Arabian Gulf Cup

Arabian Gulf Cup
Organising body	Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation
Founded	1970
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Iraq; (4th title)
Most successful team(s)	Kuwait; (10 titles)
Website	agcff.com
	26th Arabian Gulf Cup

The Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي, Kaʾs al-Khalīj al-ʿArabī),^[1]^[2]^[3] often referred to simply as the Gulf Cup,^[4]^[5]^[6] is a biennial association football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nations. The history of the competition has also seen it held every three to four years due to political or organisational problems.^[7] The reigning champions are Iraq, having won their fourth title at the 25th edition, as hosts, held in 2023.

History

The idea for the tournament was established at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the first Arabian Gulf Cup took place in 1970 which was won by Kuwait. Kuwait has been the most successful team in the tournament's history, winning 10 tournaments out of 25 in total, followed by Iraq with four titles, and Saudi Arabia and Qatar with three titles each. The current champions are Iraq, who defeated Oman in 2023 to win their fourth title.

Developments

A major point that helped Qatar improve the competition was that Al Jazeera Sports, the leading sports channel in Western Asia, and North Africa is based in Doha. Al Jazeera Sports won broadcasting rights to the 2004, and exclusively in the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup in 2009^[8]^[9] and dramatically reformed the Arabian Gulf Cup by hosting numerous talk shows and documentaries, on top of filming in HD and perfecting camerawork of matches.^[10]

The tournament marked the presence of some of the most influential personalities of the football world, including FIFA President, Sepp Blatter,^[11] and UEFA president, Michel Platini.^[12]^[13] The FIFA Executive Committee has also put on their October 4, 2013 meeting agenda to hear the proposal for the Arabian Gulf Cup to be included in the international match calendar.^[14]

Political and security issues

From 1990 to 2003, Iraq was banned due to the Gulf War.^[15]

The 21st Arabian Gulf Cup in 2013 was originally scheduled to be hosted in the city of Basra, Iraq, but was moved to Bahrain in October 2011 to ensure that Iraq could suitably host the competition in the 22nd edition.^[16]

The 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup was also shifted after concerns of preparation and security.^[17]

Likewise, the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup was also originally scheduled to be held in Basra, Iraq, with an official decision set to be made in February 2015. On 2 February 2015, the Iraqi Ministry of Youth announced that Iraq would not host the competition due to a financial crisis in Iraq.^[18]^[19]

In 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. In July 2019, the AGCFF announced that the 24th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup would be held in the Qatari capital of Doha. In October 2019, the three countries announced they would not participate in the competition.^[20] However, later in November 2019, the three countries agreed to take part and the draw for the tournament was re-made.^[21]

Results

Edition	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place match or losing semi-finalists
Edition	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1st Details	1970	Bahrain	Kuwait	round-robin	Bahrain	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Qatar
2nd Details	1972	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait	round-robin	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	round-robin	Qatar
3rd Details	1974	Kuwait	Kuwait	4–0	Saudi Arabia	Qatar	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p.)	United Arab Emirates
4th Details	1976	Qatar	Kuwait	4–2	Iraq	Qatar	round-robin	Bahrain
5th Details	1979	Iraq	Iraq	round-robin	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Bahrain
6th Details	1982	United Arab Emirates	Kuwait	round-robin	Bahrain	United Arab Emirates	round-robin	Saudi Arabia
7th Details	1984	Oman	Iraq	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p.)	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	United Arab Emirates
8th Details	1986	Bahrain	Kuwait	round-robin	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Qatar
9th Details	1988	Saudi Arabia	Iraq	round-robin	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Bahrain
10th Details	1990	Kuwait	Kuwait	round-robin	Qatar	Bahrain	round-robin	Oman
11th Details	1992	Qatar	Qatar	round-robin	Bahrain	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	United Arab Emirates
12th Details	1994	United Arab Emirates	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	United Arab Emirates	Bahrain	round-robin	Qatar
13th Details	1996	Oman	Kuwait	round-robin	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	United Arab Emirates
14th Details	1998	Bahrain	Kuwait	round-robin	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	round-robin	Oman
15th Details	2002	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Qatar	Kuwait	round-robin	Bahrain
16th Details	2003–04	Kuwait	Saudi Arabia	round-robin	Bahrain	Qatar	round-robin	Oman
17th Details	2004	Qatar	Qatar	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p.)	Oman	Bahrain	3–1	Kuwait
18th Details	2007	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	1–0	Oman	Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
19th Details	2009	Oman	Oman	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p.)	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait and Qatar
20th Details	2010	Yemen	Kuwait	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Iraq and United Arab Emirates
21st Details	2013	Bahrain	United Arab Emirates	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Iraq	Kuwait	6–1	Bahrain
22nd Details	2014	Saudi Arabia	Qatar	2–1	Saudi Arabia	United Arab Emirates	1–0	Oman
23rd Details	2017–18	Kuwait	Oman	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p.)	United Arab Emirates	Bahrain and Iraq
24th Details	2019	Qatar	Bahrain	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Iraq and Qatar
25th Details	2023	Iraq	Iraq	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Oman	Bahrain and Qatar
26th Details	2024–25	Kuwait

