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4th Arabian Gulf Cup

1976 football competition held in Qatar

Field	Value
tourney_name	Arabian Gulf Cup
year	1976
other_titles	دورة كأس الخليج العربي الرابعة
size	230px
country	Qatar
dates	26 March – 15 April
num_teams	7
venues	1
cities	1
champion	KUW
count	4
second	IRQ
second-flagvar	1963
third	QAT
fourth	BHR
fourth-flagvar	1972
matches	22
goals	84
top_scorer	KUW Jasem Yaqoub (9 goals)
player	IRQ Ali Kadhim
goalkeeper	BHR Hamood Sultan
prevseason	1974
nextseason	1979

| second-flagvar = 1963 | fourth-flagvar = 1972 The 4th Arabian Gulf Cup () was the fourth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar and was won by the three-time defending champions Kuwait. The tournament took place between 26 March and 15 April 1976. All matches were played at the Khalifa Sports City Stadium.

Iraq took part in the competition for the first time. Both Iraq and Kuwait finished level on points and goal difference in the round-robin group stage; thus, a play-off final was held to determine the champion. Kuwait defeated Iraq 4–2 in the final to win their fourth title in a row.

The number of teams was increased from six to seven and the format of the competition was changed back to the original format used in 1970 and 1972.

Teams

Team	Previous appearances in tournament
	3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
	0 (debut)
	3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
	1 (1974)
(host)	3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
	3 (1970, 1972, 1974)
	2 (1972, 1974)

Venues

{{Location map+	Qatar	float=center	width=300	caption=	places=	Doha
Khalifa Sports City Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
[[File:Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Brazil vs Argentina (2010).jpg	200px]]

Match officials

Country	Referee
ALG Algeria	Abdelkader Oweis
BHR Bahrain	Abdulghaffar Al-Alwi
IRQ Iraq	Sobhi Adeeb
KUW Kuwait	Abdulrahman Al-Bakr
QAT Qatar	Taleb Ballan
Mubarak Waleed
KSA Saudi Arabia	Abdulrahman Al-Daham
TUN Tunisia	Hédi Saoudi
TUR Turkey	Sabahattin Ladikli
UAE United Arab Emirates	Abbas Hassan

Tournament

The 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).

Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	4	2	0	22	5	+17	10
6	4	2	0	21	4	+17	10
6	4	1	1	11	6	+5	9
6	3	0	3	9	15	−6	6
6	2	0	4	8	14	−6	4
6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2
6	0	1	5	3	21	−18	1

Matches

Kadhim Nasser Al-Dawoodi Boshanain

Al-Dakhil Al-Anberi Al-Mughnem Hassan Abdul-Jalil Kadhim

Mohammed Yaqoub Ibrahim Abdul-Jalil Hassan Kadhim Subhi Al-Hajri Almas

Suroor Khalifa Al-Anberi Bohamoud Al-Dakhil Shuwaier Kadhim Abdul-Jalil Fartous

Almas Omar Al-Dakhil Kadhim Buhram

Omar Yaqoub

Championship play-off

Since Kuwait and Iraq finished level on both points and goal difference, a play-off match to decide the champion was required.

Yaqoub

Winners

Statistics

Goalscorers

Jasem Yaqoub
Ali Kadhim
Faisal Al-Dakhil
Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
Mansour Muftah
Sabah Abdul-Jalil
Mohammed Buhram
Falah Hassan
Ahmed Subhi
Sulaiman Almas
Khaled Suroor
Kadhim Waal
Ahmed Omar
Mohammed Al-Mughnem
Jassem Al-Dawoodi
Jawhar Almas
Sultan Bashir
Khalil Shuwaier
Ibrahim Zowayed
Ali Hussein Mahmoud
Mejbel Fartous
Saud Bohamoud
Farouq Ibrahim
Hussain Mohammed
Mubarak Al-Alawi
Muslem Al-Alawi
Hamad Harib
Saif Al-Hajri
Eissa Khalifa
Sultan bin Naseeb
Hamed Sobhi
Jassem Abdullah
Rajab Abdulrahman
Salem Boshanain
Awadh Mubarak
Ali Nasser (against Iraq)

Awards

;Player of the Tournament

Ali Kadhim

;Top Scorer

Jasem Yaqoub (9 goals)

;Goalkeeper of the Tournament

Hamood Sultan

References

"كأس الخليج 4 لكرة القدم".
"Gulf Cup 1976". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
"لقاء مصيري بين فريقي الكويت والعراق".
"اللوحة الشرفية للمنتخبات ابطال دورات الخليج واصحاب الالقاب".

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