15th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 15th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي)[1] was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in January 2002.

15th Arabian Gulf Cup
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates16 – 30 January
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored33 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hani Al-Dhabit (5 goals)
King Fahd International Stadium was Hosts Second Time, 1988 and 2002

The tournament was won by Saudi Arabia for the 2nd time.

Iraq continued to be banned from the tournament because of its invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Tournament

The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 5410103+713
 Qatar 540174+312
 Kuwait 512246−25
 Bahrain 512246−25
 Oman 511357−24
 United Arab Emirates 510437−43

Results

Saudi Arabia 1–1 Kuwait
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Oman
Qatar 1–0 Bahrain

Kuwait 1–3 Oman
United Arab Emirates 0–2 Qatar
Saudi Arabia 3–1 Bahrain

Kuwait 0–0 Bahrain
Oman 1–2 Qatar
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Saudi Arabia

Kuwait 0–1 Qatar
United Arab Emirates 1–2 Bahrain
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Oman

Kuwait 2–1 United Arab Emirates
Bahrain 1–1 Oman
Qatar 1–3 Saudi Arabia

Champions

 15th Arabian Gulf Cup Winners 

Saudi Arabia
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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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