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21st Arabian Gulf Cup

International football tournament in 2013

Field	Value
tourney_name	21st Arabian Gulf Cup
other_titles	كأس الخلیج العربي 2013، خليجي 21
image	2013 Gulf Cup of Nations.png
size	200px
country	Bahrain
dates	5–18 January
num_teams	8
venues	2
cities	2
champion	United Arab Emirates
count	2
second	Iraq
third	Kuwait
fourth	Bahrain
matches	16
goals	36
attendance
top_scorer	KUW Abdulhadi Khamis
UAE Ahmed Khalil
(3 goals)
player	UAE Omar Abdulrahman
goalkeeper	IRQ Noor Sabri
fair_play
prevseason	[2010](2010-gulf-cup-of-nations)
nextseason	[2014](2014-gulf-cup-of-nations)

UAE Ahmed Khalil (3 goals)

The 21st Arabian Gulf Cup () was the twenty-first edition of the biennial football competition. It took place in Bahrain in January 2013. The competition was originally scheduled to be hosted in the city of Basra, Iraq, but was moved to Bahrain in October 2011 to ensure that Iraq could suitably host the competition in the 22nd edition.

Seeding of teams

The eight participating teams were divided into two groups, Bahrain (the host nation) were placed in Group A, Kuwait (the holder) in Group B, while the rest of the teams were placed in a pot based on FIFA rankings. The draw was held in Bahrain on 18 October 2012.

Pot	National Team	FIFA Ranking
A	(hosts)
(holders)
B
C
D

Venues

Riffa	Isa Town
Bahrain National Stadium	Khalifa Sports City Stadium
Capacity: 23,000	Capacity: 10,000
[[File:Bahrain National Stadium.jpg	180px]]

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup took place in the Bahrain National Stadium on 5 January. The event featured the attendance of Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, members of the ruling family, Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, Michel Platini, the president of UEFA as well as other officials. Blatter commended the ceremony, stating that "The opening ceremony was very nice: 9.5 out of 10 because perfection does not exist". Following the ceremony, Blatter also stated that the organisational level of the Gulf Cup would have to be improved if it was to be a FIFA-sanctioned event and wanted the cup to be played simultaneously with the Africa Cup of Nations.

Squads

Group stage

All times are local time (UTC+03:00).

Group A

Mabkhout Ahmed

El-Sayed

Hassan

Group B

Al-Mutawa

Hawsawi

F. Al-Muwallad

Ahmed

Knockout stage

The third place match with Bahrain and Kuwait.

|15 January – Riffa ||1||0 |15 January – Riffa ||1 (4)| |1 (2) |18 January – Riffa | |2||1 |18 January – Isa Town ||6||1

Semi-finals

Ismail Salem Mahmoud Sabri Aaish Dhiya Al Malood

Third place play-off

Bani Al-Mutawa Al Salimi

Final

Al Hammadi

Goalscorers

;3 goals

KUW Abdulhadi Khamis
UAE Ahmed Khalil

;2 goals

IRQ Hammadi Ahmad
IRQ Younis Mahmoud
KUW Bader Al-Mutawa
KUW Yousef Nasser
QAT Khalfan Ibrahim
UAE Omar Abdulrahman
UAE Ali Mabkhout

;1 goal

BHR Faouzi Mubarak Aaish
BHR Hussain Ali Baba
BHR Abdulwahab Al Malood
BHR Abdulla Yusuf Helal
IRQ Dhurgham Ismail
IRQ Salam Shaker
KUW Abdulrahman Bani
KUW Abdulaziz Al Salimi
UAE Ismail Al Hammadi
UAE Majed Hassan
UAE Mohamed Ahmed Gharib
KSA Fahad Al-Muwallad
KSA Yasser Al-Qahtani
OMA Hussain Al-Hadhri
QAT Mohamed El-Sayed

;1 own goal

KSA Osama Hawsawi (playing against Iraq)

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Final phase
1	****	5	5	0	0	10	3	+7
2	****	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4
3	****	5	3	0	2	9	3	+6
4		5	1	2	2	4	9	−5
Eliminated in the group stage
5		3	1	0	2	2	3	−1
6		3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
7		3	0	1	2	1	4	−3
8		3	0	0	3	0	6	−6

Prize money and awards

Prize money

The football associations were given prize money for a fourth place and above finish in the competition in riyals.

First Place: 2,000,000 Riyals
Second Place: 1,500,000 Riyals
Third Place: 500,000 Riyals
Fourth Place: 250,000 Riyals

Playing awards

The following awards were given:

Award	Player	Prize money
Fair Play Award		200,000 Riyals
Top Scorer	KUW Abdulhadi Khamis
UAE Ahmad Khalil	100,000 Riyals
Most Valuable player	UAE Omar Abdulrahman	100,000 Riyals
Best Goalkeeper	Iraq Noor Sabri	100,000 Riyals

References

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References

(31 October 2011). "Bahrain to host 21st Gulf Cup". QFA.com.qa.
(28 August 2012). "Draw of 21st Gulf Cup in October". QFA.com.qa.
(September 2018). "21st Gulf Cup, opening ceremony kicks off tournament in Bahrain". Qatar Football Association.
Meenaghan, Gary. (6 January 2013). "Gulf Cup: Tournament must be reorganised to get Fifa approval, warns Blatter". The National.
(2 January 2013). "All ready for kick-off". Gulf Weekly.

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