The Technical Committee of the Professional League decided to make adjustments to the Arab Gulf Cup championship starting from the 2021/2020 season, as the competition matches will be held by the knockout system of my two matches, which will take place in the first leg, in the first round, and this system will continue in the quarter-final and semi-final stage until the final match.
The technical committee had held a meeting of the Professional Association had held a meeting this evening, Saturday, via visual communication technology. The meeting was chaired by a member of the Professional Association Association, Chairman of the Technical Committee, Hassan Talib Al-Marri, and was attended by Vice President, Tariq Ali Al-Shabibi and members of the committee, Sbait Khater, Ismail Rashid, Nasser Abdullah Al Hammadi, Suleiman Al-Balushi and Taha Izzat, committee members, and CEO, Walid Al-Hosni.
The League decided to hold one lottery, which will be determined at a later date, to determine the stadiums where matches will be played during the round trip, and to choose the competing teams in the first round, provided that the first match takes place on the team's stadium, whose name will be withdrawn first in the lottery.
The Technical Committee approved the qualification of the champion of the Arab Gulf League "Sharjah", and the champion of the Arab Gulf Cup for the previous season directly "victory" directly to the quarter-finals, without participating in the first-round matches.
A statement issued by the Professionals Association said that the technical committee meeting discussed the proposed scenarios regarding the calendar of the sporting season 2020/2021, as the initial proposal for the launching of the professional championships was approved pending, discussed during the joint meeting with representatives of the teams committee and the competitions committee in the Football Association scheduled to be held on Sunday And, the final proposal for the launch of the new season was presented during the meeting with representatives of professional clubs at the meeting scheduled for mid this week, and on the transport channels with rights holders.
On the other hand, a preliminary approval was made for the new form of the Arab Gulf League U-21 competition, as it was decided to hold the championship matches two days after the first team's matches, instead of being held the next day.
Also discussed was the redistribution of the financial returns for the competition, and the intensification of media interest in the tournament by working to cover the matches in the media intensively in coordination with the media institutions.
Regarding the players ’participation, it was decided to participate in the first team goalkeepers and resident players to participate in the under-21 championship.