13th Arabian Gulf Cup
The 13th Arabian Gulf Cup was held in Oman, in October 1996. Kuwait won the tournament for the record-extending 8th time.
Iraq continued to be banned from the tournament over its 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.| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 2 |