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2013 GCC U-23 Championship

البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Dates	15–26 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Bahrain (1st title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Oman
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	22 (2.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Saleh Al-Amri (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Sayed Jaafar Ahmed
Best goalkeeper	Ashraf Waheed
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The 2013 GCC U-23 Championship was the fifth edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Riffa, Bahrain for the first time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Riffa from 15 to 26 August. The hosts Bahrain won their first title after defeating title holders Saudi Arabia 1–0 in the final.

The 2013 edition was officially known as the Huawei GCC National Teams Under-23 Championship owing to sponsorship by Huawei.

Teams

Team	Previous appearances in tournament
Bahrain (host)	4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Kuwait	4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Qatar	4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Oman	4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Saudi Arabia	4 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012)
United Arab Emirates	3 (2010, 2011, 2012)

1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venues

Riffa	Riffa
	Bahrain National Stadium
	Capacity: 24,000

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain (H)	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
3	United Arab Emirates	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Bahrain
		Al-Dakheel 20'

Kuwait	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Al-Shereedah 65'		Ali 50'

Bahrain	3–2	Kuwait
Shallal 20' Helal 30', 72'		Al-Fahad 25' Al Shammari 75'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Oman	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
3	Qatar	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Saudi Arabia	1–0	Qatar
Al-Amri 32'	Report

Oman	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Kanno 68' Al-Ibrahim 87'

Qatar	0–3	Oman
		Abdul-Hadi 14' Nasib 79' Al-Hasani 90+4'

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were to be used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 10.1 and 10.3).

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 August – Riffa
	Bahrain	2
					26 August – Riffa
	Oman	0
					Bahrain	1
	23 August – Riffa
					Saudi Arabia	0
	Saudi Arabia	3
	Kuwait	2
					Third place match
					25 August – Riffa
					Oman	0 (3)
					Kuwait (p)	0 (4)

Semi-finals

Bahrain	2–0	Oman
Shahin 66' Ahmed 86'

Saudi Arabia	3–2	Kuwait
Al-Amri 16', 37' A. Al-Ghamdi 53'	Report	Sayer 64' Al Shammari 70'

Third place play-off

Oman	0–0	Kuwait
Penalties
	3–4

Final

Bahrain	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Jameel 32' (pen.)	Report

Winners

2013 GCC U-23 Championship champion
Bahrain First title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorers	Most Valuable Player	Best goalkeeper
Saleh Al-Amri	Sayed Jaafar Ahmed	Ashraf Waheed

Goalscorers

There have been 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

3 goals

• Saleh Al-Amri

2 goals

• Abdulla Yusuf Helal
• Abdul Rahman Al Shammari

1 goal

• Sayed Jaafar Ahmed
• Hamad Al-Dakheel
• Hassan Jameel
• Mohammed Shahin
• Abdulla Shallal
• Mohammed Al-Fahad
• Shereedah Al-Shereedah
• Faraj Sayer
• Abdullah Abdul-Hadi
• Sami Al-Hasani
• Badar Nasib Bamasila
• Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi
• Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim
• Mohamed Kanno
• Salem Ali Ibrahim

References

1. "بطولة الخليج للمنتخبات الأولمبية تنطلق الخميس".
2. "جزائية تتوج «الأحمر» الأولمبي بطلا للبطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات الأولمبية".
3. "Huawei signs on as title sponsor for Gulf Cup". Retrieved 15 August 2013.

External links

• GCC U-23 Championship at Goalzz

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• International association football competitions hosted by Bahrain
• 2013 in Asian football
• 2013–14 in Bahraini football
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• 2013–14 in Saudi Arabian football
• 2013–14 in Omani football
• 2013–14 in Kuwaiti football
• 2013–14 in Emirati football
• 2013 in youth association football