals on 19-10-1996 vs Qatar

• Qatar reached 100 goals on 16-12-2004 vs Oman

Does not include goals from annulled or abandoned games (1972 - Bahrain games, 1982 & 1990 Iraq games)

Includes 1974 Preliminary Round games

Does not include penalty shoot-out goals

[edit] Other Records

• Biggest Win - 8 Goals

 Kuwait 8 – 0  Oman (29-03-1976)

• Most Goals in a game - 8 Goals

 Kuwait 8 – 0  Oman (29-03-1976)

 Iraq 7 – 1  Saudi Arabia (29-03-1976)

 Kuwait 6 – 2  Qatar (02-11-1998)

• Most Individual Goals in a Single Game - 5 Goals

Majed Abdullah  Saudi Arabia (03-04-1979 vs. Qatar)

• Most Individual Goals in a Single Tournament - 10 Goals

Hussein Saeed  Iraq (1979)

[edit] See also

• 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations
• AFC
• AFC Asian Cup
• Arab Nations Cup
• East Asian Cup
• South Asian Football Federation Cup
• ASEAN Football Championship
• West Asian Football Federation Championship

[edit] References

• RSSSF

Union Arab de Football Association National teams competitions v • d • e
Arab Nations Cup | Pan Arab Games | Gulf Cup of Nations
Union Arab de Football Association Clubs competitions v • d • e
Arab Champions League  | Gulf Club Champions Cup Arab Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)  | Arab Super Cup (defunct)
Union Arab de Football Association teams v • d • e
Algeria | Bahrain | Comoros | Djibouti | Egypt | Iraq | Jordan | Kuwait | Lebanon | Libya | Mauritania | Morocco | Oman | Palestine | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Somalia | Sudan | Syria | Tunisia | United Arab Emirates | Yemen