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Stage Set for 24Th Arabian Gulf 06 SPORT TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2019 TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2019 SPORT 07 ALL-TIME TOP SCORERS Defending RANK PLAYER COUNTRY GOALS Fixtures 1 Jasem Yaqoub Kuwait 18 Today Monday, December 2 champions 2 Majed Abdullah Saudi Arabia 17 Qatar vs Iraq at Khalifa International Stadium, 19.30 Qatar vs UAE, at Khalifa International Stadium,17.30 Stage set for 24th Arabian Gulf Cup Hussein Saeed Iraq 17 UAE vs Yemen at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium 21.30 Kuwait vs Bahrain, at Khalifa International Stadium, 4 Jasem Al Huwaidi Kuwait 14 20.00 Oman target Faisal Al-Dakhil Kuwait 14 Tomorrow Yemen vs Iraq at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, 17.30 6 Mansour Muftah Qatar 13 Oman vs Bahrain at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, 17.30 Oman vs KSA at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, 20.00 winning streak 7 Yussef Al-Suwayed Kuwait 12 KSA vs Kuwait at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, 20.00 8 Bader Al-Mutawa Kuwait 12 THE PENINSULA Thursday 28 Nov 2019 - Rest Day Thursday, December 5 Fahad Khamees United Arab Emirates 10 Semi-finals DOHA Mahmoud Soufi Qatar 10 Friday, November 29 Winner Group A vs Runner Up Group B, Yasser Al-Qahtani Saudi Arabia 10 Oman will be looking to successfully UAE vs Iraq at Khalifa International Stadium, 17.30 venue and time TBD defend the Arabian Gulf Cup title they won Yemen vs Qatar at Khalifa International Stadium, 20.00 Winner Group B vs Runner Up Group A, venue and two years back in Kuwait. time TBD The Red Warriors are looking to win GOLDEN BOOT WINNERS Saturday, November 30 their second successive and third overall YEAR COUNTRY PLAYER GOALS SCORED Kuwait vs Oman at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, 17.30 Sunday, December 8 title at the 24th edition of the tournament 1970 Kuwait Mohammed Masawd 3 Bahrain vs KSA at Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium, 20.00 Final: At Khalifa International Stadium which will kick off today in Doha. Kuwait Jawad Khalif Oman, ranked 77 on the FIFA compu- 1972 Kuwait Hamad Bu Hamood 6 ter, will be hoping for a strong showing in 1974 Kuwait Jasem Yaqoub 6 the region’s top tournament. 1976 Kuwait Jasem Yaqoub 9 In the last championship in Kuwait, 1979 Iraq Hussein Saeed 10 Oman defeated UAE on penalties to win 1982 Bahrain Ebrahim Zwaeed 3 the regional title. Oman first won the Gulf UAE Saleem Khalifa Cup in 2009, while playing at home, Kuwait Yussif Swaid Oman are placed in Group B alongside Saudi Arabia Majed Abdullah Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain while 1984 Iraq Hussain Saeed 7 hosts Qatar will play against Iraq, UAE and 1986 UAE Fahad Khamees 6 Yemen in Group B. The defending cham- 1988 UAE Zuhair Bukheet 4 pions will commence their campaign with Iraq Ahmad Radhi a match Bahrain on Wednesday. 