2012 GCC U-23 Championship

2012 GCC U-23 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Dates September 1, 2012 – September 11, 2012
Teams 6 (from UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions  Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Runners-up  Bahrain
Third place  United Arab Emirates
Fourth place  Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played 11
Goals scored 28 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s) Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi (5 Goals)
Best player Saudi Arabia Mustafa Basas

The 2012 GCC U-23 Championship is the fourth edition of GCC U-23 Championship taking place in Qatar between 1 September and 11 September 2012. It will be the third time that Qatar have been hosts. Six nations have entered.

Participating teams

Group A Group B

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Qatar 211043+14
 United Arab Emirates 211032+14
 Kuwait 200235−20
Qatar  1 1  United Arab Emirates
Aspire Academy - Doha
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

United Arab Emirates  2 1  Kuwait
Aspire Academy - Doha

Kuwait  2 3  Qatar
Aspire Academy - Doha

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 211041+34
 Bahrain 21011323
 Oman 20111211
Oman  1 1  Saudi Arabia

Bahrain  1 0  Oman

Saudi Arabia  3 0  Bahrain

Semi finals

Qatar  2 2
2 4 Penalties
 Bahrain
Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Saudi Arabia  3 0  United Arab Emirates

5th place playoff

Kuwait  1 2  Oman

3rd place playoff

United Arab Emirates  0 0
4 3 penalties
 Qatar
Referee: Mr Abdulameer Abdulshaheed (Bahrain)

Final

Saudi Arabia  2 0  Bahrain
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaaf (Oman)
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