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2008 GCC U-23 Championship

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]

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 goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Waleed Abdullah[1]
Fair play award Saudi Arabia[1]
2010 →

Venues edit

Riyadh
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 22,500

Teams edit

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 edit

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 edit

Oman  0–1  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Salem   51'
Kuwait  2–1  Qatar
Al-Awadi   74'
Zaki   76'		 Ismail   28'
Bahrain  2–1  Oman
Al-Dakeel   25'
Gambar   82'		 M. Al-Balushi   62'
Qatar  2–2  Saudi Arabia
Ismail   44'
Al Yazeedi   75'		 Report Al-Dawsari   56'
Al-Kalthem   90+3'
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'
Saudi Arabia  1–0  Bahrain
Al-Bishi   50' (pen.) Report

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

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 edit

Player of the Tournament
Golden Boot
Golden Glove

See also edit

References edit

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

External links edit

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