2010 GCC U-23 Championship

2010 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Dates28 July – 7 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United Arab Emirates (1st title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Third place Oman
Fourth place Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored16 (1.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil
(5 goals)
Best player(s)United Arab Emirates Amer Abdulrahman
Best goalkeeperKuwait Hussain Kankone
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The 2010 GCC U-23 Championship was the second edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 28 July to 7 August 2010.[1] United Arab Emirates won their first title after defeating Kuwait 1–0 in the final.[2]

United Arab Emirates made their debut in the competition and won their first title. The format of the competition was changed to include a knockout round.

Teams

Team Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 Bahrain 1 (2008)
 Kuwait 1 (2008)
 Qatar (host) 1 (2008)
 Oman 1 (2008)
 Saudi Arabia 1 (2008)
 United Arab Emirates 0 (debut)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

 Doha
Aspire Academy Stadium
Capacity: 5,580

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Oman 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Qatar (H) 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
3  Bahrain 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 1
Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Qatar 0–2 Oman
Al-Qasmi 36'
Al-Nuaimi 90+4' (pen.)
Bahrain 0–2 Oman
Al-Shimli 10'
Al-Nuaimi 82' (pen.)
Qatar 0–0 Bahrain
Penalties
6–5

Since both Qatar and Bahrain finished level on points, goal difference and goals scored, a penalty shootout was held to determine who finishes in second.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Kuwait 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3  Saudi Arabia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Kuwait
Al-Johani 13' Report Aman 20'
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Khalil 86'
Kuwait 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Nasser 53' Khalil 36'

Knockout stage

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August – Doha
 
 
 Oman0 (4)
 
7 August – Doha
 
 Kuwait (p)0 (5)
 
 Kuwait0
 
4 August – Doha
 
 United Arab Emirates1
 
 United Arab Emirates3
 
 
 Qatar 1
 
Third place match
 
 
6 August – Doha
 
 
 Oman (p)1 (4)
 
 
 Qatar1 (2)

Fifth place play-off

Bahrain 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Penalties
3–4

Semi-finals

Oman 0–0 Kuwait
Penalties
4–5
United Arab Emirates 3–1 Qatar
Khalil 33', 67'
Saleh 90+3'		 Al-Ansari 90'

Third place play-off

Oman 1–1 Qatar
Said 46' Salah 71'
Penalties
4–2

Final

Kuwait 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Report Khalil 33'

Winners

 2010 GCC U-23 Championship champion 

United Arab Emirates
First title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player Best goalkeeper
United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khalil United Arab Emirates Amer Abdulrahman Kuwait Hussain Kankone

Goalscorers

There have been 16 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 1.45 goals per match.

5 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

References

  1. ^ "يشارك في (خليجي 2)".
  2. ^ "الإمارات تنتزع ذهب الخليج «الأولمبي»".