2015 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations

2015 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations
Tournament details
Host country Bahrain
Dates 16 January, 2015 - 29 January, 2015
Teams 6 (from UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
Runners-up  Kuwait
Third place  Oman
Fourth place  United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played 11
Goals scored 30 (2.73 per match)

The 2015 Under 23 Gulf Cup took place in Manama, Bahrain.[1] It was initially going to be hosted by Qatar in September, but later moved to Bahrain and scheduled for January 2015[2][3] It is the 6th edition of the tournament and used as preparation for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification rounds. The semi final and final were delayed by a number of days due to the death of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Groups

The draw was conducted on 4 June 2014.[4]

Group A Group B

 Kuwait
 Qatar
 United Arab Emirates

 Bahrain (Hosts)
 Oman
 Saudi Arabia

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 211020+24
 Kuwait 210132+13
 Qatar 201103−31

16 January 2015
United Arab Emirates  2 – 0  Kuwait
Yousef Ahmed  71'
Ali Salmeen  90+2'

18 January 2015
Kuwait  3 – 0  Qatar
Al Tararwa  23'
Hazzam  56'
Mohammed  60'

20 January 2015
Qatar  0 – 0  United Arab Emirates
National Stadium, Riffa
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 211032+14
 Saudi Arabia 21015503
 Bahrain 201123−11

16 January 2015
Bahrain  2 – 3  Saudi Arabia
Ali Hassan  47'
Matar  51' 		Al Sulaiheem  32'
Al Nadhari  77'
Al Saiari  90+1'

18 January 2015
16:30 UTC+3
Saudi Arabia  2 – 3  Oman
Al Beeshi  63'
Isa  72' 		Al-Rushaidi  9', 43'
Al-Hamdani  48'

20 January 2015
16:30 UTC+3
Bahrain  0 – 0  Oman
National Stadium, Riffa
Referee: Sultan Al-Marzooqi (UAE)

Semi Finals

26 January 2015
United Arab Emirates  1–1  Saudi Arabia
  Penalties  
3–5
National Stadium, Riffa
Referee: Abdulaziz Abdulla (Bahrain)

26 January 2015
Oman  1–1  Kuwait
  Penalties  
4–5
National Stadium, Riffa
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

5th/6th place playoff

22 January 2015
16:30 UTC+3
Bahrain  2 – 1  Qatar

3rd/4th place playoff

Final

28 January 2015
Saudi Arabia  5 – 2  Kuwait

References

  1. ↑ Bahrain to host GCC olympic and U-17 tournaments
  2. ↑ GCC U-23 Tournament date moved to August 30
  3. ↑ UAE prepare for the GCC U-23 Cup
  4. ↑ U-23 drawn in Group B
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