The 2015 GCC U-23 Championship was the sixth edition of the

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 ), ...

. It took place in

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for the second time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in

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from 16 to 29 January.

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won their third title after defeating

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

5–2 in the final. The 2015 edition was officially known as the Huawei GCC National Teams Under-23 Championship for the second time after the sponsorship deal between

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and the AGCFF. It was initially going to be hosted by Qatar in September 2014, but was later moved to Bahrain and scheduled for January 2015 The group stage draw was held on 4 June 2014. The semi-final and final were delayed by a number of days due to the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Teams

Venues

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

extra time Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played onl ...

and

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pen ...

were to be used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 10.1 and 10.3).

Bracket

Fifth place play-off

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Goalscorers

References

External links

GCC U-23 Championship
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