23rd Arabian Gulf Cup

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23rd Arabian Gulf Cup
File:23rd Arabian Gulf Cup logo.png
Tournament details
Host country Kuwait
Dates 22 December 2017 – 5 January 2018
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Oman (2nd title)
Runners-up  United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 23 (1.53 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jamal Rashid
Almoez Ali
Ali Husni
Ali Faez
Said Al-Ruzaiqi
(2 goals each)
Best player Ahmed Kano
Best goalkeeper Khalid Eisa
Fair play award  Kuwait
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The 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎‎‎) was the 23rd edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. It took place in Kuwait from 22 December 2017 until 5 January 2018. Oman won their second title, defeating the United Arab Emirates in the final on penalties following a goalless draw.

This tournament has the fewest goals-per-game average (1.53) in the history of Arabian Gulf Cup tournaments.

Hosting

The Gulf Cup tournament was originally scheduled to be in 2016. It was delayed to 2017 after Kuwait was suspended by FIFA, and the tournament was moved to Qatar.[1][2][3]

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Basra, Iraq, with an official decision set to be made in February 2015. On 2 February 2015, the Iraqi Ministry of Youth announced that Iraq would not host the competition due to a financial crisis in Iraq, but hoped to host the next edition in 2018.[4][5] It would have been the second time that Iraq had hosted this competition after 1979 which was held in the capital Baghdad. Iraq was set to organize the two previous editions in 2013 and 2014, but the tournament shifted each time, after concerns over preparations and security.[6] Instead, it was moved to Kuwait to be the hosts for the fourth time, after the editions of 1974, 1990 and 2003.

On 3 July 2015, it was announced that the awarding of hosting rights to Kuwait was postponed after reviewing the technical reports, and that a further announcement would be made later that month. The dates of the competition were also slightly changed to take place from 22 December 2015 to 4 January 2016.[7] Again, on 3 August 2015, the dates of the championship were pushed back to December 2016 or January 2017 due to infrastructure problems in Kuwait, but Kuwait would remain the hosts of the competition. This again was changed in late August, when Kuwait announced that they would host as initially agreed in December 2015, that was after most domestic leagues in the region had re-arranged their calendars due to the earlier postponement.[8][9]

On 19 October 2015, Kuwait withdrew from hosting following Kuwait Football Association's suspension from FIFA.[2] Kuwait were to be once again re-instated as hosts on 27 April 2016, if their suspension by FIFA was lifted by May 2016, failing this, the tournament would be hosted by Qatar in December 2017.[10] The suspension was not lifted at the 66th FIFA Congress and therefore, as decided from the earlier announcement on 27 April, the tournament would be moved to Qatar to be played in December 2017.[11]

Concerns were later raised on Qatar's hosting of the event due to the Qatar diplomatic crisis, although no official announcement has been made by 11 September 2017.[12] In November 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain pulled out of the Gulf Cup.[13] On 6 December 2017, after Kuwait's adoption of a new sports law, Kuwait FA's FIFA suspension was lifted.[14][15] On 7 December 2017, it was announced that Kuwait will again host the tournament after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain threatened to withdraw because of the said diplomatic crisis.

Teams

Team Finals
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 FIFA Rankings
December 2017
 Qatar 23rd Winners (1992, 2004, 2014) 102
 Saudi Arabia 22nd Winners (1994, 2002, 2003–04) 63
 Bahrain 23rd Runners-up (1970, 1982, 1992, 2003–04) 115
 Oman 21st Winners (2009) 101
 Iraq 14th Winners (1979, 1984, 1988) 79
 United Arab Emirates 22nd Winners (2007, 2013) 73
 Yemen 8th Group stage (2003–04, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013) 121
 Kuwait 23rd Winners (1970, 1972, 1974*, 1976, 1982,
1986, 1990*, 1996, 1998, 2010)		 189

Venues

Kuwait Kuwait City
Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Al Kuwait SC Stadium
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 18,500
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Squads

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Group stage

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Main article: 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup Group A

All times are local (UTC+03:00).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Oman 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
2  United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3  Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
4  Kuwait 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source:

22 December 2017
18:30
Kuwait  1–2  Saudi Arabia
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/22/asia/gulf-cup/kuwait/saudi-arabia/2701689/?ICID=PL_MS_01

22 December 2017
21:00
United Arab Emirates  1–0  Oman
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/22/asia/gulf-cup/oman/united-arab-emirates/2701690/?ICID=PL_MS_02

25 December 2017
17:30
United Arab Emirates  0–0  Saudi Arabia
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/25/asia/gulf-cup/united-arab-emirates/saudi-arabia/2701691/?ICID=PL_MS_05

25 December 2017
20:00
Kuwait  0–1  Oman
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/25/asia/gulf-cup/kuwait/oman/2701692/?ICID=PL_MS_06 Kano Goal 58' (pen.)

