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In addition to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Iraq and Yemen will participate in the championship, he added.
The opener will pit Kuwait against Saudi Arabia.
Kuwait offered to host the Gulf Cup after FIFA this week lifted its suspension of the Gulf country from international football of more than two years.
The latest edition of the tournament, launched in 1970, comes amid a sharp diplomatic crisis between 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar and a Saudi-led bloc.
In June, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic, trade and transportation links with Qatar, accusing it of sponsoring terrorist groups, a charge that Doha has denied.
Kuwait has since been acting as mediator to defuse the crisis, but without breakthrough so far.
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The opener will pit Kuwait against Saudi Arabia.
Kuwait offered to host the Gulf Cup after FIFA this week lifted its suspension of the Gulf country from international football of more than two years.
The latest edition of the tournament, launched in 1970, comes amid a sharp diplomatic crisis between 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar and a Saudi-led bloc.
In June, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic, trade and transportation links with Qatar, accusing it of sponsoring terrorist groups, a charge that Doha has denied.
Kuwait has since been acting as mediator to defuse the crisis, but without breakthrough so far.
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