Soccer World Cup 1982 / Kuwait

This article covers the Kuwaiti national team at the 1982 World Cup in Spain .

qualification

Kuwait went into the qualification as the newly crowned Asian champion and was the biggest favorite for one of the two World Cup places. In the first round, the Kuwaitis could easily prevail against vice Asian champions South Korea , Malaysia and Thailand and qualified for the second round of qualification.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Kuwait	12: 0	6-0
2	South Korea	7: 4	4: 2
3	Malaysia	3: 8	1: 5
4th	Thailand	3:13	1: 5

Kuwait	-	Thailand	6: 0 (4: 0)
Kuwait	-	Malaysia	4: 0 (2: 0)
Kuwait	-	South Korea	2: 0 (0: 0)

The Kuwaitis remained strong in the second round of qualification and only lost their away game against China . Their first World Cup participation was secured by a 2-2 draw against New Zealand on the last day of the match.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Kuwait	8: 6	9: 3
2	New Zealand	11: 6	7: 5
3	China	9: 4	7: 5
4th	Saudi Arabia	4:16	1:11

New Zealand	-	Kuwait	1: 2 (1: 0)
China	-	Kuwait	3: 0 (2: 0)
Saudi Arabia	-	Kuwait	0: 1 (0: 0)
Kuwait	-	China	1: 0 (0: 0)
Kuwait	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 0 (1: 0)
Kuwait	-	New Zealand	2: 2 (1: 0)

Kuwaiti contingent

number	Surname	Current club	Year of birth	Sp.	goal	red	yellow
goalkeeper
1	Ahmad at-Tarabulsi	Kuwait Army	1947	3	0	0	0
22nd	Jasim Bahman	Al-Arabi	1960	0	0	0	0
21st	Adam Madschram	Kazma SC	1958	0	0	0	0
Defense
15th	Sami al-hashish	Al-Arabi	1959	0	0	0	0
5	Walid Mubarak	Kuwait Army	1960	3	0	0	0
4th	Jamal al-Qabandi	Kazma SC	1959	0	0	0	0
13	Mubarak Marzuq	Al-Tadhamon	1961	0	0	0	0
14th	Abdullah Ma'yuf	Kazma SC	1954	3	0	0	0
3	Mahmud Mubarak	Al-Salmiya	1956	3	0	0	0
2	Na'im Sa'd	Al-Tadhamon	1957	3	0	0	1
17th	Hamud ash-Shammari	Kazma SC	1960	2	0	0	0
midfield
8th	Abdullah al-Bulushi	Al-Arabi	1960	3	1	0	0
11	Nasir al-Ghanim	Kazma SC	1961	0	0	0	0
6th	Sa'd al-Huti	Kuwait Army	1955	3	0	0	0
12	Yusif as-Suwayid	Kazma SC	1959	1	0	0	0
18th	Muhammad Karam	Al-Arabi	1955	2	0	0	0
attack
20th	Abdulaziz al-Buluschi	Al-Arabi	1957	0	0	0	0
19th	Mu'ayad Rahyam Aliyan	Kazma SC	1958	0	0	0	0
10	Abdulaziz al-Anbari	Kuwait Army	1954	3	0	0	1
16	Faisal ad-Dachil	Al-Qadisiyah	1957	3	1	0	0
7th	Fathi Kamil Marzuq	Al-Tadhamon	1955	3	0	0	1
9	Jasim Ya'qub Sultan	Al-Qadisiyah	1953	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Carlos Alberto Parreira ( coach )		02/27/1943

Kuwaiti Games

As a newcomer to the World Cup, Kuwait was drawn into group three together with the European teams from England , France and Czechoslovakia .

In the first game the Kuwaitis managed a 1-1 draw against the ČSSR. Antonín Panenka had initially shot the Eastern Europeans in the lead, but Faisal ad-Dachil was able to equalize after an hour.

In the game against France, one of the most memorable moments of the tournament came: When the French scored their fourth goal at 3-1, the Kuwaiti Sheikh Fahid al-Ahmad as-Sabah stormed the field and threatened to abandon the game if the goal was not canceled becomes. After a long discussion, the referee gave in. Shortly thereafter, Maxime Bossis scored the fourth goal again and France finally won 4-1. Kuwait also lost their last game against England 1-0 to a Trevor Francis goal .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	England	3	3	0	0	006: 100	+5	06-00
2.	France	3	1	1	1	006: 500	+1	03: 30
3.	Czechoslovakia	3	0	2	1	002: 400	−2	02: 40
4th	Kuwait	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01: 50

Kuwait	-	Czechoslovakia	1: 1 (0: 1)
France	-	Kuwait	4: 1 (2: 0)
Kuwait	-	England	0: 1 (0: 1)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Royal "speedster" ( Memento from June 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )