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2012 GCC U-23 Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	GCC U-23 Championship
year	2012
other_titles	البطولة الخليجية للمنتخبات تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم
size	100px
country
dates	1–11 September
num_teams	6
confederations	1
venues	1
cities	1
champion_other
count	2
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	11
goals	28
top_scorer	KSA Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi (4 goals)
player	KSA Mustafa Basas
goalkeeper	UAE Ahmed Shambih
prevseason	[2011](2011-gcc-u-23-championship)
nextseason	[2013](2013-gcc-u-23-championship)

The 2012 GCC U-23 Championship was the fourth edition of the GCC U-23 Championship. It took place in Doha, Qatar for the third consecutive time. Six nations took part. The competition was held in Doha from 1 to 11 September. Saudi Arabia won their second title after defeating Bahrain 2–0 in the final.

The group stage draw was held on 30 June 2012.

Teams

{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Team ! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in tournament |- | || 3 (2008, 2010, 2011) |- | || 3 (2008, 2010, 2011) |- | (host) || 3 (2008, 2010, 2011) |- | || 3 (2008, 2010, 2011) |- | || 3 (2008, 2010, 2011) |- | || 2 (2010, 2011) |}

Venues

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Aspire Academy Stadium
Capacity: 5,580

Group stage

Group A

Saeed

Group B

Bassas Al-Qattam

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were to be used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 10.1 and 10.3).

Bracket

|8 September – Doha||2 (2)| |2 (4) |8 September – Doha||3| |0 |11 September – Doha||0||2 |10 September – Doha||0 (2)| |0 (3)

Fifth place play-off

Semi-finals

Al-Khalaqi Ghloum

Al-Muwallad

Third place play-off

Final

Al-Shehri

Winners

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorers	Most Valuable Player	Best goalkeeper
KSA Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi	KSA Mustafa Bassas	UAE Ahmed Shambih

Goalscorers

Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi
Abdul Rahman Al Shammari
Saleh Al-Yazidi
Ahmed Rashid Hassan
???
Saoud Al-Khalaqi
Ahmed Al-Shehri
Mujtaba Ghloum
Shaheen Al-Khamees
Khalifa Salem
Ahmed Alaaeldin
Fahad Al-Muwallad
Khaled Al-Qattam
Mustafa Bassas
Muhain Khalifah
Mohammed Sabeel
Yousif Saeed

References

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