The 1st Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, دورة كأس الخليج العربي الأولى) was the first edition of the

Arabian Gulf Cup The Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي, ''Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi''), often referred to simply as the Gulf Cup, is a biennial football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nat ...

, held every two years and organised by the AGCFF. The first tournament was held in Bahrain. It was won by the

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

, who defeated the hosts in the final match to finish first in the round-robin group. The tournament took place between 27 March and 3 April 1970.

Venues

Match officials

Tournament

The four 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 (

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).''

Matches

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Result

Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

;Player of the Tournament * Khaled Ballan ;Top Scorer *

Mohammed Al-Masoud Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monoth ...

(3 goals) * Jawad Khalaf (3 goals) ;Goalkeeper of the Tournament *

Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

References

External links

Official Site (Arabic)
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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

1970 in Asian football 1969–70 in Saudi Arabian football 1969–70 in Bahraini football 1969–70 in Kuwaiti football 1969–70 in Qatari football