18th Arabian Gulf Cup

The 18th Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: was the كأس الخليج العربي‎) 18th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. It took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 17 to 30 January 2007.[1]

18th Arabian Gulf Cup
كأس الخليج العربي, او خليجي 18
Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi, or Khaleeji 18
18th Arabian Gulf Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates17–30 January
Teams8
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United Arab Emirates
Runners-up Oman
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored31 (2.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ismail Matar (5 goals)
Best player(s) Ismail Matar
Best goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi
Fair play award Yemen

The tournament was won by hosts UAE, who beat neighbors Oman 1–0 in the final, courtesy of a goal by Ismail Matar who finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals in all. The UAE became the fifth country to lift the title after Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

In the competition there was also some very serious disciplinary problems with a total of 38 yellow cards and 7 red cards awarded in only 12 matches. As in previous Gulf Cups there have also been bad refereeing calls.

Venues
Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi
Zayed Sports City Stadium Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium
Capacity: 43,791 Capacity: 24,000

Matches

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Oman 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9
 United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
 Kuwait 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
 Yemen 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source:
United Arab Emirates 1–2 Oman
Matar  65' Bashir  36'
Al-Hosni  52'
Kuwait 1–1 Yemen
Al-Mutawa  74' (pen.) Ali Alomki  16'
Kuwait 1–2 Oman
Al-Rashidi  81' Al-Hosni  8'
Saleh  85'
United Arab Emirates 2–1 Yemen
Omar  2' (pen.)
Saeed  64'		 Al-Sasi  90+2'
Oman 2–1 Yemen
Al-Touqi  1'
Al Busafy  88'		 Saleh  9'
United Arab Emirates 3–2 Kuwait
Matar  1'  90+1'
Khalil  33'		 Al-Mutawa  31'
Al-Fahd  35'

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7
 Bahrain 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Iraq 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Qatar 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
Source:
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Bahrain
Al-Qahtani  26' (pen.)  89' Yousef  13' (pen.)
Qatar 0–1 Iraq
H.M. Mohammed  39'
Bahrain 1–1 Iraq
Al-Marzouqi  8' H.M. Mohammed  11'
Saudi Arabia 1–1 Qatar
Mouath  72' Nasser  10'
Qatar 1–2 Bahrain
Khalfan  19' Hubail  45'  90+1'
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Iraq
Al-Qahtani  12' (pen.)

Semi finals
Oman 1–0 Bahrain
Al-Maimani  55'
Saudi Arabia 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Matar  90+1'

Final
Oman 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Matar  72'

Trivia
  • In the beginning 15 minutes of the Oman-Yemen game, the cameras were malfunctioning, resulting in the side cameras being the only coverage of that part of the match.

Winners
 18th Arabian Gulf Cup Winners 

United Arab Emirates
First title

Awards
Top Goalscorers Most Valuable Player Best Goalkeeper Fair Play Award
Ismail Matar Ismail Matar Ali Al Habsi  Yemen

Top-Scorers

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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