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Doha
The Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (AGCFF) on Wednesday announced a huge prize money while revealing the launch of the Gulf Club Champions League in its new form. The tournament will be played from October 23, 2024 to April 15, 2025, with the participation of eight Gulf clubs -
Al Arabi (Qatar), Al Nasr (UAE), Al Riffa (Bahrain), Al Qadisiyah (Kuwait), Al Ettifaq (Saudi Arabia), Al Ahly Sana’a (Yemen), Dhofar (Oman), and Dohuk (Iraq).
The Secretary-General of the Arabian Gulf Cup Football Federation Jassim Al Rumaihi said that the total prize-money has recorded a significant increase, competing with the prizes of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Al Rumaihi added that incentives and prizes have been allocated to the participating teams, as the first-place winner (champions) will receive a cash prize of $3,000,000 (three million dollars), while the second-placed team will get $1,000,000 (one million dollars).
Individual prizes have also been allocated for the participating players. The best player of the tournament will receive a prize of $50,000, and the best goalkeeper will receive a prize of $50,000, in addition to the tournament’s top-scorer, who will also receive a prize of $50,000.
The Arabian Gulf Cup Football Federation has allocated a financial contribution to the participating clubs and other incentive prizes according to the regulations, where an amount of $300,000 has been allocated to the clubs participating in the tournament, in addition to a reward for qualifying for the semi-finals by granting each participating club $100,000.
While there will also be a contribution for travel to play away from home, each participating club will be given a financial sum of $30,000 for each away match, in addition to a match win bonus of $30,000 for each match they win.
The approval to hold the Gulf Clubs Championship was issued during the meeting of the Executive Office of the Arabian Gulf Cup Federation, which was held at the end of last May, based on the proposal of the Federation’s Competitions Committee.
The Arab Gulf Cup Football Association is a regional football federation that includes eight member countries, and was established in May 2016.
Several preparatory meetings were held in 2015 using the name “Gulf Football Association”. Then the federation was established in 2016 as the “Arabian Gulf Cup Football Federation” to reflect the oldest tournament in the region, which is the Arabian Gulf Cup. H.E. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani from Qatar was chosen as AGCFF’s first president.
The federation’s main headquarters is in Doha.