1990 Kuwait Mohammed Ebrahim Hajeyah 5 The ‘Red Warriors’ will meet Kuwait, 1992 Qatar Mubarak Mustafa 3 who are ten times Gulf Cup champions on 1994 Saudi Arabia Fuad Anwar 4 November 30 while the last match of the Qatar Mahmoud Soufi Officials displaying the jerseys of competing teams. Omani players and officials celebrate after winning the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup final against the UAE at the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Stadium in Kuwait City in this file photo. group stage will be against Saudi Arabia 1996 Qatar Mohammed Salem Al Enazi 4 on December 2. 1998 Kuwait Jasem Al Huwaidi 9 2002 Oman Hani Al Dhabit 5 2003–04 Bahrain Talal Yousef 5 PASTP ARABIAN GULF CUP FINALS Qatari players celebrate with the trophy after defeating 2004 Oman Amad Al Hosni 4 Saudi Arabia 2-1 in the final to win the 22nd edition of 2007 UAE Ismail Matar 5 EDITION/YEAREDITION/YE CHAMPIONS SCORE RUNNERS-UP Arabian Gulf Cup at the King Fahad Stadium in Riyadh, 2009 Oman Hassan Rabia 4 in this November 26, 2014 file photo. 2010 Kuwait Bader Al Mutawa 3 1st 1970970 Kuwait round-robin Bahrain Iraq Alaa Abdul-Zahra 2nd 197219 Kuwait round-robin Saudi Arabia 2013 UAE Ahmed Khalil 3 QATARQ SQUAD 33rdrd 11974974 Kuwait 4 – 0 Saudi Arabia Kuwait Abdulhadi Khamis SSaadaad Al SSheeb,he Pedro Miguel, Boualemualem 4th4th 1976 Kuwait 4 – 2 Iraq 2014 UAE Ali Mabkhout 5 KhoukKhouki,i, TaTarekrek Salman, Abdelkarim HHassan,assan, 5thth 1979 Iraq round-robin Kuwait 2017–18 Iraq Ali Husni 2 Salem Al HHajri,ajr Hassan Al Haydos (captain),captain), 6th6th 1982982 Kuwait round-robin Bahrain Iraq Ali Faez AAkramkram AAfif,fif, Bassam Al Rawi, Al Moezoez AliAli,, Bahrain Jamal Rashid 7th 198484 Iraq 1 – 1 (4–3) Qatar Karim BoudBoudiaf,ia Ismail Mohamed, Mohamedohamedd Qatar Almoez Ali 88thth 19198686 Kuwait round-robin UAE MuntaMMuntari,ri, AAhmed Fathi, Mohamedd Oman Said Al Ruzaiqi 9thh 198819 Iraq round-robin UAE SSalahalah El Nile, Fahd Shaneen,, 10th10 1990 Kuwait round-robin Qatar MusaMusab Khidar, Yousef Abdulul 11th1t 1992 Qatar round-robin Bahrain RRazzaq,az Abdul Aziz Hatem,m, FFahdahd YoYounis, Almahdi Ali, Abdullahdullah 12th1 h 19949 Saudi Arabia round-robin UAE AbdulSalam Al Ahraq and 13th13 19966 Kuwait round-robin Qatar Mohammed Al Bakri.ri. 14th 19988 Kuwait round-robin Saudi Arabia Coach: Felix Sanchezez 15th 20022 Saudi Arabia round-robin Qatar Felix Sanchez Hassan Al Haydos 16th1 2003–0420032 Saudi Arabia round-robin Bahrain In order to prepare for the World Cup 17th7 2004 Qatar 1 – 1 (6–5) Oman we must play such matches. Playing United Arab Emirates 18th18tt 20072 UAE 1 – 0 Oman in Doha in these competitions is players arriving at the 19t119th9thh 2009 Oman 0 – 0 0(6–5) Saudi Arabia important with the support of Hamad international Airport 20th20th0th 20102010 Kuwait 1 – 0 Saudi Arabia the Qatari fans and we hope this in Doha ahead of the 24th 21221st1ststt 22013013 UAE 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Iraq Arabian Gulf Cup. will motivate us to offer a good PICTURE: MOHAMMED FARAG 22nd2ndd 22014014 Qatar 2 – 1 Saudi Arabia 23rd23rdrdd 2017–182017– Oman 0 – 0 (5–4) UAE tournament: Qatar coach Felix Sanchez Qatari players raise the Gulf Cup RECORD HOLDERS after their victory Last week we played with Vietnam Biggest Win – 8 Goals against Oman Kuwait 8 – 0 Oman (29 March 1976) during their 17th (in the FIFA 2022 World Cup Arabian Gulf Cup Most Goals in a game – 8 Goals qualifiers and 2023 Asian Cup), and final match in Doha Kuwait 8 – 0 Oman (29 March 1976) in this