16th Arabian Gulf Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	26 December 2003 – 11 January 2004
Venue(s)	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	46 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Talal Yousef (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Mohamed Salmeen
Best goalkeeper	Ali Al-Habsi
← 2002 2004 →

The 16th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي)^[1] was held in Kuwait, between 26 December 2003 to 11 January 2004. All matches were played Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium. Yemen made their debut in the Arabian Gulf Cup.

Iraq continued to be banned from the tournament because of its invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	14	6	4	2	0	8	2	+6
Bahrain	13	6	4	1	1	13	3	+10
Qatar	9	6	2	3	1	5	3	+2
Oman	8	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2
United Arab Emirates	7	6	2	1	3	6	7	−1
Kuwait	5	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3
Yemen	1	6	0	1	5	2	18	−16

26 December 2003

Kuwait	0–0	Oman

26 December 2003

United Arab Emirates	0–2	Saudi Arabia

27 December 2003

Bahrain	0–0	Qatar

28 December 2003

Yemen	1–1	Oman

29 December 2003

Kuwait	0–2	United Arab Emirates

29 December 2003

Qatar	0–0	Saudi Arabia

30 December 2003

Yemen	1–5	Bahrain

31 December 2003

United Arab Emirates	0–2	Oman

1 January 2004

Bahrain	0–1	Saudi Arabia

1 January 2004

Yemen	0–4	Kuwait

3 January 2004

Oman	0–1	Bahrain

3 January 2004

Qatar	0–0	United Arab Emirates

4 January 2004

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Kuwait

5 January 2004

Yemen	0–3	Qatar

6 January 2004

Oman	1–2	Saudi Arabia

7 January 2004

United Arab Emirates	1–3	Bahrain

8 January 2004

Kuwait	1–2	Qatar

8 January 2004

Yemen	0–2	Saudi Arabia

10 January 2004

Kuwait	0–4	Bahrain

11 January 2004

Yemen	0–3	United Arab Emirates

11 January 2004

Oman	2–0	Qatar

16th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
Saudi Arabia Third title

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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
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Category:Arabian Gulf Cup