1988 Gulf Cup of Nations

1988 Gulf Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
Dates 2 March – 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 1988 Gulf Cup of Nations or Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي), was the 9th edition of this tournament. It was held between March 2 and March 18, 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 21. 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 10642081+7
 United Arab Emirates 8632174+3
 Saudi Arabia 6623154+1
 Bahrain 66303440
 Kuwait 46123341
 Qatar 46123484
 Oman 36114396

March 3, 1988
Kuwait  1 1  Qatar


March 4, 1988
Iraq  1 1  Oman
Ali Hussein Shihab  50' Nasser Hamdan  36'



March 7, 1988
Bahrain  2 0  Oman


March 8, 1988
Iraq  1 0  Kuwait
Ahmad Radhi  39'



March 10, 1988
Oman  2 1  Qatar


March 13, 1988
Iraq  3 0  Qatar
Habib Jaafar  58'
Ahmad Radhi  80'  81'


March 14, 1988
Kuwait  2 0  Oman


March 16, 1988
Bahrain  1 0  Qatar



March 17, 1988
Iraq  1 0  Bahrain
Laith Hussein  49'

Result

 1988 Gulf Cup of Nations Winners 

Iraq
Third title

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