Gulf Cup of Nations

AFC Arabian Gulf Cup of Nations 1970 to 2023

The Arabian Gulf Cup of Nations is a football tournament currently held every two years rotating the host city every edition. The Gulf Cup of Nations was founded at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico by the Arab states around the Persian Gulf. The First Gulf Cup tournament took place in Bahrain in 1970, and was won by the Kuwaiti team. The 2021 Tournament was re-named the FIFA 2021 Arab Cup and includes Nations from Asia & Africa. Includes a Table of Merit.

Contents

AFC Arabian Gulf Cup of Nations 1970 to 2023
AFC Arabian Gulf Cup 1970 to 2019 & FIFA Arab Cup 2023
FIFA Arab Cup 2021 Qatar 30th November to 18th December
24th Arabian Gulf Cup 2019 Qatar 26th November to 8th December
24th Arabian Gulf Cup 2019 Qatar Group Tables
24th Arabian Gulf Cup 2019 Qatar Knock-Out Stage
AFC Gulf Cup of Nations 1970 to 2019 Table of Merit

AFC Arabian Gulf Cup 1970 to 2019 & FIFA Arab Cup 2023


Year	#	Host Nation(s)		Winner		Score	Runner-Up		Third		Score	Fourth
1970	1		Bahrain		Kuwait	Group		Bahrain		Saudi Arabia	Group		Qatar
1972	2		Saudi Arabia		Kuwait	Group		Saudi Arabia		United Arab Emirates	Group		Qatar
1974	3		Kuwait		Kuwait	4 - 0		Saudi Arabia		United Arab Emirates	1-1 (p3-0)		Qatar
1976	4		Qatar		Kuwait	4 - 2		Iraq		Qatar	Group		Bahrain
1979	5		Iraq		Iraq	Group		Kuwait		Saudi Arabia	Group		Bahrain
1982	6		United Arab Emirates		Kuwait	Group		Bahrain		United Arab Emirates	Group		Saudi Arabia
1984	7		Oman		Iraq	1-1 (p4-3)		Qatar		Saudi Arabia	Group		United Arab Emirates
1986	8		Bahrain		Kuwait	Group		United Arab Emirates		Saudi Arabia	Group		Qatar
1988	9		Saudi Arabia		Iraq	Group		United Arab Emirates		Saudi Arabia	Group		Bahrain
1990	10		Kuwait		Kuwait	Group		Qatar		Bahrain	Group		Oman
1992	11		Qatar		Qatar	Group		Bahrain		Saudi Arabia	Group		United Arab Emirates
1994	12		United Arab Emirates		Saudi Arabia	Group		United Arab Emirates		Bahrain	Group		Qatar
1996	13		Oman		Kuwait	Group		Qatar		Saudi Arabia	Group		United Arab Emirates
1998	14		Bahrain		Kuwait	Group		Saudi Arabia		United Arab Emirates	Group		Oman
2002	15		Saudi Arabia		Saudi Arabia	Group		Qatar		Kuwait	Group		Bahrain
2003	16		Kuwait		Saudi Arabia	Group		Bahrain		Qatar	Group		Oman
2004	17		Qatar		Qatar	1-1 (p6-5)		Oman		Bahrain	3 - 1		Kuwait
2007	18		United Arab Emirates		United Arab Emirates	1 - 0		Oman		Bahrain	Shared		Saudi Arabia
2009	19		Oman		Oman	0-0 (p6-5)		Saudi Arabia		Kuwait	Shared		Qatar
2010	20		Yemen		Kuwait	1 - 0		Saudi Arabia		Iraq	Shared		United Arab Emirates
2013	21		Bahrain		United Arab Emirates	2-1 aet		Iraq		Kuwait	6 - 1		Bahrain
2014	22		Saudi Arabia		Qatar	2 - 1		Saudi Arabia		United Arab Emirates	1 - 0		Oman
2017-18	23		Kuwait		Oman	0-0 (p5-4)		United Arab Emirates		Bahrain	Shared		Oman
2019	24		Qatar		Bahrain	1 - 0		Saudi Arabia		Iraq	Shared		Qatar
2021	25		Qatar		Algeria	2-0 aet		Tunisia		Qatar	0-0 (p5-4)		Egypt

FIFA Arab Cup 2021 Qatar 30th November to 18th December

24th Arabian Gulf Cup 2019 Qatar 26th November to 8th December


24th Gulf Cup of Nations Qatar 26th November to 8th December 2019
Group A						Group A
Date	Team		Score	Team			Venue
26 November	Qatar	1 - 2		Iraq	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
26 November	United Arab Emirates	3 - 0		Yemen	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
29 November	United Arab Emirates	0 - 2		Iraq	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
29 November	Yemen	0 - 6		Qatar	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
2 December	Qatar	4 - 2		United Arab Emirates	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
2 December	Yemen	0 - 0		Iraq	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
Group B
Date	Team		Score	Team			Venue
27 November	Oman	0 - 0		Bahrain	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
27 November	Saudi Arabia	1 - 3		Kuwait	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
30 November	Kuwait	1 - 2		Oman	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
30 November	Bahrain	0 - 2		Saudi Arabia	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
2 December	Kuwait	2 - 4		Bahrain	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
2 December	Oman	1 - 3		Saudi Arabia	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

24th Arabian Gulf Cup 2019 Qatar Group Tables


2019 Gulf Cup of Nations Group A
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
Qatar	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
Yemen	3	0	1	2	0	9	−9	1

2019 Gulf Cup of Nations Group B
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
Bahrain	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Oman	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Kuwait	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3

24th Arabian Gulf Cup 2019 Qatar Knock-Out Stage


2019 Arabian Gulf Cup Semi-Finals
Date	Team		Score	Team		Venue
5 December	Iraq	2-2 AET (Pens 3-5)		Bahrain	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha
5 December	Saudi Arabia	1 - 0		Qatar	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha
2019 Arabian Gulf Cup
8 December	Bahrain	1 - 0		Saudi Arabia	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

AFC Gulf Cup of Nations 1970 to 2019 Table of Merit


Nation		Winners	Second	Third	Fourth	Top 4 (24)
	Kuwait	10	1	3	1	15
	Saudi Arabia	3	7	8	1	19
	Qatar	3	4	4	5	16
	Iraq	3	2	2	0	7
	United Arab Emirates	2	4	6	3	15
	Oman	2	2	1	4	9
	Bahrain	1	4	5	5	15
Totals			24	24	29	19	96

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