18th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 18th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: was the كأس الخليج العربي) 18th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. It took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 17 to 30 January 2007.^[1]

18th Arabian Gulf Cup

كأس الخليج العربي, او خليجي 18 Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi, or Khaleeji 18
18th Arabian Gulf Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	17–30 January
Teams	8
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United Arab Emirates
Runners-up	Oman
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	31 (2.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ismail Matar (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Ismail Matar
Best goalkeeper	Ali Al-Habsi
Fair play award	Yemen
← 2004 2009 →

The tournament was won by hosts UAE, who beat neighbors Oman 1–0 in the final, courtesy of a goal by Ismail Matar who finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals in all. The UAE became the fifth country to lift the title after Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

In the competition there was also some very serious disciplinary problems with a total of 38 yellow cards and 7 red cards awarded in only 12 matches. As in previous Gulf Cups there have also been bad refereeing calls.

Venues

Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi
Zayed Sports City Stadium	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium
Capacity: 43,791	Capacity: 24,000

Squads

Further information: 18th Arabian Gulf Cup squads

Matches

Group A

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

17 January 2007

United Arab Emirates	1–2	Oman
Matar 65'		Bashir 36' Al-Hosni 52'

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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17 January 2007

Kuwait	1–1	Yemen
Al-Mutawa 74' (pen.)		Ali Alomki 16'

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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20 January 2007

Kuwait	1–2	Oman
Al-Rashidi 81'		Al-Hosni 8' Saleh 85'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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20 January 2007

United Arab Emirates	2–1	Yemen
Omar 2' (pen.) Saeed 64'		Al-Sasi 90+2'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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23 January 2007

Oman	2–1	Yemen
Al-Touqi 1' Al Busafy 88'		Saleh 9'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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23 January 2007

United Arab Emirates	3–2	Kuwait
Matar 1' 90+1' Khalil 33'		Al-Mutawa 31' Al-Fahd 35'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Bahrain	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Iraq	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Qatar	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

18 January 2007

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Bahrain
Al-Qahtani 26' (pen.) 89'		Yousef 13' (pen.)

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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18 January 2007

Qatar	0–1	Iraq
		H.M. Mohammed 39'

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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21 January 2007

Bahrain	1–1	Iraq
Al-Marzouqi 8'		H.M. Mohammed 11'

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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21 January 2007

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Qatar
Mouath 72'		Nasser 10'

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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24 January 2007

Qatar	1–2	Bahrain
Khalfan 19'		Hubail 45' 90+1'

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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24 January 2007

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Iraq
Al-Qahtani 12' (pen.)

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Semi finals

27 January 2007

Oman	1–0	Bahrain
Al-Maimani 55'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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27 January 2007

Saudi Arabia	0–1	United Arab Emirates
		Matar 90+1'

Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Final

30 January 2007

Oman	0–1	United Arab Emirates
		Matar 72'

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Trivia

• In the beginning 15 minutes of the Oman-Yemen game, the cameras were malfunctioning, resulting in the side cameras being the only coverage of that part of the match.

Winners

18th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
United Arab Emirates First title

Awards

Top Goalscorers	Most Valuable Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Award
Ismail Matar	Ismail Matar	Ali Al Habsi	Yemen

Top-Scorers

5 goals

• Ismail Matar

3 goals

• Yasser Al-Qahtani

2 goals

• Amad Al Hosni
• A'ala Hubail
• Hawar Mulla Mohammed
• Bader Al-Mutawa

1 goal

• Fahad Al Hamad
• Fahad Al-Rashidi
• Sultan Al-Touqi
• Fawzi Bashir
• Badar Al-Maimani
• Hashim Saleh
• Khalfan Ibrahim
• Ali Hussein
• Malek Mouath
• Faisal Khalil