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
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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.

On 15 July 2019, the AGCFF announced that the tournament would be held in Qatar from 24 November to 6 December 2019.^[1]

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

Venues[edit]

Doha		Al Wakrah	Doha Al Wakrah
Khalifa International Stadium	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium	Al Janoub Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 40,000

Teams[edit]

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[edit]

Squads[edit]

Group stage[edit]

All times are local (UTC+03:00).

Group A[edit]

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

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Group B[edit]

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

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Knockout stage[edit]

• 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[edit]

	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[edit]

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Final[edit]

Winner[edit]

24th Arabian Gulf Cup Winner
Bahrain First title

Goalscorers[edit]

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

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Team statistics[edit]

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

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

Broadcasting rights[edit]

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

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

References[edit]