14th Arabian Gulf Cup

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14th Arabian Gulf Cup
File:14th Arabian Gulf Cup Logo.png
Tournament details
Host country Bahrain
Dates 30 October – 12 November
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 40 (2.67 per match)
1996
2002

The 14th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎‎)[1] was held in Bahrain, in October/November 1998.

The tournament was won by Kuwait for the 9th time

Iraq continued to be banned from the tournament because of invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Tournament

The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 5 4 0 1 18 5 +13 12
 Saudi Arabia 5 3 2 0 5 2 +3 11
 United Arab Emirates 5 2 1 2 5 7 −2 7
 Oman 5 1 1 3 6 12 −6 4
 Bahrain 5 0 3 2 3 6 −3 3
 Qatar 5 0 3 2 3 8 −5 3

Results

30 October 1998
Bahrain  0–1  United Arab Emirates

31 October 1998
Kuwait  1–2  Saudi Arabia

31 October 1998
Oman  2–1  Qatar

2 November 1998
Kuwait  6–2  Qatar

2 November 1998
Saudi Arabia  1–1  Bahrain

3 November 1998
United Arab Emirates  3–2  Oman

5 November 1998
Qatar  0–0  United Arab Emirates

5 November 1998
Oman  0–1  Saudi Arabia

6 November 1998
Bahrain  0–2  Kuwait

8 November 1998
Qatar  0–0  Bahrain

9 November 1998
Oman  0–5  Kuwait

11 November 1998
Qatar  0–0  Saudi Arabia

12 November 1998
United Arab Emirates  1–4  Kuwait

12 November 1998
Bahrain  2–2  Oman

Champions

 14th Arabian Gulf Cup winners 

Kuwait
9th title

References

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