28 December 2017
18:30
Oman  2–0  Saudi Arabia
Al-Ruzaiqi Goal 58', 77' https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/28/asia/gulf-cup/saudi-arabia/oman/2701693/?ICID=PL_MS_09

28 December 2017
18:30
Kuwait  0–0  United Arab Emirates
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/28/asia/gulf-cup/kuwait/united-arab-emirates/2701694/?ICID=PL_MS_10

Group B

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Main article: 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
2  Bahrain 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  Qatar 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
4  Yemen 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source:

23 December 2017
17:30
Qatar  4–0  Yemen
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/23/asia/gulf-cup/qatar/yemen/2701683/?ICID=PL_MS_03

23 December 2017
20:00
Bahrain  1–1  Iraq
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/23/asia/gulf-cup/bahrain/iraq/2701684/?ICID=PL_MS_04

26 December 2017
17:30
Yemen  0–1  Bahrain
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/26/asia/gulf-cup/yemen/bahrain/2701685/?ICID=PL_MS_07 Rashid Goal 39' (pen.)

26 December 2017
20:00
Iraq  2–1  Qatar
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/26/asia/gulf-cup/iraq/qatar/2701686/?ICID=PL_MS_08 Ali Goal 17'

29 December 2017
18:30
Qatar  1–1  Bahrain
Al-Haydos Goal 45+5' (pen.) https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/29/asia/gulf-cup/qatar/bahrain/2701687/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Madan Goal 57'

29 December 2017
18:30
Iraq  3–0  Yemen
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/29/asia/gulf-cup/iraq/yemen/2701688/?ICID=PL_MS_02

Knockout stage

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Main article: 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup knockout stage

All times are local (UTC+03:00).

Semi-finals Final
2 January – Kuwait City
  Iraq 0 (2)  
  United Arab Emirates (p) 0 (4)  
 
5 January – Kuwait City
      United Arab Emirates 0 (4)
    Oman (p) 0 (5)
2 January – Kuwait City
  Oman 1
  Bahrain 0  

Semi-finals

2 January 2018
17:15
Oman  1–0  Bahrain
Abduljabbar Goal 29' (o.g.) https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/01/02/asia/gulf-cup/oman/bahrain/2702983/?ICID=PL_MS_01

2 January 2018
20:30
Iraq  0–0 (a.e.t.)  United Arab Emirates
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/01/02/asia/gulf-cup/iraq/united-arab-emirates/2702984/?ICID=PL_MS_02
  Penalties  
*Abdul-Zahra Penalty missed 2–4 *Penalty scored Mabkhout

Final

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5 January 2018
17:30
United Arab Emirates  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Oman
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/01/05/asia/gulf-cup/oman/united-arab-emirates/2702985/?ICID=PL_MS_01
  Penalties  
*Mabkhout Penalty scored 4–5 *Penalty scored Al-Muqbali

Winner

 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup Winner 

Oman
Second title

Goalscorers

2 goals

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1 goal

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1 own goal

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Awards

The following awards were given:

Award Player
Fair Play Award  Kuwait
Most Valuable Player Oman Ahmed Kano
Best Goalkeeper United Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Oman 5 3 1 1 4 1 +3 10
2  United Arab Emirates 5 1 4 0 1 0 +1 7
3  Iraq 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
4  Bahrain 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
Source:
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  Qatar 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
6  Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
7  Kuwait 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
8  Yemen 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source:

Media

Broadcasting

Territory Channel
 Bahrain Bahrain Sport
 Iraq Al-Iraqiya Sport
 Kuwait KTV Sport
 Oman Oman TV Sport
 Qatar Al Kass Sports Channels
 Saudi Arabia Al Riyadiah
MBC Pro Sports
 United Arab Emirates ADTV Sport
Dubai Sports

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