The 4th Arabian Gulf Cup () 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
TeamPrevious appearances in tournament 3 (1970, 1972, 1974) 0 (debut) 3 (1970, 1972, 1974) 1 (1974) (host) 3 (1970, 1972, 1974) 3 (1970, 1972, 1974) 2 (1972, 1974)
Venues Doha Khalifa Sports City Stadium Capacity: 20,000
Match officials Country Referee AlgeriaAbdelkader Oweis BahrainAbdulghaffar Al-Alwi IraqSobhi Adeeb KuwaitAbdulrahman Al-Bakr QatarTaleb BallanMubarak Waleed Saudi ArabiaAbdulrahman Al-Daham TunisiaHédi Saoudi TurkeySabahattin Ladikli United Arab EmiratesAbbas 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).
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Matches
Championship play-off Since Kuwait and Iraq finished level on both points and goal difference, a play-off match to decide the champion was required.
Winners
Statistics
Goalscorers
Awards Player of the Tournament Ali Kadhim
Top Scorer Jasem Yaqoub (9 goals)
Goalkeeper of the Tournament Hamood Sultan
References