2008 GCC U-23 Championship

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2008 GCC U-23 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates6 January 2008 - 17 January 2008
Teams5 (from UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up Bahrain
Third place Qatar

The GCC U-23 Championship was played for the first time in 2008.

The championship was held in Saudi Arabia. Only five nations took part, hosts Saudi Arabia and nations Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait.

Saudi Arabia became the first champions of this age-grouped event.

Participating nations[]

Fixtures & Results[]

Tournament[]

The four teams in the tournament played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 10
 Bahrain 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
 Qatar 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 5
 Oman 4 1 0 3 4 7 –3 3
 Kuwait 4 1 0 3 3 10 –7 3

Matches[]

Saudi Arabia 1–0 Oman
Al-Salem Goal 51' Report
Qatar 1–2 Kuwait
Ismail Goal 28' Goal 74'
Goal 76'
Oman 1–2 Bahrain
M. Al-Balushi Goal 62' Al-Dakeel Goal 25'
Goal 82'
Saudi Arabia 2–2 Qatar
Al-Dawsari Goal 56'
Al-Kalthem Goal 90+3'		 Report Ismail Goal 44'
Al Yazeedi Goal 75'
Bahrain 3–1 Kuwait
Al-Dakeel Goal 29'
Goal 85'
Goal 89'		 Al Hadhoud Goal 67'
Oman 0–4 Qatar
Ismail Goal 2'
Goal 76'
Al Allaq Goal 88', 90'
Kuwait 0–3 Saudi Arabia
Al-Qarni Goal 26'
Al-Salem Goal 81', 89'
Qatar 1–1 Bahrain
Al Allaq Goal 86' Goal 8' (pen.)
Oman 3–0 Kuwait
Goal 31'
Al-Mukhaini Goal 49'
Mubarak Goal 83'
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Bahrain
Al-Bishi Goal 50' (pen.)

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