2010 GCC U-23 Championship

2010 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	28 July – 7 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United Arab Emirates (1st title)
Runners-up	Kuwait
Third place	Oman
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	16 (1.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ahmed Khalil ; (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Amer Abdulrahman
Best goalkeeper	Hussain Kankone

The 2010 GCC U-23 Championship was the second edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Doha, Qatar for the first time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 28 July to 7 August 2010.^[1] United Arab Emirates won their first title after defeating Kuwait 1–0 in the final.^[2]

United Arab Emirates made their debut in the competition and won their first title. The format of the competition was changed to include a knockout round.

Teams

Team	Previous appearances in tournament^{[upper-alpha 1]}
Bahrain	1 (2008)
Kuwait	1 (2008)
Qatar (host)	1 (2008)
Oman	1 (2008)
Saudi Arabia	1 (2008)
United Arab Emirates	0 (debut)

↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

Doha	Doha
	Aspire Academy Stadium
	Capacity: 5,580

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oman	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Qatar (H)	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Advance to knockout stage
3	Bahrain	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1

Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

28 July 2010

17:30

Qatar	0–2	Oman
		Al-Qasmi 36' Al-Nuaimi 90+4' (pen.)

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

30 July 2010

17:30

Bahrain	0–2	Oman
		Al-Shimli 10' Al-Nuaimi 82' (pen.)

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

1 August 2010

20:15

Qatar	0–0	Bahrain

Penalties
	6–5

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Since both Qatar and Bahrain finished level on points, goal difference and goals scored, a penalty shootout was held to determine who finishes in second.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Advance to knockout stage
3	Saudi Arabia	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

28 July 2010

20:00

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Kuwait
Al-Johani 13'	Report	Aman 20'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

30 July 2010

20:00

United Arab Emirates	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Khalil 86'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

1 August 2010

17:30

Kuwait	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Nasser 53'		Khalil 36'

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-finals		Final

4 August – Doha

Oman	0 (4)
		7 August – Doha
Kuwait (p)	0 (5)
		Kuwait	0
4 August – Doha
		United Arab Emirates	1
United Arab Emirates	3

Qatar	1
		Third place match

		6 August – Doha

		Oman (p)	1 (4)

		Qatar	1 (2)

Fifth place play-off

3 August 2010