2007 Gulf Cup of Nations

The Gulf Cup of Nations 2007, the 18th edition, took place in the United Arab Emirates, from January 17 2007 to January 30 2007.

The tournament was won by the host country United Arab Emirates, who beat neighbours Oman 1-0 in the final, courtesy of a goal by Ismail Matar who finished the tournament as top scorer with 5 goals in all. The UAE became the fifth country to lift the title after Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Matches

Group A

footballbox
date = January 17, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|UAE
score = 1 – 2
team2 = fb|OMA
goals1 = Matar goal|65
goals2 = Bashir goal|36
Al-Hosni goal|52
stadium = Jeque Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 17, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 1 – 1
team2 = fb|YEM
goals1 = Al-Mutawa goal|74|pen
goals2 = Al-Maqi goal|16
stadium = Jeque Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 20, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|KUW
score = 1 – 2
team2 = fb|OMA
goals1 = Al-Rashidi goal|81
goals2 = Al-Hosni goal|8
Salih goal|85
stadium = Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 20, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|UAE
score = 2 – 1
team2 = fb|YEM
goals1 = Omar goal|2|pen
Saeed goal|64
goals2 = Al-Sasi goal|90+2
stadium = Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 23, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|OMA
score = 2 – 1
team2 = fb|YEM
goals1 = Al-Touqi goal|1
Busafi goal|88
goals2 = Saleh goal|9
stadium = Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 23, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|UAE
score = 3 – 2
team2 = fb|KUW
goals1 = Matar goal|1 goal|90+1
Khalil goal|33
goals2 = Al-Mutawa goal|31
Al-Fahd goal|35
stadium = Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Group B

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date = January 18, 2007

team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 2 – 1
team2 = fb|BHR
goals1 = Al-Qahtani goal|26|pen goal|89
goals2 = Yousef goal|13|pen]
stadium = Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 18, 2007

team1 = fb-rt|QAT
score = 0 – 1
team2 = fb|IRQ|2004
goals1 =
goals2 = H.M. Mohammed goal|39
stadium = Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 21, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|BHR
score = 1 – 1
team2 = fb|IRQ|2004
goals1 = Al-Marzouqi goal|8
goals2 = H.M. Mohammed goal|11
stadium = Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 21, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 1 – 1
team2 = fb|QAT
goals1 = Mouath goal|72
goals2 = Nasser goal|10
stadium = Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 24, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|QAT
score = 1 – 2
team2 = fb|BHR
goals1 = Khalfan goal|19
goals2 = Hubail goal|45 goal|90+1
stadium = Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi----footballbox
date = January 24, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fb|IRQ
goals1 = Al-Qahtani goal|12|pen
goals2 =
stadium = Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

emi Finals

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date = January 27, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|OMA
score = 1 – 0
team2 = fb|BHR
goals1 = Al-Maimani goal|55
goals2 =
stadium = Al Jazira Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
----footballbox
date = January 27, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|KSA
score = 0 – 1
team2 = fb|UAE
goals1 =
goals2 = Matar goal|90+1
stadium = Al-Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Final

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date = January 30, 2007
team1 = fb-rt|OMA
score = 0 – 1
team2 = fb|UAE
goals1 =
goals2 = Matar goal|72
stadium = Jeque Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Result

Top-Scorers

5 goals
*flagicon|United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar

3 goals
*flagicon|Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani

2 goals
*flagicon|Oman Amad Al Hosni
*flagicon|Bahrain A'ala Hubail
*flagicon|Iraq|2004 Hawar Mulla Mohammed
*flagicon|Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa

1 goal
*flagicon|Kuwait Fahd Al-Fahd
*flagicon|Oman Sultan Al-Touqi
*flagicon|Oman Fawzi Bashir
*flagicon|Oman Badar Al-Maimani
*flagicon|Oman Hashim Saleh
*flagicon|Qatar Khalfan Ibrahim
*flagicon|Qatar Ali Hussein
*flagicon|Saudi Arabia Malek Mouath
*flagicon|UAE Faisal Khalil

External links

* [http://www.gulfcup.com/ Official Site (Arabic)]