24th Arabian Gulf Cup

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.

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
← 2017–18 2023 →

On 15 July 2019, the AGCFF announced that the tournament would be held in Qatar from 24 November to 8 December 2019.^[1]

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

Venues

Al Rayyan (Doha Area)	Al Wakrah	Al Rayyan Doha Al Wakrah
Khalifa International Stadium	Al Janoub Stadium
Capacity: 45,857	Capacity: 44,325
Doha
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Capacity: 12,000

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

Referees[3] Ammar Ebrahim Mahfoodh (Bahrain) Ali Abdulnabi Al Samaheeji (Bahrain) Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium) Ali Shaban (Kuwait) Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait) Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait) Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) Ali Sabah Adday Al Qaysi (Iraq) Ryuji Sato (Japan) Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) Omar Al Yaqoubi (Oman) Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland) Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)

Assistant Referees Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Salah Abdulaziz Janahi (Bahrain) Karel De Rocker (Belgium) Florian Lemaire (Belgium) Abbas Gholoum (Kuwait) Humoud Al-Sahli (Kuwait) Hayder Ubaydee (Iraq) Maytham Al Gburi (Iraq) Akane Yagi (Japan) Osamu Nonura (Japan) Abu Bakar Al Amri (Oman) Saif Al Ghafri (Oman) Jan Köbeli (Switzerland) Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Hasan Mohamed Al Mahri (United Arab Emirates) Ramzan Saeed Al-Naemi (Qatar) Mohammad Dharman (Qatar)

Squads

Further information: 24th Arabian Gulf Cup 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	Advance to 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)

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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)

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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

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	Advance to 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)

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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)

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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

• Times listed are UTC+03:00.
• 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)

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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 winners
Bahrain 1st title

Goalscorers

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

5 goals

• Ali Mabkhout

3 goals

• Abdelkarim Hassan
• Akram Afif

2 goals

• Thiago Augusto
• Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali
• Mohammed Qasim
• Yousef Nasser
• Firas Al-Buraikan
• Abdullah Al-Hamdan
• Hattan Bahebri

1 goal

• Abdulla Al-Haza'a
• Ali Madan
• Jasim Al-Shaikh
• Mohamed Al Romaihi
• Mohamed Marhoon
• Alaa Abbas
• Alaa Abdul Zahra
• Ibrahim Bayesh
• Mohanad Ali
• Ahmed Al-Dhefiri
• Ahmed Zanki
• Sami Al-Sanea
• Mubarak Al-Faneni
• Rabia Al-Alawi
• Abdulaziz Hatem
• Almoez Ali
• Abdullah Al-Ahrak
• Boualem Khoukhi
• Hassan Al-Haydos
• Mohammed Al-Khabrani

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Broadcasting rights

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

Territory	Television
MENA	Al Kass
	BeIN Sports
Oman	Oman TV Sports
Kuwait	KTV Sports