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2nd Arabian Gulf Cup

International football tournament in 1972

Field	Value
tourney_name	Arabian Gulf Cup
year	1972
other_titles	دورة كأس الخليج العربي الثانية
size	230px
country	Saudi Arabia
dates	16–28 March
num_teams	4
venues	1
cities	1
champion	KUW
count	2
second	KSA
second-flagvar	1938
third	UAE
fourth	QAT
matches	6
goals	25
top_scorer	KSA Saeed Ghorab (5 goals)
player	KUW Farouq Ibrahim
goalkeeper	KSA Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi
prevseason	[1970](1st-arabian-gulf-cup)
nextseason	[1974](3rd-arabian-gulf-cup)

| second-flagvar = 1938 The 2nd Arabian Gulf Cup () was the second edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was won by defending champions Kuwait for the second time. The tournament took place between 16 and 28 March 1972. Kuwait won their second consecutive title, edging out Saudi Arabia on goal difference after both nations finished with equal points. This was the first instance of the title being decided by goal difference.

United Arab Emirates made their debut in the competition and finished third. Bahrain withdrew after walking off the field, during the final match of the tournament, against Saudi Arabia to protest the officiating. They were subsequently ejected from the competition and their results were expunged.

Teams

Team	Previous appearances in tournament
	1 ([1970](1st-arabian-gulf-cup))
	1 ([1970](1st-arabian-gulf-cup))
	1 ([1970](1st-arabian-gulf-cup))
(host)	1 ([1970](1st-arabian-gulf-cup))
	0 (debut)

Venues

{{Location map+	Saudi Arabia	float=center	width=275	caption=	places=	Riyadh
Youth Welfare Stadium in Al-Malaz
Capacity: 27,000

Match officials

Country	Referee
BHR Bahrain	Ibrahim Al-Doy
EGY Egypt	Mohamed Diab Al-Attar
KUW Kuwait	Jaber Al-Jalahemah
KSA Saudi Arabia	Abdulrahman Al-Daham
SUD Sudan	Abdeen Ibrahim

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 (UTC+3).

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	2	1	0	14	2	+12	5
3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	5
3	1	0	2	1	11	–10	2
3	0	0	3	0	10	–10	0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Matches

Al-Mula Mousa

2–0 Ghorab

6–2 Jaknam Ali Hamad Awad Yaqoub , Bouhamad , Al-Arifi

Mousa 2–0 Hamad

Shoaib , Bouhamad Nassar 2–1 Note: The match was abandoned after 60 minutes after Bahrain walked off the field to protest the officiating. Bahrain were subsequently ejected from the competition and their record was expunged.

Result

Statistics

Goalscorers

Saeed Ghorab
Ali Al-Mula
Hamad Bouhamad
Jasem Yaqoub
Alnoor Mousa
Mohammed Shoaib
Mohammed Al-Mughnem
Saleh Al-Arifi
Kareem Nassar
Suhail Salem
Eissa Al-Kaabi (against Kuwait)

Awards

;Player of the Tournament

Farouq Ibrahim

;Top Scorer

Saeed Ghorab (5 goals)

;Goalkeeper of the Tournament

Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi

References

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