West Asian Games (Qatar) 2005 - Details

Group A

Dec 1
Qatar 2-1 Kuwait [Sahim bin Hamad, Qatar SC Stadium]
  Khalfan Ibrahim Al-Khalfan 36, Ali Hassan Yahya Afif 43;
  Khalid Farid Al-Abdullah (o.g.) 74
Qatar: Ghaith Jumah Al-Mohannadi, Sultan Bilal, Ali Solaiman, Tahir Zakaria,
  Faisal Ali Al-Shuaibi, Ali Hassan Yahya Afif, Mohammed Abdul-Raab Al-Yazidi,
  Khalid Fareed Al-Abdullah (Yusef Ahmed Ali 80'), Khalfan Ibrahim Al-Khalfan
  (Johar Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi 73'), Hamoud Abdullah Al-Yazidi [c], Abdullah
  Hassen Shamlan (Abdullah Mohammed Al-Kuwari 55').
Coach: Roberto Landi (Italy) 
Kuwait: Khaled Al-Rashidi [c], Faisal Dashti, Hussein Al-Mosawi (Abdul-Rahman
  Al-Awadhi 77'), Abdul-Aziz Al-Mashan Al-Enezi, Mashari Al-Azmi (Abdul-Rahman
  Awad Al-Sarbal 55'), Abdullah Al-Haddad, Amer Al-Matouk Al-Fadhel, Jarrah 
  Al-Zuhair, Mohammed Rashid Sanad, Ahmed Abdel-Ghafour (Bader Al-Thafeeri 45'),
  Ali Al-Mashmoum.
Coach: Manuel Amoros (France)
Referee: Jaafar Alawi Jawad Mahfous (Bahrain)
Linesmen: Yusuf Abdullah Qambar Al-Wazeer (Bahrain) & Ibrahim Al-Debasi (Saudi Arabia)
Fourth Official: Abdullah Mohammed Masoud Al-Hilali (Oman)
Cautions: Tahir Zakaria 14, Mohammed Sanad 19, Faisal Ali Al-Shuaibi 26,
  Ghaith Juma Al-Mohannadi 46, Abdul-Aziz Mashan Al-Enezi 62, Tahir Zakaria 71,
  Mohammed Abdul-Raab Al-Yazidi 76, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Kuwari 87
Sending-Off: Tahir Zakaria 71.

Dec 3
Iran 4-0 Kuwait [Sahim bin Hamad, Qatar SC Stadium]
  Arash Borhani 58, 68, Faisal Dashti (o.g.) 59, Mehrdad Oladi Ghadikolaei 72
Iran: Hassan Rodbarian, Jalal Akbari Kelishadi (Mazyar Zare Eshghdoost 78’),
  Mohsen Arzani, Sayed Jalal Hosseini Khoshkebejari, Sepehr Heydari Chaharlang, 
  Javad Nekounam [c], Masaud Soleimani Shojaei, Andranik Timorian Samarani,
  Arashi Borhani (Mehrdad Oladi Ghadikolaei 71’), Gholamreza Enayati (Saeid 
  Daghighi Masouleh 69’), Behshad Ahrandjani.
Coach: René Simões Rodrigues (Brazil) 
Kuwait: Khaled Al-Rashidi [c], Faisal Dashti, Husain Al-Mosawi, Abdul-Aziz 
  Al-Mashan Al-Enezi, Mashari Al-Azmi, Abdullah Al-Haddad (Abdullah Dhary 79’),
  Bader Al-Thafeeri, Amer Al-Matouk Al-Fadhel, Abdul-Razzaq Al-Buti
  (Abdul-Rahman Al-Awadhi 63’), Jarrah Al-Zuhair, Mohammed Rashid Sanad, 
  Ali Al-Mashmoum (Bader Abdullah 72’).
Coach: Manuel Amoros (France)
Referee: Mamdouh Al-Mirdas (Saudi Arabia)
Linesmen: Ibrahim Al-Debasi (Saudi Arabia) & Ali Hassan Al-Boenain (Qatar)
Fourth Official: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Cautions: Jalal Akbari Kelishadi 18, Abdullah Al-Haddad 27, Sepehr Heydari
          Chaharlang 53, Behshad Ahrandjani 70, Mohsen Arzani 86.

Dec 5
Iran 4-1 Qatar [Sahim bin Hamad, Qatar SC Stadium]
  Javad Nekonam 6, Mohsen Arzani 33, Behshad Ahrandjani 59,
  Pejman Montazeri 76; Khalfan Ibrahim Al-Khalfan 10
Iran: Vahid Talebloo, Jalal Akbari Kelishadi, Mohsen Arzani, Sayed Jalal
  Hosseini Khoshkebejari, Sepehr Heydari Chaharlang, Javad Nekounam [c],
  Masaud Soleimani Shojaei, Andranik Timorian Samarani, Mehrdad Oladi
  Ghadikolaei (Pejman Montazeri 46)’ Gholamreza Enayati (Saeid Daghighi
  Masouleh 75’), Behshad Ahrandjani (Mazyar Zare Eshghdoost 60’).
Coach: René Simões Rodrigues (Brazil) 
Qatar: Ghaith Jumah Al-Mohannadi, Sultan Bilal (Khalid Fareed Al-Abdullah 61’),
  Ali Solaiman, Johar Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi, Faisal Ali Al-Shuaibi, Ali Hassan
  Yahya Afif, Mohammed Abdul-Raab Al-Yazidi (Abdullah Mohammed Al-Kuwari 82’),
  Khalfan Ibrahim Al-Khalfan, Hamoud Abdullah Al-Yazidi [c], Abdullah Hassen
  Shamlan (Ahmed Khamis 75’), Yusef Ahmed Ali.
Coach: Roberto Landi (Italy)
Referee: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Linesmen: Ibrahim Al-Debasi (Saudi Arabia) & Mohammed Attal (Syria)
Fourth Official: Mamdouh Al-Mirdas (Saudi Arabia)
Cautions: Johar Abdull-Aziz Al-Kaabi 5, Sepehr Heydari Chaharlang 9, 
          Andranik Timorian Samarani 42, Sepehr Heydari Chaharlang 45,
          Hamoud Abdullah Al-Yazidi 64, Ahmed Khamis 86.
Sending Off: Sepehr Heydari Chaharlang 45
 