Winners summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Semi-finalists (no 3rd Place Match)
Kuwait	10 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010)	1 (1979)	2 (2002, 2013)	1 (2004)	1 (2009)
Iraq	4 (1979, 1984, 1988, 2023)	2 (1976, 2013)	–	–	3 (2010, 2017–18, 2019)
Saudi Arabia	3 (1994, 2002*, 2003–04)	7 (1972, 1974, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019)	7 (1970, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1988*, 1992, 1996)	1 (1982)	1 (2007)
Qatar	3 (1992, 2004, 2014)	4 (1984, 1990, 1996, 2002)	2 (1976*, 2003–04)	5 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1994)	3 (2009, 2019*,2023)
United Arab Emirates	2 (2007*, 2013)	4 (1986, 1988, 1994*, 2017–18)	5 (1972, 1974, 1982*, 1998, 2014)	3 (1984, 1992, 1996)	1 (2010)
Oman	2 (2009*, 2017–18)	3 (2004, 2007, 2023)	–	4 (1990, 1998, 2003–04, 2014)	–
Bahrain	1 (2019)	4 (1970*, 1982, 1992, 2003–04)	3 (1990, 1994, 2004)	5 (1976, 1979, 1988, 2002, 2013*)	3 (2007, 2017–18, 2023)
Yemen	–	–	–	–	–

Note:

An asterisk (*) beside the year in the above table means that country hosted the tournament.

Participating nations

Team	1970	1972	1974	1976	1979	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2002	2003–04	2004	2007	2009	2010	2013	2014	2017–18	2019	2023	Total
Bahrain	2nd	WD	GS	4th	4th	2nd	GS	GS	4th	3rd	2nd	3rd	GS	GS	GS	2nd	3rd	SF	GS	GS	4th	GS	SF	1st	SF	25
UAE		3rd	4th	GS	GS	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd	GS	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	GS	GS	GS	1st	GS	SF	1st	3rd	2nd	GS	GS	24
Iraq				2nd	1st	WD	1st	GS	1st	WD							GS	GS	GS	SF	2nd	GS	SF	SF	1st	16
Kuwait	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	GS	1st	GS	1st	GS	GS	1st	1st	3rd	GS	4th	GS	SF	1st	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	25
Oman			GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	4th	GS	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	GS	GS	4th	1st	GS	2nd	23
Qatar	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	2nd	4th	GS	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	GS	2nd	3rd	1st	GS	SF	GS	GS	1st	GS	SF	SF	25
Saudi Arabia	3rd	2nd	2nd	GS	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd		3rd	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	GS	SF	2nd	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	2nd	GS	24
Yemen																GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	10
Total	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Legend:

#: Invitee
Red border: Host nation
Blank: Did not enter
TBD: To be determined
GS: Group stage
SF: Semi-finalists (No third place match)
WD: Withdrew

Note:

Iraq was banned from the competition from 1992 to 2003.
Yemen have not yet won the championship nor even won a single competitive game.
There were no third place play-offs for the Arabian Gulf Cup from 2007 to 2010 and from 2017–18 onwards.

