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{{short description|1970 football competition held in Bahrain}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = Arabian Gulf Cup
| year         = 1970
| other_titles = دورة كأس الخليج العربي الأولى {{in lang|ar}}
| image        =
| size         = 230px
| caption      =
| country      = Bahrain
| dates        = 27 March – 3 April
| num_teams    = 4
| venues       = 1
| cities       = 1
| champion     = KUW
| count        = 1
| second       = BHR
| second-flagvar = 1932
| third        = KSA
| third-flagvar = 1938
| fourth       = QAT
| fourth-flagvar = 1949
| matches      = 6
| goals        = 19
| attendance   =
| top_scorer   = {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Jawad Khalaf]]<br />{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Mohammed Al-Masoud]]<br>(3 goals each)
| player       = {{flagicon|QAT|1949}} [[Khaled Ballan]]
| goalkeeper   = {{flagicon|KSA|1938}} [[Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi]]
| nextseason   = [[2nd Arabian Gulf Cup|1972]]
| updated      =
}}

The '''1st Arabian Gulf Cup''' ({{langx|ar|دورة كأس الخليج العربي الأولى}}) was the first edition of the [[Arabian Gulf Cup]]. The first tournament was held in Bahrain. It was won by the [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]], who defeated the hosts in the final match to finish first in the round-robin group. The tournament took place from 27 March to 3 April 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/tournamenta.php?period=1 |title=الموقع الدائم لكأس الخليج العربي |access-date=4 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229231907/http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/tournamenta.php?period=1 |archive-date=29 December 2017 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="4" | {{Location map+|Bahrain|float=center|width=150|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Bahrain|lat=26.1650|long=50.5653|label=[[Isa Town]]|position=bottom}}}}
! [[Isa Town]]
|-
| [[Khalifa Sports City Stadium|Isa Town Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''15,000'''
|-
|}

==Match officials==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Referee
|-
|{{flagicon|UAR|1958}} [[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]]
|Sobhi Naseer
|-
|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]]
|Yousef Al-Suwaidan
|-
|{{flagicon|KSA|1938}} [[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]]
|Abdulrahman Al-Daham
|-
|{{flagicon|SUD}} [[Sudan Football Association|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, [[Arabia Standard Time|AST]] ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]).''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
|- bgcolor=gold
|align=left|{{fb|KUW}}
|3||3||0||0||10||4||+6||'''6'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|BHR|1932}}
|3||1||1||1||3||4||–1||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|KSA|1938}}
|3||0||2||1||2||4||–2||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fb|QAT|1949}}
|3||0||1||2||4||7||–3||'''1'''
|}

===Matches===

{{football box
| date = 27 March 1970
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR|1932}}
| score = 2–1
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20070114075320/http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/matcha.php?match_id=36&period=1
| team2 = {{fb|QAT|1949}}
| goals1 = [[Hassan Zulaikh|Zulaikh]] {{goal}}<br />[[Ahmed Salmeen|Salmeen]] {{goal}}
| goals2 = [[Mubarak Faraj|Faraj]] {{goal|pen.}}
| stadium = [[Khalifa Sports City Stadium|Isa Town Stadium]], [[Isa Town]]
| attendance =
| referee = Sobhi Naseer ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 28 March 1970
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}
| score = 3–1
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20070114021513/http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/matcha.php?match_id=37&period=1
| team2 = {{fb|KSA|1938}}
| goals1 = [[Mahmoud Diksin|Diksin]] {{goal|43}}<br />[[Jawad Khalaf|Khalaf]] {{goal|67}}<br />[[Mohammed Al-Masoud|Al-Masoud]] {{goal|83}}
| goals2 = [[Mohammad S. Abdeli|Al-Abdali]] {{goal|2}}
| stadium = [[Khalifa Sports City Stadium|Isa Town Stadium]], [[Isa Town]]
| attendance =
| referee = Abdeen Ibrahim ([[Sudan Football Association|Sudan]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 30 March 1970
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|BHR|1932}}
| score = 0–0
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20070113202347/http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/matcha.php?match_id=38&period=1
| team2 = {{fb|KSA|1938}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = [[Khalifa Sports City Stadium|Isa Town Stadium]], [[Isa Town]]
| attendance =
| referee = Sobhi Naseer ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 31 March 1970
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}
| score = 4–2
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20070113202450/http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/matcha.php?match_id=39&period=1
| team2 = {{fb|QAT|1949}}
| goals1 = [[Jawad Khalaf|Khalaf]] {{goal}}<br />[[Mohammed Al-Masoud|Al-Masoud]] {{goal}}<br />[[Khalaf Sattam|Sattam]] {{goal}}<br />[[Farouq Ibrahim|Ibrahim]] {{goal}}
| goals2 = [[Khaled Ballan|Ballan]] {{goal}}<br />[[Sulaiman Almas|Almas]] {{goal}}
| stadium = [[Khalifa Sports City Stadium|Isa Town Stadium]], [[Isa Town]]
| attendance =
| referee = Abdulrahman Al-Daham ([[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 2 April 1970
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA|1938}}
| score = 1–1
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20070114145320/http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/matcha.php?match_id=40&period=1
| team2 = {{fb|QAT|1949}}
| goals1 = [[Alnoor Mousa|Mousa]] {{goal|20}}
| goals2 = [[Khaled Ballan|Ballan]] {{goal|45+1}}
| stadium = [[Khalifa Sports City Stadium|Isa Town Stadium]], [[Isa Town]]
| attendance =
| referee = Yousef Al-Suwaidan ([[Kuwait Football Association|Kuwait]])
}}

