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2008 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country  Saudi Arabia
Dates6–17 January
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up  Bahrain
Third place  Qatar
Fourth place  Oman
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored28 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Qatar Mousa Al Allaq
Qatar Hamid Ismail
Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Salem
(3 goals each)
Best player(s) Qatar Hamid Ismail [1]
Best goalkeeper Saudi Arabia Waleed Abdullah [1]
Fair play award  Saudi Arabia [1]
2010

The 2008 GCC U-23 Championship took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the first time. Five nations took part. The competition was held in Riyadh from 6 to 17 January. [2] Saudi Arabia won the title after defeating Bahrain 1–0 on the final matchday. [3]

Venues

Riyadh
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 22,500

Teams

Team Previous appearances in tournament [A]
  Bahrain 0 (debut)
  Kuwait 0 (debut)
  Qatar 0 (debut)
  Oman 0 (debut)
  Saudi Arabia (host) 0 (debut)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Tournament

The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

All times are local, AST ( UTC+3).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 10
  Bahrain 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
  Qatar 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 5
  Oman 4 1 0 3 4 7 –3 3
  Kuwait 4 1 0 3 3 10 –7 3

Matches

Oman 0–1  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Salem 51'
Kuwait 2–1  Qatar
Al-Awadi 74'
Zaki 76'
Ismail 28'


Bahrain 3–1  Kuwait
Al-Dakeel 29'
Ali 85'
Abbas 89'
Al Hadhoud 67'
Oman 0–4  Qatar
Ismail 2'
Lutfi 76'
Al Allaq 88', 90'

Kuwait 0–3  Saudi Arabia
Al-Qarni 26'
Al-Salem 81', 89'
Qatar 1–1  Bahrain
Al Allaq 86' Abbas 8' ( pen.)

Oman 3–0  Kuwait
Al Ghailani 31'
Al-Mukhaini 49'
Mubarak 83'

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 28 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

Player of the Tournament
Golden Boot
Golden Glove

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "حامد إسماعيل توّج بلقبي الهداف والأفضلية".
  2. ^ "انطلاق بطولة الخليج الأولى للمنتخبات الأولمبية اليوم".
  3. ^ "السعودي زعيماً للخليج".
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2008 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country  Saudi Arabia
Dates6–17 January
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up  Bahrain
Third place  Qatar
Fourth place  Oman
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored28 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Qatar Mousa Al Allaq
Qatar Hamid Ismail
Saudi Arabia Yousef Al-Salem
(3 goals each)
Best player(s) Qatar Hamid Ismail [1]
Best goalkeeper Saudi Arabia Waleed Abdullah [1]
Fair play award  Saudi Arabia [1]
2010

The 2008 GCC U-23 Championship took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the first time. Five nations took part. The competition was held in Riyadh from 6 to 17 January. [2] Saudi Arabia won the title after defeating Bahrain 1–0 on the final matchday. [3]

Venues

Riyadh
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 22,500

Teams

Team Previous appearances in tournament [A]
  Bahrain 0 (debut)
  Kuwait 0 (debut)
  Qatar 0 (debut)
  Oman 0 (debut)
  Saudi Arabia (host) 0 (debut)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Tournament

The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

All times are local, AST ( UTC+3).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 10
  Bahrain 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
  Qatar 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 5
  Oman 4 1 0 3 4 7 –3 3
  Kuwait 4 1 0 3 3 10 –7 3

Matches

Oman 0–1  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Salem 51'
Kuwait 2–1  Qatar
Al-Awadi 74'
Zaki 76'
Ismail 28'


Bahrain 3–1  Kuwait
Al-Dakeel 29'
Ali 85'
Abbas 89'
Al Hadhoud 67'
Oman 0–4  Qatar
Ismail 2'
Lutfi 76'
Al Allaq 88', 90'

Kuwait 0–3  Saudi Arabia
Al-Qarni 26'
Al-Salem 81', 89'
Qatar 1–1  Bahrain
Al Allaq 86' Abbas 8' ( pen.)

Oman 3–0  Kuwait
Al Ghailani 31'
Al-Mukhaini 49'
Mubarak 83'

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 28 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

Player of the Tournament
Golden Boot
Golden Glove

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "حامد إسماعيل توّج بلقبي الهداف والأفضلية".
  2. ^ "انطلاق بطولة الخليج الأولى للمنتخبات الأولمبية اليوم".
  3. ^ "السعودي زعيماً للخليج".

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