2008 GCC U-23 Championship
# 2008 GCC U-23 Championship

The 2008 GCC U-23 Championship took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the first time. Five nations took part. The competition was held in Riyadh from 6 to 17 January. Saudi Arabia won the title after defeating Bahrain 1–0 on the final matchday.

## Venues

| Riyadh | Riyadh |
| - | - |
| Riyadh | Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium |
| Riyadh | Capacity: 22,500 |

## Teams

| Team | Previous appearances in tournament |
| - | - |
| Bahrain | 0 (debut) |
| Kuwait | 0 (debut) |
| Qatar | 0 (debut) |
| Oman | 0 (debut) |
| Saudi Arabia (host) | 0 (debut) |

* ↑ Bold indicates champion for that year.

## Tournament

The teams played a single round-robin style competition. The team achieving first place in the overall standings was the tournament winner.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 |
| Qatar | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
| Oman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 3 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | –7 | 3 |

## Statistics

### Goalscorers

There have been 28 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.

3 goals

* Mousa Al Allaq
* Hamid Ismail
* Yousef Al-Salem

2 goals

* Mahmoud Abbas
* Abdulla Al-Dakeel

1 goal

* Sayed Ali
* Masoud Gambar
* Abdulrahman Al-Awadi
* Mohammed Al Hadhoud
* Marzouq Zaki
* Mohammed Al-Balushi
* Khaled Al Ghailani
* Abdullah Al-Mukhaini
* Younis Mubarak
* Mohammed Al Yazeedi
* Ahmed Lutfi
* Jufain Al-Bishi
* Abdullaziz Al-Dawsari
* Abdulaziz Al-Kalthem
* Mohsen Al-Qarni

### Awards

**Player of the Tournament**

* Hamid Ismail

**Golden Boot**

* Hamid Ismail

**Golden Glove**

* Waleed Abdullah
