| Tourney Name: | Arabian Gulf Cup |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Other Titles: | دورة كأس الخليج العربي السادسة |
| Size: | 230px |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| Dates: | 19 March – 4 April |
| Num Teams: | 6 (1 withdrew) |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | KUW |
| Count: | 5 |
| Second: | BHR |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1972 |
| Third: | UAE |
| Fourth: | KSA |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 38 |
| Top Scorer: |  Ibrahim ZowayedSalem Khalifah Majed Abdullah Yussef Al-Suwayed (3 goals each) |
| Goalkeeper: | Saeed Salbukh |
| Prevseason: | 1979 |
| Nextseason: | 1984 |
The 6th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: دورة كأس الخليج العربي السادسة) was the sixth edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. The tournament was held at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates between 19 March and 4 April 1982. Kuwait won their fifth title after defeating Oman 2–0 on 29 March.[1]
Iraq also took part in the competition, but they withdrew after their match against the UAE.[2]
| Country | Referee | |
|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | Jassim Mandi | |
| Germany | Jan Redelfs | |
 Hong Kong | Thomson Chan | |
 Iraq | Sami Naji | |
 Italy | Gianfranco Menegali | |
| Kuwait | Abdullah Ghareeb | |
 Oman | Shambeeh Abo Waheed | |
| Saudi Arabia | Fallaj Al-Shanar | |
| Scotland | Brian McGinlay | |
| United Arab Emirates | Fareed Abdulrahman |
The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
1 The match was declared null and void after Iraq withdrew from the competition.