The land played with its owners to win the Arabian Gulf Cup title in only nine editions, out of 25 in which the tournament was held, which began in its first edition in 1970, while the title went 16 times to one of the visiting teams.
The teams of Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq top the list of teams that won the title on home soil, and each of them has two titles, while the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman won one title on home soil.
The Bahrain national team is considered one of the teams that has won the title the most on its soil, as it hosted the tournament four times, three of which went to the Kuwaiti team, and one title went to the Emirati team. The Yemeni national team was also unable to win the title the only time it hosted the tournament in 2010.
The beginning of the earth’s smile for its owners was in the third edition, “Gulf 3,” which was held in Kuwait in 1974, and “Blue” was crowned with the participation of six teams.
The Iraqi national team also won the “Gulf 5” title at home in 1979. Seven teams participated in this tournament, and the Iraqi national team was able to win the title after winning all its matches. It also inflicted the first defeat on the Kuwaiti national team since the start of the Gulf tournaments, with three goals to one. . The Kuwaiti team returned to benefit from the ground factor again and won the title in the “Gulf 10”, as the cup was held in Kuwait in 1990.
In the 11th edition of the tournament, which was held in Qatar in 1992, Al-Annabi won the title for the first time in its history.
During the “Gulf 15” edition, which was held in Saudi Arabia in 2002, the Saudi Greens won the title.
The first Emirati title was at home in “Gulf 18” in 2007, after defeating the Oman national team in the final match with a free goal scored by Ismail Matar.
In the “Gulf 19” edition, which was held in 2009 in Amman, the Omani team won the title and succeeded in its first coronation at the expense of the Saudi team on penalties, and the Iraqi team was crowned with the “Gulf 25” title in 2023 for the second time it hosted the tournament, after its exciting victory over His Omani counterpart 3-2 in the final match, which was held at Basra International Stadium, and extended into two additional periods.
Over the past 25 editions, the teams of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain hosted four editions each, while the UAE and Oman hosted the tournament three times each, and twice for Iraq, while Yemen hosted one edition in 2010.
The Kuwaiti team tops the list of teams with the most titles, with 10 titles, followed by the Iraqi team, with four titles, while the Saudi and Qatari teams hold three titles in their records, two titles for each of the Emirates and Oman, and one title for Bahrain, while the Yemeni team did not achieve any title.
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