# 25th Arabian Gulf Cup Group B

The Group B of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup was one of the two groups of competing nations in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup. It consisted of defending champions Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The matches took place from 7 to 13 January 2023. The top two teams, Bahrain and Qatar, advanced to the semi-finals.

## Teams

| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings (October 2022) | FIFA Rankings (October 2022) |
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | Bahrain (holders) | 25th | Winners (2019) | 85 |
| Kuwait | 25th | Winners (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010) | 149 |
| Qatar | 25th | Winners (1992, 2004, 2014) | 50 |
| United Arab Emirates | 24th | Winners (2007, 2013) | 70 |

## Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |

## Matches
### Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates

| Bahrain | United Arab Emirates |
| GK | 21 | Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (c) |
| RB | 16 | Sayed Isa | 47' | 67' |
| CB | 2 | Amine Bennadi |
| CB | 3 | Waleed Al Hayam |
| LB | 4 | Sayed Dhiya Saeed |
| CM | 15 | Jasim Al-Shaikh |
| CM | 14 | Ali Haram | 34' |
| RW | 7 | Ali Madan | | 84' |
| AM | 19 | Kamil Al-Aswad |
| LW | 20 | Mahdi Al-Humaidan |
| CF | 9 | Abdulla Yusuf Helal |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 18 | Mohammed Adel | | 67' |
| MF | 8 | Mohamed Marhoon | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Hélio Sousa ||
| GK | 17 | Khalid Eisa |
| RB | 20 | Ahmed Abdullah Jamil |
| CB | 12 | Khalifa Al Hammadi |
| CB | 19 | Khaled Ibrahim | 80' |
| LB | 3 | Walid Abbas (c) |
| RM | 9 | Harib Suhail |
| CM | 8 | Majed Hassan | 81' |
| CM | 6 | Majid Rashid | 66' |
| CM | 18 | Abdullah Ramadan |
| LM | 7 | Ali Saleh | 81' |
| CF | 11 | Caio Canedo |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 15 | Sebastián Tagliabúe | 66' |
| DF | 16 | Bader Abdelaziz | 80' |
| MF | 5 | Mohammed Abdulbasit | 81' |
| FW | 14 | Yahya Al Ghassani | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Rodolfo Arruabarrena ||
* Man of the Match:
* Kamil Al-Aswad (Bahrain)
* Assistant referees:
* Rashad Al-Hakmani (Oman)
* Rashid Abdi (Oman)
* Fourth official:
* Ali Sabah (Iraq)
* Video assistant referee:
* Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)

### Kuwait vs Qatar

| Kuwait | Qatar |
| GK | 22 | Sulaiman Abdulghafour |
| RB | 2 | Hassan Hamdan |
| CB | 3 | Meshari Ghanam |
| CB | 19 | Mahdi Dashti |
| LB | 12 | Abdullah Ghanem | 75' | 78' |
| CM | 4 | Khalid El Ebrahim (c) |
| CM | 6 | Sultan Al Enezi |
| RW | 11 | Eid Al Rashidi |
| AM | 8 | Ahmed Al-Dhefiri | | 64' |
| LW | 16 | Mobarak Al-Faneeni | | 74' |
| CF | 9 | Ibrahim Kameel | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 20 | Shabaib Al-Khaldi | | 46' |
| MF | 10 | Faisal Zayid | | 64' |
| FW | 14 | Mohammad Bajeyah | | 74' |
| MF | 18 | Fawaz Al-Otaibi | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Rui Bento ||
| GK | 22 | Meshaal Barsham |
| RB | 17 | Ismaeel Mohammad (c) |
| CB | 15 | Jassem Gaber |
| CB | 5 | Tarek Salman |
| LB | 14 | Homam Ahmed | 57' |
| CM | 8 | Ali Assadalla | | 76' |
| CM | 23 | Assim Madibo |
| RW | 7 | Ahmed Alaaeldin | | 76' |
| AM | 10 | Mohammed Waad | | 85' |
| LW | 11 | Amro Surag | | 85' |
| CF | 9 | Tameem Al-Abdullah | | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Hashim Ali | | 70' |
| FW | 12 | Yusuf Abdurisag | | 76' |
| MF | 13 | Mostafa Meshaal | | 76' |
| FW | 18 | Khalid Muneer | | 85' |
| MF | 19 | Ahmed Fadhel | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Pinheiro ||
* Man of the Match:
* Amro Surag (Qatar)
* Assistant referees:
* Zhou Fei (China)
* Zhang Cheng (China)
* Fourth official:
* Shukri Al-Hanfoush (Saudi Arabia)
* Video assistant referee:
* Fu Ming (China)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Jérémie Pignard (France)