Summary

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	24	112	57	25	30	166	106	+60	196
2	Kuwait	25	115	57	24	34	200	115	+85	195
3	Qatar	25	114	43	29	42	140	136	+4	158
4	United Arab Emirates	24	114	41	29	41	119	139	−20	152
5	Iraq	14	73	37	25	11	132	64	+68	136
6	Bahrain	24	107	32	34	41	113	135	−22	130
7	Oman	22	111	23	29	59	91	180	−89	98
8	Yemen	10	33	0	6	27	12	84	−72	6

Source:^[22]

Note:

1972 (Bahrain were ejected from the competition)
1982 (Iraq withdrew from the competition)
1990 (Iraq withdrew from the competition)

All-time goal records

All-time goal records by Tournaments:^[23]

Tournament	Games	Goals scored	Goals per game
1970	6	19	3.17
1972	6	25	4.17
1974	10	40	4.00
1976	22	84	3.82
1979	21	70	3.33
1982	15	38	2.53
1984	22	51	2.32
1986	21	53	2.52
1988	21	34	1.62
1990	10	21	2.10
1992	15	30	2.00
1994	15	34	2.27
1996	15	35	2.33
1998	15	40	2.67
2002	15	33	2.20
2003–04	21	46	2.19
2004	16	59	3.69
2007	15	34	2.27
2009	15	31	2.07
2010	15	30	2.00
2013	16	36	2.25
2014	16	33	2.06
2017–18	15	23	1.53
2019	15	45	3.00
2023	15	39	2.60

Kuwait reached 100 goals on 3 March 1988 vs Qatar
Kuwait reached 200 goals on 13 January 2023 vs Bahrain
Saudi Arabia reached 100 goals on 19 October 1996 vs Qatar
Qatar reached 100 goals on 16 December 2004 vs Oman
Iraq reached 100 goals on 2 December 2010 vs Kuwait
Bahrain reached 100 goals on 11 January 2013 vs Qatar
United Arab Emirates reached 100 goals on 11 January 2013 vs Oman

Does not include goals from annulled or abandoned games (1972 – Bahrain games, 1982 & 1990 Iraq games)

Includes 1974 preliminary round games

Does not include penalty shoot-out goals

All-time top scorers

Updated on 4 December 2019.

Rank	Player	Country	Goals
1	Jasem Yaqoub	Kuwait	18
2	Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	17
2	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	17
4	Jasem Al Huwaidi	Kuwait	14
4	Faisal Al-Dakhil	Kuwait	14
6	Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates	13
6	Mansour Muftah	Qatar	13
8	Bader Al-Mutawa	Kuwait	12
8	Yussef Al-Suwayed	Kuwait	12
10	Fahad Khamees	United Arab Emirates	10
	Mahmoud Soufi	Qatar	10
	Yasser Al-Qahtani	Saudi Arabia	10

Players in bold are still active

Golden boot history

Year	Player(s)	Goals scored
1970	Mohammed Masawd	3
1970	Jawad Khalif	3
1972	Hamad Bu Hamood	6
1974	Jasem Yaqoub	6
1976	Jasem Yaqoub	9
1979	Hussein Saeed	10
1982	Ebrahim Zwaeed	3
	Saleem Khalifa
	Yussif Swaid
	Majed Abdullah
1984	Hussain Saeed	7
1986	Fahad Khamees	6
1988	Zuhair Bukheet	4
1988	Ahmad Radhi	4
1990	Mohammed Ebrahim Hajeyah	5
1992	Mubarak Mustafa	3
1994	Fuad Anwar	4
1994	Mahmoud Soufi	4
1996	Mohammed Salem Al-Enazi	4
1998	Jasem Al Huwaidi	9
2002	Hani Al-Dhabit	5
2003–04	Talal Yousef	5
2004	Amad Al Hosni	4
2007	Ismail Matar	5
2009	Hassan Rabia	4
2010	Bader Al-Mutawa	3
2010	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	3
2013	Ahmed Khalil	3
2013	Abdulhadi Khamis	3
2014	Ali Mabkhout	5
2017–18	Ali Husni	2
	Ali Faez
	Jamal Rashid
	Almoez Ali
	Said Al-Ruzaiqi
2019	Ali Mabkhout	5
2023	Aymen Hussein	3
2023	Ibrahim Bayesh	3

Other records

Biggest win – 8 goals

Kuwait 8–0

Oman (29 March 1976)

Most goals in a game – 8 goals

Kuwait 8–0

Oman (29 March 1976)

Most individual goals in a single game – 5 goals

Majed Abdullah,

Saudi Arabia (3 April 1979 vs

Qatar)

Jassem Al Houwaidi,

Kuwait (1998 vs

Qatar)

