Gulf Cup

Gulf Cup

The Gulf Cup isn't just any competition that teams compete to win, it creates bonds of friendship between Gulf countries, and besides all that, the locals consider a mini "World Cup" of how important it is to the hearts of the Gulf people.

Gulf Cup is a friendly cup for the eight Gulf national teams in Hattrick. Oman, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Al Kuwayt, Al Iraq, Al Yaman, Bahrain, and Dawlat Qatar are the eight countries that can play in this cup.

The Hattrick Gulf Cup is organized by Mod-Assim, Suhaib, and thetycoon.

The Gulf Cup will be played every 2 season on the first 5 weeks of the second season after the coaches gets elected. In other words, matches will be played right after the World Cup Qualifications.

History

Gulf Cup I

Draw

The draw depends on the ranking points of the teams in the season where the teams played the World Cup Qualification (i.e. first season after election). The teams will be put into 4 pots where the host and the cup holder are going to be in Pot 1, and if the cup holder was the host, then the highest rank team (or the second highest rank team) will be put into Pot 1. After that, according to the ranking points, all the teams will be put in Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4 accordingly.

From Pot A, the host will play in Group A, and the second team from Pot A will go to Group B. As for Pot 2, Pot 3, and Pot 4, a draw will take place to see which one from each pot will go to Group A and B. Teams from the same pot cannot play against each other in the group stage.

Matches

When all eight teams accept the invitation to play in the Gulf Cup, then eight teams will be divided into two groups with four teams in each group. Each team will play with each other once and the top two teams of each group qualify to the semi-final.
The first semi-final match will be between the winner of Group A against the runner-up of Group B, and the second semi-final will be between the winner of Group B against the runner-up of Group A. While the final will be between the winner of the first semi-final against the winner of the second semi-final.

The group stage will take place in the first three weeks of the season, while the semi-final will be played in the 4th week, and the final in the 5th week of the season that the Gulf Cup will be played in.

• Week 1: Group Stage (Round 1)
• Week 2: Group Stage (Round 2)
• Week 3: Group Stage (Round 3)
• Week 4: Semi-finals
• Week 5: Final

Stadiums

The top ten largest stadiums will be chosen from the host country if there was 8 teams participating. The host country will play all it's 3 group stage matches in the largest stadium. As for the other matches of the group stage of both groups, each match will be in one stadium. In the semi-final, the largest stadium will host the first semi-final, and the second largest stadium will host the second semi-final. As for the final, the largest stadium will host it.

Tie-breaker

If there was a tie in the semi-final or final. Then the winner of the match will be declared using the following ways (in order of importance):
-Newest country
-Lowest ranking points
-Lowest group stage ranking (2nd place)
-Lowest number of users

Hosts

There will be a new host every two seasons for this. The order will be as follows:

• Oman
• United Arab Emirates
• Saudi Arabia
• Dawlat Qatar
• Bahrain
• Al Kuwayt
• Al Iraq
• Al Yaman