The 13th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي)[1] was held in Oman, in October 1996. Kuwait won the tournament for the 8th time.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Oman |
Dates | 15–28 October |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 35 (2.33 per match) |
← 1994 1998 → |
Iraq continued to be banned from the tournament over its invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Tournament
editThe teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Kuwait | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 |
Qatar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 |
Saudi Arabia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 |
United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
Bahrain | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 2 |
Oman | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
Result
edit13th Arabian Gulf Cup winners |
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Kuwait 8th title |
References
edit- ^ "الموقع الدائم لكأس الخليج العربي". Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-04.