December then we suddenly knew we had to MMost Individual Goals in a Single Game – 5 Goals 24, 2004 file photo. participate in the 24th Gulf and MajMajed Abdullah Saudi Arabia (3 April 1979 vs. Qatar) Qatar beat Oman we worked for a week to prepare and won the Gulf Jassem Al Houwaidi Kuwait (1998 vs. Qatar) Cup on penalties for the match and we are ready. At MostMo Individual Goals in a Single Tournament – 10 Goals 5-4. the beginning of the championship Hussein Saeed Iraq (1979) we have no pressure at all. It is true that we learned late about PAGE LAYOUT AND DESIGN: CHINTHANA WASALA/THE PENINSULA SPORT our participation, but we are ready for Yemen and I am not thinking Saudi Arabian of anything other than taking on players taking Yemen: UAE coach Van Marwijk part in a training session at the Aspire Zone yesterday. I am delighted to be back in Doha. PICTURES: We have played some good games in MOHAMMED FARAG previous Gulf Cup tournaments but we are still looking for our first win. ARABIAN GULF CUP: SUMMARY We have managed to get some draw TEAM WINNERS RUNNERS-UP THIRD-PLACE FOURTH-PLACE SEMI-FINALS TOTAL results and played some memorable KUWAIT 10 (1970, 1972, 1974*, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1990*, 1996, 1998, 2010) 1 (1979) 2 (2002, 2013) 1 (2004) 1 (2009) 15 matches. Our goal is to play a high SAUDI ARABIA 3 (1994, 2002*, 2003) 6 (1972*, 1974, 1998, 2009, 2010, 2014*) 7 (1970, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1988*, 1992, 1996) 1 (1982) 1 (2007) 18 standard of football and achieve QATAR 3 (1992*, 2004*, 2014) 4 (1984, 1990, 1996, 2002) 2 (1976*, 2003) 5 (1970, 1972, 1974, 1986, 1994) 1 (2009) 15 the first victory that will delight IRAQ 3 (1979*, 1984, 1988) 2 (1976, 2013) – – 2 (2010, 2017) 7 UAE 2 (2007*, 2013) 4 (1986, 1988, 1994*, 2017) 5 (1972, 1974, 1982*, 1998, 2014) 3 (1984, 1992, 1996) 1 (2010) 15 everyone in our country and bring OMAN 2 (2009*, 2017) 2 (2004, 2007) – 4 (1990, 1998, 2003, 2014) – 8smiles to their faces: Yemen coach BAHRAIN - 4 (1970*, 1982, 1992, 2003) 3 (1990, 1994, 2004) 5 (1976, 1979, 1988, 2002, 2013*) 2 (2007, 2017) 14 Sami Hassan Al Hadi YEMEN – – – – - 0 08 SPORT TUESDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2019 ‘Something special’ as New Zealand hammer England in first Test AFP England, resuming the final SCOREBOARD sure every ball means some- MOUNT MAUNGANUI day at 55 for three and needing England 1st innings .....................................353 thing,” Root said, adding there to bat through to stumps to save New Zealand 1st innings ...............615-9 dec were times England quick Jofra New Zealand said their compre- the Test, progressed patiently to England 2nd innings Archer could “unleash a little bit hensive innings victory over 121 for four before New Zealand R. Burns c de Grandhomme b Santner .......31 more”. England was among their very removed the last six wickets for D. Sibley c Watling b Santner ........................12 “You have to give credit to best after Neil Wagner’s five- 76 runs. Wagner finished with five J. Denly c Watling b Wagner ..........................35 guys like Neil Wagner who makes wicket burst sealed the first Test for 44 while Santner took three J.
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