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.
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | FIFA Rankings (October 2022)[1] | |||
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(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 |
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Man of the Match: Kamil Al-Aswad (Bahrain)
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Man of the Match: Amro Surag (Qatar)
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Man of the Match: Mobarak Al-Faneeni (Kuwait)
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Man of the Match: Abdulla Yusuf Helal (Bahrain)
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Man of the Match: Mahdi Al-Humaidan (Bahrain)
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Man of the Match: Tameem Al-Abdullah (Qatar)
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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:
Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.
Team | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Points | ||||||||||
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2 | 1 | 5 | –8 | |||||||||||
1 | 1 | 1 | –5 | |||||||||||
1 | 1 | –2 | ||||||||||||
3 | 2 | –5 |