25th Arabian Gulf Cup Group B explained

The Group B of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup was one of the two groups of competing nations in the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup. It consisted of defending champions Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The matches took place from 7 to 13 January 2023. The top two teams, Bahrain and Qatar, advanced to the semi-finals.

Teams

TeamAppearancePrevious best
performance
FIFA Rankings (October 2022)[1]
(holders) data-sort-value="12" 25th data-sort-value="7.2" Winners (2019) 85
data-sort-value="12" 25th data-sort-value="7.2" Winners (1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2010) 149
data-sort-value="12" 25th data-sort-value="7.2" Winners (1992, 2004, 2014) 50
data-sort-value="12" 24th data-sort-value="7.2" Winners (2007, 2013) 70

Matches

Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates

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GK 21Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (c)
RB 16
CB 2 Amine Bennadi
CB 3 Waleed Al Hayam
LB 4 Sayed Dhiya Saeed
CM 15Jasim Al-Shaikh
CM 14
RW 7
AM 19Kamil Al-Aswad
LW 20Mahdi Al-Humaidan
CF 9 Abdulla Yusuf Helal
Substitutions:
DF 18Mohammed Adel
MF 8
Manager:
Hélio Sousa
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GK 17Khalid Eisa
RB 20Ahmed Abdullah Jamil
CB 12Khalifa Al Hammadi
CB 19Khaled Ibrahim
LB 3 Walid Abbas (c)
RM 9 Harib Suhail
CM 8
CM 6
CM 18Abdullah Ramadan
LM 7
CF 11Caio Canedo
Substitutions:
FW 15
DF 16Bader Abdelaziz
MF 5
FW 14
Manager:
Rodolfo Arruabarrena
Man of the Match:
Kamil Al-Aswad (Bahrain)

Assistant referees


Rashad Al-Hakmani (Oman)
Rashid Abdi (Oman)
Fourth official


Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Video assistant referee


Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)
Assistant video assistant referee


Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)

Kuwait vs Qatar

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GK 22Sulaiman Abdulghafour
RB 2 Hassan Hamdan
CB 3 Meshari Ghanam
CB 19Mahdi Dashti
LB 12
CM 4 Khalid El Ebrahim (c)
CM 6 Sultan Al Enezi
RW 11Eid Al Rashidi
AM 8
LW 16
CF 9 Ibrahim Kameel
Substitutions:
FW 20
MF 10
FW 14Mohammad Bajeyah
MF 18Fawaz Al-Otaibi
Manager:
Rui Bento
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GK 22Meshaal Barsham
RB 17Ismaeel Mohammad (c)
CB 15Jassem Gaber
CB 5 Tarek Salman
LB 14
CM 8
CM 23Assim Madibo
RW 7
AM 10
LW 11
CF 9 Tameem Al-Abdullah
Substitutions:
MF 16
FW 12
MF 13
FW 18
MF 19
Manager:
Bruno Pinheiro
Man of the Match:
Amro Surag (Qatar)

Assistant referees


Zhou Fei (China)
Zhang Cheng (China)
Fourth official


Shukri Al-Hanfoush (Saudi Arabia)
Video assistant referee


Fu Ming (China)
Assistant video assistant referee


Jérémie Pignard (France)

United Arab Emirates vs Kuwait

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GK 17Khalid Eisa
RB 19Khaled Ibrahim
CB 12
CB 3 Walid Abbas (c)
LB 16Bader Abdelaziz
CM 5
CM 18
RW 11
AM 6
LW 9 Harib Suhail
CF 15
Substitutions:
FW 7
FW 14
DF 20
DF 13
Manager:
Rodolfo Arruabarrena
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GK 22Sulaiman Abdulghafour
RB 19
CB 4 Khalid El Ebrahim (c)
CB 2 Hassan Hamdan
LB 3 Meshari Ghanam
CM 6
CM 5 Fahad Al Hajeri
RW 11Eid Al Rashidi
AM 10
LW 16
CF 20Shabaib Al-Khaldi
Substitutions:
DF 15Hamad Al-Qallaf
MF 7 Bader Al-Fadhel
FW 9 Ibrahim Kameel
DF 8
FW 14Mohammad Bajeyah
Manager:
Rui Bento
Man of the Match:
Mobarak Al-Faneeni (Kuwait)

