2013 GCC U-23 Championship

2013 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country Bahrain
Dates15–26 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Bahrain (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Third place Kuwait
Fourth place Oman
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored22 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Amri (3 goals)
Best player(s)Bahrain Sayed Jaafar Ahmed
Best goalkeeperBahrain Ashraf Waheed
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The 2013 GCC U-23 Championship was the fifth edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Riffa, Bahrain for the first time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Riffa from 15 to 26 August.[1] The hosts Bahrain won their first title after defeating title holders Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.[2]

The 2013 edition was officially known as the Huawei GCC National Teams Under-23 Championship owing to sponsorship by Huawei.[3]

Teams

Team Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 Bahrain (host) 4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
 Kuwait 4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
 Qatar 4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
 Oman 4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
 Saudi Arabia 4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
 United Arab Emirates 3 (2010, 2011, 2012)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

 Riffa
Bahrain National Stadium
Capacity: 24,000

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahrain (H) 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Kuwait 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
3  United Arab Emirates 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Bahrain
Al-Dakheel 20'
Referee: Khamis Al Kuwari (Qatar)
Kuwait 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Al-Shereedah 65' Ali 50'
Referee: Sami Al-Nemri (Saudi Arabia)
Bahrain 3–2 Kuwait
Shallal 20'
Helal 30', 72'		 Al-Fahad 25'
Al Shammari 75'
Referee: Yasser Al-Rawahi (Oman)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Oman 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3  Qatar 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Qatar
Al-Amri 32' Report
Referee: Jameel Juma Abdulhusain (Bahrain)
Oman 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report Kanno 68'
Al-Ibrahim 87'
Referee: Ali Taleb (Kuwait)
Qatar 0–3 Oman
Abdul-Hadi 14'
Nasib 79'
Al-Hasani 90+4'
Referee: Adel Al Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

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
 
      
 
22 August – Riffa
 
 
 Bahrain2
 
26 August – Riffa
 
 Oman0
 
 Bahrain1
 
23 August – Riffa
 
 Saudi Arabia0
 
 Saudi Arabia3
 
 
 Kuwait 2
 
Third place match
 
 
25 August – Riffa
 
 
 Oman0 (3)
 
 
 Kuwait (p)0 (4)

Semi-finals

Bahrain 2–0 Oman
Shahin 66'
Ahmed 86'
Referee: Sami Al-Nemri (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia 3–2 Kuwait
Al-Amri 16', 37'
A. Al-Ghamdi 53'		 Report Sayer 64'
Al Shammari 70'
Referee: Khamis Al Kuwari (Qatar)

Third place play-off

Oman 0–0 Kuwait
Penalties
3–4
Referee: Jameel Juma Abdulhusain (Bahrain)

Final

Bahrain 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Jameel 32' (pen.) Report
Referee: Yasser Al-Rawahi (Oman)

Winners

 2013 GCC U-23 Championship champion 

Bahrain
First title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player Best goalkeeper
Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Amri Bahrain Sayed Jaafar Ahmed Bahrain Ashraf Waheed

Goalscorers

There have been 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

  1. ^ "بطولة الخليج للمنتخبات الأولمبية تنطلق الخميس".
  2. ^ "جزائية تتوج «الأحمر» الأولمبي بطلا للبطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات الأولمبية".
  3. ^ "Huawei signs on as title sponsor for Gulf Cup". Retrieved 15 August 2013.

External links

  • GCC U-23 Championship at Goalzz
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