19th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎) was the nineteenth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Muscat, Oman, from 4 to 17 January 2009 and was won by Oman for the first time in its history,[1] in a penalty shootout against regional rivals, Saudi Arabia.

19th Arabian Gulf Cup
'الخلیج العربي
Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi, or Khaleeji 19
19th Arabian Gulf Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countryOman
Dates4–17 January 2009
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Oman (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored31 (2.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hassan Rabia (4 goals)
Best player(s) Majed Al-Marshedi
Best goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi

The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup marked as a milestone in the competition when it was broadcast for the first time in HD, and featured virtual graphics, such as distance between free kick barrier and the goal, 9.15 m circle for free-kicks, and off-side line detection with help from Al-Jazeera Sports.[2] Many praised Al-Jazeera for their excellent coverage of the competition, noting that the camerawork was very similar to UEFA Euro 2008.

The postponing of the competition

The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup was originally planned out to be held in 2008, but due to Cyclone Gonu damaging Muscat six months before the planned time of the event, it was then postponed to early 2009.

Teams

8 teams participated in the tournament.

The Draw
  • The draw was held in Oman on 29 October 2008.
  • Eight teams were divided into two groups, Oman (The host nation) was in group A, The UAE (The holder) in group B, while the rest of the teams were placed in a pot based on October 2008's FIFA ranking.
  • Oman played the opening match at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

Seedings
Pot
National Team
FIFA Ranking
A  Oman (Host)
96
 United Arab Emirates (Holder)
110
B  Saudi Arabia
48
 Bahrain
80
C  Iraq
72
 Qatar
84
D  Kuwait
127
 Yemen
145

Venues
Muscat Muscat
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Royal Oman Police Stadium
Capacity: 39,000 Capacity: 15,000

Squads
Further information: 19th Arabian Gulf Cup squads

Matches

[3]

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7
 Kuwait 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
 Iraq 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source:
Oman 0–0 Kuwait
Bahrain 3–1 Iraq
Yaser  28'
Adnan  69' (pen.)
Al-Dakeel  90+2'		 Mahmoud  81' (pen.)
Iraq 0–4 Oman
Rabia  23',  65',  79'
Al-Hosni  50'
Bahrain 0–1 Kuwait
Neda  28'
Oman 2–0 Bahrain
Al-Maimani  14'
Bashir 71'
Iraq 1–1 Kuwait
Abdul-Zahra  66' Khalaf  37'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7
 Qatar 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
 Yemen 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source:
United Arab Emirates 3–1 Yemen
M. Omar  6' (pen.)
Al Hammadi  14'
Al-Shehhi  67'		 Ali Al Nono  90+1'
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Qatar
Qatar 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia 6–0 Yemen
Al-Qahtani  4'
Mouath  11',  83'
Shuhail  18'
Otaif  19'
Al-Mousa  36'
Qatar 2–1 Yemen
Haroon  13'
Siddiq  90+8'		 Al-Nono  31'
United Arab Emirates 0–3 Saudi Arabia
Al-Qahtani  58'
Al-Zori  70'
Al-Fraidi  72'

Semi finals
Oman 1–0 Qatar
H. Rabia  18'
Kuwait 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Al-Fraidi  63'

Final
Oman 0–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Penalties
Ayil
Al-Ajmi
Mudhafar
Saleh
Bashir
M. Rabia 		6–5 Al-Qahtani
Khariri
Tukar
Otaif
Hawsawi
Al-Jassim

Winners
 19th Arabian Gulf Cup Winners 

Oman
First title

Goalscorers

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final phase
1 Oman 532070+7
2 Saudi Arabia 5320100+10
3 Kuwait 4121220
 Qatar 4121220
Eliminated in the group stage
5 United Arab Emirates 311134–1
6 Bahrain 310234–1
7 Iraq 301228–6
8 Yemen 3003211–9

Total goals by team

Trivia
  • FIFA president Sepp Blatter came to Oman for the second time, and attended the Oman/Qatar, and the Saudi Arabia/Kuwait games.
  • UEFA president, and French football legend, Michel Platini attended the Oman/Kuwait, and the Bahrain/Iraq games, both in the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.
  • Singer Mohammed Abdo attended the final match between Oman and his native, Saudi Arabia.[4]
  • The Tournament took place during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza, also known as the Gaza War, as a sign of solidarity toward the Palestinians, many fans waved pro-Palestinian banners and chanted pro-Palestinian slogans. Omani footballer Badr Al-Maimani also revealed a pro-Gaza undershirt after his free-kick goal against Bahrain.[5] Also before the opening match played by Yemen, players wore shirts representing solidarity with Palestine.[6] The Kuwaiti team also did the same in their opening match against Oman, but instead wore scarves.[7]

References
  1. http://goalzz.com/main.aspx?g=51&winners=true – Oman win the Gulf Cup 1 time in their history
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) – Al-Jazeera Sports plays HD for the Gulf Cup.
  3. "Match schedules from the official 2009 Gulf Cup site". gulfcup19.com. 17 January 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96is3Fld7Q – Mohammed Abdo short interview in the stadium before the penalty shootout
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bCvhk1X1qg – Al-Maimani revealing a pro-Gaza shirt after his goal
  6. http://sports.makcdn.com/imgs/News/197406/Feature.jpg Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Yemen t-shirts, "Our hearts with Gaza"
  7. "Team photo of Kuwait with their "Palestine scarves"". gulfcup19.com. 4 January 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
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