Region West Asia
(AFC)(UAFA) Most successful team(s) Kuwait
(10 titles) | Current champions Qatar
(3rd title) | |
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Founded 1968, officially in 1970 Number of teams 8 (2 groups)
4 (Finals) Website www.gulf-cup.net
www.gulfcup.com | ||
Uae vs kuwait gulf cup of nations 2013 semifinal
The Gulf Cup of Nations or Arabian Gulf Cup (Arabic: كأس الخليج العربي Ka′s al-Khalīj al-′Arabiyy) is an association football tournament currently held every two years rotating the host city every edition. Previously the competition was usually held by countries members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on a biennial basis, but the history of the competition has also seen it held every 3–4 years, due to political or organizational problems., the tournament is under AFC and UAFA.
Contents
- Uae vs kuwait gulf cup of nations 2013 semifinal
- Younis mahmoud goal against uae in the final gulf cup of nations 2013
- An increasing popularity
- Winners
- Participating nations
- All time goal records
- Other records
- References
The tournament was founded at the 1968 Summer Olympics by some Arab states in the Arabian Peninsula. The first Gulf Cup tournament took place in 1970, and was won by the Kuwaiti team.
Kuwait has been the most successful team in the Gulf Cup of Nations, winning 10 tournaments out of 23 in total.
In May 2016, a new regional governing body was established to organise the competition, known as the Gulf Cup Federation.
Younis mahmoud goal against uae in the final gulf cup of nations 2013
An increasing popularity
A major point that helped Qatar improve the competition was the fact that Al Jazeera Sports, the leading sports channel in West Asia, and North Africa is based in Doha. Al Jazeera Sports won broadcasting rights to the 2004, and exclusively in the 2009 Gulf Cup after a deal ending in $23.5 million, and dramatically reformed the Gulf Cup of Arabian Nations by hosting numerous talk shows and documentaries, on top of filming in HD and perfecting camerawork of matches.
The Gulf Cup of Nations tournament is a tournament not officially recognized by FIFA, but recent steps have been taken to make the competition official, such as the attendance of matches by powerful people in football including FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, and UEFA president, Michel Platini. The FIFA Executive Committee has also put on their October 4, 2013 meeting agenda to hear the proposal for the Gulf Cup to be included in the international match calendar.
Winners
^n/a A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.Participating nations
All-time goal records
Below the table of all-time goal records by nations up to 2014 Tournament.
All-time goal records by Tournaments:
Does not include goals from annulled or abandoned games (1972 - Bahrain games, 1982 & 1990 Iraq games)
Includes 1974 Preliminary Round games
Does not include penalty shoot-out goals