### United Arab Emirates vs Kuwait

| United Arab Emirates | Kuwait |
| GK | 17 | Khalid Eisa |
| RB | 19 | Khaled Ibrahim |
| CB | 12 | Khalifa Al Hammadi | 70' |
| CB | 3 | Walid Abbas (c) |
| LB | 16 | Bader Abdelaziz | | 78' |
| CM | 5 | Mohammed Abdulbasit | | 78' |
| CM | 18 | Abdullah Ramadan | 22' |
| RW | 11 | Caio Canedo | | 78' |
| AM | 6 | Majid Rashid | | 62' |
| LW | 9 | Harib Suhail |
| CF | 15 | Sebastián Tagliabúe | 47' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Ali Saleh | | 62' |
| FW | 14 | Yahya Al Ghassani | | 78' |
| DF | 20 | Ahmed Jamil | | 78' |
| DF | 13 | Falah Waleed | | 78' |
| Manager: ||
| Rodolfo Arruabarrena ||
| GK | 22 | Sulaiman Abdulghafour |
| RB | 19 | Mahdi Dashti | | 72' |
| CB | 4 | Khalid El Ebrahim (c) |
| CB | 2 | Hassan Hamdan |
| LB | 3 | Meshari Ghanam | | 61' |
| CM | 6 | Sultan Al Enezi | 90+4' |
| CM | 5 | Fahad Al Hajeri |
| RW | 11 | Eid Al Rashidi | | 86' |
| AM | 10 | Faisal Zayid | | 86' |
| LW | 16 | Mobarak Al-Faneeni | | 86' |
| CF | 20 | Shabaib Al-Khaldi |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 15 | Hamad Al-Qallaf | | 61' |
| MF | 7 | Bader Al-Fadhel | | 72' |
| FW | 9 | Ibrahim Kameel | | 86' |
| DF | 8 | Ahmed Al-Dhefiri | | 86' |
| FW | 14 | Mohammad Bajeyah | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Rui Bento ||
* Man of the Match:
* Mobarak Al-Faneeni (Kuwait)
* Assistant referees:
* Yasser Al-Sultan (Saudi Arabia)
* Faisal Al-Qahtani (Saudi Arabia)
* Fourth official:
* István Kovács (Romania)
* Video assistant referee:
* Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

### Qatar vs Bahrain

| Qatar | Bahrain |
| GK | 22 | Meshaal Barsham |
| RB | 17 | Ismaeel Mohammad (c) |
| CB | 15 | Jassem Gaber |
| CB | 5 | Tarek Salman |
| LB | 14 | Homam Ahmed |
| CM | 10 | Mohammed Waad | 86' |
| CM | 23 | Assim Madibo |
| RW | 9 | Tameem Al-Abdullah | | 79' |
| AM | 8 | Ali Assadalla | | 90' |
| LW | 11 | Amro Surag | | 79' |
| CF | 7 | Ahmed Alaaeldin | | 81' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 18 | Khalid Muneer | | 79' |
| MF | 16 | Hashim Ali | | 79' |
| FW | 12 | Yusuf Abdurisag | | 81' |
| MF | 13 | Mostafa Meshaal | | 90' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Pinheiro ||
| GK | 22 | Ebrahim Lutfalla |
| RB | 18 | Mohammed Adel | 78' |
| CB | 2 | Amine Bennadi |
| CB | 3 | Waleed Al Hayam (c) |
| LB | 23 | Abdullah Al-Khalasi | 60' |
| CM | 15 | Jasim Al-Shaikh |
| CM | 12 | Mahdi Abdullatif | 60' |
| RW | 7 | Ali Madan | 60' |
| AM | 10 | Abdulwahab Al-Malood | 90+3' |
| LW | 8 | Mohamed Marhoon |
| CF | 9 | Abdulla Yusuf Helal |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 19 | Kamil Al-Aswad | 60' |
| FW | 4 | Sayed Dhiya Saeed | 60' |
| FW | 13 | Ahmed Al-Sherooqi | 60' |
| FW | 20 | Mahdi Al-Humaidan | 78' |
| MF | 14 | Ali Haram | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Hélio Sousa ||
* Man of the Match:
* Abdulla Yusuf Helal (Bahrain)
* Assistant referees:
* Sanjar Shayusupov (Uzbekistan)
* Alisher Usmanov (Uzbekistan)
* Fourth official:
* Ali Sabah (Iraq)
* Video assistant referee:
* Jérémie Pignard (France)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Fu Ming (China)