{{football box
| date = 3 April 1970
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}
| score = 3–1
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20070113142522/http://www.gulfcup.com/soccer/matches/matcha.php?match_id=41&period=1
| team2 = {{fb|BHR|1932}}
| goals1 = [[Jawad Khalaf|Khalaf]] {{goal}}<br />[[Mohammed Al-Masoud|Al-Masoud]] {{goal}}<br />[[Mahmoud Diksin|Diksin]] {{goal}}
| goals2 = [[Yousef Ameen|Ameen]] {{goal}}
| stadium = [[Khalifa Sports City Stadium|Isa Town Stadium]], [[Isa Town]]
| attendance =
| referee = Abdeen Ibrahim ([[Sudan Football Association|Sudan]])
}}

===Result===
{{winners|fb|1st Arabian Gulf Cup winners|Kuwait|First}}

==Statistics==

===Goalscorers===
{{Goalscorers
|goals=19 |matches=6

|3 goals=
*{{fbicon|KUW}} [[Mohammed Al-Masoud]]
*{{fbicon|KUW}} [[Jawad Khalaf]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|KUW}} [[Mahmoud Diksin]]
*{{fbicon|QAT|1949}} [[Khaled Ballan]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|BHR|1932}} [[Yousef Ameen]]
*{{fbicon|BHR|1932}} [[Ahmed Salmeen]]
*{{fbicon|BHR|1932}} [[Hassan Zulaikh]]
*{{fbicon|KUW}} [[Farouq Ibrahim]]
*{{fbicon|KUW}} [[Khalaf Sattam]]
*{{fbicon|QAT|1949}} [[Sulaiman Almas]]
*{{fbicon|QAT|1949}} [[Mubarak Faraj]]
*{{fbicon|KSA|1938}} [[Mohammad S. Abdeli|Mohammed Saad Al-Abdali]]
*{{fbicon|KSA|1938}} [[Alnoor Mousa]]
}}

===Awards===
;Player of the Tournament<ref name="awards">{{cite web |title=اللوحة الشرفية للمنتخبات ابطال دورات الخليج واصحاب الالقاب |url=http://search.al-jazirah.com.sa/FLASHPDFARCH/2002/JAN2002/09-01-2002-10695/10695-02101.jpg}}</ref>
*{{fbicon|QAT|1949}} [[Khaled Ballan]]

;Top Scorer<ref name="awards" />
*{{fbicon|KUW}} [[Mohammed Al-Masoud]] (3 goals)
*{{fbicon|KUW}} [[Jawad Khalaf]] (3 goals)

;Goalkeeper of the Tournament<ref name="awards" />
*{{fbicon|KSA|1938}} [[Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi]]

==References==
<references />

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060205152645/http://gulfcup.com/ Official Site (Arabic)]
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gulf70.html RSSSF site]

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