| Tourney Name: | Arabian Gulf Cup |
| Year: | 1970 |
| Other Titles: | دورة كأس الخليج العربي الأولى |
| Size: | 230px |
| Country: | Bahrain |
| Dates: | 27 March – 3 April |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | KUW |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | BHR |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1932 |
| Third: | KSA |
| Third-Flagvar: | 1938 |
| Fourth: | QAT |
| Fourth-Flagvar: | 1949 |
| Matches: | 6 |
| Goals: | 19 |
| Top Scorer: | Jawad Khalaf Mohammed Al-Masoud (3 goals each) |
| Player: |  Khaled Ballan |
| Goalkeeper: | Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi |
| Nextseason: | 1972 |
The 1st Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي الأولى) was the first edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The first tournament was held in Bahrain. It was won by the Kuwait, who defeated the hosts in the final match to finish first in the round-robin group. The tournament took place from 27 March to 3 April 1970.[1]
| Isa Town | |
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| Isa Town Stadium | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | |
| Country | Referee | |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt | Sobhi Naseer | |
| Kuwait | Yousef Al-Suwaidan | |
| Saudi Arabia | Abdulrahman Al-Daham | |
| Sudan | Abdeen Ibrahim |
The four 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).
| width=175 | Team | width=20 abbr="Played" | Pld | width=20 abbr="Won" | W | width=20 abbr="Drawn" | D | width=20 abbr="Lost" | L | width=20 abbr="Goals for" | GF | width=20 abbr="Goals against" | GA | width=20 abbr="Goal difference" | GD | width=20 abbr="Points" | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 1 |
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