Saturday.. Kuwait hosts the Gulf Cup draw

The draw for the Arab Gulf Cup Football Championship “Khaliji Zain 26”, which will be hosted by Kuwait from December 21 to January 3, 2025, will be held on Saturday evening at 07:00.
The teams are divided into two groups, played in a league format with one round for each group, and the first and second teams qualify for the semi-finals, which are conducted in a knockout format, with the first group meeting in the first group. The second group meets the second group, and the first group of the second group meets the second group of the first group.
The tournament has eight teams divided into four tiers with Kuwait and Iraq in the first tier, Qatar and Saudi Arabia in the second tier, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in the third tier and Oman and the Sultanate of Yemen in the fourth tier. layer
The Iraqi national team won the previous edition of the tournament, which was held on its home soil in Baghdad, while Kuwait has the lion’s share of the championship with 10 titles, Saudi Arabia and Qatar with three titles each, Oman and Won two titles. A title for the Emirates, and Bahrain.