2009 Gulf Cup of Nations

2009 Arabian Gulf Cup of Nations
'الخلیج العربي
Kass Arabian gulf 2009, or Khaleeji 19
Tournament details
Host country  Oman
Dates 4 January to 17 January
Teams 8
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Oman (1st title)
Runners-up  Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 31 (2.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Hassan Rabia (4)
Best player Majed Al-Marshedi
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The 2009 Arabian Gulf Cup of Nations was the nineteenth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Muscat, Oman, from 4 January to 17 January 2009 and was won by Oman for the first time in its history[1], in a penalty shootout against regional rivals, Saudi Arabia.

The 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations marked as a milestone in the competition when it was broadcasted for the first time in HD, and featured virtual graphics, such as distance between free kick barrier and the goal, 9.15 m circle for free-kicks, and off-side line detection with help from Al-Jazeera Sports.[2] Many praised Al-Jazeera for their excellent coverage of the competition, noting that the camerawork was very similar to Euro 2008.

Contents

The postponing of the competition

The 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations was originally planned out to be held in 2008, but due to Hurricane Gonu destroying Muscat 6 months before the planned time of the event, it was then postponed to early 2009.

Teams

8 teams participated in the tournament.

The Draw

Seedings

Pot
National Team
FIFA Ranking
A  Oman (Host)
96
 United Arab Emirates (Holder)
110
B  Saudi Arabia
48
 Bahrain
80
C  Iraq
72
 Qatar
84
D  Kuwait
127
 Yemen
145

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations squads.

Matches[3]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7
 Kuwait 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Bahrain 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 3
 Iraq 3 0 1 2 2 8 -6 1
January 4, 2009
 Oman  0 – 0  Kuwait Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
January 5, 2009
 Bahrain  3 – 1  Iraq Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Omar  28'
Adnan  69' (pen.)
Al-Dakeel  90+2'		 Mahmoud  81' (pen.)
January 7, 2009
 Iraq  0 – 4  Oman Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Rabia  23',  65',  79'
Al-Hosni  50'
January 7, 2009
 Bahrain  0 – 1  Kuwait Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Neda  28'
January 10, 2009
 Oman  2 – 0  Bahrain Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Al-Maimani  14'
Bashir 71'
January 10, 2009
 Iraq  1 – 1  Kuwait Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Abdul-Zahra  66' Khalaf  37'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 9 0 +9 7
 Qatar 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 4
 Yemen 3 0 0 3 2 11 -9 0
January 5, 2009
 United Arab Emirates  3 – 1  Yemen Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
M. Omar  6' (pen.)
Al Hammadi  14'
Al-Shehhi  67'		 Ali Al Nono  90+1'
January 5, 2009
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 0  Qatar Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
January 8, 2009
 Qatar  0 – 0  United Arab Emirates Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
January 8, 2009
 Saudi Arabia  6 – 0  Yemen Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Al-Qahtani  4'
Mouath  11',  83'
Shuhail  18'
Otaif  19'
Al-Mousa  36'
January 11, 2009
 Qatar  2 – 1  Yemen Royal Oman Police Stadium, Muscat
Haroon  13'
Siddiq  90+8'		 Al-Nono  31'
January 11, 2009
 United Arab Emirates  0 – 3  Saudi Arabia Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Al-Qahtani  58'
Al-Zori  70'
Al-Fraidi  72'

Semi finals

January 14, 2009
18:00 UTC+4
 Oman  1 – 0  Qatar Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Rabia  18'
January 14, 2009
21:00 UTC+4
 Kuwait  0 – 1  Saudi Arabia Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
Al-Fraidi  63'

Final

January 17, 2009
18:00 UTC+4
 Oman  0 - 0 (aet)  Saudi Arabia Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
  Penalties  
Ayil
Al-Ajmi
Mudhafar
Saleh
Bashir
Rabia		 6–5 Al-Qahtani
Khariri
Tukar
Otaif
Hawsawi
Al-Jassim

Winners

 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations Winners 

Oman
First title

Goalscorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal (cont.)

Total goals by team

10 goals

7 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Trivia

References

  1. ^ http://goalzz.com/main.aspx?g=51&winners=true - Oman win the Gulf Cup 1 time in their history
  2. ^ http://www.wtvision.com/290/wtvision-broadcasts-real-time-statistics-at-2009-gulf-cup-in-oman.htm - Al-Jazeera Sports plays HD for the Gulf Cup.
  3. ^ http://gulfcup19.com/english/Match-Schedule.aspx#football - Match schedule from official 2009 Gulf Cup site
  4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96is3Fld7Q - Mohammed Abdo short interview in the stadium before the penalty shootout
  5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bCvhk1X1qg - Al-Maimani revealing a pro-Gaza shirt after his goal
  6. ^ http://sports.makcdn.com/imgs/News/197406/Feature.jpg - Yemen t-shirts, "Our hearts with Gaza"
  7. ^ http://gulfcup19.com/Media/Photos/155-d52d5c91-e.jpg - Team photo of Kuwait with their "Palestine scarves"

External links

Tournaments