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9th Arabian Gulf Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	2–18 March
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (3rd title)
Runners-up	United Arab Emirates
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	Bahrain

The 9th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي) was the 9th edition of this tournament. It was held from 2 to 18 March 1988, in Saudi Arabia. It was the second time after 1972 that Saudi Arabia hosted this regional football tournament. The tournament was won by Iraq. It was the third title for Iraq after having won the tournament 1979 in Baghdad and 1984 in Muscat.

All games were played at the newly built King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. The stadium was built to host the 1988 Gulf Cup and the FIFA World Youth Championship one year later.

Having scored four goals each, Ahmed Radhi from Iraq and Zuhair Bakhit from the UAE shared the top-scorer award. Habib Jaafar (Iraq) was voted as best player, Oman's goalkeeper Yousif Obaid won the best-goalkeeper-award.

Oman achieved their first victory in the Gulf Cup tournament after beating Qatar 2–1. Before so, the Oman had failed to win a single match in the 14 years prior.

Matches

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	10	6	4	2	0	8	1	+7
United Arab Emirates	8	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3
Saudi Arabia	7	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1
Bahrain	6	6	3	0	3	4	4	0
Kuwait	4	6	1	2	3	3	4	−1
Qatar	4	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4
Oman	3	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6

Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	Oman

Kuwait	1 – 1	Qatar

United Arab Emirates	2 – 0	Bahrain

Iraq	1 – 1	Oman
Shihab 50'		Nasser Hamdan 36'

Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	Qatar

United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Kuwait

Bahrain	2 – 0	Oman

Qatar	2 – 1	United Arab Emirates

Iraq	1 – 0	Kuwait
Radhi 39'

Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Bahrain
Majed Abdullah 80'

United Arab Emirates	0 – 0	Iraq

Oman	2 – 1	Qatar

Bahrain	1 – 0	Kuwait

Iraq	3 – 0	Qatar
Jafar 58' Radhi 80' 81'

Saudi Arabia	2 – 2	United Arab Emirates

Kuwait	2 – 0	Oman

Iraq	2 – 0	Saudi Arabia
Radhi 59' Gorgis 72'

Bahrain	1 – 0	Qatar

United Arab Emirates	1 – 0	Oman

Saudi Arabia	0 – 0	Kuwait

Iraq	1 – 0	Bahrain
Hussein 49'

Result

9th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
Iraq Third title

References

1. "الموقع الدائم لكأس الخليج العربي". Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

External links

• Official Site (Arabic)

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Category:Arabian Gulf Cup

• Arabian Gulf Cup
• International association football competitions hosted by Saudi Arabia
• 1988 in Asian football
• 1987–88 in Iraqi football
• 1987–88 in Saudi Arabian football
• 1987–88 in Emirati football
• 1987–88 in Kuwaiti football
• 1987–88 in Qatari football
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