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2012 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Dates1–11 September
Teams6 (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 played11
Goals scored28 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi (4 goals)
Best player(s)Saudi Arabia Mustafa Basas
Best goalkeeperUnited Arab Emirates Ahmed Shambih
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International football competition

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)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

2012 GCC U-23 Championship is located in QatarDohaDoha 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
Qatar 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Al-Khalaqi 80' Report Khalifah 17'
Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha
United Arab Emirates 2–1 Kuwait
Sabeel 61'
Saeed 74'		 Report Al-Khamees 56'
Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha
Kuwait 2–3 Qatar
Al Shammari 23', 88' Al-Yazidi 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
Oman 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Salem 44' Report Al-Shehri 72'
Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha
Bahrain 1–0 Oman
Rashid 71'
Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Bahrain
Al-Ghamdi 12'
Bassas 20'
Al-Qattam 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-finalsFinal
       
 8 September – Doha
 
  Qatar2 (2)
 11 September – Doha
  Bahrain (p)2 (4)
  Bahrain0
 8 September – Doha
  Saudi Arabia2
  Saudi Arabia3
 
  United Arab Emirates 0
 Third place match
 
 10 September – Doha
 
  Qatar0 (2)
 
  United Arab Emirates (p)0 (3)

Fifth place play-off

Kuwait 1–2 Oman
Al Shammari 6'
Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Semi-finals

Qatar 2–2 Bahrain
Alaaeldin 45+2'
Al-Khalaqi 74'		 Rashid 64'
Ghloum 88' (pen.)
Penalties
2–4
Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha
Saudi Arabia 3–0 United Arab Emirates
Al-Ghamdi 3', 18'
Al-Muwallad 77'		 Report
Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Third place play-off

Qatar 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Penalties
2–3
Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Final

Bahrain 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Ghamdi 18'
Al-Shehri 53'
Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Winners

 2012 GCC U-23 Championship champion 

Saudi Arabia
Second title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player Best goalkeeper
Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi Saudi Arabia Mustafa Bassas United Arab Emirates Ahmed Shambih

Goalscorers

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

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

References

  1. "تفتتح بالدوحة اليوم ."
  2. "الأخضر الشاب بطلاً للخليج للمرة الثانية".
  3. "قرعة بطولة الخليج للشباب والناشئين : الأخضر الشاب في الثانية .. والأخضر الصغير يصطدم بعمان والإمارات".

External links

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