2015 GCC U-23 Championship

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2015 GCC U-23 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBahrain
Dates16 January 2015 - 29 January 2015
Teams6 (from UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Third place Oman
Fourth place United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored30 (2.73 per match)
← 2013

The 2015 GCC U-23 Championship 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 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4
 Kuwait 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
 Qatar 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Kuwait
Yousef Ahmed 71'
Ali Salmeen 90+2'
Kuwait 3–0 Qatar
23'
56'
60'
Qatar 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4
 Saudi Arabia 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 3
 Bahrain 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Bahrain 2–3 Saudi Arabia
Ali Hassan 47'
51'		 Al-Sulayhem 32'
Al-Nadhri 77'
Al-Saiari 90+1'
Saudi Arabia 2–3 Oman
Al-Bishi 63'
Al-Nadhri 72'		 9', 43'
Al-Hamdani 48'
Bahrain 0–0 Oman
Referee: Sultan Al-Marzooqi (UAE)

Semi-finals[]

United Arab Emirates 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Mubarak 25' Al-Kharaa 6'
Penalties
3–5
Referee: Abdulaziz Abdulla (Bahrain)
Oman 1–1 Kuwait
42' 7'
Penalties
4–5
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

5th/6th place playoff[]

Bahrain 2 – 1 Qatar

3rd/4th place playoff[]

United Arab Emirates 1 – 2 Oman

Final[]

Saudi Arabia 5–2 Kuwait
Al-Bishi 32'
Al-Saiari 40'
Al-Nadhri 67'
Al-Sulayhem 74' (pen.)
90+4'		 46', 86'

References[]

  1. ^ "Bahrain to host GCC olympic and U-17 tournaments". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  2. ^ "GCC U-23 Tournament date moved to August 30". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  3. ^ UAE prepare for the GCC U-23 Cup
  4. ^ "U-23 drawn in Group B". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
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