2012 GCC U-23 Championship

2012 GCC U-23 Championship

البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	1–11 September
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bahrain
Third place	United Arab Emirates
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	28 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Mustafa Basas
Best goalkeeper	Ahmed Shambih
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The 2012 GCC U-23 Championship was the fourth edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Doha, Qatar for the third consecutive time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 1 to 11 September. Saudi Arabia won their second title after defeating Bahrain 2–0 in the final. The group stage draw was held on 30 June 2012.

Teams

Team	Previous appearances in tournament
Bahrain	3 (2008, 2010, 2011)
Kuwait	3 (2008, 2010, 2011)
Qatar (host)	3 (2008, 2010, 2011)
Oman	3 (2008, 2010, 2011)
Saudi Arabia	3 (2008, 2010, 2011)
United Arab Emirates	2 (2010, 2011)

Venues

2012 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	Qatar (H)	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
3	Kuwait	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	0

Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

1 September 2012 (2012-09-01)

16:00

Qatar	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Al-Khalaqi File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	Khalifah File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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3 September 2012 (2012-09-03)

18:30

United Arab Emirates	2–1	Kuwait
Sabeel File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Saeed File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	Al-Khamees File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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5 September 2012 (2012-09-05)

18:30

Kuwait	2–3	Qatar
Al Shammari File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', 88'		Al-Yazidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', 21', 90+3'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Bahrain	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
3	Oman	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

1 September 2012 (2012-09-01)

18:30

Oman	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Salem File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Al-Shehri File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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3 September 2012 (2012-09-03)

16:00

Bahrain	1–0	Oman
Rashid File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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5 September 2012 (2012-09-05)

16:00

Saudi Arabia	3–0	Bahrain
Al-Ghamdi File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Bassas File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Al-Qattam File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

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
	8 September – Doha
	Qatar	2 (2)
					11 September – Doha
	Bahrain (p)	2 (4)
					Bahrain	0
	8 September – Doha
					Saudi Arabia	2
	Saudi Arabia	3
	United Arab Emirates	0
					Third place match
					10 September – Doha
					Qatar	0 (2)
					United Arab Emirates (p)	0 (3)

Fifth place play-off

7 September 2012 (2012-09-07)

17:00

Kuwait	1–2	Oman
Al Shammari File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Semi-finals

8 September 2012 (2012-09-08)

16:30

Qatar	2–2	Bahrain
Alaaeldin File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+2' Al-Khalaqi File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'		Rashid File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Ghloum File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' (pen.)
Penalties
	2–4

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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8 September 2012 (2012-09-08)

18:45

Saudi Arabia	3–0	United Arab Emirates
Al-Ghamdi File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 18' Al-Muwallad File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Third place play-off

10 September 2012 (2012-09-10)

17:00

Qatar	0–0	United Arab Emirates
Penalties
	2–3

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Final

11 September 2012 (2012-09-11)

17:00

Bahrain	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Ghamdi File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Al-Shehri File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Winners

2012 GCC U-23 Championship champion
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Second title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorers	Most Valuable Player	Best goalkeeper
Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi	Mustafa Bassas	Ahmed Shambih

Goalscorers

There have been 28 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.55 goals per match.

4 goals

• Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi

3 goals

• Abdul Rahman Al Shammari
• Saleh Al-Yazidi

2 goals

• Ahmed Rashid Hassan
•  ???
• Saoud Al-Khalaqi
• Ahmed Al-Shehri

1 goal

• Mujtaba Ghloum
• Shaheen Al-Khamees
• Khalifa Salem
• Ahmed Alaaeldin
• Fahad Al-Muwallad
• Khaled Al-Qattam
• Mustafa Bassas
• Muhain Khalifah
• Mohammed Sabeel
• Yousif Saeed

See also

• Arabian Gulf Cup
• Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation

External links

• GCC U-23 Championship at Goalzz