2008 GCC U-23 Championship
Tourney nameGCC U-23 Championship
Year2008
Other titlesالبطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Size100px
Dates6–17 January
Num teams5
Confederations1
Venues1
Cities1
Champion otherSaudi Arabia U23
Count1
Second otherBahrain U23
Third otherQatar U23
Fourth otherOman U23
Matches10
Goals28
Top scorerMousa Al Allaq
Hamid Ismail
Yousef Al-Salem
(3 goals each)
PlayerHamid Ismail[1]
GoalkeeperWaleed Abdullah[1]
Fair playSaudi Arabia U23[1]
Nextseason2010

The 2008 GCC U-23 Championship took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the first time. Five nations took part. The competition was held in Riyadh from 6 to 17 January.[2] Saudi Arabia won the title after defeating Bahrain 1–0 on the final matchday.[3]

Venues

Riyadh
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 22,500

Teams

<onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Team ! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in tournament[A] |- | Bahrain U23 || 0 (debut) |- | Kuwait U23 || 0 (debut) |- | Qatar U23 || 0 (debut) |- | Oman U23 || 0 (debut) |- | Saudi Arabia U23 (host) || 0 (debut) |}

  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

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Tournament

The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Saudi Arabia U23431072+510
Bahrain U23421164+27
Qatar U23412185+35
Oman U23410347–33
Kuwait U234103310–73

Matches

Statistics

Awards

Player of the Tournament
Golden Boot
Golden Glove

See also

References

  1. ^ "حامد إسماعيل توّج بلقبي الهداف والأفضلية"
  2. ^ "انطلاق بطولة الخليج الأولى للمنتخبات الأولمبية اليوم"
  3. ^ "السعودي زعيماً للخليج"