Arabian Gulf Cup
| Founded | 1970 |
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| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champions |
 Qatar(3rd title) |
| Most successful team(s) |
 Kuwait(10 titles) |
| Website | GulfCup.com |
 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup
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The Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي, Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi), also referred to as the Gulf Cup of Nations, is a biennial football competition for the Arab states of the Persian Gulf (plus Yemen), rotating the host country every edition. The history of the competition has also seen it held every three to four years due to political or organisational problems.
The tournament was founded at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the first Gulf Cup tournament 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 23 in total.
In May 2016, a new regional governing body was established to organise the competition, known as the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation.
A major point that helped Qatar improve the competition was the fact 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 2009 Gulf Cup after a deal ending in million, 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.
the Tournament saw major attendances such as the attendance of matches by powerful people in football including FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, and UEFA president, Michel Platini. The FIFA Executive Committee has also put on their October 4, 2013 meeting agenda to hear the proposal for the Gulf Cup to be included in the international match calendar.
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