# 24th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 24th Arabian Gulf Cup was the 24th edition of the 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 8 December 2019.
Bahrain won the competition by a 1–0 victory against Saudi Arabia to secure their first title.

## Venues

| Al Rayyan (Doha Area) | Al Wakrah | Al RayyanDohaAl Wakrah |
| Khalifa International Stadium | Al Janoub Stadium | Al RayyanDohaAl Wakrah |
| Capacity: 45,857 | Capacity: 44,325 | Al RayyanDohaAl Wakrah |
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## Teams

On 12 November 2019, the national teams of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates decided to participate in the competition after boycotting it earlier.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings |
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | October 2019 |
| Qatar (Host) | 24th | Winners (1992, 2004, 2014) | 57 |
| United Arab Emirates | 23rd | Winners (2007, 2013) | 67 |
| Saudi Arabia | 23rd | Winners (1994, 2002, 2003–04) | 69 |
| Iraq | 15th | Winners (1979, 1984, 1988) | 74 |
| Oman (Title Holders) | 22nd | Winners (2009, 2017–18) | 84 |
| Bahrain | 24th | Runners-up (1970, 1982, 1992, 2003–04) | 101 |
| Yemen | 9th | Group stage (2003–04, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013) | 141 |
| Kuwait | 24th | Winners (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010) | 156 |

## Group stage

All times are local (UTC+03:00).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage

* Times listed are UTC+03:00.
* In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 5 December – Doha | 5 December – Doha |
| Iraq | 2 (3) |
| Iraq | 2 (3) | 8 December – Doha | 8 December – Doha |
| Bahrain (p) | 2 (5) | 8 December – Doha | 8 December – Doha |
| Bahrain (p) | 2 (5) | Bahrain | 1 |
| 5 December – Al Wakrah | 5 December – Al Wakrah | | Bahrain | 1 |
| 5 December – Al Wakrah | 5 December – Al Wakrah | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | Saudi Arabia | 0 |
| Qatar | 0 | | |

### Final
## Winner

* 24th Arabian Gulf Cup winners
* Bahrain 1st title

## Goalscorers

There were 45 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
5 goals
* Ali Mabkhout
3 goals
* Abdelkarim Hassan
* Akram Afif
2 goals
* Thiago Augusto
* Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali
* Mohammed Qasim
* Yousef Nasser
* Firas Al-Buraikan
* Abdullah Al-Hamdan
* Hattan Bahebri

### 1 goal

* Abdulla Al-Haza'a
* Ali Madan
* Jasim Al-Shaikh
* Mohamed Al Romaihi
* Mohamed Marhoon
* Alaa Abbas
* Alaa Abdul Zahra
* Ibrahim Bayesh
* Mohanad Ali
* Ahmed Al-Dhefiri
* Ahmed Zanki
* Sami Al-Sanea
* Mubarak Al-Faneni
* Rabia Al-Alawi
* Abdulaziz Hatem
* Almoez Ali
* Abdullah Al-Ahrak
* Boualem Khoukhi
* Hassan Al-Haydos
* Mohammed Al-Khabrani

## Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.
Final phase :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Bahrain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 8 |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 |
| 3 | Iraq | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 |
| 4 | Qatar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 |
Eliminated in the group stage :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Oman | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
| 6 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| 8 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 1 |

## Broadcasting rights

Below were the TV channels that broadcast the matches:
| Territory | Television |
| MENA | Al Kass |
| MENA | BeIN Sports |
| Oman | Oman TV Sports |
| Kuwait | KTV Sports |