The 24th Arabian Gulf Cup was the 24th edition of the biennial football competition for the eight members of the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation. Eight teams participated in the tournament.
On 15 July 2019, the AGCFF announced that the tournament would be held in Qatar from 24 November to 8 December 2019.
Bahrain won the competition by a 1–0 victory against Saudi Arabia to secure their first title.
Venues Al Rayyan (Doha Area)Doha Khalifa International StadiumAbdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Capacity: 45,857Capacity: 12,000 Al WakrahAl Janoub StadiumCapacity: 44,325
Teams On 12 November 2019, the national teams of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates decided to participate in the competition after boycotting it earlier. TeamAppearancePrevious bestperformanceFIFA Rankings October 2019 (Host) 24th Winners (1992, 2004, 2014) 57 23rd Winners (2007, 2013) 67 23rd Winners (1994, 2002, 2003–04) 69 15th Winners (1979, 1984, 1988) 74 (Title Holders) 22nd Winners (2009, 2017–18) 84 24th Runners-up (1970, 1982, 1992, 2003–04) 101 9th Group stage (2003–04, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013) 141 24th Winners (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010) 156
Officials
Referees Ammar Ebrahim Mahfoodh (Bahrain) Ali Abdulnabi Al Samaheeji (Bahrain) Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium) Ali Shaban (Kuwait) Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait) Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait) Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) Ali Sabah Adday Al Qaysi (Iraq) Ryuji Sato (Japan) Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) Omar Al Yaqoubi (Oman) Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland) Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Ammar Al-Jeneibi (United Arab Emirates) Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)
Assistant Referees Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Salah Abdulaziz Janahi (Bahrain) Karel De Rocker (Belgium) Florian Lemaire (Belgium) Abbas Gholoum (Kuwait) Humoud Al-Sahli (Kuwait) Hayder Ubaydee (Iraq) Maytham Al Gburi (Iraq) Akane Yagi (Japan) Osamu Nonura (Japan) Abu Bakar Al Amri (Oman) Saif Al Ghafri (Oman) Jan Köbeli (Switzerland) Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Hasan Mohamed Al Mahri (United Arab Emirates) Ramzan Saeed Al-Naemi (Qatar) Mohammad Dharman (Qatar)
Squads
Group stage All times are local (UTC+03:00).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Times listed are UTC+03:00. In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Winner
Goalscorers
1 goal
Abdulla Al-Haza'a Ali Madan Jasim Al-Shaikh Mohamed Al Romaihi Mohamed Marhoon Alaa Abbas Alaa Abdul Zahra Ibrahim Bayesh Mohanad Ali Ahmed Al-Dhefiri Ahmed Zanki Sami Al-Sanea Mubarak Al-Faneni Rabia Al-Alawi Abdulaziz Hatem Almoez Ali Abdullah Al-Ahrak Boualem Khoukhi Hassan Al-Haydos Mohammed Al-Khabrani
Team statistics This table shows all team performance.
Broadcasting rights Below were the TV channels that broadcast the matches: TerritoryTelevisionMENAAl KassBeIN SportsOmanOman TV SportsKuwaitKTV Sports
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