Most individual goals in a single tournament – 10 goals

Hussein Saeed,

Iraq (1979)

References

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^ http://m.sportbusiness.com/news/168199/al-jazeera-acquires-gulf-cup-rights Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine – Al Jazeera Sports receive full broadcasting rights for 23.5 million dollars
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External links

Gulf Cup official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 December 2010)
Gulf Cup website at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 February 2006)
Official website of the 19th Gulf Cup at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 February 2009)
Gulf Cup – Hailoosport.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 May 2014) (in Arabic)
Gulf Cup – Hailoosport.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 May 2014) (in English)

[1] "FIFA President impressed with Gulf Cup kick-off". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017.

[2] "Arabian Gulf Cup 23 2017". Kooora. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018.

[3] "The Official Logo of the Arabian Gulf Cup". Kuwait Football Association. Archived from the original on 2023-04-10. Retrieved 2017-12-26.

[4] ttps://www.reuters.com/article/idUSMTZXEFBUSJ1A5V/

[5] "Kuwait to host 26th Gulf Cup". Iraqi News. 2023-01-09. Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-15.

[6] "Dozens injured during Oman's Gulf Cup win celebrations". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018.

[7] "Iraq pull out of Gulf Cup in spat with Saudi Arabia". Reuters. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.

[8] ttps://gulfnews.com/sport/football/uae-fans-could-be-deprived-of-gulf-cup-action-1.43346 Archived 2011-01-21 at the Wayback Machine – Al Jazeera win rights from Abu Dhabi & Dubai Sports, in a competition that was broadcast freely just a decade ago

[9] ttps://m.sportbusiness.com/news/168199/al-jazeera-acquires-gulf-cup-rights Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine – Al Jazeera Sports receive full broadcasting rights for 23.5 million dollars

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[12] ttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84173262/AFP Archived 2023-04-10 at the Wayback Machine – Michel Platini attending the 19th Gulf Cup

[13] ttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/84167684/AFP – Michel Platini attending the 19th Gulf Cup

[14] FIFA.com

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[19] "Iraq officially suspends hosting Khaliji 23 Championship". Iraqi News.com. 2 February 2015. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

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v t e Arabian Gulf Cup
Tournaments	Bahrain 1970 Saudi Arabia 1972 Kuwait 1974 Qatar 1976 Iraq 1979 United Arab Emirates 1982 Oman 1984 Bahrain 1986 Saudi Arabia 1988 Kuwait 1990 Qatar 1992 United Arab Emirates 1994 Oman 1996 Bahrain 1998 Saudi Arabia 2002 Kuwait 2003–04 Qatar 2004 United Arab Emirates 2007 Oman 2009 Yemen 2010 Bahrain 2013 Saudi Arabia 2014 Kuwait 2017–18 Qatar 2019 Iraq 2023 Kuwait 2024–25
Finals	1970 1972 1974 1976 1979 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2002 2003–04 2004 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014 2017–18 2019 2023
Squads	1970 1972 1974 1976 1979 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2002 2003–04 2004 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014 2017–18 2019 2023
Category:Arabian Gulf Cup

v t e Arab sports championships
Team sports	Basketball Women's basketball 3x3 Basketball Beach Soccer Football Women's Football Futsal Ice Hockey Indoor Hockey Rugby Sevens Women's Rugby Sevens Volleyball Women's volleyball Beach Volleyball
Individual sports	Aquatics Swimming Athletics Badminton Bodybuilding Bowling Canoe-Kayak Chess Cross country Cycling Equestrian Fencing Golf Gymnastics Judo Karate Kickboxing Kurash Muaythai Rowing Sailing Snooker Table Tennis Tennis Taekwondo Triathlon Weightlifting Wrestling Wushu
Club sports	Club Basketball Women's Club Basketball Club Football Arab Clubs Championship (volleyball) Arab Volleyball Clubs Championship Cup Winners Women's Club Volleyball Club Handball (Championship) Club Handball (Cup) Women's Club Handball (Championship) Women's Club Handball (Cup) Table tennis Championship Water polo Arab Clubs Championship
Junior sports	Junior Football Youth Football Junior Volleyball Youth Volleyball Junior Basketball Youth Basketball Junior Handball Youth Handball
GCC championships	GCC Games GCC Beach Games GCC Athletics GCC Youth Athletics GCC Football GCC Futsal GCC Ice Hockey GCC Club Basketball GCC Club Football GCC Club Handball GCC Club Volleyball
West Asian championships	West Asian Games West Asian Women's Handball Championship West Asian Athletics Championships West Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation West Asian Football Federation WAFF Futsal Championship WAFF Women's Futsal Championship
North African Championships	North African Athletics Championships Maghreb Athletics Championships North African Cross Country Championships North African Championship Maghreb Champions Cup Maghreb Cup Winners Cup North African Futsal Tournament UNAF Women's Tournament UNAF Club Cup Women's Club Tournament UNAF Cup of Champions UNAF Cup Winners UNAF Super Cup Maghreb Basketball Championship Maghreb Volleyball Championship Maghreb Basketball Club Championship Maghreb Volleyball Club Championship
North African Junior Sports	UNAF U-23 Tournament UNAF U-20 Tournament UNAF U-18 Tournament UNAF U-17 Tournament UNAF U-16 Tournament UNAF U-15 Tournament UNAF U-21 Women's Tournament UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament
Arab Games

