The 5th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة) was the fifth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq and took place from 23 March to 9 April 1979.[1] Hosts Iraq won their first ever title after defeating Saudi Arabia 2–0,[2] becoming the second team to win the competition after Kuwait.
دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة (in Arabic) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Iraq |
Dates | 23 March – 9 April |
Teams | 7 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Iraq (1st title) |
Runners-up | Kuwait |
Third place | Saudi Arabia |
Fourth place | Bahrain |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 70 (3.33 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Hussein Saeed (10 goals) |
Best player(s) | Hadi Ahmed |
Best goalkeeper | Raad Hammoudi |
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in 1978 and hosted in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, but it was delayed after the UAE gave up their hosting rights.[3]
Teams
editTeam | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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Bahrain | 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) |
Iraq (hosts) | 1 (1976) |
Kuwait | 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) |
Oman | 2 (1974, 1976) |
Qatar | 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) |
Saudi Arabia | 4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) |
United Arab Emirates | 3 (1972, 1974, 1976) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Venues
editBaghdad | |
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Al-Shaab Stadium | |
Capacity: 40,000 | |
Match officials
editCountry | Referee |
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Bahrain | Ibrahim Al-Doy |
India | Kim |
Alex Vaz | |
Iraq | Sami Naji |
Kuwait | Ahmed Al-Misfer |
Malaysia | Sivapalan Kathiravale |
Qatar | Rostam Baqer |
Saudi Arabia | Fahad Al-Dahmash |
Singapore | Nadasen Chandra |
Thailand | Vijit Getkaew |
United Arab Emirates | Khalfan Ali |
Tournament
editThe 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 |
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Iraq | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 12 |
Kuwait | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 |
Saudi Arabia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 8 |
Bahrain | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 |
Qatar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 5 |
United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 2 |
Oman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 1 |
Matches
editSaudi Arabia | 2–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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Naseeb 22' Abdullah 71' |
Report | Easa 51' |
Kuwait | 3–1 | Qatar |
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Al-Suwayed 19' Al-Buloushi 34', 79' |
Report | Mattar 56' |
Bahrain | 3–0 | United Arab Emirates |
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Shuwaier 5' Zowayed 12' (pen.) Al-Hayiki 18' |
Report |
Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | Oman |
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Jassem 34', 54' Khalifa 69' Abdullah 75' |
Report |
United Arab Emirates | 0–1 | Qatar |
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Report | Muftah 40' |
Bahrain | 3–1 | Oman |
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Zowayed 13' Al-Zayani 35' Shuwaier 88' |
Report | Sumar 53' |
United Arab Emirates | 0–7 | Kuwait |
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Report | Saad 14' Al-Suwayed 43', 80' Kameel 45' Al-Buloushi 47', 88' Al-Dakhil 84' |
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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Jassem 53' | Report | Ghaith 41' |
Oman | 0–2 | Kuwait |
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Report | Al-Suwayed 40', 47' |
Saudi Arabia | 7–0 | Qatar |
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Abdullah 14', 15', 45', 48', 55' Hamdan 32' Abdoraboh 89' |
Report |
United Arab Emirates | 0–5 | Iraq |
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Report | Ahmed 25' Abdul-Sahib 40' Hassan 49' Saeed 66' Khudhair 85' |
Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | Kuwait |
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Report |
Oman | 0–7 | Iraq |
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Report | Saeed 30', 32', 40', 86' Hassan 43', 50' Khudhair 52' |
Iraq | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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Hassan 24' Farhan 36' |
Report |
Kuwait | 2–0 | Bahrain |
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Al-Suwayed 19', 84' | Report |
Oman | 0–4 | United Arab Emirates |
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Report | Abdulrahman 29' Tshombe 43' Boshanain 73' Abdullah 77' |
Winners
edit5th Arabian Gulf Cup winners |
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Iraq First title |
Statistics
editGoalscorers
editThere were 70 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.
10 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Abdulhadi Al-Hayiki
- Mohammed Al-Zayani
- Kamel Ghaith
- Hassan Farhan
- Nadhim Shaker
- Faisal Al-Dakhil
- Mahboub Juma'a
- Fathi Kameel
- Naeem Saad
- Ahmad Sumar
- Anbar Bashir
- Khamis Daham
- Hassan Mattar
- Mansour Muftah
- Abdullah Abdoraboh
- Eisa Hamdan
- Eissa Khalifa
- Sultan bin Naseeb
- Saeed Abdullah
- Rajab Abdulrahman
- Salem Boshanain
- Ahmad Easa
- Ahmed Tshombe
Awards
edit- Player of the Tournament[4]
- Top Scorer[4]
- Hussein Saeed (10 goals)
- Goalkeeper of the Tournament[4]
References
edit- ^ "جدول مباريات دورة الخليج العربي الخامسة ببغداد".
- ^ "منتخب العراق يحقق بطولة الخليج الخامسة".
- ^ "المولود الخامس". Archived from the original on 9 December 2008.
- ^ a b c "اللوحة الشرفية للمنتخبات ابطال دورات الخليج واصحاب الالقاب".