1972 Gulf Cup of Nations
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The second Gulf Cup of Nations
was held in Saudi Arabia
, in March 1972.
The tournament was won by Kuwait
, claiming their second title.
Bahrain
also took part in the competition, but they walked off the field during their match against Saudi Arabia
to protest the officiating; they were subsequently ejected from the competition and their results were expunged.
2 The match was expunged after Bahrain were ejected from the competition.
Gulf Cup of Nations
The Gulf Cup of Nations , also known as Khaleeji followed by the edition of the games , is a football tournament currently held every two years rotating the host city every edition...
was held in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, in March 1972.
The tournament was won by Kuwait
Kuwait national football team
The Kuwait National Football Team is the national team of Kuwait and is controlled by the Kuwait Football Association. They made one World Cup Finals appearance, in 1982, managing a draw with Czechoslovakia but losing to England and France. During the match against France, France scored a goal...
, claiming their second title.
Bahrain
Bahrain national football team
The Bahrain national football team is the national team of the Kingdom of Bahrain and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association; it was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the finals of the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so...
also took part in the competition, but they walked off the field during their match against Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia national football team
Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...
to protest the officiating; they were subsequently ejected from the competition and their results were expunged.
Tournament
The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 0 |
Matches
1 The match was abandoned with Saudi Arabia leading 2-1 after Bahrain walked off the field to protest the officiating; Bahrain were subsequently ejected from the competition and their record was expunged.2 The match was expunged after Bahrain were ejected from the competition.