2nd Arabian Gulf Cup
Introduction The '''2nd Arabian Gulf Cup''' () was the second edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was won by defending champions Kuwait for the second time. The tournament took place between 16 and 28 March 1972.Kuwait won their second consecutive title, edging out Saudi Arabia on goal difference after both nations finished with equal points. This was the first instance of the title being decided by goal difference.United Arab Emirates made their debut in the competition and finished third. Bahrain withdrew after walking off the field, during the final match of the tournament, against Saudi Arabia to protest the officiating. They were subsequently ejected from the competition and their results were expunged.
Teams  TeamPrevious appearances in tournament    1 (1970)    1 ('''1970''')    1 (1970)  (host)  1 (1970)    0 (debut)
Venues   Riyadh Youth Welfare Stadium in Al-Malaz Capacity: '''27,000'''
Match officials  Country Referee BahrainIbrahim Al-Doy EgyptMohamed Diab Al-Attar KuwaitJaber Al-Jalahemah Saudi ArabiaAbdulrahman Al-Daham SudanAbdeen Ibrahim
Tournament The four teams in the tournament played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner. ''All times are local, AST (UTC+3). ''TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts3210142+12'''5'''3210102+8'''5'''3102111–10'''2'''3003010–10'''0'''0000000'''0'''===Matches===----------------''Note: The match was abandoned after 60 minutes after Bahrain walked off the field to protest the officiating. Bahrain were subsequently ejected from the competition and their record was expunged. ''===Result===
Statistics ===Goalscorers======Awards===;Player of the Tournament* Farouq Ibrahim;Top Scorer* Saeed Ghurab (5 goals);Goalkeeper of the Tournament* Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi
References
External links *  Official Site (Arabic)