# 2015 GCC U-23 Championship

The 2015 GCC U-23 Championship was the sixth edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Bahrain for the second time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Riffa from 16 to 29 January. Saudi Arabia won their third title after defeating Kuwait 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 Huawei 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

| Team | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Bahrain (host) | 5 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Kuwait | 5 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Qatar | 5 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Oman | 5 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) |
* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

## Venues

| Riffa | Riffa |
| Riffa | Bahrain National Stadium |
| Riffa | Capacity: 24,000 |

## Group stage
### Group A

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

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Oman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Bahrain (H) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were to be used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 10.1 and 10.3).

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 26 January – Riffa | 26 January – Riffa |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 (3) |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 (3) | 28 January – Riffa | 28 January – Riffa |
| Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (5) | 28 January – Riffa | 28 January – Riffa |
| Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (5) | Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| 26 January – Riffa | 26 January – Riffa | | Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| 26 January – Riffa | 26 January – Riffa | Kuwait | 2 |
| Oman | 1 (4) | Kuwait | 2 |
| Kuwait (p) | 1 (5) | | |
| Kuwait (p) | 1 (5) | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 28 January – Riffa | 28 January – Riffa |
| | | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| | | Oman | 2 |

### Final
#### Winners

* 2015 GCC U-23 Championship champion
* Saudi Arabia Third title

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top Goalscorers | Most Valuable Player | Best goalkeeper |
| Ahmed Hizam Al Shammari | Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem | Ahmed Al-Rehaili |

## Goalscorers

There have been 32 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.
4 goals
* Ahmed Hizam Al Shammari
3 goals
* Ahmed Al-Nadhri
2 goals
* Hatem Al-Rushadi
* Abdulaziz Al-Bishi
* Mohammed Al-Saiari
* Abdulmajeed Al-Sulaiheem
1 goal
* Mohamed Adel
* Ali Al-Osfor
* Ali Hassan
* Mohammed Matar
* Yaqoub Al-Tararwa
* Mahmoud Dashti
* Khaled Al-Hamdani
* Mohammed Al-Rawahi
* Ahmed Al-Siyabi
* Omer Fazari
* Ahmed Alaaeldin
* Faisel Al-Kharaa
* Mazen Othman
* Yousef Ahmed
* Saeed Jassim
* Khalfan Mubarak
* Ali Salmeen