15th Arabian Gulf Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	16–30 January
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	33 (2.2 per match)
Attendance	355,898 (23,727 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hani Al-Dhabit (5 goals)

The 15th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي)^[1] was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in January 2002.

The tournament was won by Saudi Arabia for the 2nd time.

Iraq continued to be banned from the tournament because of its invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Tournament

The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

Standings

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	5	4	1	0	10	3	+7	13
Qatar	5	4	0	1	7	4	+3	12
Kuwait	5	1	2	2	4	6	−2	5
Bahrain	5	1	2	2	4	6	−2	5
Oman	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
United Arab Emirates	5	1	0	4	3	7	−4	3

Results

16 January 2002

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Kuwait

17 January 2002

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Oman

17 January 2002

Qatar	1–0	Bahrain

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19 January 2002

Kuwait	1–3	Oman

20 January 2002

United Arab Emirates	0–2	Qatar

20 January 2002

Saudi Arabia	3–1	Bahrain

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22 January 2002

Kuwait	0–0	Bahrain

24 January 2002

Oman	1–2	Qatar

24 January 2002

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Saudi Arabia

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26 January 2002

Kuwait	0–1	Qatar

27 January 2002

United Arab Emirates	1–2	Bahrain

27 January 2002

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Oman

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29 January 2002

Kuwait	2–1	United Arab Emirates

30 January 2002

Bahrain	1–1	Oman

30 January 2002

Qatar	1–3	Saudi Arabia

Champions

15th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
Saudi Arabia 2nd title

References