v t e Gulf Cooperation Council
Member states	Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
Economy	Dolphin Gas Project GCC Patent Office GCC Standardization Organization Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Unity Forum Gulf Conformity mark Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting Gulf Railway Khaleeji currency Bilateral free-trade agreements Migrant workers in the GCC kafala system homosexuality test Workforce nationalization
Geopolitical history	Gulf War Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict 2011 Bahraini uprising Saudi-led intervention in Bahrain Qatar–Saudi Arabia diplomatic conflict Qatar diplomatic crisis Yemeni Civil War Saudi-led intervention Peninsula Shield Force Exercise North Thunder Arab–Israeli alliance against Iran
Sport	Arabian Gulf Cup Arabian Gulf Futsal Cup Arabian Gulf rugby team GCC Club Cup GCC Games 2011 Games GCC Athletics Championships Gulf Ice Hockey Championship GCC U-17 Championship GCC U-19 Championship GCC U-23 Championship GCC Volleyball Club Championship GCC Youth Athletics Championships
Category:Gulf Cooperation Council

v t e Persian Gulf region (Iran and Arab states of the Persian Gulf)
Persian Gulf naming dispute
Geography	Arabian Peninsula Arabian-Persian Gulf Coastal Plain Desert Arabian plate Arabian Sea Bahmanshir Clarence Strait (Iran) Dez River Diyala River Eurasian plate Gulf of Bahrain Gulf of Oman Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert Gulf of Salwah Karun Khersan River Haffar Indian Ocean Iranian plate Makran Trench Mesopotamian Marshes Persian Gulf Basin Persis Shadegan Ponds Shatt al-Arab South Iran Nubo–Sindian desert and semi-desert Strait of Hormuz Tigris–Euphrates river system Zagros fold and thrust belt
Places	Al Khaleej Road Ferdowsi Gas Field Fort Nossa Senhora da Conceição Harireh Mangrove forests of Qeshm Persian Gulf Airport Persian Gulf Bridge Persian Gulf Complex Persian Gulf Highway Persian Gulf Residential Complex South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field
Islands	List of islands in the Persian Gulf Bahrain Al Dar Island Amwaj Islands Bahrain Island Diyar Al Muharraq Hawar Islands Jidda Island Muharraq Island Nabih Saleh Sitra Umm an Nasan Umm as Sabaan Iran Abadan Island Abu Musa Buneh Island Dara Island Farsi Island Greater and Lesser Tunbs Hendurabi Island Hengam Island Hormuz Island Jazireh-ye Shif Kharg Island Kish Island Larak Island Lavan Island Minu Island Naaz islands Nakhiloo Island Ommolkorm Island Qeshm Island Shidvar Island Sirri Island Kuwait Bubiyan Island Failaka Island Kubbar Island Miskan Island Qaruh Island Umm al Maradim Island Umm an Namil Island Warbah Island Oman Quoin Island (Persian Gulf) Saudi Arabia Arabi Island Tarout Island United Arab Emirates Abu al Abyad Al-Aryam Island Al Futaisi Al Lulu Island Al Maryah Island Al Reem Island Bluewaters Island Burj Al Arab Dalma Das Island Dubai Islands Jazirat Badiyah Marawah Island Marsa Al Arab Palm Jebel Ali Palm Jumeirah Saadiyat Island Sir Abu Nu'ayr Sir Bani Yas The World (archipelago) Yas Island Zirku Island
Ports	Khasab Liyan Bahraini ports Mina Salman Iranian ports Arvandkenar Bandar Abbas Bandar Deylam Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni Bandar Khamir Bandar Lengeh Bandar-e Mahshahr Bandar Siraf Bushehr Chabahar Port Dargahan Jask Kish Laft Port Emam Khomeyni Qeshm Suza Iraqi ports Abu Flous Port Al Başrah Oil Terminal Al-Faw Khor Al Amaya Oil Terminal Qatar ports Hamad Port Saudi ports King Abdul Aziz Port Tanajib Emirati ports Al Hamriya Port Khor Fakkan Port of Jebel Ali Port Saeed