       P W D L F A Pts
Iran   2 2 0 0 8 1 6
Qatar  2 1 0 1 3 5 3
Kuwait 2 0 0 2 1 6 0
 
Group B

Dec 1
Iraq 4-0 Palestine [Ahmed Bin Ali, Al-Rayyan SC Stadium]
  Razzaq Farhan 4, Hawar Mulla-Mohammed 56, Loay Salah 73, Ahmed Salah 86
Iraq: Nour Sabri, Samal Saeed, Ali Hussein Rahema, Yassir Raad, Haidar 
  Abdul-Amir, Qusai Munir (Ahmed Salah 74'), Wisam Zaki (Haitham Kadhim 57'),
  Nashat Akram, Hawar Mulla Mohammed, Emad Mohammed, Razzaq Farhan [c] 
  (Loay Salah 65') . 
Coach: Akram Salman Ahmed         
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Ismail Al-Amour, Ehab Abu Jazar, Saeb Jendeya [c],
  Hamada Eshbeir; Fadi Salem, Mohanad Omar (Edgardo Abdala 35'), Ibrahim
  Al-Sweiraki, Tayser Amer (Imad Zatara 63'); Ahmed Keshkesh (Roberto
  Kettlun 35'), Fahad Attal.
Coach: Azmi Nassar
Referee: Abdullah Mohad Al-Buloushi (Qatar)
Linesmen: Ali Hassan Al-Boenain (Qatar) & Abdullah Salim Khalfan Al-Amouri (Oman)
Fourth Official: Mohsen Basma (Syria)
Cautions: Mohanad Omar 18, Tayser Amer 26, Nashat Akram 74.

Dec 3
Saudi Arabia 2-0 Palestine [Ahmed Bin Ali, Al-Rayyan SC Stadium]
  Ahmed Al-Suwailh 18, Eissa Al-Mahyani 22
Saudi Arabia: Saeed Marzouq Al-Harbi, Suliman Amedu, Naif Ali Al-Qadi
  (Ahmed Al-Bahri 46’), Issa Al-Mahyani (Mohammed Al-Anbar 60’), Saod
  Al-Kaebari, Mohammed Masoud Al-Mowallad, Khalid Aziz Al-Thaker (Sahib
  Jassim Al-Abdullah 45’), Nawaf Al-Temyat [c], Ahmed Al-Suwailh, Alaa
  Al-Kwykbi. 
Coach: Gabriel Calderon (Argentina)         
Palestine: Ramzi Saleh; Ismail Al-Amour (Fadi Salem 25’), Majid Abu Seidu,
  Fadi Dwaik (Ehab Abu Jazar 45’), Saeb Jendeya [c], Hamada Eshbeir;
  Edgardo Abdala, Ibrahim Al-Sweiraki, Tayser Amer (Fadi Al-Ali 66’), Imad
  Zatara, Roberto Kettlun.
Coach: Azmi Nassar
Referee: Nassir Al-Enezi (Kuwait)
Linesmen: Sulaiman Al-Shammari (Kuwait) & Mohammed Attal (Syria)
Fourth Official: Abdul-Rahman Abdou (Qatar)
Cautions: Imad Zatara 67, Ehab Abu Jazar 68, Hamada Eshbeir 76.

Dec 5
Iraq 5-1 Saudi Arabia [Ahmed Bin Ali, Al-Rayyan SC Stadium]
  Haidar Abdul-Amir 8, Emad Mohammed 19, Nashat Akram 30,
  Younis Mahmoud 51, 78; Naif Ali Al-Qadhi 53  
Iraq: Nour Sabri, Samal Saeed, Ali Hussein Rahema, Yassir Raad, Haidar
  Abdul-Amir, Qusai Munir, Haitham Kadhim (Safwan Abdul-Ghani 83'), Nashat
  Akram, Hawar Mulla Mohammed, Emad Mohammed (Loay Salah 68'), Razzaq
  Farhan [c] (Younis Mahmoud 46'),   Coach: Akram Salman Ahmed         
Saudi Arabia Assaf Al-Qarni; Walid Jahdali, Naif Ali Al-Qadhi [c], Kamil
  Al-Mousa (Nawaf Al-Temyat 46'), Ahmed Al-Bahri; Taiseer Al-Jassam,
  Khalid Aziz Al-Thaker, Sahib Jassim Al-Abdullah (Mohammed Masoud
  Al-Mowallad 59'), Saad Ali Al-Aboud; Ahmed Al-Suwailh, Eissa Al-Mahyani
  (Mohammed Al-Anbar 46').
Coach: Gabriel Humberto Calderón Metralla (Argentina)
Referee: Abdullah Mohammed Masoud Al-Hilali (Oman)
Linesmen: Sulaiman Al-Shammari (Kuwait) & Abdullah Salim Khalfan Al-Amouri (Oman)
Fourth Official: Nassir Al-Enezi (Kuwait)
Cautions: Sahib Jassim Al-Abdullah 33', Naif Ali Al-Qadhi 45', Ali Hussein
          Rahema 59', Younis Mahmoud 80', Qusai Munir 88'.

