15th Arabian Gulf Cup

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15th Arabian Gulf Cup
File:15th Arabian Gulf Cup Logo.png
Tournament details
Host country Saudi Arabia
Dates 16–30 January
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 33 (2.2 per match)
Attendance 355,898 (23,727 per match)
Top scorer(s) Oman Hani Al-Dhabit (5 goals)
1998

The 15th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎‎)[1] was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in January 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 5 4 1 0 10 3 +7 13
 Qatar 5 4 0 1 7 4 +3 12
 Kuwait 5 1 2 2 4 6 −2 5
 Bahrain 5 1 2 2 4 6 −2 5
 Oman 5 1 1 3 5 7 −2 4
 United Arab Emirates 5 1 0 4 3 7 −4 3

Results

16 January 2002
Saudi Arabia  1–1  Kuwait

17 January 2002
United Arab Emirates  1–0  Oman

17 January 2002
Qatar  1–0  Bahrain

19 January 2002
Kuwait  1–3  Oman

20 January 2002
United Arab Emirates  0–2  Qatar

20 January 2002
Saudi Arabia  3–1  Bahrain

22 January 2002
Kuwait  0–0  Bahrain

24 January 2002
Oman  1–2  Qatar

26 January 2002
Kuwait  0–1  Qatar

27 January 2002
United Arab Emirates  1–2  Bahrain

27 January 2002
Saudi Arabia  2–0  Oman

29 January 2002
Kuwait  2–1  United Arab Emirates

30 January 2002
Bahrain  1–1  Oman

30 January 2002
Qatar  1–3  Saudi Arabia

Champions

 15th Arabian Gulf Cup winners 

Saudi Arabia
2nd title

References

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