Assistant referees


Yasser Al-Sultan (Saudi Arabia)
Faisal Al-Qahtani (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth official


István Kovács (Romania)
Video assistant referee


Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)
Assistant video assistant referee


Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Qatar vs Bahrain

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GK 22Meshaal Barsham
RB 17Ismaeel Mohammad (c)
CB 15Jassem Gaber
CB 5 Tarek Salman
LB 14Homam Ahmed
CM 10
CM 23Assim Madibo
RW 9 Tameem Al-Abdullah
AM 8
LW 11
CF 7
Substitutions:
FW 18
MF 16
FW 12
MF 13
Manager:
Bruno Pinheiro
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GK 22Ebrahim Lutfalla
RB 18Mohammed Adel
CB 2 Amine Bennadi
CB 3 Waleed Al Hayam (c)
LB 23Abdullah Al-Khalasi
CM 15Jasim Al-Shaikh
CM 12Mahdi Abdullatif
RW 7
AM 10
LW 8 Mohamed Marhoon
CF 9 Abdulla Yusuf Helal
Substitutions:
FW 19
FW 4
FW 13Ahmed Al-Sherooqi
FW 20
MF 14
Manager:
Hélio Sousa
Man of the Match:
Abdulla Yusuf Helal (Bahrain)

Assistant referees


Sanjar Shayusupov (Uzbekistan)
Alisher Usmanov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official


Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Video assistant referee


Jérémie Pignard (France)
Assistant video assistant referee


Fu Ming (China)

Bahrain vs Kuwait

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GK 21Sayed Mohammed Jaffer (c)
RB 2
CB 5
CB 6
LB 17Ahmed Bughammar
RM 20Mahdi Al-Humaidan
CM 14Ali Haram
CM 12
LM 4 Sayed Dhiya Saeed
CF 19
CF 8
Substitutions:
FW 7
FW 9
DF 3
MF 10
DF 16
Manager:
Hélio Sousa
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GK 22Sulaiman Abdulghafour
RB 5 Fahad Al Hajeri
CB 4 Khalid El Ebrahim (c)
CB 2 Hassan Hamdan
LB 15
CM 7 Bader Al-Fadhel
CM 6
RW 11Eid Al Rashidi
AM 10
LW 16
CF 20Shabaib Al-Khaldi
Substitutions:
DF 8
DF 19
MF 17Ali Khalaf
FW 11
FW 9 Ibrahim Kameel
Manager:
Rui Bento
Man of the Match:
Mahdi Al-Humaidan (Bahrain)

Assistant referees


Vasile Florin Marinescu (Romania)
Mihai Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
Fourth official


Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Video assistant referee


Jérémie Pignard (France)

United Arab Emirates vs Qatar

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GK 17Khalid Eisa
RB 20
CB 12
CB 3 Walid Abbas (c)
LB 19Khaled Ibrahim
CM 6
CM 18
RW 14
AM 10 Fábio Lima
LW 9 Harib Suhail
CF 11
Substitutions:
DF 2
MF 5
FW 15
MF 7
DF 16
Manager:
Rodolfo Arruabarrena
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GK 22Meshaal Barsham
RB 17Ismaeel Mohammad (c)
CB 15Jassem Gaber
CB 5 Tarek Salman
LB 14Homam Ahmed
CM 8 Ali Assadalla
CM 23Assim Madibo
CM 10
RW 18
LW 11
CF 7
Substitutions:
MF 12
MF 9
DF 19
MF 16
DF 20
Manager:
Bruno Pinheiro
Man of the Match:
Tameem Al-Abdullah (Qatar)

Assistant referees


Ahmed Sabah (Iraq)
Hayder Abdulhasan (Iraq)
Fourth official


Mohanad Qasim (Iraq)
Video assistant referee


Rédouane Jiyed (Morocco)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:

  • first yellow card: −1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
  • direct red card: −4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

TeamMatch 1Match 2Match 3Points
2 1 5 –8
1 1 1 –5
1 1 –2
3 2 –5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA Men's Ranking. Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 15 November 2022 . 8 October 2022.