             P W D L F A Pts
Iraq         2 2 0 0 9 1 6
Saudi Arabia 2 1 0 1 3 5 3
Palestine    2 0 0 2 0 6 0
 
 
Group C

Dec 3
Oman 1-3 Syria [Thani Al-Jassim, Al-Gharrafa SC Stadium]
  Hassan Zahir Rajab Al-Maghni 35; Yahya Rashid 41, Rafat Mohammed 68,
  Moutasem Alaya 81
Oman: Badar Juma, Ashraf Eid Taysir, Hussain Mustahail [c], Sultan Mohamed 
  Said, Hassan Zahir Rajab Al-Maghni, Yousuf Shaban Mubarak Al-Busaidi,
  Ahmed Salim Ahmed (Ghanim Obaid Obaidan 89'), Ahmed Awadh Bashir (Ismail
  Sulaiman Ashoor 77'), Mohamed Mubarak Suwaid, Abdullah Said, Mohammed
  Hamed Hidaib (Hamdi Houbes 65')
Coach: Srecko Juricic (Croatia)
Syria: Redwan Azhar, Rafat Mohammed [c], Majd Homsi (Ali Diab 43'), Adeb
  Barakat, Jehad Al-Hussein (Mahmoud Amena 73'), Majed Al-Haj, Anas Al-Khoja 
  (Abdel-Kader Dakka 82'), Yahya Al-Rashid, Ziyad Shaabo, Moutasim Alaya,
  Firas Ismail.
Coach: Milosav Radenovic (Serbia & Montenegro)
Referee: Hai Tan (China)
Linesmen: Wei Han (China) & Davoud Rafatisajedi (Iran)
Fourth Official: Mohsen Torki (Iran)
Cautions: Rafat Mohammed 8, Majd Homsi 22, Yahya Rashid 88.
Note: The match was scheduled for December 1, however the game was postponed
      after the Omani and Syrian teams turned up at different venues for their
      opening game. Organisers laid the blame on the driver of the Syrian
      team bus who took the team to the Rayyan Stadium (where Iraq was playing
      Palestine) while the Omani team were getting ready at the Gharrafa Club
      where the match was supposed to be played. The match was later rescheduled
      for 2115 local time the same day, but even that didn't materialise as 
      the teams decided against playing. The change meant that Syria had to 
      play two matches in two days. 

Dec 4
Bahrain 2-2 Syria [Thani Al-Jassim, Al-Gharrafa Stadium]
  Hamad Rakah Humoud 70, Ismail Abdul-Latif Hassan 83; Mahmoud Amena 60, 
  Jehad Al-Hussein 66
Bahrain: Sayed Mohammed Jaffar; Hussein Mohammed [c], Abdullah Al-Marzouq,
  Ghazi Majid Al-Kuwari (Abdul-Rahman Mubarak Zaid 78’), Hamad Rakah Humoud,
  Abdullah Adnan Al-Dakhil, Saleh Ahmed Farhan , Salman Hussein Maki, Fawzi
  Mubarak Aaish, Ahmed Hassan Talib (Mahmoud Abbas Hassan 86’), Ahmed Ibrahim
  Al-Huiairi (Ismail Abdul-Latif Hassan 63’). 
Coach: Luka Peruzovic (Croatia/Belgium)
Syria: Redwan Azhar, Rafat Mohammed [c], Ali Diab, Adeb Barakat, Jehad
  Al-Hussein (Anas Al-Khoja 88'), Mahmoud Amena (Majed Al-Haj 82’), Mohammed
  Istanbuli, Yahya Rashid, Ziyad Shaabo, Moutasim Alaya (Abdel-Kader Dakka 90'),
  Firas Ismail.
Coach: Milosav Radenovic (Serbia & Montenegro)
Referee: Hazim Issa (Iraq)
Linesmen: Sabhan Mohammed (Iraq) & Anan Al-Rawagh (Palestine)
Fourth Official: Mahmoud Al-Jaish (Palestine)
Cautions: Saleh Ahmed Farhan 17, Mahmoud Amena 27, Abdullah Adnan Al-Dakhil 38

