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18th Arabian Gulf Cup

International football tournament in 2007

Field	Value
tourney_name	18th Arabian Gulf Cup
other_titles	كأس الخليج العربي, او خليجي 18
Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi, or Khaleeji 18
image	18th Arabian Gulf Cup.jpg
size	250px
caption	18th Arabian Gulf Cup official logo
country	United Arab Emirates
dates	17–30 January
num_teams	8
venues	2
cities	1
champion	United Arab Emirates
second	Oman
matches	15
goals	31
top_scorer	UAE Ismail Matar (5 goals)
player	UAE Ismail Matar
goalkeeper	OMA Ali Al-Habsi
fair_play
prevseason	[2004](17th-arabian-gulf-cup)
nextseason	[2009](19th-arabian-gulf-cup)

Kass Al-Khaleej Al-Arabi, or Khaleeji 18

The 18th Arabian Gulf Cup () 18th edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup. It took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 17 to 30 January 2007.

The tournament was won by hosts UAE, who beat neighbors Oman 1–0 in the final, courtesy of a goal by Ismail Matar who finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals in all. The UAE became the fifth country to lift the title after Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

In the competition there was also some very serious disciplinary problems with a total of 38 yellow cards and 7 red cards awarded in only 12 matches. As in previous Gulf Cups there have also been bad refereeing calls.

Venues

Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi
Zayed Sports City Stadium	Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium
Capacity: 43,791	Capacity: 24,000
[[File:Gulf Cup (36).jpg	180px]]	[[File:Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium.JPG	180px]]

Squads

Matches

Group A

Al-Hosni

Saleh

Saeed

Al Busafy

Khalil Al-Fahd

Group B

Semi finals

Final

Trivia

In the beginning 15 minutes of the Oman-Yemen game, the cameras were malfunctioning, resulting in the side cameras being the only coverage of that part of the match.

Winners

Awards

Top Goalscorers	Most Valuable Player	Best Goalkeeper	Fair Play Award
UAE Ismail Matar	UAE Ismail Matar	OMA Ali Al Habsi

Top-Scorers

**5 goals **

United Arab Emirates Ismail Matar

**3 goals **

Saudi Arabia Yasser Al-Qahtani

**2 goals **

Oman Amad Al Hosni
Bahrain A'ala Hubail
Iraq Hawar Mulla Mohammed
Kuwait Bader Al-Mutawa

**1 goal **

Kuwait Fahad Al Hamad
Kuwait Fahad Al-Rashidi
Oman Sultan Al-Touqi
Oman Fawzi Bashir
Oman Badar Al-Maimani
Oman Hashim Saleh
Qatar Khalfan Ibrahim
Qatar Ali Hussein
Saudi Arabia Malek Mouath
UAE Faisal Khalil

References

"الموقع الدائم لكأس الخليج العربي".

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