### Bahrain vs Kuwait

| Bahrain | Kuwait |
| GK | 21 | Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (c) |
| RB | 2 | Amine Bennadi | | 86' |
| CB | 5 | Hamad Al-Shamsan | 10' | 74' |
| CB | 6 | Hamza Abdullah Idris | | 65' |
| LB | 17 | Ahmed Bughammar |
| RM | 20 | Mahdi Al-Humaidan |
| CM | 14 | Ali Haram |
| CM | 12 | Mahdi Abdullatif | 90+2' |
| LM | 4 | Sayed Dhiya Saeed |
| CF | 19 | Kamil Al-Aswad | 16' | 74' |
| CF | 8 | Mohamed Marhoon | 44' | 65' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Ali Madan | | 65' |
| FW | 9 | Yusuf Helal | | 65' |
| DF | 3 | Waleed Al Hayam | | 74' |
| MF | 10 | Abdulwahab Al-Malood | | 74' |
| DF | 16 | Sayed Isa | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Hélio Sousa ||
| GK | 22 | Sulaiman Abdulghafour |
| RB | 5 | Fahad Al Hajeri |
| CB | 4 | Khalid El Ebrahim (c) |
| CB | 2 | Hassan Hamdan |
| LB | 15 | Hamad Al-Qallaf | 22' 68' |
| CM | 7 | Bader Al-Fadhel | | 46' |
| CM | 6 | Sultan Al Enezi | | 90+2' |
| RW | 11 | Eid Al Rashidi | | 86' |
| AM | 10 | Faisal Zayid | | 46' |
| LW | 16 | Mobarak Al-Faneeni | | 76' |
| CF | 20 | Shabaib Al-Khaldi |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 8 | Ahmed Al-Dhefiri | | 46' |
| DF | 19 | Mahdi Dashti | | 46' |
| MF | 17 | Ali Khalaf | | 76' |
| FW | 11 | Eid Al Rashidi | | 86' |
| FW | 9 | Ibrahim Kameel | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Rui Bento ||
* Man of the Match:
* Mahdi Al-Humaidan (Bahrain)
* Assistant referees:
* Vasile Florin Marinescu (Romania)
* Mihai Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
* Fourth official:
* Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
* Video assistant referee:
* Jérémie Pignard (France)

### United Arab Emirates vs Qatar

| United Arab Emirates | Qatar |
| GK | 17 | Khalid Eisa |
| RB | 20 | Ahmed Abdullah Jamil | | 90+2' |
| CB | 12 | Khalifa Al Hammadi | 45' | 79' |
| CB | 3 | Walid Abbas (c) |
| LB | 19 | Khaled Ibrahim |
| CM | 6 | Majid Rashid | 28' |
| CM | 18 | Abdullah Ramadan | | 79' |
| RW | 14 | Yahya Al Ghassani | | 79' |
| AM | 10 | Fábio Lima |
| LW | 9 | Harib Suhail |
| CF | 11 | Caio Canedo | | 90+2' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Abdusalam Mohammed | | 79' |
| MF | 5 | Mohammed Abdulbasit | | 79' |
| FW | 15 | Sebastián Tagliabúe | | 79' |
| MF | 7 | Ali Saleh | | 90+2' |
| DF | 16 | Bader Abdelaziz | | 90+2' |
| Manager: ||
| Rodolfo Arruabarrena ||
| GK | 22 | Meshaal Barsham |
| RB | 17 | Ismaeel Mohammad (c) | 85' |
| CB | 15 | Jassem Gaber |
| CB | 5 | Tarek Salman |
| LB | 14 | Homam Ahmed |
| CM | 8 | Ali Assadalla |
| CM | 23 | Assim Madibo |
| CM | 10 | Mohammed Waad | 59' |
| RW | 18 | Khalid Muneer | 59' |
| LW | 11 | Amro Surag | 84' |
| CF | 7 | Ahmed Alaaeldin | 16' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 12 | Yusuf Abdurisag | 16' |
| MF | 9 | Tameem Al-Abdullah | 59' |
| DF | 19 | Ahmed Fadhel | 59' |
| MF | 16 | Hashim Ali | 84' |
| DF | 20 | Salem Al-Hajri | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Bruno Pinheiro ||
* Man of the Match:
* Tameem Al-Abdullah (Qatar)
* Assistant referees:
* Ahmed Sabah (Iraq)
* Hayder Abdulhasan (Iraq)
* Fourth official:
* Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)
* Video assistant referee:
* Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

## Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:
* first yellow card: −1 point;
* indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
* direct red card: −4 points;
* yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
| Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 3 | Points |
| Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 5 | | –8 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1 | | 1 | –5 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1 | | | –2 |
| United Arab Emirates | | 3 | 2 | | –5 |