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)
← 1996 2002 →

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 Arabia	5	3	2	0	5	2	+3	11
United Arab Emirates	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
Qatar	5	0	3	2	3	8	−5	3

Results

30 October 1998

Bahrain	0–1	United Arab Emirates

31 October 1998

Kuwait	1–2	Saudi Arabia

31 October 1998

Oman	2–1	Qatar

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2 November 1998

Kuwait	6–2	Qatar

2 November 1998

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Bahrain

3 November 1998

United Arab Emirates	3–2	Oman

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5 November 1998

Qatar	0–0	United Arab Emirates

5 November 1998

Oman	0–1	Saudi Arabia

6 November 1998

Bahrain	0–2	Kuwait

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8 November 1998

Qatar	0–0	Bahrain

8 November 1998

Saudi Arabia	1–0	United Arab Emirates

9 November 1998

Oman	0–5	Kuwait

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11 November 1998

Qatar	0–0	Saudi Arabia

12 November 1998

United Arab Emirates	1–4	Kuwait

12 November 1998

Bahrain	2–2	Oman

Champions

14th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
Kuwait 9th title