Kuwait to host 2016 Gulf Cup

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Thursday 19 Feb 2015 - 11:26 Makkah mean time-30-4-1436 Kuwait to host 2016 Gulf Cup (Google image) Kuwait city , (IINA) - Kuwait will host the next Gulf Cup tournament in January 2016, after Iraq apologized for not being able to organizing the tournament due to the lack of readiness playgrounds, news agencies reported. Heads of GCC football associations met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday to discuss the venue change. Kuwait was chosen as a host of the 23rd Gulf Cup to replace Iraq, which officially apologized for being not ready to host the championship, Sheikh Talal Al-Fahad Chairman of Kuwait Football Association told KUNA on the sidelines of the extraordinary meeting of the Gulf football associations. He pointed out that expert teams will visit Kuwait to inspect and write reports about the sports facilities and football pitches' conditions. The Gulf Cup is held every two years rotating the host city every edition. The last edition was held in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last year and was won by the Qatari team. Noteworthy, the first Gulf Cup tournament took place in 1970, and was won by the Kuwaiti team. Kuwait are the record ten-time champions and have previously held the event three times since the tournament’s 1970 inception in 1974, 1990 and 2003. SM/IINA