# 4th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 4th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الرابعة) was the fourth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar and was won by the three-time defending champions Kuwait. The tournament took place between 26 March and 15 April 1976. All matches were played at the Khalifa Sports City Stadium.
Iraq took part in the competition for the first time. Both Iraq and Kuwait finished level on points and goal difference in the round-robin group stage; thus, a play-off final was held to determine the champion. Kuwait defeated Iraq 4–2 in the final to win their fourth title in a row.
The number of teams was increased from six to seven and the format of the competition was changed back to the original format used in 1970 and 1972.

## Teams

| Team | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Bahrain | 3 (1970, 1972, 1974) |
| Iraq | 0 (debut) |
| Kuwait | 3 (1970, 1972, 1974) |
| Oman | 1 (1974) |
| Qatar (host) | 3 (1970, 1972, 1974) |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 (1970, 1972, 1974) |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 (1972, 1974) |
* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

## Venues

| Doha | Doha |
| Doha | Khalifa Sports City Stadium |
| Doha | Capacity: 20,000 |

## Match officials

| Country | Referee |
| Algeria | Abdelkader Oweis |
| Bahrain | Abdulghaffar Al-Alwi |
| Iraq | Sobhi Adeeb |
| Kuwait | Abdulrahman Al-Bakr |
| Qatar | Taleb Ballan |
| Qatar | Mubarak Waleed |
| Saudi Arabia | Abdulrahman Al-Daham |
| Tunisia | Hédi Saoudi |
| Turkey | Sabahattin Ladikli |
| United Arab Emirates | Abbas Hassan |

## Tournament

The seven 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).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Kuwait | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | +17 | 10 |
| Iraq | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 10 |
| Qatar | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 9 |
| Bahrain | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 2 |
| Oman | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 1 |

### Championship play-off

Since both Kuwait and Iraq finished level on points and goal difference, a play-off final was held between the two sides to determine the champion.

### Winners

* 4th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
* Kuwait Fourth title

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 84 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match.
9 goals
* Jasem Yaqoub
8 goals
* Ali Kadhim
* Faisal Al-Dakhil
6 goals
* Abdulaziz Al-Anberi
5 goals
* Mansour Muftah
4 goals
* Sabah Abdul-Jalil
* Mohammed Buhram
3 goals
* Falah Hassan
* Ahmed Subhi
* Sulaiman Almas
* Khaled Suroor
2 goals
* Kadhim Waal
* Ahmed Omar
* Mohammed Al-Mughnem
1 goal
* Jassem Al-Dawoodi
* Jawhar Almas
* Sultan Bashir
* Khalil Shuwaier
* Ibrahim Zowayed
* Ali Hussein Mahmoud
* Mejbel Fartous
* Saud Bohamoud
* Farouq Ibrahim
* Hussain Mohammed
* Mubarak Al-Alawi
* Muslem Al-Alawi
* Hamad Harib
* Saif Al-Hajri
* Eissa Khalifa
* Sultan bin Naseeb
* Hamed Sobhi
* Jassem Abdullah
* Rajab Abdulrahman
* Salem Boshanain
* Awadh Mubarak
1 own goal
* Ali Nasser (against Iraq)

### Awards
#### Player of the Tournament

* Ali Kadhim

#### Top Scorer

* Jasem Yaqoub (9 goals)

#### Goalkeeper of the Tournament

* Hamood Sultan