2010 Gulf Cup of Nations

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Host country Yemen Champions Kuwait (10th title) Dates 22 Nov 2010 – 5 Dec 2010 Teams 8 Matches played 15		Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Runners-up Saudi Arabia Best player Fahad Al Enezi Goals scored 27

Top scorer(s) Bader Al-Mutawa Alaa Abdul-Zahra (3 goals) Champion Kuwait national football team Similar 2013 Gulf Cup of Nations, 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations, 2009 Gulf Cup of Nations, 2002 Gulf Cup of Nations

The 2010 Gulf Cup of Nations or Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي‎‎) was the twentieth edition of the biannual Gulf Cup competition, and took place in Aden, Yemen, from 22 November to 5 December 2010. The tournament was held in Yemen for the first time in the tournament's history, and this edition celebrated the 40th year anniversary of the cup as well as the 20th anniversary of the tournament.

The opening match was played between the host Yemen and Saudi Arabia at the May 22 Stadium in Aden.

Kuwait won the tournament for the tenth time in the team's history, against 2-time consecutive second-place finishers, Saudi Arabia in a 1–0 score that ended with extra time.

Teams

8 teams participated in the tournament.

Yemen (Host)

Oman (Holder)

Bahrain

Iraq

Kuwait

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Competition mascot

The competition mascot (rather a secondary competition logo) depicts a Yemeni juggling a football in a traditional Yemeni wizaar while wearing headgear consisting of colors from the Yemeni flag.

The design has been featured in many advertising campaigns for the competition as well as many talk-shows, and has emerged as a well-known symbol for the competition, even more so than the primary competition logo.

The Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 22 August 2010.

Eight teams were divided into two groups, Yemen (The host nation) was in group A, Oman (The holder) in group B, while the rest of the teams were placed in a pot based on August 2010's FIFA ranking.

Group stage

All times are Yemen Time – UTC+3

Goalscorers

Own goals

Hamed Shami Zaher (for Saudi Arabia)

Team statistics

This table shows all team performance.

Trivia

For the first time in the tournament's history all matches were played on artificial grass fields.

The broadcasting rights for the tournament was sold for the highest price ever in Gulf Cup history to Abu Dhabi Sports in a deal worth 560 million dollars.

For the third consecutive time previous champions of the tournament failed to pass the group stages after 2009 winners, Oman failed to qualify to the final four.

Ali Al-Habsi's record for 4 consecutive "Best Tournament Goalkeeper" was broken after Kuwait's Nawaf Al-Khaldi won the award due to Ali's absence in the competition.

References

2010 Gulf Cup of Nations Wikipedia

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