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{{Infobox football tournament
| logo                 = 
| founded              = 2008
| number of teams      = 6 (2 groups)<br />4 (Finals)
| region               = [[Middle East]]<br /> ([[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]])
| current champions    = {{fbu|23|KSA}}<br />&nbsp;(3rd&nbsp;title)
| most successful team = {{fbu|23|KSA}}<br />&nbsp;(3&nbsp;titles)
| website              =
| current              = 
}}
The '''GCC U-23 Championship''' is an annual international football competition organised by the [[Gulf Cooperation Council]]. The first edition of the tournament was held in 2008 and was played in a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] group of five nations.

==Records==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
!Season
!Host
!Winner
!Score
!Runner-up
|-
|[[Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations 2008|2008]]
|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}
|'''{{fbu|23|Saudi Arabia}}'''
|{{ref| 1|n/a}}
|{{fbu|23|Bahrain}}
|-
|[[2010 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations|2010]]
| {{flag|Qatar}}
|'''{{fbu|23|UAE}}'''
|'''1 – 0'''
|{{fbu|23|Kuwait}}
|-
|[[2011 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations|2011]]
| {{flag|Qatar}} 
|'''{{fbu|23|OMN}}'''
|'''0 – 0 <br> 4 – 2 pens'''
|{{fbu|23|UAE}}
|-
|[[2012 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations|2012]]
| {{flag|Qatar}}
|'''{{fbu|23|KSA}}'''
|'''2 – 0'''
|{{fbu|23|Bahrain}}
|-
|[[2013 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations|2013]]
| {{flag|Bahrain}}
|'''{{fbu|23|Bahrain}}'''
|'''1 – 0'''
|{{fbu|23|KSA}}
|-
|[[2015 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations|2015]]
| {{flag|Bahrain}}
|'''{{fbu|23|KSA}}'''
|'''5 – 2'''
|{{fbu|23|KUW}}
|-
|[[2016 GCC U-23 Championship|2016]]
|{{flag|Qatar}}
|'''{{fbu|23|Saudi Arabia}}'''
|{{ref| 1|n/a}}
|{{fbu|23|Oman}}
|}

''{{note|1|n/a}}'' A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

==Performances==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! width=160|Team
! {{flagicon|KSA}} <br />[[2008 Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23|2008]] !! {{flagicon|Qatar}}<br />[[2010 Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23|2010]] !! |{{flagicon|Qatar}}<br>[[2011 Gulf Cup of Nations Under 23|2011]] !! {{flagicon|Qatar}}<br />[[2012 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations|2012]] !! {{flagicon|Bahrain}}<br />[[2013 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations|2013]] !! {{flagicon|Bahrain}}<br />[[2015 Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations|2015]] !! {{flagicon|Qatar}}<br />[[2016 GCC U-23 Championship|2016]] 
|Years
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|Bahrain|size=20px}}
|bgcolor=silver|2nd ||GS ||GS ||bgcolor=silver|2nd ||bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red;"|'''1st''' ||style="border:3px solid red;"|5th ||5th ||7
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|Kuwait|size=20px}}
|GS ||bgcolor=silver|2nd ||GS ||GS ||bgcolor=bronze|3rd ||bgcolor=silver|2nd || ||6
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|Oman|size=20px}}
|GS ||bgcolor=bronze|3rd ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' ||GS ||4th ||bgcolor=bronze|3rd ||bgcolor=silver|2nd ||7
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|Qatar|size=20px}}
|bgcolor=bronze|3rd ||style="border:3px solid red;"|4th ||style="border:3px solid red;"|4th ||style="border:3px solid red;"|4th ||GS ||6th ||style="border:3px solid red;"|4th ||7
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|Saudi Arabia|size=20px}}
|bgcolor=gold style="border:3px solid red;"|'''1st''' ||GS ||bgcolor=bronze|3rd ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' ||bgcolor=silver|2nd ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' ||7
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|23|UAE|size=20px}}
| ||bgcolor=gold|'''1st''' ||bgcolor=silver|2nd ||bgcolor=bronze|3rd ||GS ||4th ||bgcolor=bronze|3rd ||6
|-
!Total ||5 ||6 ||6 ||6 ||6 ||6 ||5

|}
* Red border: Host nation.
* Blank: Did not enter.
* GS: Group Stage.

==See also==
* [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
* [[Gulf Cup of Nations|Arabian Gulf Cup]]

==External links==
* https://web.archive.org/web/20090312023305/http://www.ua-fa.com/

{{Under 23 Gulf Cup of Nations}}
{{UAFA Football}}
{{Gulf Cooperation Council}}

[[Category:GCC U-23 Championship| ]]
[[Category:Under-23 association football competitions]]
[[Category:Gulf Cooperation Council]]

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