The 20th Arabian Gulf Cup () was the twentieth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Aden, Yemen, from 22 November to 5 December 2010. 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 and the 20th edition of the tournament.
The opening match was played between the host Yemen and Saudi Arabia at the 22 May Stadium in Aden.
Kuwait won the tournament for the record-extending tenth time, against 2-time consecutive runners-up Saudi Arabia, in a 1–0 win in extra time.
Teams 8 teams participated in the tournament.Arabian Gulf Cup in Yemen 2010
(Host) (Holder)
Venues
Cities Venues Capacity Build YearAden22 May Stadium30,0002003ZinjibarAl-Wihda Stadium30,0002010
Competition mascot
The competition mascot (rather a secondary competition logo) depicts a Yemeni juggling a football in a traditional Yemeni 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 (Host) (Holder) B C D
Squads
Group stage All times are Yemen Time – UTC+3
Group A TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts321040+47312051+4531113304300319−80
Group B TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts312031+25312032+1530301103301247−31
Knockout stage Semi-finals
Final
Winners
Goalscorers
3 goals Alaa Abdul-Zahra Badr Al-Mutawa 2 goals Hawar Mulla Mohammed Jaralla Al-Marri 1 goal Faouzi Mubarak Aaish Ismail Abdul-Latif Ibrahim Al-Mishkhas Abdulla Baba Fatadi Jarah Al Ateeqi Yousef Nasser Fahad Al Enezi Waleed Ali Imad Al-Hosni
1 goal (cont.) Ibrahim Al-Ghanim Ahmad Abbas Osama Al-Muwallad Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Muhannad Assiri Mishaal Al Saeed Subait Khater Fares Juma Al Saadi Ahmed Juma Akram Al-Worafi
Own goals Hamed Shami Zaher (for Saudi Arabia)
Team statistics This table shows all team performance. TeamFinal phase1532072+52522162+43413054+14412132+1Eliminated in the group stage53111330630301107301247−38300319−8
Total goals by team
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goal
3 goal
1 goal
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. 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
External links
Gulf Cup site Gulf Cup site