20th Arabian Gulf Cup

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20th Arabian Gulf Cup
كأس الخليج العربي 2010 ، أو خليجي 20
Kass Al-Khaleej ِAl-Arabi 2010, or Khaleeji 20
20th Arabian Gulf Cup Logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryYemen
Dates22 November – 5 December 2010
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Kuwait (10th title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored27 (1.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa
Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Kuwait Fahad Al-Enezi
Best goalkeeperKuwait Nawaf Al-Khaldi
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The 20th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي) was the twentieth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Aden, Yemen, from 22 November to 5 December 2010.[1] The tournament was held in Yemen for the first time in the tournament's history, and this edition celebrated the 40th anniversary of the cup as well as the 20th anniversary of the tournament.

The opening match was played between the host Yemen and Saudi Arabia at the 22 May Stadium in Aden.[2][3]

Kuwait won the tournament for the tenth time in the team's history,[4] against 2-time consecutive second-place finishers, Saudi Arabia in a 1–0 score that ended with extra time.

Teams[]

8 teams participated in the tournament.[5]

Venues[]

Cities Venues Capacity Build Year
Aden 22 May Stadium 30,000 2003
Zinjibar Al-Wihda Stadium 30,000 2010

Competition mascot[]

The competition mascot (rather a secondary competition logo) depicts a Yemeni juggling a football in a traditional Yemeni wizaar while wearing headgear consisting of colors from the Yemeni flag.

The design has been featured in many advertising campaigns for the competition as well as many talk-shows, and has emerged as a well-known symbol for the competition, even more so than the primary competition logo.

The draw[]

  • The draw for the tournament was held on 22 August 2010.
  • Eight teams were divided into two groups, Yemen (The host nation) was in group A, Oman (The holder) in group B, while the rest of the teams were placed in a pot based on August 2010's FIFA rankings.

Seedings[]

Pot
National Team
FIFA Ranking
A  Yemen (Host)
109
 Oman (Holder)
81
B  Bahrain
68
 Saudi Arabia
70
C  Kuwait
85
 United Arab Emirates
90
D  Qatar
98
 Iraq
106

Group stage[]

  • All times are Yemen Time – UTC+3

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
 Saudi Arabia 3 1 2 0 5 1 +4 5
 Qatar 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Yemen 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Yemen 0–4 Saudi Arabia
Al-Muwallad Goal 4'
Al-Shalhoub Goal 58'
Assiri Goal 72' (pen.)
Al-Saeed Goal 90+2'
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Kuwait 1–0 Qatar
Nasser Goal 28'
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harrasi (Oman)
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Kuwait
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)
Qatar 2–1 Yemen
Al-Marri Goal 35', 55' Akram Goal 17'
Referee: Sabah Abid Iddan (Iraq)
Yemen 0–3 Kuwait
Al Ateeqi Goal 18' (pen.)
Al-Mutawa Goal 34', 69'
Referee: Salah Mohammed Al Abassi (Bahrain)
Qatar 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Al-Ghanim Goal 84' Shami Zaher Goal 89' (o.g.)
May 22 Stadium, Aden

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
 Iraq 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Oman 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 3
 Bahrain 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Oman 1–1 Bahrain
Al Hosni Goal 37' Al Mishkhas Goal 67'
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Referee: Naser Al Enezi (Kuwait)
Iraq 0–0 United Arab Emirates
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Referee: Abdelrahman Al Qathani (Saudi Arabia)
United Arab Emirates 0–0 Oman
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Referee: Hamdy Raaban Shaaban (Egypt)
Bahrain 2–3 Iraq
Ayesh Goal 44'
Abdullatif Goal 90+6'		 Abdul-Zahra Goal 24', 57'
Hawar Goal 90'
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Referee: Khalaf Mohammad Allabany (Yemen)
Oman 0–0 Iraq
Referee: Yasser Younis (Egypt)
United Arab Emirates 3–1 Bahrain
Khater Goal 4'
F. Juma Goal 8'
A. Juma Goal 64'		 Fatadi Goal 35'
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Referee: Khamis Al Marry (Qatar)

Knockout stage[]

Semi-finals[]

Kuwait 2–2 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Al-Mutawa Goal 1'
Al-Enezi Goal 58'		 Hawar Goal 6'
Abdul-Zahra Goal 14'
Penalties
5–4
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Referee: Hamdy Raaban Shaaban (Egypt)
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Abbas Goal 55'
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Referee: Kenji Ogiya (Japan)

Final[]

Kuwait 1–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Ali Goal 93'
May 22 Stadium, Aden
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harrasi (Oman)

Winners[]

 20th Arabian Gulf Cup Winners 

Kuwait
Tenth title

Goalscorers[]

Own goals
  • Qatar Hamed Shami Zaher (for Saudi Arabia)

Team statistics[]

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final phase
1  Kuwait 5 3 2 0 7 2 +5
2  Saudi Arabia 5 2 2 1 6 2 +4
3  Iraq 4 1 3 0 5 4 +1
4  United Arab Emirates 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1
Eliminated in the group stage
5  Qatar 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
6  Oman 3 0 3 0 1 1 0
7  Bahrain 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3
8  Yemen 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8

Total goals by team[]

Trivia[]

  • For the first time in the tournament's history all matches were played on artificial grass fields.
  • The broadcasting rights for the tournament was sold for the highest price ever in Gulf Cup history to Abu Dhabi Sports in a deal worth 560 million dollars.[6]
  • For the third consecutive time previous champions of the tournament failed to pass the group stages after 2009 winners, Oman failed to qualify to the final four.
  • Ali Al-Habsi's record for 4 consecutive "Best Tournament Goalkeeper" was broken after Kuwait's Nawaf Al-Khaldi won the award due to Ali's absence in the competition.

References[]

  1. ^ "Arabian Gulf Cup in 2010". Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Arabian Gulf Cup 20 - Yemen 2010 Fixtures' schedule". goalzz.com. Kooora. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Yemen welcomes Gulf nations". FIFA.com. FIFA. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Kuwait wins the 2010 Gulf Cup for the tenth time". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2010.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Arabian Gulf Cup in Yemen 2010
  6. ^ "AD Sports pay 560 million for rights to the 20th Gulf Cup". forum.kooora.com (in Arabic). Kooora. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.

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