20th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 20th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي) was the twentieth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Aden, Yemen, from 22 November to 5 December 2010.[1] The tournament was held in Yemen for the first time in the tournament's history, and this edition celebrated the 40th anniversary of the cup as well as the 20th anniversary of the tournament.

20th Arabian Gulf Cup
كأس الخليج العربي 2010 ، أو خليجي 20
Kass Al-Khaleej ِAl-Arabi 2010, or Khaleeji 20
Tournament details
Host countryYemen
Dates22 November – 5 December 2010
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Kuwait (10th title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored27 (1.8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Bader Al-Mutawa
Alaa Abdul-Zahra
(3 goals)
Best player(s) Fahad Al-Enezi
Best goalkeeper Nawaf Al-Khaldi

The opening match was played between the host Yemen and Saudi Arabia at the 22 May Stadium in Aden.[2][3]

Kuwait won the tournament for the tenth time in the team's history,[4] against 2-time consecutive second-place finishers, Saudi Arabia in a 1–0 score that ended with extra time.

Teams

8 teams participated in the tournament.[5]

Venues

CitiesVenuesCapacityBuild Year
Aden 22 May Stadium 30,000 2003
Zinjibar Al-Wihda Stadium 30,000 2010

Competition mascot

The competition mascot (rather a secondary competition logo) depicts a Yemeni juggling a football in a traditional Yemeni wizaar while wearing headgear consisting of colors from the Yemeni flag.

The design has been featured in many advertising campaigns for the competition as well as many talk-shows, and has emerged as a well-known symbol for the competition, even more so than the primary competition logo.

The draw

  • The draw for the tournament was held on 22 August 2010.
  • Eight teams were divided into two groups, Yemen (The host nation) was in group A, Oman (The holder) in group B, while the rest of the teams were placed in a pot based on August 2010's FIFA rankings.

Seedings

Pot
National Team
FIFA Ranking
A  Yemen (Host)
109
 Oman (Holder)
81
B  Bahrain
68
 Saudi Arabia
70
C  Kuwait
85
 United Arab Emirates
90
D  Qatar
98
 Iraq
106

Group stage

  • All times are Yemen Time – UTC+3

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 321040+47
 Saudi Arabia 312051+45
 Qatar 31113304
 Yemen 300319−80
Yemen 0–4 Saudi Arabia
Al-Muwallad  4'
Al-Shalhoub  58'
Assiri  72' (pen.)
Al-Saeed  90+2'

Kuwait 1–0 Qatar
Nasser  28'
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harrasi (Oman)

Saudi Arabia 0–0 Kuwait

Qatar 2–1 Yemen
Al-Marri  35', 55' Akram  17'
Referee: Sabah Abid Iddan (Iraq)

Yemen 0–3 Kuwait
Al Ateeqi  18' (pen.)
Al-Mutawa  34', 69'
Referee: Salah Mohammed Al Abassi (Bahrain)

Qatar 1–1 Saudi Arabia
Al-Ghanim  84' Shami Zaher  89' (o.g.)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 312031+25
 Iraq 312032+15
 Oman 30301103
 Bahrain 301247−31
Oman 1–1 Bahrain
Al Hosni  37' Al Mishkhas  67'
Referee: Naser Al Enezi (Kuwait)

Iraq 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Referee: Abdelrahman Al Qathani (Saudi Arabia)

United Arab Emirates 0–0 Oman
Referee: Hamdy Raaban Shaaban (Egypt)

Bahrain 2–3 Iraq
Ayesh  44'
Abdullatif  90+6'
Abdul-Zahra  24', 57'
Hawar  90'
Referee: Khalaf Mohammad Allabany (Yemen)

Oman 0–0 Iraq
Referee: Yasser Younis (Egypt)

United Arab Emirates 3–1 Bahrain
Khater  4'
F. Juma  8'
A. Juma  64'
Fatadi  35'
Referee: Khamis Al Marry (Qatar)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Kuwait 2–2 (a.e.t.) Iraq
Al-Mutawa  1'
Al-Enezi  58'
Hawar  6'
Abdul-Zahra  14'
Penalties
5–4
Referee: Hamdy Raaban Shaaban (Egypt)
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Abbas  55'

Final

Kuwait 1–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Ali  93'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Abdullah Al-Harrasi (Oman)

Winners

 20th Arabian Gulf Cup Winners 

Kuwait
Tenth title

Goalscorers

Own goals

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD
Final phase
1 Kuwait 532072+5
2 Saudi Arabia 522162+4
3 Iraq 413054+1
4 United Arab Emirates 412132+1
Eliminated in the group stage
5 Qatar 3111330
6 Oman 3030110
7 Bahrain 301247−3
8 Yemen 300319−8

Total goals by team

Trivia

  • For the first time in the tournament's history all matches were played on artificial grass fields.
  • The broadcasting rights for the tournament was sold for the highest price ever in Gulf Cup history to Abu Dhabi Sports in a deal worth 560 million dollars.[6]
  • For the third consecutive time previous champions of the tournament failed to pass the group stages after 2009 winners, Oman failed to qualify to the final four.
  • Ali Al-Habsi's record for 4 consecutive "Best Tournament Goalkeeper" was broken after Kuwait's Nawaf Al-Khaldi won the award due to Ali's absence in the competition.

References

  1. "Arabian Gulf Cup in 2010". Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  2. "Arabian Gulf Cup 20 - Yemen 2010 Fixtures' schedule". goalzz.com. Kooora. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  3. "Yemen welcomes Gulf nations". FIFA.com. FIFA. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  4. "Kuwait wins the 2010 Gulf Cup for the tenth time". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  5. Arabian Gulf Cup in Yemen 2010
  6. "AD Sports pay 560 million for rights to the 20th Gulf Cup". forum.kooora.com (in Arabic). Kooora. 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
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