24th Arabian Gulf Cup

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.

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
← 2017–18 2023 →

On 15 July 2019, the AGCFF announced that the tournament would be held in Qatar from 24 November to 8 December 2019.^[1]

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

Venues

Al Rayyan (Doha Area)	Doha	Al Wakrah	Al Rayyan Doha Al Wakrah Location of the host cities of the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup.
Khalifa International Stadium	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium	Al Janoub Stadium
Capacity: 45,857	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 44,325

Teams

Sodefi, the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup mascot.

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

Referees[3] Ammar Ebrahim Mahfoodh (Bahrain) Ali Abdulnabi Al Samaheeji (Bahrain) Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium) Ali Shaban (Kuwait) Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait) Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait) Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) Ali Sabah Adday Al Qaysi (Iraq) Ryuji Sato (Japan) Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) Omar Al Yaqoubi (Oman) Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland) Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)

Assistant Referees Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Salah Abdulaziz Janahi (Bahrain) Karel De Rocker (Belgium) Florian Lemaire (Belgium) Abbas Gholoum (Kuwait) Humoud Al-Sahli (Kuwait) Hayder Ubaydee (Iraq) Maytham Al Gburi (Iraq) Akane Yagi (Japan) Osamu Nonura (Japan) Abu Bakar Al Amri (Oman) Saif Al Ghafri (Oman) Jan Köbeli (Switzerland) Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Hasan Mohamed Al Mahri (United Arab Emirates) Ramzan Saeed Al-Naemi (Qatar) Mohammad Dharman (Qatar)

Squads

Further information: 24th Arabian Gulf Cup squads

Group stage

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

Group A

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

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Qatar	1–2	Iraq
Hatem 49'	Report	Qasim 19', 27'

26 November 2019

19:30

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 37,890^[4]

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

United Arab Emirates	3–0	Yemen
Mabkhout 21', 38', 54'	Report

26 November 2019

21:30

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 1,437

Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

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United Arab Emirates	0–2	Iraq
	Report	Abbas 6' Abdul-Zahra 37'

29 November 2019

17:30

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 17,437

Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

Yemen	0–6	Qatar
	Report	Hassan 29', 36', 72' (pen.) Ali 57' Al-Ahrak 85' Afif 90'

29 November 2019

20:00

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Attendance: 26,392

Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

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Qatar	4–2	United Arab Emirates
Afif 20', 28' (pen.) Al-Haydos 53' Khoukhi 90+5'	Report	Mabkhout 33' (pen.), 77'

2 December 2019

17:30

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Yemen	0–0	Iraq
	Report

2 December 2019

17:30

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)

Group B

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

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Oman	0–0	Bahrain
	Report

27 November 2019

17:30

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 3,400

Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

Saudi Arabia	1–3	Kuwait
Al-Buraikan 90+6'	Report	Al-Dhefiri 43' Al-Sanea 45+1' Al-Faneni 90'

27 November 2019

20:00

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 5,777

Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

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Kuwait	1–2	Oman
Nasser 79'	Report	Al-Muqbali 16' (pen.), 32' (pen.)

30 November 2019

17:30

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)

Bahrain	0–2	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Hamdan 29' Al-Khabrani 58'

30 November 2019

20:00

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

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Kuwait	2–4	Bahrain
Nasser 59' (pen.) Zanki 85'	Report	Madan 45+1' Al-Shaikh 69' Thiago Augusto 83', 90+3'

2 December 2019

20:00

Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan

Referee: Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates)

Oman	1–3	Saudi Arabia
Al-Alawi 55'	Report	Al-Buraikan 26' Bahebri 42', 57'

2 December 2019

20:00

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

Knockout stage

• 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

	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

Iraq	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Bahrain
Ali 6' Bayesh 18'	Report	Al-Haza'a 14' Marhoon 45+2'
Penalties
Faez Ismail Bayesh Qasim	3–5	Al-Hardan Al-Shaikh Marhoon Thiago Augusto Madan

5 December 2019

17:00

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

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Saudi Arabia	1–0	Qatar
Al-Hamdan 28'	Report

5 December 2019

20:00

Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah

Attendance: 42,025^[5]

Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)

Final

Bahrain	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Al-Romaihi 69'	Report

8 December 2019

19:00

Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha

Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Winner

24th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
Bahrain 1st title

Goalscorers

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

5 goals

• Ali Mabkhout

3 goals

• Abdelkarim Hassan
• Akram Afif

2 goals

• Thiago Augusto
• Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali
• Mohammed Qasim
• Yousef Nasser
• Firas Al-Buraikan
• Abdullah Al-Hamdan
• Hattan Bahebri

1 goal

• Abdulla Al-Haza'a
• Ali Madan
• Jasim Al-Shaikh
• Mohamed Al Romaihi
• Mohamed Marhoon
• Alaa Abbas
• Alaa Abdul Zahra
• Ibrahim Bayesh
• Mohanad Ali
• Ahmed Al-Dhefiri
• Ahmed Zanki
• Sami Al-Sanea
• Mubarak Al-Faneni
• Rabia Al-Alawi
• Abdulaziz Hatem
• Almoez Ali
• Abdullah Al-Ahrak
• Boualem Khoukhi
• Hassan Al-Haydos
• Mohammed Al-Khabrani

Team statistics

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Broadcasting rights

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

1. "الدوحة تستضيف خليجي 24 في نوفمبر المقبل". Goal (in Arabic). Retrieved 15 July 2019.
2. Sharqi, Salem (12 November 2019). "السعودية والإمارات والبحرين يشاركون في خليجي الدوحة (Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain to participate in Doha Arabian Gulf Cup)". Elaph (in Arabic). Elaph Publishing Limited. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
3. "Pictures of the officials during 2019 Arabian Gulf Cup in Qatar". 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
4. "37890 مشجعا في المباراة الافتتاحية لـ "خليجي 24 "". جريدة الشرق (in Arabic). Retrieved 27 November 2019.
5. القدم 🇶🇦, الاتحاد القطري لكرة (5 December 2019). "بلغ عدد الحضور الجماهيري في مباراة #منتخب_قطر أمام #منتخب_السعودية في نصف نهائي #خليجي24 42025 مشجع#قطر_السعوديه #كلنا_قطرpic.twitter.com/OsPc0EfiZr". @QFA (in Arabic).
6. "Arabian Gulf Cup 2019 Schedule,Teams, Time Table, Tickets and Venues". Sports Monks. 2019-11-26. Retrieved 2019-11-27.