2011 GCC U-23 Championship

البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	12–21 August
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Oman (1st title)
Runners-up	United Arab Emirates
Third place	Saudi Arabia
Fourth place	Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	35 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yahya Al-Shehri (3 goals)
Best player(s)	Hamoud Al-Saadi
Best goalkeeper	Ahmed Mahmoud
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The 2011 GCC U-23 Championship was the third edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Doha, Qatar for the second time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 12 to 21 August.^[1] Oman won their first title after defeating United Arab Emirates 4–2 on penalties in the final.^[2]

Teams

Team	Previous appearances in tournament[A]
Bahrain	2 (2008, 2010)
Kuwait	2 (2008, 2010)
Qatar (host)	2 (2008, 2010)
Oman	2 (2008, 2010)
Saudi Arabia	2 (2008, 2010)
United Arab Emirates	1 (2010)

Venues

Doha	Doha
	Aspire Academy Stadium
	Capacity: 5,580

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Qatar (H)	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3
3	Kuwait	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)

21:15

Qatar	0–4	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Shehri 18' A. Al-Dawsari 21' Hamood 26' Al-Bishi 90+2'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

14 August 2011 (2011-08-14)

23:30

Saudi Arabia	2–0	Kuwait
S. Al-Dossari 11' Al-Bishi 71'	Report

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

16 August 2011 (2011-08-16)

23:30

Kuwait	1–2	Qatar
Khamis 35'		Al-Haydos 52' Al-Nahwi 82'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	7	4	+3	3	Advance to knockout stage
2	Oman	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Bahrain	2	1	0	1	2	5	−3	3

12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)

23:30

Oman	0–1	Bahrain
		Al-Banna 65'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

14 August 2011 (2011-08-14)

21:15

Oman	3–2	United Arab Emirates
Al-Saadi 6' Al-Hadhri 44' Al-Shimli 47'		Al Fardan 39' (pen.) Ahmed 82'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

16 August 2011 (2011-08-16)

21:15

Bahrain	1–5	United Arab Emirates
Ali 85' (pen.)		Haikal 30' Ali 39' Fawzi 62' Mabkhout 82', 89'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

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
	19 August – Doha
	Saudi Arabia	3
					21 August – Doha
	Oman	4
					Oman (p)	0 (4)
	19 August – Doha
					United Arab Emirates	0 (2)
	United Arab Emirates	2
	Qatar	0
					Third place match
					21 August – Doha
					Saudi Arabia	2
					Qatar	1

Fifth place play-off

18 August 2011 (2011-08-18)

21:15

Kuwait	1–1	Bahrain
Mohammed 12'		Al-Husaini 3'
Penalties
	0–3

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Semi-finals

19 August 2011 (2011-08-19)

21:15

Saudi Arabia	3–4	Oman
Al-Shehri 40' Otaif 80', 90+4'	Report	Al-Saadi 8' Said 36' Al-Farsi 38' Al-Hadhri 60'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

19 August 2011 (2011-08-19)

23:30

United Arab Emirates	2–0	Qatar
Ahmed 61' Ali 70'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Third place play-off

21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)

21:15

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Qatar
Al-Shehri 69' Al-Mutairi 90'	Report	Al-Nahwi 34'

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Final

21 August 2011 (2011-08-21)

23:30

Oman	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report
Penalties
Al-Owaisi Al-Nuaimi Al-Farsi Said	4–2	Al Fardan Fawzi Ahmed Sanqour

Aspire Academy Stadium, Doha

Winners

2011 GCC U-23 Championship champion
Oman First title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorers	Most Valuable Player	Best goalkeeper
Yahya Al-Shehri	Hamoud Al-Saadi	Ahmed Mahmoud

Goalscorers

There have been 35 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 3.18 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal