24th Arabian Gulf Cup

كأس الخليج العربي 24
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	26 November – 8 December
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Bahrain (1st title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	45 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ali Mabkhout (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Abdullah Otayf
Best goalkeeper	Fawaz Al-Qarni
Fair play award	Qatar

The 24th Arabian Gulf Cup was the 24th edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. Eight teams participated in the tournament.

On 15 July 2019, the AGCFF announced that the tournament would be held in Qatar from 24 November to 6 December 2019.^[1]

Bahrain won the competition by a 1–0 victory against Saudi Arabia to secure their first title.

Venues

Doha		Al Wakrah	Doha Al Wakrah
Khalifa International Stadium	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium	Al Janoub Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 40,000

Teams

Sodefi, the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup mascot

On 12 November 2019, the national teams of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates decided to participate in the competition after boycotting it earlier.^[2]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
			October 2019
Qatar (Host)	24th	Winners (1992, 2004, 2014)	57
United Arab Emirates	23rd	Winners (2007, 2013)	67
Saudi Arabia	23rd	Winners (1994, 2002, 2003–04)	69
Iraq	15th	Winners (1979, 1984, 1988)	74
Oman (Title Holders)	22nd	Winners (2009, 2017–18)	84
Bahrain	24th	Runners-up (1970, 1982, 1992, 2003–04)	101
Yemen	9th	Group stage (2003–04, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013)	141
Kuwait	24th	Winners (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010)	156

Officials

Squads

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+03:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Qatar (H)	3	2	0	1	11	4	+7	6
3	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Yemen	3	0	1	2	0	9	−9	1

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

26 November 2019

19:30

Qatar	1–2	Iraq
Hatem 49'	Report	Qasim 19', 27'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 37,890^[4]

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

26 November 2019

21:30

United Arab Emirates	3–0	Yemen
Mabkhout 21', 38', 54'	Report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 1,437

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

---

29 November 2019

17:30

United Arab Emirates	0–2	Iraq
	Report	Abbas 6' Abdul-Zahra 37'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 17,437

Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

29 November 2019

20:00

Yemen	0–6	Qatar
	Report	Hassan 29', 36', 72' (pen.) Ali 57' Al-Ahrak 85' Afif 90'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 26,392

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

---

2 December 2019

17:30

Qatar	4–2	United Arab Emirates
Afif 20', 28' (pen.) Al-Haydos 53' Khoukhi 90+5'	Report	Mabkhout 33' (pen.), 77'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: TBA

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

2 December 2019

17:30

Yemen	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Oman	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Kuwait	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

27 November 2019

17:30

Oman	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 3,400

Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

27 November 2019

20:00

Saudi Arabia	1–3	Kuwait
Al-Buraikan 90+6'	Report	Al-Dhefiri 43' Al-Sanea 45+1' Al-Faneni 90'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 5,777

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

---

30 November 2019

17:30

Kuwait	1–2	Oman
Nasser 79'	Report	Al-Muqbali 16' (pen.), 32' (pen.)

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)

30 November 2019

20:00

Bahrain	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Hamdan 29' Al-Khabrani 58'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

---

2 December 2019

20:00

Kuwait	2–4	Bahrain
Nasser 59' (pen.) Zanki 85'	Report	Madan 45+1' Al-Shaikh 69' Thiago Augusto 83', 90+3'

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

2 December 2019

20:00

Oman	1–3	Saudi Arabia
Al-Alawi 55'	Report	Al-Buraikan 26' Bahebri 42', 57'

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

Knockout stage

• Time listed are UTC+3:00
• In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 December – Doha
	Iraq	2 (3)
					8 December – Doha
	Bahrain (p)	2 (5)
					Bahrain	1
	5 December – Al Wakrah
					Saudi Arabia	0
	Saudi Arabia	1
	Qatar	0

Semi-finals

5 December 2019

17:00

Iraq	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Bahrain
Ali 6' Bayesh 18'	Report	Al-Haza'a 14' Marhoon 45+2'
Penalties
Faez Ismail Bayesh Qasim	3–5	Al-Hardan Al-Shaikh Marhoon Thiago Augusto Madan

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

---

5 December 2019

20:00

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Qatar
Al-Hamdan 28'	Report

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 42,025^[5]

Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)

Final

8 December 2019

19:00

Bahrain	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Al-Romaihi 69'	Report

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Winner

24th Arabian Gulf Cup Winner
Bahrain First title

Goalscorers

There were 45 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Final phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bahrain	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	8
2	Saudi Arabia	5	3	0	2	7	5	+2	9
3	Iraq	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
4	Qatar	4	2	0	2	11	5	+6	6

Eliminated in the group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Oman	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
6	Kuwait	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
7	United Arab Emirates	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
8	Yemen	3	0	1	2	0	9	−9	1

Broadcasting rights

Below are the TV channels that broadcast the matches:^[6]

References