Dec 6
Bahrain 2-2 Oman [Thani Al-Jassim, Al-Gharrafa Stadium]
  Hassan Zahir Rajab 23, Mohammed Hussein 83; Salman Hussein Maki 66,
  Mohammed Ahmed Al-Lawati 82
Bahrain: Sayed Mohammed Jaffar; Mohammed Hussein [c], Abdullah Al-Marzouq,
  Hamad Rakah Humoud, Mahmoud Abbas Hassan (Ahmed Hassan Talib 46’), Ismail
  Abdul-Latif Hassan (Abdullah Adnan Al-Dakhil 68’), Abdul-Rahman Mubarak
  Zaid (Duaij Nassir Abdullah 46’), Jassim Mohammed Al-Chuban, Saleh Ahmed
  Farhan, Salman Hussein Maki, Fawzi Mubarak Aaish.
Coach: Luka Peruzovic (Croatia/Belgium)
Oman: Ali Talib Salman Al-Ajmi, Ashraf Eid Taysir, Hussein Mustahail [c],
  Sultan Mohammed Said Al-Touqi, Hassan Zahir Rajab Al-Maghni (Nabil
  Ashour 86’), Yousef Shaaban Al-Busaidi, Ahmed Salim Ahmed, Mohamed Hamid
  Hidaib Al-Mukhaini (Mohammed Ahmed Taqi Al-Lawati 80’), Ahmed Awadh
  Al-Marzouq, Mohammed Mubarak Al-Hinai (Hassan Nasib Al-Mukhaini 88’),
  Abdullah Said Kamouna.
Coach: Srecko Juricic (Croatia)
Referee: Rosdi Shaharul (Malaysia)
Linesmen: Sabhan Mohammed (Iraq) & Anan Al-Rawagh (Palestine)
Fourth Official: Hazim Issa (Iraq)
Cautions: Sultan Mohammed Said Al-Touqi 18, Abdul-Rahman Mubarak Zaid 21,
          Yousef Shaaban Al-Busaidi 75, Yousef Shaaban Al-Busaidi 85,
          Ahmed Salim Ahmed Bait Said 89, Hussein Mustahail 93.
Sending-Off: Yousef Shaaban Al-Busaidi 85
 
        P W D L F A Pts
Syria   2 1 1 0 5 3 4
Bahrain 2 0 2 0 4 4 2
Oman    2 0 1 1 3 5 1


Semifinals

Dec 8
Iraq 2-0 Saudi Arabia [Sahim Bin Hamed, Qatar Sports Club Stadium]
  Loay Salah 33, Razzaq Farhan 85
Iraq: Nour Sabri, Samal Saeed, Ali Hussein Rahema, Yassir Raad,
  Haidar Abdul-Amir, Qusai Munir, Haitham Kadhim (Ahmed Salah’ 56), Nashat
  Akram, Hawar Mulla Mohammed, Emad Mohammed [c] (Haidar Abdul-Razzaq’ 86),
  Loay Salah (Razzaq Farhan’ 69).
Coach: Akram Salman Ahmed         
Saudi Arabia: Saeed Marzouq Al-Harbi; Walid Abdrabh Jahdali, Ahmed Al-Bahri,
  Suliman Amedu, Naif Ali Al-Qadhi; Mohsen Al-Qarni (Saad Ali Al-Aboud 74'), 
  Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassam, Mohammed Masoud Al-Mowallad (Eissa Al-Mahyani 82'),
  Khalid Aziz Al-Thaker, Nawaf Al-Temyat [c]; Mohammed Al-Anbar (Ahmed
  Al-Suwailh 78').
Coach: Gabriel Humberto Calderón Metralla (Argentina)
Referee: Hai Tan (China)
Linesmen: Wei Han (China) & Abdullah Salim Khalfan Al-Amouri (Oman)
Fourth Official: Abdullah Mohammed Masoud Al-Hilali (Oman)
Cautions: Qusai Munir 27, Hawar Mulla Mohammed 59, Naif Ali Al-Qadhi 62,
          Suliman Amedu 75, Mohammed Masaud Al-Mowallad 77, Nour Sabri 87,
          Nashat Akram 92.
Note: Saudi beat Qatar to qualify for the semi-finals on a toss of a coin!

Iran 0-0 Syria [Sahim Bin Hamed, Qatar Sports Club Stadium]
Iran: Hassan Rodbarian, Jalal Akbar Kelishadi, Seyed Jalal Hosseini 
  Khoshkebejari, Javad Nekounam [c], Masoud Soleimani Shojaei, Andranik 
  Timorian Samarani, Arash Borhani, Gholamreza Enayati, Pejman Montazeri, 
  Behshad Ahrandjani (Saied Daghighi Masouleh 77’), Mazyar Zare Eshghdoost. 
Coach: René Simões Rodrigues (Brazil) 
Syria: Redwan Azhar, Rafat Mohammed [c], Adeb Barakat (Abdel-Kader Dakka 14’), 
  Jehad Al-Hussein, Mahmoud Amena, Mohammed Istanbuli (Ali Diab 91’), Majed 
  Al-Haj, Anas Al-Khoja, Yahya Al-Rashid (Moutasim Alaya 75’), Ziyad Shaabo, 
  Firas Ismail.
Coach: Milosav Radenovic (Serbia & Montenegro)
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Abdou (Qatar)
Linesmen: Ali Hassan Al-Boenain (Qatar), Yusuf Abdullah Qambar Al-Wazeer (Bahrain)
Fourth Official: Nassir Al-Enezi (Kuwait)
Cautions: Gholamreza Enayati 32, Firas Ismail 46, Rafat Mohammed 50,
          Saied Daghighi Masouleh 80, Majed Al-Haj 86, Rafat Mohammed 88,
          Anas Al-Khoja 92, Hassan Rodbarian 92.
Sending-Off: Rafat Mohammed 88
Syria win 4-1 on penalties 
Mahmoud Amena     1-0 Javad Nekonam 
Jehad Al-Hussein  2-1 Mazyar Zare Eshghdoost
Ziyad Shaabo      3-1 Saied Daghighi Masouleh
Abdel-Kader Dakka 4-1 
Note: Mahmoud Amena had the first penalty saved by Iran goalkeeper Hassan 
      Rodbarian, but was allowed to retake it because the goalkeeper had
      moved off his line before it was kicked. Second time around he made 
      no mistake and put his team 1-0 ahead. 
 
