| Tourney Name: | 24th Arabian Gulf Cup |
| Other Titles: | كأس الخليج العربي 24 |
| Country: | Qatar |
| Dates: | 26 November – 8 December |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Champion: | Bahrain |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Saudi Arabia |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 45 |
| Top Scorer: | Ali Mabkhout |
| Player: | Abdullah Otayf |
| Goalkeeper: | Fawaz Al-Qarni |
| Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
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 6 December 2019.[1]
Bahrain won the competition by a 1–0 victory against Saudi Arabia to secure their first title.
| Doha | Al Wakrah | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Khalifa International Stadium | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium | Al Janoub Stadium | |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | |
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.[2]
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2019 | ||||||
| (Host) | data-sort-value="12" | 24th | data-sort-value="7.2" | Winners (1992, 2004, 2014) | 57 | |
| data-sort-value="12" | 23rd | data-sort-value="7.2" | Winners (2007, 2013) | 67 | ||
| data-sort-value="12" | 23rd | data-sort-value="7.2" | Winners (1994, 2002, 2003–04) | 69 | ||
| data-sort-value="12" | 15th | data-sort-value="7.2" | Winners (1979, 1984, 1988) | 74 | ||
| (Title Holders) | data-sort-value="12" | 22nd | data-sort-value="7.2" | Winners (2009, 2017–18) | 84 | |
| data-sort-value="12" | 24th | data-sort-value="7.2" | Runners-up (1970, 1982, 1992, 2003–04) | 101 | ||
| data-sort-value="12" | 9th | data-sort-value="7.2" | Group stage (2003–04, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013) | 141 | ||
| data-sort-value="12" | 24th | data-sort-value="7.2" | Winners (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010) | 156 | ||
Referees[3]
Ammar Ebrahim Mahfoodh (Bahrain) Ali Abdulnabi Al Samaheeji (Bahrain)
Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)
Ali Shaban (Kuwait) Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait) Abdullah Jamali (Kuwait)
Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq) Ali Sabah Adday Al Qaysi (Iraq)
Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) Omar Al Yaqoubi (Oman)
Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)
Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)Assistant Referees
Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Salah Abdulaziz Janahi (Bahrain) Karel De Rocker (Belgium) Florian Lemaire (Belgium) Abbas Gholoum (Kuwait) Humoud Al-Sahli (Kuwait) Hayder Ubaydee (Iraq) Maytham Al Gburi (Iraq) Akane Yagi (Japan) Osamu Nonura (Japan) Abu Bakar Al Amri (Oman) Saif Al Ghafri (Oman) Jan Köbeli (Switzerland) Ramzan Saeed Al-Naemi (Qatar) Mohammad Dharman (Qatar)All times are local (UTC+03:00).
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This table shows all team performance.
Below were the TV channels that broadcast the matches:[4]
| Territory | Television | |
|---|---|---|
| MENA | Al Kass | |
| BeIN Sports | ||
| Oman | Oman TV Sports | |
| Kuwait | KTV Sports |