History of region	Achaemenid inscription in the Kharg Island Portuguese conquest of Hormuz Ottoman campaign against Hormuz Siege of Bahrain Anglo-Persian capture of Hormuz Action of 1 February 1625 Battle off Hormuz (1625) 1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain Afsharid conquests in the Persian Gulf and Oman Persian Gulf Residency Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain Persian Gulf campaign of 1809 Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf Persian Gulf campaign of 1819 General Maritime Treaty of 1820 Persian Corridor Persian Gulf Command Joint Operation Arvand Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs 1974–75 Shatt al-Arab conflict Iran–Iraq War Tanker war Operation Earnest Will Bridgeton incident Gulf War Gulf War oil spill Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes 2007 Iranian arrest of Royal Navy personnel 2011–2012 Strait of Hormuz dispute 2016 U.S.–Iran naval incident May 2019 Gulf of Oman incident June 2019 Gulf of Oman incident 2019 Iranian shoot-down of American drone Territorial disputes in the Persian Gulf
Sports	Al-Khaleej FC Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation Arabian Gulf Cup Arabian Gulf Rugby Football Union Arabian Gulf rugby sevens team Arabian Gulf rugby union team GCC Club Cup GCC Futsal Cup Khor Fakkan Club Persian Gulf Pro League UAE League Cup UAE Pro League UAE Pro League Committee UAE Super Cup
Organizations	Airlines Gulf Air Gulf Aviation Gulf Traveller Kish Air Qeshm Air SaudiGulf Airlines Akhbar Al Khaleej Al Khaleej (newspaper) Arabian Gulf Oil Company Arabian Gulf University Dar Al Khaleej Gulf Cooperation Council Gulf Daily News Gulf Medical University Gulf News Gulf Today Gulf University, Bahrain Gulf University for Science and Technology Gulftainer Khaleej Times Khaleeji Commercial Bank Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Persian Gulf International Education Center Persian Gulf Online Organization Persian Gulf Studies Center Persian Gulf University Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies
Wildlife	Arabian carpetshark Arecaceae Avicennia marina Blacktip tope Booted warbler Cheekspot blenny Collared kingfisher Dugong Greater flamingo Greater lizardfish Hawksbill sea turtle Humpback whale Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin Minke whale Omura's whale Orca Pita skate Porites nodifera Rhizophora mucronata Slender whiting Smoothtooth blacktip shark Xenisthmus balius
Related	2010 Islamic Solidarity Games Arabization Bandar (port) Bandari music Christianity in Eastern Arabia Culture of Eastern Arabia Gargee'an Eastern Arabian cuisine Environmental impact of the Gulf wars Gulf and Kuwait Medal Gulf Arabic Bahraini Gulf Arabic Bahrani Arabic Kuwaiti Arabic Gulf Medal Gulf rupee Gulf War syndrome Habbān Iran Historical Sovereignty over the Tunbs and BuMusa Islands IRIS Khalij-e Fars Khaleeji (currency) Khalij (album) Khaliji (music) Kuwaiti Persian List of Gulf War military equipment Map of Iran in Afsharid Era Media coverage of the Gulf War Ney-anbān Organization of United States Naval Aviation Units in the Gulf War Persian Gulf (horse) Persian Gulf (missile) Persian Gulf Inferno Persian Gulf National Day Persian Gulf Veterans National Medal Piracy in the Persian Gulf Project Loghman Rationale for the Gulf War The National (Abu Dhabi)
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