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.[1]

1982 Arabian Gulf Cup
دورة كأس الخليج العربي السادسة (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates19 March – 4 April
Teams6 (1 withdrew)
Venue(s)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 played15
Goals scored38 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bahrain Ibrahim Zowayed
United Arab Emirates Salem Khalifah
Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah
Kuwait Yussef Al-Suwayed
(3 goals each)
Best goalkeeperUnited Arab Emirates Saeed Salbukh
1979
1984

Iraq also took part in the competition, but they withdrew after their match against the UAE.[2]

Match officials

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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

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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 4 +1 4
  Oman 5 0 0 5 2 15 −13 0

Matches

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United Arab Emirates  6-0  Qatar
Kuwait  2–0  Bahrain
Iraq  4–0 1  Oman
United Arab Emirates  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Qatar  3–0  Oman
Kuwait  2–0  United Arab Emirates
Iraq  1–1 1  Saudi Arabia
Bahrain  4–1  Oman
Kuwait  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Iraq  2–1 1  Qatar
Bahrain  3–2  United Arab Emirates
Kuwait  2–0  Oman
Saudi Arabia  1–0  Qatar
Iraq  1–0 1  United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia  3–0  Oman
Bahrain  1–0  Qatar
United Arab Emirates  3–1  Oman
Saudi Arabia  2–2  Bahrain
Qatar  2–1  Kuwait

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

Result

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 6th Arabian Gulf Cup winners 
 
Kuwait

Fifth title

References

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  1. ^ "الموقع الدائم لكأس الخليج العربي". Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. ^ "انسحاب العراق من النسخة السادسة ... «سر أسرار» كأس الخليج".
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