2008 GCC U-23 Championship

2008 GCC U-23 Championship
البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم (in Arabic)
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	6–17 January
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up	Bahrain
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	Oman
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	28 (2.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mousa Al Allaq; Hamid Ismail; Yousef Al-Salem; (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Hamid Ismail
Best goalkeeper	Waleed Abdullah
Fair play award	Saudi Arabia
	2010 →

The 2008 GCC U-23 Championship took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the first time. Five nations took part. The competition was held in Riyadh from 6 to 17 January.^[2] Saudi Arabia won the title after defeating Bahrain 1–0 on the final matchday.^[3]

Venues

Riyadh	Riyadh
	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
	Capacity: 22,500

Teams

Team	Previous appearances in tournament^[A]
Bahrain	0 (debut)
Kuwait	0 (debut)
Qatar	0 (debut)
Oman	0 (debut)
Saudi Arabia (host)	0 (debut)

^ Bold indicates champion for that year.

Tournament

The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10
Bahrain	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
Qatar	4	1	2	1	8	5	+3	5
Oman	4	1	0	3	4	7	–3	3
Kuwait	4	1	0	3	3	10	–7	3

Matches

6 January 2008