The Gulf Cooperation Council Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial international athletics competition between youth athletes (under-18) from nations within the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. [1] The competition was first held in 2000 and its events are incorporated into the schedule for the senior level Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships. [2] Like the senior event, the youth competitions are available for male athletes only, reflecting the participating countries' emphasis on track and field as mainly a male preserve. [3] [4]
Editions
| Ed. | Year | City | Country | Dates | No. of events |
No. of athletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2000 | Kuwait City | 
Kuwait
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| 2nd | 2002 | Katif | 
Saudi Arabia
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| 3rd | 2003 | Kuwait City |
Kuwait
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| 4th | 2005 | Manama | 
Bahrain
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| 5th | 2007 | ? | ? | |||
| 6th | 2009 | Qatif |
Saudi Arabia
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| 7th | 2011 | Isa Town |
Bahrain
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| 8th | 2013 | Doha | 
Qatar
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See also
- GCC Champions League, a regional football competition for Gulf states
References
- ^ Gulf Cooperation Council Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
- ^ Gulf Cooperation Council Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
- ^ Sambridge, Andy (2014-09-26). Saudi Arabia urged to end discrimination in women's sports. Arabian Business. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
- ^ Saudi Arabia: No Women on Asian Games Team. Human Rights Watch (2014-09-18). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
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The Gulf Cooperation Council Youth Athletics Championships is a biennial international athletics competition between youth athletes (under-18) from nations within the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. [1] The competition was first held in 2000 and its events are incorporated into the schedule for the senior level Gulf Cooperation Council Athletics Championships. [2] Like the senior event, the youth competitions are available for male athletes only, reflecting the participating countries' emphasis on track and field as mainly a male preserve. [3] [4]
Editions
| Ed. | Year | City | Country | Dates | No. of events |
No. of athletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2000 | Kuwait City |
Kuwait
|
|||
| 2nd | 2002 | Katif |
Saudi Arabia
|
|||
| 3rd | 2003 | Kuwait City |
Kuwait
|
|||
| 4th | 2005 | Manama |
Bahrain
|
|||
| 5th | 2007 | ? | ? | |||
| 6th | 2009 | Qatif |
Saudi Arabia
|
|||
| 7th | 2011 | Isa Town |
Bahrain
|
|||
| 8th | 2013 | Doha |
Qatar
|
See also
- GCC Champions League, a regional football competition for Gulf states
References
- ^ Gulf Cooperation Council Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
- ^ Gulf Cooperation Council Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
- ^ Sambridge, Andy (2014-09-26). Saudi Arabia urged to end discrimination in women's sports. Arabian Business. Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
- ^ Saudi Arabia: No Women on Asian Games Team. Human Rights Watch (2014-09-18). Retrieved on 2015-03-20.
International youth
athletics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World | |||||||||
| Regional championships |
| ||||||||
| Games | |||||||||
| |||||||||
| Member states | | |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | ||
| Geopolitical history | ||
| Sport | ||