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Bahrain National Football Team
The Bahrain national football team ( ar, منتخب الْبَحرَيْن لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents Bahrain in international football and is controlled by the Bahrain Football Association, which was founded in 1951 and joined FIFA in 1966. They have never reached the World Cup, but have twice come within one match of doing so. Bahrain won the FIFA's most improved team award in 2004, and finished fourth in the 2004 Asian Cup, beating Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals but losing to Japan in the semi-finals 4–3. Bahrain then lost to Iran in the third-place match, thus finishing in fourth place overall. Bahrain had a golden year in 2019, winning both the WAFF Championship and the Arabian Gulf Cup for the first time, under the stewardship of Hélio Sousa. History Early years Even though the first national team was founded in 1959, Bahraini team was only first officially assembled in 1966 when they played a friendly game against Kuwait that was drawn 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dilmun
Dilmun, or Telmun, ( Sumerian: , later 𒉌𒌇(𒆠), ni.tukki = DILMUNki; ar, دلمون) was an ancient East Semitic-speaking civilization in Eastern Arabia mentioned from the 3rd millennium BC onwards. Based on contextual evidence, it was located in the Persian Gulf, on a trade route between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley civilisation, close to the sea and to artesian springs. Dilmun encompassed Bahrain, Kuwait,Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine and eastern Saudi Arabia. This area is certainly what is meant by references to "Dilmun" among the lands conquered by King Sargon II and his descendants. The great commercial and trading connections between Mesopotamia and Dilmun were strong and profound to the point where Dilmun was a central figure to the Sumerian creation myth.The Arab world: an illustrated history p.4 Dilmun was described in the saga of Enki and Ninhursag as pre-existing in paradisiacal state, where predators do not kill, pain and diseases are absen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 AFC Asian Cup
The 2004 AFC Asian Cup was the 13th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held from 17 July to 7 August 2004 in China. The defending champions Japan national football team, Japan defeated China national football team, China in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup Final, final in Beijing. The tournament was marked by Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia's unexpected failure to even make it out of the first round; a surprisingly good performance by Bahrain national football team, Bahrain, which finished in fourth place; Jordan national football team, Jordan, which reached the quarterfinals in its first appearance and Indonesia national football team, Indonesia, which gained their historical first Asian Cup win against Qatar national football team, Qatar. The final match between China and Japan was marked by post-match rioting by China, Chinese fans near the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The reigning champions are Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 tournament. The format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years, to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over about a month. The host nation(s) automatically qualify to the group stage of the tournament. As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 22 final tournaments have been held and a total of 80 national teams have competed. The trophy has been won by eight national teams. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24th Arabian Gulf Cup
The 24th Arabian Gulf Cup was the 24th edition of the Gulf Cup of Nations, 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 6 December 2019. Bahrain national football team, Bahrain won the competition by a 1–0 victory against Saudi Arabia to secure their first title. Teams On 12 November 2019, the national teams of Bahrain national football team, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates national football team, United Arab Emirates decided to participate in the competition after boycotting it earlier. Venues Officials Referees * Ammar Ebrahim Mahfoodh (Bahrain Football Association, Bahrain) * Ali Abdulnabi Al Samaheeji (Bahrain Football Association, Bahrain) * Alexandre Boucaut (Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium) * Ali Shaban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Arabian Gulf Cup
The 1st Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, دورة كأس الخليج العربي الأولى) was the first edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup, held every two years and organised by the AGCFF. The first tournament was held in Bahrain. It was won by the Kuwait, who defeated the hosts in the final match to finish first in the round-robin group. The tournament took place between 27 March and 3 April 1970. Venues Match officials Tournament The four teams in the tournament 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).'' Matches ---- ---- Result Statistics Goalscorers Awards ;Player of the Tournament * Khaled Ballan ;Top Scorer * Mohammed Al-Masoud (3 goals) * Jawad Khalaf (3 goals) ;Goalkeeper of the Tournament * Ahmed Eid Al-Harbi References External links Official Site (Arabic) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabian Gulf Cup
