2008 GCC U-23 Championship

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 →

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 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

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".