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2011 GCC U-23 Championship

The 2011 GCC U-23 Championship was the third edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Doha, Qatar for the second time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 12 to 21 August.[1] Oman won their first title after defeating United Arab Emirates 4–2 on penalties in the final.[2]

2011 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Dates12–21 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Oman (1st title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Third place Saudi Arabia
Fourth place Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored35 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Yahya Al-Shehri
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Oman Hamoud Al-Saadi
Best goalkeeperUnited Arab Emirates Ahmed Mahmoud
← 2010
2012 →

Teams

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Team Previous appearances in tournament[A]
  Bahrain 2 (2008, 2010)
  Kuwait 2 (2008, 2010)
  Qatar (host) 2 (2008, 2010)
  Oman 2 (2008, 2010)
  Saudi Arabia 2 (2008, 2010)
  United Arab Emirates 1 (2010)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

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Doha
Aspire Academy Stadium
Capacity: 5,580

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Qatar (H) 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
3   Kuwait 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Qatar  0–4  Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Shehri   18'
A. Al-Dawsari   21'
Hamood   26'
Al-Bishi   90+2'
Saudi Arabia  2–0  Kuwait
S. Al-Dossari   11'
Al-Bishi   71'		 Report
Kuwait  1–2  Qatar
Khamis   35' Al-Haydos   52'
Al-Nahwi   82'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3 Advance to knockout stage
2   Oman 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3   Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Oman  0–1  Bahrain
Al-Banna   65'
Oman  3–2  United Arab Emirates
Al-Saadi   6'
Al-Hadhri   44'
Al-Shimli   47'		 Al Fardan   39' (pen.)
Ahmed   82'
Bahrain  1–5  United Arab Emirates
Ali   85' (pen.) Haikal   30'
Ali   39'
Fawzi   62'
Mabkhout   82', 89'

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were to be used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 10.1 and 10.3).

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 August – Doha
 
 
  Saudi Arabia3
 
21 August – Doha
 
  Oman4
 
  Oman (p)0 (4)
 
19 August – Doha
 
  United Arab Emirates0 (2)
 
  United Arab Emirates2
 
 
  Qatar 0
 
Third place match
 
 
21 August – Doha
 
 
  Saudi Arabia2
 
 
  Qatar1

Fifth place play-off

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Kuwait  1–1  Bahrain
Mohammed   12' Al-Husaini   3'
Penalties
0–3

Semi-finals

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Saudi Arabia  3–4  Oman
Al-Shehri   40'
Otaif   80', 90+4'		 Report Al-Saadi   8'
Said   36'
Al-Farsi   38'
Al-Hadhri   60'
United Arab Emirates  2–0  Qatar
Ahmed   61'
Ali   70'

Third place play-off

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Saudi Arabia  2–1  Qatar
Al-Shehri   69'
Al-Mutairi   90'		 Report Al-Nahwi   34'

Final

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Oman  0–0  United Arab Emirates
Report
Penalties
 4–2

Winners

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 2011 GCC U-23 Championship champion 
 
Oman
First title

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player Best goalkeeper
  Yahya Al-Shehri   Hamoud Al-Saadi   Ahmed Mahmoud

Goalscorers

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There have been 35 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.18 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "تفتتح بالدوحة اليوم ."
  2. ^ "أولمبي عُمان يتوج بكأس الخليج".
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