14th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 14th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي) was held in Bahrain, in October and November 1998. Kuwait won the tournament for the 9th time.

14th Arabian Gulf Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Dates	30 October – 12 November
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	40 (2.67 per match)

Iraq continued to be banned from the tournament over the 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
Kuwait	5	4	0	1	18	5	+13	12
Saudi-Arabien	5	3	2	0	5	2	+3	11
Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	5	2	1	2	5	7	−2	7
Oman	5	1	1	3	6	12	−6	4
Bahrain	5	0	3	2	3	6	−3	3
Katar	5	0	3	2	3	8	−5	3

Results

30 October 1998

Bahrain	0–1	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

31 October 1998

Kuwait	1–2	Saudi-Arabien

31 October 1998

Oman	2–1	Katar

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2 November 1998

Kuwait	6–2	Katar

2 November 1998

Saudi-Arabien	1–1	Bahrain

3 November 1998

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	3–2	Oman

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5 November 1998

Katar	0–0	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

5 November 1998

Oman	0–1	Saudi-Arabien

6 November 1998

Bahrain	0–2	Kuwait

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8 November 1998

Katar	0–0	Bahrain

8 November 1998

Saudi-Arabien	1–0	Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

9 November 1998

Oman	0–5	Kuwait

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11 November 1998

Katar	0–0	Saudi-Arabien

12 November 1998

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate	1–4	Kuwait

12 November 1998

Bahrain	2–2	Oman

Champions

14th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
Kuwait 9th title