Iraq's rivalry with
Kuwait was once considered as the Arab world's greatest football rivalry of all-time. The rivalry began in the mid-1970s. Because of the
Gulf War, Iraq and Kuwait were in complete avoidance and never met for more than a decade; Iraq and Kuwait have played 37 matches against each other with 17 victories for Iraq, 10 draws, and 10 victories for Kuwait.
Major tournament matches
1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Qualification for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Thailand.
Zones
* * Withdrew
* ** originally qualified as hosts, but withdrew later
* *** were allocated to Western zone later
* qualified as defending champions
Central Zone
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1972 AFC Asian Cup qualification
Qualification for the 1972 AFC Asian Cup finals held in Thailand.
Zones
* * Withdrew
* ** originally qualified as hosts, but withdrew later
* *** were allocated to Western zone later
* qualified as defending champions
Central Zone
*All m ...
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1976 AFC Asian Cup
The 1976 AFC Asian Cup was the 6th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Iran between 3 and 13 June 1976. The field of six ...
Matches
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Statistics
See also
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Iran–Iraq football rivalry
The Iran national football team, Iran and Iraq national football team, Iraq national Association football, football teams are List of sports rivalries, sporting rivals since 1962.
According to ''The Malay Mail'', "Emotions are always high when I ...
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Iraq–Saudi Arabia football rivalry
Iraq national football team, Iraq and Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia are two fierce List of sports rivalries, rivals of the Arab world. Their matches are often considered to be one of the most heated rivalries in the world.
Al ...
References
International association football rivalries
Kuwait national football team
Iraq national football team
Iraq–Kuwait relations
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