Golf Cup 2017

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The 23rd Golf Cup , a soccer competition between the Arab countries bordering the Persian Gulf , took place from December 22, 2017 to January 5, 2018 in Kuwait City , Kuwait . A total of eight teams took part.

Venues

Kuwait City |! Kuwait City
Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium	Al-Kuwait SC Stadium
Capacity: 65,000	Capacity: 18,500

Attendees

The following eight teams took part in the final round:

Iraq  Bahrain  Qatar (as defending champion)  Oman

Kuwait (as host)  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates  Yemen

mode

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The two group first and second qualified for the next round. Then it was played in the knockout system .

Game results

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Oman	3	2	0	1	003: 100	+2	06th
2.	UAE	3	1	2	0	001-000	+1	05
3.	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	002: 300	−1	04th
4th	Kuwait	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01

December 22, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.
Kuwait	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 2 (0: 1)
December 22, 2017 at 9:00 p.m.
Oman	-	UAE	0: 1 (0: 1)
December 25, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
UAE	-	Saudi Arabia	0-0
December 25, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Kuwait	-	Oman	0: 1 (0: 0)
December 28, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.
Saudi Arabia	-	Oman	0: 2 (0: 0)
Kuwait	-	UAE	0-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iraq	3	1	2	0	006: 200	+4	05
2.	Bahrain	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Qatar	3	1	1	1	006: 300	+3	04th
4th	Yemen	3	0	0	3	000: 800	−8	00

December 23, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
Qatar	-	Yemen	4: 0 (3: 0)
December 23, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Bahrain	-	Iraq	1: 1 (0: 0)
December 26, 2017 at 5:30 p.m.
Yemen	-	Bahrain	0: 1 (0: 1)
December 26, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Iraq	-	Qatar	2: 1 (1: 1)
December 29, 2017 at 6:30 p.m.
Qatar	-	Bahrain	1: 1 (1: 0)
Iraq	-	Yemen	3: 0 (0: 0)

Final rounds

Semifinals

January 2, 2018 at the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Oman	-	Bahrain	1: 0 (1: 0)
January 2, 2018 at the Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium
Iraq	-	UAE	0: 0 a.d., 2: 4 i. E.

final

Oman		United Arab Emirates
	final January 5, 2018 in Kuwait City ( Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium ) Result: 0: 0 n.v., 5: 4 i. E. Referee: Ali Shaban ( Kuwait )   Match report
	Faiz Al-Rushaidi - Ali Al-Busaidi , Saad Al-Mukhaini , Ahmed Mubarak , Fahmi Durbein , Mohsin Al-Khaldi , Mohammed Al-Musalami , Harib Al-Saadi , Jameel Al-Yahmadi (79th Said Al-Ruzaiqi ), Raed Ibrahim Saleh (111th Mahmood Al-Mushaifri ), Khalid Al-Hajri (118th Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali ) Coach: Pim Verbeek ( Netherlands )	Khalid Eisa - Mohammed Al Menhali , Mohanad Salem , Khalifa Mubarak (54th Ahmed Barman ), Mohamed Ahmed , Khamis Esmaeel (110th Mohamed Abdulrahman ), Ismail Ahmed , Ali Salmeen , Ahmed Al Attas (64th Ismail Al Hammadi ), Ali Mabkhout , Omar Abdulrahman Coach: Iberto Zaccheroni ( Italy )
	penalties shoot
	1: 1 Al-Muqbali 2: 2 Al-Mukhaini 3: 3 Mubarak 4: 4 Al-Ruzaiqi 5: 4 Al-Khaldi	0: 1 Mabkhout 1: 2 Barman 2: 3 I. Ahmed 3: 4 Al Menhali 4: 4 O. Abdulrahman
	Khalid Al-Hajri (44th), Mohammed Al-Musalami (89th)	Omar Abdulrahman (42.)
		Omar Abdulrahman (90th + 1 ′)

Web links

• Results on soccerway.com