 
Third Place Match
Dec 10
Saudi Arabia 1-2 Iran [Sahim Bin Hamed, Qatar Sports Club Stadium]
  Sahib Jassim Al-Abdullah 8; Arash Borhani 2, 4
Saudi Arabia: Saeed Marzouq Al-Harbi; Suliman Amedu, Naif Ali Al-Qadhi,
  Ahmed Al-Bahri, Kamil Saddiq Al-Mousa; Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassam,
  Khalid Aziz Al-Thaker (Mohsen Al-Qarni 66’), Saheb Jassim Al-Abdullah,
  Nawaf Al-Temyat [c] (Mohammed Masaud Al-Mowallad 58’), Ahmed Al-Suwailh, 
  Faisal Nassir Bin Sultan (Mohammed Al-Anbar 82’). 
Coach: Gabriel Humberto Calderón Metralla (Argentina)
Iran: Vahid Talebloo; Jalal Akbari Kelishadi, Jalal Hosseini Khoshkebejari,
  Pejman Montazeri, Javad Nekounam [c], Masaud Soleimani Shojaei, Andranik
  Timorian Samarani, Arash Borhani (Sepehr Heydari Chaharlang 80’), Gholamreza
  Enayati (Mehrdad Oladi Ghadikolaei 71’), Behshad Ahrandjani (Mohammed
  Nori 56’), Mazyar Zare Eshghdoost
Coach: René Simões Rodrigues (Brazil) 
Referee: Nassir Al-Enezi (Kuwait)
Linesmen: Yusuf Abdullah Qambar Al-Wazeer (Bahrain) & Anan Al-Rawagh (Palestine)
Fourth Official: Mahmoud Al-Jaish (Palestine)
Cautions: Khalid Aziz Al-Thaker 36, Jalal Akbari Kelishadi 40,
          Taiseer Jaber Al-Jassam 54, Kamil Saddiq Al-Mousa 60,
          Jalal Akbari Kelishadi 74, Masaud Soleimani Shojaei 86,
          Mazyar Zare Eshghdoost 92, Mohammed Nori 95
Sending-Off: Jalal Akbari Kelishadi 74

Final
Dec 10
Iraq   2-2   Syria  [Sahim Bin Hamed, Qatar Sports Club Stadium, Doha] 
  Razzaq Farhan 45, Younis Mahmoud 78; Mahmoud Amena 19, Jehad Al-Hussein 91
Iraq: Nour Sabri, Samal Saeed, Ali Hussein Rahema, Yassir Raad, Haidar 
  Abdul-Amir, Qusai Munir, Haitham Kadhim (Ahmed Salah 64'), Wisam Zaki
  (Younis Mahmoud 46'), Nashat Akram, Emad Mohammed, Razzaq Farhan [c]
  (Haidar Abdul-Razzaq 84') 
Coach: Akram Salman Ahmed         
Syria: Mohammed Redwan Al-Azhar; Ali Diab, Abdel-Kader Dakka, Mohammed
  Istanbuli; Jehad Al-Hussein (Mohammed Bashar Al-Kaddour 99'), Mahmoud
  Amena (Fahed Oudah 103'), Majed Al-Haj, Yahya Al-Rashid (Moutasim Alaya 75'),
  Anas Al-Khoja; Ziyad Shaabo(c), Firas Ismail. 
Coach: Milosav Radenovic (Serbia & Montenegro)
Referee: Abdullah Mohammed Masoud Al-Hilali (Oman)
Linesmen: Abdullah Salim Khalfan Al-Amouri (Oman) & Ali Hassan Al-Boenain (QAT)
Fourth Official: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)
Cautions: Yahya Al-Rashid 35', Abdel-Kader Dakka 72', Razzaq Farhan 79',
          Younis Mahmoud 108'.
Iraq win 4-3 on penalties
Qusai Munir (Saved) 0-0 Fahed Oudah (Saved)
Emad Mohammed       1-1 Abdel-Kader Dakka 
Haidar Abdul-Amir   2-2 Moutasem Alaya
Younis Mahmoud      3-3 Ziyad Shaabo
Nour Sabri          4-3 Mohammed Istanbuli
 
