2011 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Dates12–21 August
Teams6 (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 played11
Goals scored35 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Yahya Al-Shehri
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Oman Hamoud Al-Saadi
Best goalkeeperUnited Arab Emirates Ahmed Mahmoud

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.[1] Oman won their first title after defeating United Arab Emirates 4–2 on penalties in the final.[2]

Teams

Team Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1]
 Bahrain2 (2008, 2010)
 Kuwait2 (2008, 2010)
 Qatar (host)2 (2008, 2010)
 Oman2 (2008, 2010)
 Saudi Arabia2 (2008, 2010)
 United Arab Emirates1 (2010)
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

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
Qatar 0–4 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Shehri 18'
A. Al-Dawsari 21'
Hamood 26'
Al-Bishi 90+2'
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Kuwait
S. Al-Dossari 11'
Al-Bishi 71'		 Report
Kuwait 1–2 Qatar
Khamis 35' Al-Haydos 52'
Al-Nahwi 82'

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
Oman 0–1 Bahrain
Al-Banna 65'
Oman 3–2 United Arab Emirates
Al-Saadi 6'
Al-Hadhri 44'
Al-Shimli 47'		 Al Fardan 39' (pen.)
Ahmed 82'
Bahrain 1–5 United Arab Emirates
Ali 85' (pen.) Haikal 30'
Ali 39'
Fawzi 62'
Mabkhout 82', 89'

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
 
      
 
19 August – Doha
 
 
 Saudi Arabia3
 
21 August – Doha
 
 Oman4
 
 Oman (p)0 (4)
 
19 August – Doha
 
 United Arab Emirates0 (2)
 
 United Arab Emirates2
 
 
 Qatar 0
 
Third place match
 
 
21 August – Doha
 
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
 
 Qatar1

Fifth place play-off

Kuwait 1–1 Bahrain
Mohammed 12' Al-Husaini 3'
Penalties
0–3

Semi-finals

Saudi Arabia 3–4 Oman
Al-Shehri 40'
Otaif 80', 90+4'		 Report Al-Saadi 8'
Said 36'
Al-Farsi 38'
Al-Hadhri 60'
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Qatar
Ahmed 61'
Ali 70'

Third place play-off

Saudi Arabia 2–1 Qatar
Al-Shehri 69'
Al-Mutairi 90'		 Report Al-Nahwi 34'

Final

Oman 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Penalties
 4–2

Winners

 2011 GCC U-23 Championship champion 

Oman
First title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player Best goalkeeper
Saudi Arabia Yahya Al-Shehri Oman Hamoud Al-Saadi United Arab Emirates Ahmed Mahmoud

Goalscorers

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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

References

  1. ↑ "تفتتح بالدوحة اليوم ."
  2. ↑ "أولمبي عُمان يتوج بكأس الخليج".
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