title: GCC U-17 Championship
text: # GCC U-17 Championship
  
  The GCC U-17 Championship is an annual international football competition organised by the Gulf Cooperation Council. 2001 was the first edition of the tournament and was played in a round-robin group of five nations.
  
  ## Records
  
  The 2014 edition had been moved from Qatar to Bahrain, but was later cancelled in whole.
  
  | Season | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2001 | Bahrain | Oman | RR | Saudi Arabia |
  | 2002 | Saudi Arabia | Oman | RR | Saudi Arabia |
  | 2003 | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | RR | Qatar |
  | 2006 | Saudi Arabia | United Arab Emirates | RR | Saudi Arabia |
  | 2008 | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | RR | United Arab Emirates |
  | 2009 | United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates | 1–1 (4–2 pen.) | Saudi Arabia |
  | 2010 | Kuwait | United Arab Emirates | 2–1 | Saudi Arabia |
  | 2011 | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | 2–2 (4–3 pen.) | Qatar |
  | 2012 | Kuwait | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | Qatar |
  | 2013 | Qatar | United Arab Emirates | 2–2 (3–0 pen.) | Oman |
  | 2015 | Qatar | Oman | 0–0 (5–3 pen.) | Saudi Arabia |
  | 2016 | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | RR | Oman |
  
  ## Performance by country
  
  | Nation | Champions | Runners-up |
  | - | - | - |
  | Saudi Arabia | 5 (2003, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016) | 6 (2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2015) |
  | United Arab Emirates | 4 (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013) | 1 (2008) |
  | Oman | 3 (2001, 2002, 2015) | 2 (2013, 2016) |
  | Qatar | - | 3 (2003, 2011, 2012) |
  