SQUADS

BAHRAIN SQUAD – NATIONAL TEAM
No. Name                       Pos.   DOB      Club 
 1 Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Karim     GK 13 MAY 1980 Al-Najma
 2 Mohammed Hussein              D 31 JUL 1980 Al-Ahly
 3 Abdullah Abdul-Rahman Marzouq D 12 DEC 1980 Al-Rayyan (QAT)
 4 Mohammed Jassim Boudy         M 07 OCT 1986 Al-Muharraq
 5 Mahmoud Mansour Abdullah      D 07 JUL 1983 Al-Shabab
 6 Ghazi Majed Al-Kuwari         D 19 MAY 1977 Busaiteen
 7 Hamad Rakah Humoud            M 22 APR 1984 West Riffa 
 8 Mahmoud Abbas Hassan          F 12 JUN 1985 Al-Ahly
10 Abdullah Adnan Al-Dakhil      F 03 JUN 1985 Al-Muharraq
11 Ismail Abdul-Latif Hassan     F 11 SEP 1986 Al-Halla
13 Abdul-Rahman Mubarak Zaid     F 19 JAN 1985 West Riffa 
14 Jassim Mohammed Al-Chuban     D 09 NOV 1983 Al-Muharraq
15 Saleh Ahmed Farhan            M 01 JAN 1981 Qatar SC (QAT)
18 Hussein Salman Maki           M 20 DEC 1982 Al-Wasl (UAE) 
19 Fawzi Aaish Mubarak           F 27 FEB 1985 Al-Muharraq
20 Ahmed Hassan Taleb            F 29 MAR 1980 West Riffa
21 Sayed Mohammed Jaffar        GK 25 AUG 1985 Al-Malikiya
23 Duaij Naser Abdullah          F 18 JAN 1983 Al-Wakra (QAT) 
25 Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Hujairi      D 01 FEB 1978 Al-Ahly
30 Ibrahim Ali Mashkhas          D 07 JUL 1980 Al-Muharraq
Coach: Sreèko Juricic (Croatia)

IRAQ SQUAD – NATIONAL TEAM
No. Name                     Pos.   DOB      Club 
 1 Wisam Kasid Kadhim         GK 26 FEB 1981 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
 2 Samad Saeed Mejbil          D 11 FEB 1986 Al-Shurta 
 4 Yassir Raad Mohammed        D 02 SEP 1983 Al-Zawraa 
 5 Nashat Akram Abid Ali       M 12 SEP 1984 Al-Shabab (KSA) 
 7 Emad Mohammed Ridha         F 05 JUL 1982 Foolad Khuzestan (IRN)
 8 Loay Salah Hassan           F 01 JUL 1982 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
 9 Razzaq Farhan Mousa         F 01 JUL 1974 West Riffa (BAH) 
10 Younis Mahmoud Khalaf       F 02 MAR 1983 Al-Khor (QAT)
11 Hawar Mulla-Mohammed Tahir  M 12 SEP 1981 Al-Ansar (LEB)
12 Haidar Abdul-Razzaq Hassan  D 23 OCT 1982 Talaba
13 Wisam Zaki Abdullah         M 01 JUL 1985 Al-Zawraa
14 Haidar Abdul-Amir Hassan  D/M 05 APR 1982 Al-Zawraa
15 Ali Hussein Rahema          D 01 JUL 1985 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
16 Safwan Abdul-Ghani Mohammed M 01 JUL 1983 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
17 Ahmed Salah Alwan           F 18 JUN 1982 Talaba 
19 Haitham Kadhim Tahir        M 22 AUG 1983 Al-Zawraa
21 Uday Talib Jawad           GK 01 JUL 1981 Al-Zawraa
22 Noor Sabri Abbas           GK 18 JUN 1984 Talaba 
23 Farid Majid Ghadban         D 04 OCT 1982 Al-Quwa Al-Hawiya
24 Qusai Munir Aboudi          M 12 APR 1981 Al-Zawraa
Coach : Akram Salman Ahmed

IRAN SQUAD – OLYMPIC/U-23 TEAM (PLUS 4 OVERAGE PLAYERS)
No. Name                            Pos.   DOB      Club 
 1 Hassan Rodbarian                  GK 06 JUL 1978 Paas
 2 Jalal Akbar Kelishadi              D 05 JUL 1983 Sepahan
 3 Mohsen Arzani                      D 23 SEP 1984 Saipa
 4 Seyed Jalal Hosseini Khoshkebejari D 03 FEB 1982 Saipa
 5 Sepehr Heydari Chaharlang          D 19 JUN 1980 Zobahan
 6 Javad Nekounam                     M 07 SEP 1980 Paas 
 7 Masoud Soleimani Shojaei           M 09 JUN 1984 Saipa 
 8 Mohammad Nori                      M 09 JAN 1983 Sepahan
 9 Andranik Timorian Samarani         M 06 MAR 1983 Abo Moslem 
10 Arash Borhani                      F 14 SEP 1983 Paas 
11 Gholamreza Enayati                 F 23 SEP 1976 Esteghlal Tehran
12 Mohsen Mirabi                      D 08 AUG 1986 Saba Battery
14 Pejman Montazeri                   D 06 SEP 1983 Foolad Khuzestan
15 Behshad Ahrandjani                 M 07 JAN 1983 Shahid Ghandi
16 Khosro Heydari                     M 14 SEP 1983 Paas
17 Omidreza Ravankhah                 M 13 APR 1988 Fajr-Sepasi
18 Mehrdad Oladi Ghadikolaei          F 25 MAY 1985 Pirouzi
19 Saeid Daghighi Masouleh            F 31 MAR 1985 Saipa
20 Mazy Zare Eshghdoost               M 22 DEC 1984 Malavan
22 Vahid Talebloo                    GK 26 MAY 1982 Esteghlal Tehran
Coach: René Simões Rodrigues (Brazil) 

