15th Arabian Gulf Cup

15th Arabian Gulf Cup

Arabian Gulf Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	16-30 January
Venue(s)	King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	33 (2.2 per match)
Attendance	355,898 (23,727 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hani Al-Dhabit (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Jafal Rashed
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King Fahd International Stadium was Hosts Second Time, 1988 and 2002

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

The tournament was won by Saudi Arabia for the second 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
Sami Al-Jaber 16'		Al-Huwaidi 49'

17 January 2002

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Oman
Haider Alo Ali 12'

17 January 2002

Qatar	1–0	Bahrain
Adel Jadoua 64'

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19 January 2002

Kuwait	1–3	Oman
Al-Huwaidi 80'		Hani Al-Dhabit 66' 71' 93'

20 January 2002

United Arab Emirates	0–2	Qatar
		Jafal Rashed 35' Yasser Nazmi 83'

20 January 2002

Saudi Arabia	3–1	Bahrain
Al-Hasan Al-Yami 14' 32' Sami Al-Jaber 91'		Rashad Jamal 62'

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22 January 2002

Kuwait	0–0	Bahrain

24 January 2002

Oman	1–2	Qatar

24 January 2002

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Saudi Arabia
		Abdullah Al-Jumaan 3'

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26 January 2002

Kuwait	0–1	Qatar

27 January 2002

United Arab Emirates	1–2	Bahrain

27 January 2002

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Oman

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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