(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Oman will defend its Gulf Cup title in Doha, Qatar, next year after the Executive Committee of the Arab Gulf Cup Football
Federation (AGCFF) on Monday announced that Qatar will be the host country for the 24th edition of Gulf Cup in 2019.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the committee held at the headquarters of the association in Doha.
The meeting was chaired by the Qatar Football Association (QFA) chairman and chief of AGCFF Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani.
The committee also approved the continuation of Sheikh Hamad al Thani as the AGCFF chairman for a period of another two years.
The Gulf Cup is the region's showpiece football tournament and has attracted a large fans' following since it was first held in Bahrain in 1970.
During the 23rd Gulf Cup held in Kuwait in January this year, Oman, coached by Dutchman Pim Verbeek, defeated UAE 5-4 in a penalty shootout in front of a capacity crowd at Jaber al Ahmad International Stadium to lift its second title.
Oman's first title came in 2009 in Muscat under French coach Claude Le Roy.
The tournament comprises eight teams - Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Iraq and Yemen.
Qatar has previously hosted the prestigious event in 1976, 1992 and 2004 and emerged champions on three occasions.
Hosts of the previous edition, Kuwait hold the most number of titles, having won it ten times.
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