KUWAIT SQUAD – UNDER-20s
No. Name                      Pos.   DOB      Club 
 1 Khaled Al-Rashidi (C)       GK 20 APR 1987 Tadamoun 
 2 Faisal Dashti                D 10 DEC 1987 Kazma
 3 Bader Abdullah               F 18 OCT 1988 
 4 Abdullah Al-Shamali          M 19 JAN 1988 Al-Arabi
 5 Dhary Saeed Mubarak Abdullah D 02 MAR 1987 Al-Qadissiya
 6 Husain Al-Mosawi             M 11 JUL 1988 Al-Arabi
 7 Abdul-Aziz Mashan Al-Enezi   M 19 OCT 1988 Al-Qadissiya
 8 Mashari Al-Azmi              M 19 NOV 1987 Kazma
 9 Abdullah Al-Sallah           F 13 JAN 1987 Kazma
10 Abdullah Jafar Al-Haddad     M 03 JAN 1987 Al-Arabi
14 Abdul-Rahman Awad Al-Sarbal  M 15 FEB 1987 
16 Bader Al-Thafeeri            D 21 JUN 1988 Tadamoun
17 Amer Al-Matouk Al-Fadhel     M 21 APR 1988 Al-Qadissiya
19 Abdul-Rahman Al-Awadhi       F 09 AUG 1987 Al-Kuwait 
20 Abdul-Razzaq Al-Buti         M 28 JUN 1988 
22 Hameed Sayed Youssef        GK 10 AUG 1987 Yarmouk
24 Jarrah Jamal Al-Zuhair       F 10 MAY 1987  Al-Arabi
25 Mohammad Rashid Sanad        D 01 JUL 1987 Al-Qadissiya
26 Ahmed Abdel-Ghafour          D 03 JUN 1987 Al-Arabi
30 Ali Al-Mashmoum              M 12 JUN 1987 Kazma
Coach: Manuel Amoros (France)

OMAN SQUAD – NATIONAL TEAM
No. Name                      Pos.    DOB      Club 
 1 Ali Talib Salman Al-Ajmi     GK 14 NOV 1984 Sur
 2 Saud Suwaid Al-Araimi         D 30 MAR 1987
 3 Ashraf Eid Taysir Bait Taysir D 29 SEP 1982 
 5 Hussain Mustahail Rabia       D 03 MAY 1980 Khitan (KUW)
 6 Hamdi Houbes Al-Sharjandal    M 27 JAN 1984 Al-Nasr
 7 Sultan Mohamed Al-Touqi       M 02 JAN 1984 Al-Qadissiya (KUW) 
 8 Hassan Nasib Al-Mukhaini      F 04 APR 1985
 9 Hassan Zahir Rajab Al-Maghni  F 07 JAN 1985 Al-Nasr
10 Mohammed Ahmed Al-Lawati      F 12 SEP 1985 
11 Yousuf Shaaban Al-Busaidi     F 04 NOV 1982 Dhofar
12 Ibrahim Sabir Al-Mukhaini     F 16 APR 1987 
13 Ahmed Salim Bait Said         D 01 OCT 1983 
15 Ahmed Awadh Al-Marzouq        D 05 JUL 1984 
16 Mohamed Mubarak Al-Hinai      M 19 JUL 1984 Qatar SC (QAT) 
18 Abdullah Said Kamouna         M 25 JAN 1981 (KUW) 
19 Nabil Ashour Bait Farajallah  D 07 APR 1982 
21 Mohammed Hamed Al-Mukhaini    M 02 DEC 1982 (KUW) 
20 Ismail Sulaiman Al-Ajmi       F 09 JUN 1984 
22 Badar Juma Subai Al-Alawi    GK 06 DEC 1981 Dhofar
25 Ghanim Obaid Al-Saadi         F 26 NOV 1980
Coach: Srecko Juricic (Croatia)

PALESTINE – NATIONAL TEAM
No. Name            Pos.   DOB      Club 
 1 Mohammed Eshbair  GK 06 DEC 1986 Kadamat Al-Ishat
 2 Ismail Al-Amour    D 02 OCT 1984 Al-Mashtal
 3 Ehab Abu Jazar     D 01 SEP 1980 Shabab Al-Rafah
 5 Saeb Jendeya       D 13 MAY 1975 Ittihad Al-Shajaeya
 6 Hamada Eshbair     D 09 MAR 1980 Kadamat Al-Ishat
 8 Mohanad Omar       M 16 FEB 1980 Thaqafi Tulkarem
 9 Ahmed Keshkesh     F 15 SEP 1984 Al-Hilal Gaza
11 Tayseer Amer       M 26 JAN 1977 Al-Ahly Qaliqiya
12 Fahad Attal        F 01 JAN 1985 Al-Islami Qaliqiya
13 Ammar Abu Seleisel D 10 MAR 1984 Al-Hilal Gaza
14 Fadi Salem         D 20 JUL 1979 Markez Tulkarem
15 Imad Zatara        F 01 OCT 1984 Vasalunds/Essinge IF (SWE)
16 Maher Al-Ketnani   F 04 DEC 1979 Al-Hilal Gaza
17 Ibrahim Al-Sweirki M 13 JUN 1979 Ittihad Al-Shajaeya
18 Fadi Dwaik         D 17 MAR 1984 Ahly Al-Khalil
19 Majed Abu Seidu    D 01 JAN 1985 Al-Salmiya (KUW)
21 Roberto Kettlun    M 26 JUN 1983 CD Palestino (CHI)
22 Ramzi Saleh       GK 08 AUG 1980 Shabab Al-Jabalya
30 Edgardo Abdala     M 01 JUL 1978 Unión San Felipe (CHI)
31 Fadi El-Ali        F 19 DEC 1985 Vejle Boldklub (DEN)
Coach: Azmi Nassar

