2008 GCC U-23 Championship

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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
Dates	6–17 January
Teams	5 (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 played	10
Goals scored	28 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mousa Al Allaq Hamid Ismail Yousef Al-Salem (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Hamid Ismail[1]
Best goalkeeper	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	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)

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

6 January 2008

19:45

Oman	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Salem 51'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

7 January 2008

19:45

Kuwait	2–1	Qatar
Al-Awadi 74' Zaki 76'		Ismail 28'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

8 January 2008

19:45

Bahrain	2–1	Oman
Al-Dakeel 25' Gambar 82'		M. Al-Balushi 62'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

10 January 2008

16:35

Qatar	2–2	Saudi Arabia
Ismail 44' Al Yazeedi 75'	Report	Al-Dawsari 56' Al-Kalthem 90+3'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

11 January 2008

16:35

Bahrain	3–1	Kuwait
Al-Dakeel 29' Ali 85' Abbas 89'		Al Hadhoud 67'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

13 January 2008

16:35

Oman	0–4	Qatar
		Ismail 2' Lutfi 76' Al Allaq 88', 90'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

13 January 2008

19:45

Kuwait	0–3	Saudi Arabia
		Al-Qarni 26' Al-Salem 81', 89'

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

15 January 2008

16:35

Qatar	1–1	Bahrain
Al Allaq 86'		Abbas 8' (pen.)

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

16 January 2008

16:35

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

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

17 January 2008

19:45

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Bahrain
Al-Bishi 50' (pen.)	Report

Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh

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

• Hamid Ismail

Golden Boot

• Hamid Ismail

Golden Glove

• Waleed Abdullah

See also

• Arabian Gulf Cup
• Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation

References

External links

• GCC U-23 Championship at Goalzz