2011 GCC U-23 Championship

2011 GCC U-23 Championship

البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	12–21 August
Teams	6 (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 played	11
Goals scored	35 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yahya Al-Shehri (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Hamoud Al-Saadi
Best goalkeeper	Ahmed Mahmoud
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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. Oman won their first title after defeating United Arab Emirates 4–2 on penalties in the final.

Teams

Team	Previous appearances in tournament
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)

Venues

2011 GCC U-23 Championship is located in Qatar Doha Doha	Doha
	Aspire Academy Stadium
	Capacity: 5,580

Group stage

Group A

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

12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)

21:15

Qatar	0–4	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Shehri File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' A. Al-Dawsari File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Hamood File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Al-Bishi File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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14 August 2011 (2011-08-14)

23:30

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Kuwait
S. Al-Dossari File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Al-Bishi File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Report

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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16 August 2011 (2011-08-16)

23:30

Kuwait	1–2	Qatar
Khamis File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'		Al-Haydos File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Al-Nahwi File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Group B

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

12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)

23:30

Oman	0–1	Bahrain
		Al-Banna File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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14 August 2011 (2011-08-14)

21:15

Oman	3–2	United Arab Emirates
Al-Saadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Al-Hadhri File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Al-Shimli File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'		Al Fardan File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (pen.) Ahmed File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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16 August 2011 (2011-08-16)

21:15

Bahrain	1–5	United Arab Emirates
Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' (pen.)		Haikal File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Fawzi File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Mabkhout File:Soccerball shade.svg 82', 89'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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-finals				Final
	19 August – Doha
	Saudi Arabia	3
					21 August – Doha
	Oman	4
					Oman (p)	0 (4)
	19 August – Doha
					United Arab Emirates	0 (2)
	United Arab Emirates	2
	Qatar	0
					Third place match
					21 August – Doha
					Saudi Arabia	2
					Qatar	1

Fifth place play-off

18 August 2011 (2011-08-18)

21:15

Kuwait	1–1	Bahrain
Mohammed File:Soccerball shade.svg 12'		Al-Husaini File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Penalties
	0–3

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Semi-finals

19 August 2011 (2011-08-19)

21:15

Saudi Arabia	3–4	Oman
Al-Shehri File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Otaif File:Soccerball shade.svg 80', 90+4'	Report	Al-Saadi File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Said File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Al-Farsi File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Al-Hadhri File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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19 August 2011 (2011-08-19)

23:30

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Qatar
Ahmed File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Third place play-off

21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)

21:15

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Qatar
Al-Shehri File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' Al-Mutairi File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Al-Nahwi File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Final

21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)

23:30

Oman	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report
Penalties
Al-Owaisi soccer ball with check mark Al-Nuaimi soccer ball with check mark Al-Farsi soccer ball with check mark Said soccer ball with check mark	4–2	soccer ball with check mark Al Fardan soccer ball with check mark Fawzi soccer ball with red X Ahmed soccer ball with red X Sanqour

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Winners

2011 GCC U-23 Championship champion
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman First title

Awards

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

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

3 goals

• Yahya Al-Shehri

2 goals

• Hussain Al-Hadhri
• Hamoud Al-Saadi
• Ahmed Al-Nahwi
• Sultan Al-Bishi
• Saqer Otaif
• Mohamed Ahmed
• Ahmed Ali
• Ali Mabkhout

1 goal

• Mohamed Al-Banna
• Sami Al-Husaini
• Mohamed Ali
• Abdulhadi Khamis
• Naif Mohammed
• Eid Al-Farsi
• Nasser Al-Shimli
• Qasim Said
• Hassan Al-Haydos
• Abdullah Al-Dawsari
• Shafi Al-Dossari
• Khaled Al-Mutairi
• Saud Hamood
• Habib Al Fardan
• Mohamed Fawzi
• Abdulaziz Haikal

See also

• Arabian Gulf Cup
• Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation

External links

• GCC U-23 Championship at Goalzz