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23rd Arabian Gulf Cup
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Tournament details
Host countryKuwait
Dates22 December 2017 – 5 January 2018
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Oman.svg Oman (2nd title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored23 (1.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bahrain Jamal Rashid
Qatar Almoez Ali
Iraq Ali Husni
Iraq Ali Faez
Oman Said Al-Ruzaiqi
(2 goals each)
Best playerOman Ahmed Kano
Best goalkeeperUnited Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa
Fair play awardFile:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
← 2014
2019 →

The 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎) was the 23rd edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. It took place in Kuwait from 22 December 2017 until 5 January 2018. Oman won their second title, defeating the United Arab Emirates in the final on penalties following a goalless draw.

This tournament saw the fewest goals-per-game average (1.53) in the history of Arabian Gulf Cup tournaments.

Hosting

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The Gulf Cup tournament was originally scheduled to be in 2016. It was delayed to 2017 after Kuwait was suspended by FIFA, and the tournament was moved to Qatar.[1][2][3]

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Basra, Iraq, with an official decision set to be made in February 2015. On 2 February 2015, the Iraqi Ministry of Youth announced that Iraq would not host the competition due to a financial crisis in Iraq, but hoped to host the next edition in 2018.[4][5] It would have been the second time that Iraq had hosted this competition after 1979 which was held in the capital Baghdad. Iraq was set to organize the two previous editions in 2013 and 2014, but the tournament shifted each time, after concerns over preparations and security.[6] Instead, it was moved to Kuwait to be the hosts for the fourth time, after the editions of 1974, 1990 and 2003.

On 3 July 2015, it was announced that the awarding of hosting rights to Kuwait was postponed after reviewing the technical reports, and that a further announcement would be made later that month. The dates of the competition were also slightly changed to take place from 22 December 2015 to 4 January 2016.[7] Again, on 3 August 2015, the dates of the championship were pushed back to December 2016 or January 2017 due to infrastructure problems in Kuwait, but Kuwait would remain the hosts of the competition. This again was changed in late August, when Kuwait announced that they would host as initially agreed in December 2015, that was after most domestic leagues in the region had re-arranged their calendars due to the earlier postponement.[8][9]

On 19 October 2015, Kuwait withdrew from hosting following Kuwait Football Association's suspension from FIFA.[2] Kuwait were to be once again re-instated as hosts on 27 April 2016, if their suspension by FIFA was lifted by May 2016, failing this, the tournament would be hosted by Qatar in December 2017.[10] The suspension was not lifted at the 66th FIFA Congress and therefore, as decided from the earlier announcement on 27 April, the tournament would be moved to Qatar to be played in December 2017.[11]

Concerns were later raised on Qatar's hosting of the event due to the Qatar diplomatic crisis, although no official announcement has been made by 11 September 2017.[12] In November 2017, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain pulled out of the Gulf Cup.[13] On 6 December 2017, after Kuwait's adoption of a new sports law, Kuwait FA's FIFA suspension was lifted.[14][15] On 7 December 2017, it was announced that Kuwait will again host the tournament after Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain threatened to withdraw because of the said diplomatic crisis.

Teams

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Team Finals
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		FIFA Rankings
December 2017
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 23rd Winners (1992, 2004, 2014) 102
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 22nd Winners (1994, 2002, 2003–04) 63
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 23rd Runners-up (1970, 1982, 1992, 2003–04) 115
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 21st Winners (2009) 101
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 14th Winners (1979, 1984, 1988) 79
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 22nd Winners (2007, 2013) 73
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 8th Group stage (2003–04, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013) 121
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 23rd Winners (1970, 1972, 1974*, 1976, 1982,
1986, 1990*, 1996, 1998, 2010)		 189

Venues

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Kuwait Kuwait City
Ardhiya Kaifan
Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Kuwait SC Stadium
Capacity: 60,000 Capacity: 18,500
File:Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium 2019 local.png File:KuwaitSCStadium.jpg

Squads

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Further information: 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup squads

Group stage

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

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: [citation needed]
Kuwait File:Flag of Kuwait.svg1–2File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
 Report
Attendance: 60,000
United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg1–0File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman
 Report
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg0–0File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 47,556
Kuwait File:Flag of Kuwait.svg0–1File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman
Report Kano File:Soccerball shade.svg 58' (pen.)
Oman File:Flag of Oman.svg2–0File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia
Al-Ruzaiqi File:Soccerball shade.svg 58', 77' Report
Kuwait File:Flag of Kuwait.svg0–0File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Report
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]
Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg4–0File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen
 Report
Bahrain File:Flag of Bahrain.svg1–1File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq
 Report
Yemen File:Flag of Yemen.svg0–1File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
Report Rashid File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (pen.)
Iraq File:Flag of Iraq.svg2–1File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar
 Report Ali File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Qatar File:Flag of Qatar.svg1–1File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
Al-Haydos File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+5' (pen.) Report Madan File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Iraq File:Flag of Iraq.svg3–0File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen
 Report

Knockout stage

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 January – Kuwait City
 
 
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq0 (2)
 
5 January – Kuwait City
 
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates (p)0 (4)
 
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates0 (4)
 
2 January – Kuwait City
 
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman (p)0 (5)
 
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman1
 
 
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain0
 

Semi-finals

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Oman File:Flag of Oman.svg1–0File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
Abduljabbar File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (o.g.) Report
Iraq File:Flag of Iraq.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Report
Penalties
 2–4

Final

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United Arab Emirates File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg0–0 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman
Report
Penalties
 4–5

Winner

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 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup Winner 
File:Flag of Oman.svg
Oman
Second title

Goalscorers

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2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Awards

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The following awards were given:

Award Player
Fair Play Award File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Most Valuable Player Oman Ahmed Kano
Best Goalkeeper United Arab Emirates Khalid Eisa

Team statistics

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This table shows all team performance.

Final phase
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman 5 3 1 1 4 1 +3 10
2 File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 5 1 4 0 1 0 +1 7
3 File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4 8
4 File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
Source: [citation needed]
Eliminated in the group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
6 File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
7 File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
8 File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]

Media

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Broadcasting

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Territory Channel
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain Bahrain Sport
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq Al-Iraqiya Sport
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait KTV Sport
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman Oman TV Sport
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar Al Kass Sports Channels
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Al Riyadiah
MBC Pro Sports
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates ADTV Sport
Dubai Sports

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