QATAR SQUAD – UNDER-19s
No. Name                       Pos.   DOB      Club 
 1 Ghaith Jumah Al-Mohnnadi     GK 02 NOV 1988 Al-Khor
 2 Sultan Bilal Al-Shahwani      D 11 AUG 1987 Al-Sadd
 3 Ali Solaiman Ali              D 09 FEB 1988 
 4 Ahmad Abdou Alemais           D 06 JUL 1988 
 5 Johar Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi      D 09 JUN 1988 
 6 Tahir Zakaria Mohammed        D 20 AUG 1988 Al-Sadd
 7 Faisal Ali Al-Shuaibi         F 16 JUN 1988 
 8 Abdullah Mohammed Al-Kuwari   M 16 APR 1988 
 9 Ali Hassan Yahya Afif         F 20 JAN 1988 Al-Sadd
10 Mohammed Abdul-Raab Al-Yazidi M 30 OCT 1988 Al-Sadd
11 Khalid Fareed Al-Abdullah     D 07 JAN 1988 
12 Abdullah Saad Al-Kuwari       F 26 MAY 1988 
13 Abdullah Nasser Al-Eidh       D 22 MAR 1988
14 Khalfan Ibrahim Al-Khalfan    M 18 FEB 1988 Al-Sadd
15 Abdullah Mustafa Saif         M 06 MAR 1988 
16 Hamoud Abdullah Al-Yazidi     D 28 MAY 1988 Al-Sadd
17 Abdullah Hassen Shamlan       M 03 MAY 1988 
18 Ahmed Khamis Bakhit           M 27 JUL 1988
20 Yusef Ahmed Ali               F 14 OCT 1988 Al-Sadd
21 Amro Fawzi Shano             GK 28 MAR 1988 
Coach: Roberto Landi (Italy)
 
SAUDI ARABIA SQUAD – NATIONAL TEAM
No. Name                     Pos.   DOB      Club 
 1 Assaf A M Al-Qarni         GK 02 APR 1984 Al-Wahda
 2 Walid Abdrabh Jahdali       D 01 JUN 1982 Al-Ahly 
 4 Suliman A S Ambdu           D 18 JAN 1983 Al-Wahda 
 5 Naif Ali A Al-Qadhi         D 03 APR 1979 Al-Ahly
 6 Mohsen S Al-Qarni           M 17 SEP 1985 Al-Nasr
 8 Taiseer Jabir A Al-Jassam   M 25 JUL 1984 Al-Ahly
 9 Eissa Mohammed Al-Mahyani   F 22 JUN 1983 Al-Wahda
11 Faisal Nasser Bin Sultan    F 02 JUN 1986 Al-Shabab
13 Saod Abdul-Aziz Al-Kaebari  D 12 AUG 1980 Al-Ahly
14 Mohammed Masoud Al-Mowallad M 17 FEB 1983 Al-Ahly
15 Ahmed N A Al-Bahri          D 18 SEP 1980 Al-Ittifaq
16 Khaled Aziz A Al-Thaker     M 14 JUL 1981 Al-Hilal
17 Saheb Jassim Al-Abdullah    M 21 JUL 1977 Al-Ahly
18  Nawaf Bander N Al-Temyat   M 28 JUN 1976 Al-Hilal
19 Saad Ali H Al-Aboud         M 11 APR 1984 Al-Ittifaq
20 Ahmed Mohammed Al-Suwailh   F 14 MAY 1986 Al-Hilal
21 Saeed Marzouq Al-Harbi     GK 27 AUG 1981 Al-Shabab
29 Alaa Ahmad A Al-Kwykbi      F 30 AUG 1980 Al-Wahda
24 Kamil Saddiq Al-Mousa       D 29 AUG 1982 Al-Wahda
26 Mohammed Saad Al-Anbar      F 22 MAR 1985 Al-Hilal 
Coach: Gabriel Humberto Calderón Metralla (Argentina)

First Draw
Group 1: Qatar, Kuwait, Syria, Palestine. (2 teams advance)
Group 2: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain. (1 team advance)
Group 3: Iraq, Oman, Iran. (1 team advance)

The groups were drawn for a second time after teams complained that 
Group 1 which had two teams advance to the semi-finals was a group made 
up of weak teams.

Second Draw 
Group 1: Qatar, Syria, Bahrain, Oman (2 teams advance)
Group 2: Iraq, UAE, Iran. (1 team advance)
Group 3: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Palestine (1 team advance)

The third draw was made after the UAE withdrew. The Emirates FA had 
expected to postpone the UAE League so a full strength national side 
could take part, but the UAE FA had complained that several of the teams 
had weak national selections, and decided against taking part.

overview 2005 tournament


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