The Arabian Gulf Cup ( ar, كأس الخليج العربي, ''Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi''), often referred to simply as the Gulf Cup, is a biennial football competition governed by the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation for its eight member nations. The history of the competition has also seen it held every three to four years due to political or organisational problems. History The idea for the tournament was established at the 1968 Summer Olympics, and the first Arabian Gulf Cup took place in 1970 which was won by Kuwait. Kuwait has been the most successful team in the tournament's history, winning 10 tournaments out of 24 in total, while Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Iraq all have three titles. The current champions are Bahrain, who defeated Saudi Arabia in 2019 to win their first title. In 2017, the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, cut diplomatic ties with Qatar. In July 2019, the AGCFF annou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 WAFF Championship
The 2019 West Asian Football Federation Championship, also called Asiacell WAFF Championship Iraq 2019 due to sponsorship by Asiacell, was the 9th edition of the WAFF Championship, an international tournament for member nations of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). It was hosted in Iraq for the first time, in the cities of Karbala and Erbil. The tournament was meant to be held from 8 to 17 December 2017 in Amman, Jordan, but was postponed to a later date, and subsequently moved to Iraq on 21 May 2018. It was then expected to be held in November 2018, but yet again postponed to July–August 2019. All WAFF members, excluding title holders Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates, participated in the competition. Of the nine teams, seven had also appeared in the previous tournament in 2014. A total of 17 matches were played in two venues across two cities. The final took place on 14 August at the Karbala Sports City in Karbala, between hosts Iraq and Bahrain. Bahrain won th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 WAFF Championship
The 2010 WAFF Championship was the 6th edition of the West Asian Football Federation Championship, an international tournament for selected West Asian countries and territories. It was hosted by Jordan, after Lebanon was deemed not capable of hosting. The competition was eventually won for the first time by Kuwait, after beating defending champions, Iran. Draw Nine teams entered the tournament and were drawn into three groups of three teams. The draw for the competition was made on Thursday 1 July 2010. Venue Squads Group stage Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Ranking of second-placed teams Knockout phase Semi-finals ---- Final Champion Goalscorers ;4 goals * Ali Al-Nono ;3 goals * Mustafa Karim ;2 goals * Ismaeel Abdullatif * Hadi Aghili * Milad Meydavoudi * Hassan Abdel-Fattah * Yousef Nasser ;1 goal * Mohammad Gholami * Jalal Hosseini * Mehrdad Oladi * Andranik Teymourian * Nashat Akram * Hawar Mull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAFF Championship
The West Asian Football Federation Championship (), or simply WAFF Championship, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF), the governing body of football in Western Asia. The championship has been held, on average, every two years. The current champion is Bahrain, having defeated hosts Iraq in the 2019 final. The most successful team is Iran, with four titles; however, they do not compete in the competition anymore as they are no longer members of the WAFF. History The inaugural WAFF Championship was held in 2000 in Jordan, with Iran winning the first edition. It was hosted in memory of Hussein of Jordan, who had died a year prior. The Al Hussein Cup, assigned to the winner of each tournament, was designed and manufactured in Italy in 2000, and is made of silver and copper. Results * ''a.e.t.'': after extra time * ''pen.'': after penalty shoot-out * ''TBD'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Arab Cup
The 2002 Arab Cup was the eighth edition of the Arab Cup football competition, hosted in the nation of Kuwait. Saudi Arabia, who were the defending champions from the last Arab Cup, again won the title for a 2nd time at the conclusion of the competition. Participated teams 10 teams participated in the tournament. Morocco was represented by their U-23 team. {, class="wikitable" , - !colspan=2, Participants , - !Zone !Team , - , rowspan=1, Hosts , , - , rowspan=1, Holders , , - , rowspan=1, Zone 1 (Gulf Area) , , - , rowspan=2, Zone 2 (Red Sea) , , - , , - , rowspan=1, Zone 3 (North Africa) , , - , rowspan=4, Zone 4 (East Region) , , - , , - , , - , Squads Venues {, class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:right" , - , rowspan="4", ! Kuwait City , - , Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium , - , Capacity: 12,350 , - , Group stage Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- Knock-out stage Semi-finals Final I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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