10 teams await their fate in draw for expanded GFF U-17 Gulf Cup

DUBAI: The draw for the second Gulf Football Federation U-17 Gulf Cup will take place at the federation’s headquarters in Doha on Thursday. Qatar will host the competition from Oct. 16 to Nov. 4. Ten teams will participate, two more than at the inaugural event last year. The eight members of the Gulf Football Federation — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen — will be joined this time by Egypt and China. The aim of the expansion, organizers said, was to provide

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