19th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي) was the nineteenth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Muscat, Oman, from 4 to 17 January 2009 and was won by Oman for the first time in its history,[1] in a penalty shootout against regional rivals, Saudi Arabia.

19th Arabian Gulf Cup
'الخلیج العربي
Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi, or Khaleeji 19
19th Arabian Gulf Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countryOman
Dates4–17 January 2009
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Oman (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored31 (2.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hassan Rabia (4 goals)
Best player(s) Majed Al-Marshedi
Best goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi

The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup marked as a milestone in the competition when it was broadcast for the first time in HD, and featured virtual graphics, such as distance between free kick barrier and the goal, 9.15 m circle for free-kicks, and off-side line detection with help from Al-Jazeera Sports.[2] Many praised Al-Jazeera for their excellent coverage of the competition, noting that the camerawork was very similar to UEFA Euro 2008.

The postponing of the competition

The 19th Arabian Gulf Cup was originally planned out to be held in 2008, but due to Cyclone Gonu damaging Muscat six months before the planned time of the event, it was then postponed to early 2009.

Teams

8 teams participated in the tournament.

The Draw

  • The draw was held in Oman on 29 October 2008.
  • Eight teams were divided into two groups, Oman (The host nation) was in group A, The UAE (The holder) in group B, while the rest of the teams were placed in a pot based in October 2008's FIFA ranking.
  • Oman played the opening match at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.

Seedings

Pot
National Team
FIFA Ranking
A  Oman (Host)
96
 United Arab Emirates (Holder)
110
B  Saudi Arabia
48
 Bahrain
80
C  Iraq
72
 Qatar
84
D  Kuwait
127
 Yemen
145

Venues

Muscat Muscat
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Royal Oman Police Stadium
Capacity: 39,000 Capacity: 15,000

Squads

Matches

[3]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7
 Kuwait 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 3
 Iraq 3 0 1 2 2 8 6 1
Source:
Bahrain 3–1 Iraq
Yaser  28'
Adnan  69' (pen.)
Al-Dakeel  90+2'
Mahmoud  81' (pen.)

Iraq 0–4 Oman
Rabia  23',  65',  79'
Al-Hosni  50'
Bahrain 0–1 Kuwait
Neda  28'

Oman 2–0 Bahrain
Al-Maimani  14'
Bashir 71'
Iraq 1–1 Kuwait
Abdul-Zahra  66' Khalaf  37'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7
 Qatar 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 4
 Yemen 3 0 0 3 2 11 9 0
Source:

Saudi Arabia 6–0 Yemen
Al-Qahtani  4'
Mouath  11',  83'
Shuhail  18'
Otaif  19'
Al-Mousa  36'

Qatar 2–1 Yemen
Haroon  13'
Siddiq  90+8'
Al-Nono  31'

Semi finals

Oman 1–0 Qatar
H. Rabia  18'
Kuwait 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Al-Fraidi  63'

Final

Winners

 19th Arabian Gulf Cup Winners 

Oman
First title

Goalscorers

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final phase
1 Oman 532070+7
2 Saudi Arabia 5320100+10
3 Kuwait 4121220
 Qatar 4121220
Eliminated in the group stage
5 United Arab Emirates 311134–1
6 Bahrain 310234–1
7 Iraq 301228–6
8 Yemen 3003211–9

Total goals by team

Trivia

References

  1. http://goalzz.com/main.aspx?g=51&winners=true – Oman win the Gulf Cup 1 time in their history
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) – Al-Jazeera Sports plays HD for the Gulf Cup.
  3. "Match schedules from the official 2009 Gulf Cup site". gulfcup19.com. 17 January 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96is3Fld7Q – Mohammed Abdo short interview in the stadium before the penalty shootout
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bCvhk1X1qg – Al-Maimani revealing a pro-Gaza shirt after his goal
  6. http://sports.makcdn.com/imgs/News/197406/Feature.jpg Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine – Yemen t-shirts, "Our hearts with Gaza"
  7. "Team photo of Kuwait with their "Palestine scarves"". gulfcup19.com. 4 January 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
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