The 5th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة) was the fifth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, Iraq and took place from 23 March to 9 April 1979.[1] Hosts Iraq won their first ever title after defeating Saudi Arabia 2–0,[2] becoming the second team to win the competition after Kuwait.
دورة كأس الخليج العربي الخامسة (in Arabic) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Iraq |
Dates | 23 March – 9 April |
Teams | 7 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 21 |
Goals scored | 70 (3.33 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
Best player(s) | |
Best goalkeeper | |
Originally, the tournament was scheduled to take place in 1978 and hosted in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, but it was delayed after the UAE gave up their hosting rights.[3]
Teams
editTeam | Previous appearances in tournament[A] |
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4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) | |
1 (1976) | |
4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) | |
2 (1974, 1976) | |
4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) | |
4 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) | |
3 (1972, 1974, 1976) |
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Venues
editBaghdad | |
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Al-Shaab Stadium | |
Capacity: 40,000 | |
Match officials
editCountry | Referee |
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Ibrahim Al-Doy | |
Kim | |
Alex Vaz | |
Sami Naji | |
Ahmed Al-Misfer | |
Sivapalan Kathiravale | |
Rostam Baqer | |
Fahad Al-Dahmash | |
Nadasen Chandra | |
Vijit Getkaew | |
Khalfan Ali |
Tournament
editThe 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).
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 12 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 8 | |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 5 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 2 | |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | −20 | 1 |
Matches
editSaudi Arabia | 2–1 | |
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Naseeb Abdullah |
Report | Easa |
Kuwait | 3–1 | |
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Al-Suwayed Al-Buloushi |
Report | Mattar |
Bahrain | 3–0 | |
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Shuwaier Zowayed Al-Hayiki |
Report |
Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | |
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Jassem Khalifa Abdullah |
Report |
United Arab Emirates | 0–1 | |
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Report | Muftah |
Bahrain | 3–1 | |
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Zowayed Al-Zayani Shuwaier |
Report | Sumar |
United Arab Emirates | 0–7 | |
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Report | Saad Al-Suwayed Kameel Al-Buloushi Al-Dakhil |
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | |
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Jassem |
Report | Ghaith |
Oman | 0–2 | |
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Report | Al-Suwayed |
Saudi Arabia | 7–0 | |
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Abdullah Hamdan Abdoraboh |
Report |
United Arab Emirates | 0–5 | |
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Report | Ahmed Abdul-Sahib Hassan Saeed Khudhair |
Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | |
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Report |
Oman | 0–7 | |
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Report | Saeed Hassan Khudhair |
Iraq | 2–0 | |
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Hassan Farhan |
Report |
Kuwait | 2–0 | |
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Al-Suwayed |
Report |
Oman | 0–4 | |
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Report | Abdulrahman Tshombe Boshanain Abdullah |
Winners
edit5th Arabian Gulf Cup winners |
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Iraq First title |
Statistics
editGoalscorers
editThere were 70 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 3.33 goals per match.
10 goals
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Abdulhadi Al-Hayiki
Mohammed Al-Zayani
Kamel Ghaith
Hassan Farhan
Nadhim Shaker
Faisal Al-Dakhil
Mahboub Juma'a
Fathi Kameel
Naeem Saad
Ahmad Sumar
Anbar Bashir
Khamis Daham
Hassan Mattar
Mansour Muftah
Abdullah Abdoraboh
Eisa Hamdan
Eissa Khalifa
Sultan bin Naseeb
Saeed Abdullah
Rajab Abdulrahman
Salem Boshanain
Ahmad Easa
Ahmed Tshombe
Awards
edit- Player of the Tournament[4]
- Top Scorer[4]
Hussein Saeed (10 goals)
- Goalkeeper of the Tournament[4]
References
edit- ^ "جدول مباريات دورة الخليج العربي الخامسة ببغداد".
- ^ "منتخب العراق يحقق بطولة الخليج الخامسة".
- ^ "المولود الخامس". Archived from the original on 9 December 2008.
- ^ a b c "اللوحة الشرفية للمنتخبات ابطال دورات الخليج واصحاب الالقاب".