2015 GCC U-23 Championship

The 2015 GCC U-23 Championship took place in Manama, Bahrain.[1] It was initially going to be hosted by Qatar in September, but later moved to Bahrain and scheduled for January 2015[2][3] It is the 6th edition of the tournament and used as preparation for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification rounds. The semi final and final were delayed by a number of days due to the death of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

2015 GCC U-23 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBahrain
Dates16 January 2015 - 29 January 2015
Teams6 (from UAFA confederations)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
Runners-up Kuwait
Third place Oman
Fourth place United Arab Emirates
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored30 (2.73 per match)

Groups

The draw was conducted on 4 June 2014.[4]

Group A Group B

 Kuwait
 Qatar
 United Arab Emirates

 Bahrain (Hosts)
 Oman
 Saudi Arabia

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 211020+24
 Kuwait 210132+13
 Qatar 201103−31
United Arab Emirates 2–0 Kuwait
Yousef Ahmed  71'
Ali Salmeen  90+2'
Kuwait 3–0 Qatar
Al Tararwa  23'
Hazzam  56'
Mohammed  60'
Qatar 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 211032+14
 Saudi Arabia 21015503
 Bahrain 201123−11
Bahrain 2–3 Saudi Arabia
Ali Hassan  47'
Matar  51'		 Al-Sulayhem  32'
Al-Nadhri  77'
Al-Saiari  90+1'
Saudi Arabia 2–3 Oman
Al-Bishi  63'
Al-Nadhri  72'		 Al-Rushaidi  9', 43'
Al-Hamdani  48'
Bahrain 0–0 Oman
Referee: Sultan Al-Marzooqi (UAE)

Semi-finals
United Arab Emirates 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Mubarak  25' Al-Kharaa  6'
Penalties
3–5
Referee: Abdulaziz Abdulla (Bahrain)
Oman 1–1 Kuwait
Al Fazari  42' Hezam  7'
Penalties
4–5
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)

5th/6th place playoff
Bahrain 2 – 1 Qatar

3rd/4th place playoff
United Arab Emirates 1 – 2 Oman

Final
Saudi Arabia 5–2 Kuwait
Al-Bishi  32'
Al-Saiari  40'
Al-Nadhri  67'
Al-Sulayhem  74' (pen.)
Othman  90+4'		 Hezam  46', 86'

References
  1. "Bahrain to host GCC olympic and U-17 tournaments". Archived from the original on 2014-12-29. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  2. "GCC U-23 Tournament date moved to August 30". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  3. UAE prepare for the GCC U-23 Cup
  4. "U-23 drawn in Group B". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
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