1976 Golf Cup

The fourth edition of the Golf Cup took place from March 26 to April 15, 1976 in the Qatari capital Doha . All games were played at the Khalifa Olympic Stadium . The defending champion Kuwait won .

Attendees

• Qatar
• Kuwait
• Bahrain
• Iraq
• Oman
• Saudi Arabia
• United Arab Emirates

mode

The seven teams all competed against each other, the team with the most points won the tournament, should there be a tie between two teams after six match days, a playoff had to determine the winner (direct comparison and goal difference did not apply).

Games

First game day

March 25, 1976
Qatar	-	Saudi Arabia	1-0	Referee: Subhi Adeeb ( Iraq )	1-0 Salman Al-Mas (20th)
March 25, 1976
Iraq	-	Oman	4-0	Referee: Abdul-Raham Al-Daham ( Saudi Arabia )	1-0 Falah Hassan (33rd), 2-0 Ali Kadhim (68th), 3-0 Hassani Alwan (69th), 4-0 Ali Kadhim (80th)
March 25, 1976
Bahrain	-	UAE	3: 2	Referee: Abdul-Rahman Al-Baqar ( Kuwait )	1: 0 Mohammed Bahralam (49th), 2-0 Mohammed Bahralam (68th), 2: 1 Jassim Abdullah (77th), 3: 1 Jassim Al-Dawudi (80th), 3: 2 Salim Boushlim (88th) )

Second game day

March 27, 1976
Kuwait	-	Qatar	4-0	Referee: Subhi Adeeb ( Iraq )	1-0 Jassim Yaqoub (26th), 2-0 Faisal ad-Dachil (36th), 3-0 Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari (46th), 4-0 Jassim Yaqoub (63rd)
March 27, 1976
Saudi Arabia	-	UAE	2-0	Referee: Abdul-Ghafur Al-Hilwi ( Bahrain )	1-0 Hamid Subhi (22nd), 2-0 Mohammed Al-Mughnam (55th)
March 27, 1976
Iraq	-	Bahrain	4: 1	Referee: Abdul-Rahman Al-Baqar ( Kuwait )	1: 0 Kadhim Waal (11th), 2: 0 Falah Hassan (23rd), 2: 1 Ibrahim Zuwid (39th), 3: 1 Sabah Abdul-Jalil (50th), 4: 1 Ali Kadhim (65th) )

Third game day

March 29, 1976
Kuwait	-	Oman	8-0	Referee: Talib Balan ( Qatar )	1-0 Faisal ad-Dachil (16th), 2-0 Hussein Mohammed (17th), 3-0 Jassim Yaqoub (22nd), 4-0 Jassim Yaqoub (33rd), 5-0 Jassim Yaqoub (49th) ), 6: 0 Jassim Yaqoub (59th), 7: 0 Faisal ad-Dachil (74th), 8: 0 Farouq Ibrahim (87th)
March 29, 1976
Iraq	-	Saudi Arabia	7: 1	Referee: Hédi Saoudi ( Tunisia )	1-0 Kadhim Waal (3rd), 2-0 Sabah Abdul-Jalil (6th), 3-0 Falah Hassan (25th), 4-0 Ali Kadhim (45th), 5-0 Ali Kadhim (60th) ), 6: 0 Ali Kadhim (68th, penalty), 6: 1 Ali Kadhim (82nd), 7: 1 Ahmed Subhi (89th)
March 29, 1976
Qatar	-	UAE	3: 1	Referee: Abdul-Rahman Al-Baqar ( Kuwait )	1-0 Mansour Muftah (1st), 2-0 Saif Al-Hajari (2nd), 3-0 Salman Al-Mas (29th), 3: 1 Rajib Abdul-Rahman (59th)

Fourth matchday

April 1, 1976
Bahrain	-	Oman	1-0	Referee: Subhi Adeeb ( Iraq )	1: 0 Mohammed Al-Bahralm (60th)
April 1, 1976
Iraq	-	Qatar	0-0	Referee: Hédi Saoudi ( Tunisia )	-
April 1, 1976
Kuwait	-	UAE	0-0	Referee: Mubarak Walid ( Qatar )	-

Fifth game day

April 3, 1976
Qatar	-	Oman	4: 1	Referee: Subhi Adeeb ( Iraq )	1: 0 Mansour Muftah (2nd), 2: 0 Salman Al-Mas (3rd), 2: 1 Hamad Harb , 3: 1 Ahmed Omar Fastaq (49th), 4: 1?
April 3, 1976
Kuwait	-	Bahrain	5: 2	Referee: Hédi Saoudi ( Tunisia )	1: 0 Jassim Yaqoub (9th), 2: 0 Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari (15th), 2: 1 Johar Al-Mas (40th) 2: 2 Johar Al-Mas (42nd), 3: 2 Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari (43.), 4: 2 Saud Bohammed (68.), 5: 2 Faisal ad-Dachil (90.)
April 3, 1976
Iraq	-	UAE	4-0	Referee: Abdul-Kadir Oweis ( Algeria )	1-0 Ali Hussein Mahmoud (11th), 2-0 Ali Kadhim (34th, penalty), 3-0 Sabah Abdul-Jalil , 4-0 Mejbil Fartous (44th)

