The 2008

GCC U-23 Championship The GCC U-23 Championship is an annual international football competition organised by the Gulf Cooperation Council The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf ( ar, مجلس التعاون لدول العربية الخليج ), ...

took place in

Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the R ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

for the first time. Five nations took part. The competition was held in

from 6 to 17 January.

won the title after defeating

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

1–0 on the final matchday.

Venues

Teams

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 (

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).''

Matches

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Statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

;Player of the Tournament *

Hamid Ismail Hamid Ismail Hassan Khalifa Hamid 1 is a Qatari footballer of Sudanese descent who can play at right back and on the right wing. He currently plays for Al-Arabi of the Qatar Stars League and the Qatar national football team. Club career Ismail ...

;Golden Boot *

;Golden Glove * Waleed Abdullah

References

External links

GCC U-23 Championship
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