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Gulf Cup hosts' land claims across 26 editions
The article discusses Saudi Arabia's hosting of the Gulf 27 Championship and the challenges associated with winning the title on home soil. Although hosting the tournament does not guarantee victory, Saudi Arabia has only won once out of four attempts to secure the title on its own ground, in 2002. The statistics show that hosting the tournament leads to winning the title only 34.6% of the time, compared to 65.4% for winners from outside the host country. The history of the competition indicates that the likelihood of retaining the title in the host nation is relatively weak, with only five titles won on home soil since the tournament's inception. The Saudi national team now has the opportunity to break this trend in the current edition in Jeddah.
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