Sixth matchday

April 5th 1976
Bahrain	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 1	Referee: Sabahaddin Ladokli ( Turkey )	0: 1 Sultan Bin Nassib (11th), 1: 1 Sultan Bashir (51st), 2: 1 Mohammed Bahralam (80th)
April 5th 1976
Iraq	-	Kuwait	2: 2	Referee: Abdul-Kadir Oweis ( Algeria )	1: 0 Sabah Abdul-Jalil (46th), 2: 0 Ali Kadhim (49th), 2: 1 Jassim Yaqoub (55th), 2: 2 Faisal ad-Dachil (56th)
April 5th 1976
Qatar	-	Bahrain	3-0	Referee: Subhi Adeeb ( Iraq )	1-0 Mansour Muftah (56th), 2-0 Mansour Muftah (57th) 3-0 Ahmed Omar Fastaq (90th)

Seventh game day

April 7, 1976
UAE	-	Oman	1: 1	Referee: Mubarak Walid ( Qatar )	1: 0 Awoth Mubarak (6th), 1: 1 Muslim Al-Hilwi (23rd)
April 7, 1976
Kuwait	-	Saudi Arabia	3: 1	Referee: Abdul-Kadir Oweis ( Algeria )	1-0 Faisal ad-Dachil (10th), 2-0 Faisal ad-Dachil (27th), 2: 1 Khalid Suroor (46th), 3: 1 Jassim Yaqoub (63rd)
April 9, 1979
Saudi Arabia	-	Oman	3: 1	Referee: Abbas Hassan ( United Arab Emirates )	1: 0 Mohammed Al-Mughnam (3rd), 1: 1 Mohammed Al-Mughnam (5th), 2: 1 Khalid Souror (19th), 3: 1 Issa Khalifa (82nd)

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Points
1.	Kuwait	22: 5	10
2.	Iraq	21: 4	10
3.	Qatar	11: 6	9
4th	Bahrain	9:15	6th
5.	Saudi Arabia	8:14	4th
6th	UAE	4:13	2
7th	Oman	3:21	1

Playoff Kuwait - Iraq 4: 2 (3: 1)

Kuwait		Iraq
	April 11, 1976 in Doha ( Khalifa Olympic Stadium ) Referee: Hédi Saoudi ( Tunisia )
	Ahmed Al-Trabalsi , Ridha Maarfi , Ibrahim Dirhim , Mahboub Jumaa , Hussein Mohammed , Saad Al-Houti , Hamad Bohamad , Farouq Ibrahim , Faisal ad-Dachil , Jassim Yaqoub , Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari Trainer: Mário Zagallo ( Brazil )	Raad Hammoudi , Mejbil Fartous , Hassan Farhan , Rahim Karim , Mohammed Tabra , Hadi Ahmed ( Douglas Aziz ), Hassani Alwan , Sabah Abdil-Jalil ( Ali Hussein Mahmoud ), Ahmed Subhi , Falah Hassan , Ali Kadhim Trainer: Danny McLennan ( Scotland )
	1: 0 Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari (8th) 2: 1 Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari (25th) 3: 1 Jassim Yaqoub (31st) 4: 2 Abdul-Aziz Al-Anbari (90th)	1: 1 Ahmed Subhi (9th) 3: 2 Ahmed Subhi (50th)

statistics

• Top players : Ali Khadim (Iraq) and Khalid Al-Turki (Saudi Arabia)
• Best goalkeepers : Hamood Sultan (Bahrain) and Ahmed Tarbalsi (Kuwait)
• Best Defender : Mejbil Fartous (Iraq)
• Best Midfielder : Khalid Al-Turki (Saudi Arabia)
• Best striker : Ali Kadhim (Iraq)
• Team of the tournament : Ahmed Tarbalsi (Kuwait) - Mejbil Fartous (Iraq), Mohammed Tabra (Iraq), Abdullah Maayof (Kuwait), Suliman Kashmir (Qatar) - Farouq Ibrahim (Kuwait), Hamad Bohamad (Kuwait), Khalid Al-Turki (Saudi Arabia), Sabah Abdul-Jalil (Iraq) - Faisal ad-Dachil (Kuwait), Jassim Yacoub (Kuwait), Falah Hassan (Iraq), Ali Kadhim (Iraq)

Best goal scorers

Surname	country	Gates
Jassim Yacoub	Kuwait	9
Ali Khadim	Iraq	8th
Faisal ad-Dachil	Kuwait	7th
Abdulaziz Al-Anberi	Kuwait	6th
Mansour Muftah	Qatar	5

Web links

• Gulf Cup 1976 (in Qatar) (English)