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2011 GCC U-23 Championship

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2011 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Dates12–21 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Oman (1st title)
Runners-up United Arab Emirates
Third place Saudi Arabia
Fourth place Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored35 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Yahya Al-Shehri
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Oman Hamoud Al-Saadi
Best goalkeeperUnited Arab Emirates Ahmed Mahmoud
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2012 →

The 2011 GCC U-23 Championship was the third edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Doha, Qatar for the second time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 12 to 21 August.[1] Oman won their first title after defeating United Arab Emirates 4–2 on penalties in the final.[2]

Teams

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Team Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 Bahrain 2 (2008, 2010)
 Kuwait 2 (2008, 2010)
 Qatar (host) 2 (2008, 2010)
 Oman 2 (2008, 2010)
 Saudi Arabia 2 (2008, 2010)
 United Arab Emirates 1 (2010)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

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 Doha
Aspire Academy Stadium
Capacity: 5,580

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Qatar (H) 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
3  Kuwait 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Qatar 0–4 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Shehri 18'
A. Al-Dawsari 21'
Hamood 26'
Al-Bishi 90+2'
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Kuwait
S. Al-Dossari 11'
Al-Bishi 71'		 Report
Kuwait 1–2 Qatar
Khamis 35' Al-Haydos 52'
Al-Nahwi 82'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3 Advance to knockout stage
2  Oman 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3  Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
Source: kooora
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Oman 0–1 Bahrain
Al-Banna 65'
Oman 3–2 United Arab Emirates
Al-Saadi 6'
Al-Hadhri 44'
Al-Shimli 47'		 Al Fardan 39' (pen.)
Ahmed 82'
Bahrain 1–5 United Arab Emirates
Ali 85' (pen.) Haikal 30'
Ali 39'
Fawzi 62'
Mabkhout 82', 89'

Knockout stage

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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

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 August – Doha
 
 
 Saudi Arabia3
 
21 August – Doha
 
 Oman4
 
 Oman (p)0 (4)
 
19 August – Doha
 
 United Arab Emirates0 (2)
 
 United Arab Emirates2
 
 
 Qatar 0
 
Third place match
 
 
21 August – Doha
 
 
 Saudi Arabia2
 
 
 Qatar1

Fifth place play-off

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Kuwait 1–1 Bahrain
Mohammed 12' Al-Husaini 3'
Penalties
0–3

Semi-finals

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Saudi Arabia 3–4 Oman
Al-Shehri 40'
Otaif 80', 90+4'		 Report Al-Saadi 8'
Said 36'
Al-Farsi 38'
Al-Hadhri 60'
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Qatar
Ahmed 61'
Ali 70'

Third place play-off

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Saudi Arabia 2–1 Qatar
Al-Shehri 69'
Al-Mutairi 90'		 Report Al-Nahwi 34'

Final

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Oman 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Report
Penalties
 4–2

Winners

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 2011 GCC U-23 Championship champion 

Oman
First title

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player Best goalkeeper
Saudi Arabia Yahya Al-Shehri Oman Hamoud Al-Saadi United Arab Emirates Ahmed Mahmoud

Goalscorers

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There have been 35 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.18 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "تفتتح بالدوحة اليوم ."
  2. ^ "أولمبي عُمان يتوج بكأس الخليج".
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