Deadline for “Gulf 25″… and broadcast channels
On the evening of Thursday, January 19, the attention of Arab football fans will be riveted to the Basra International Stadium, where the final match of the Persian Gulf Cup “Gulf 25” between the teams of Iraq and Oman will take place.
The start of the final match is scheduled for 16:00 Moscow time.
Iraq reached the Gulf 25 final at the expense of their Qatari counterpart, beating him two-one in a match that brought them together on Monday night at the Palm Trunk Stadium in Basra.
While the Sultanate of Oman team, on the way to the final match, stripped their Bahraini counterpart of the title, defeating him by one goal in a meeting held between them also on Monday evening, at Al-Mina Stadium in Basra.
It is noteworthy that the national teams of Iraq and Oman reduced the starting tape of the tournament on Friday, January 6, equalizing the score without goals, and took first and second places in the first group table with 7 points, respectively, and the Mesopotamia Lions were ahead of the Omani Reds in goal difference.
Iraq is seeking its first title since 1988 and fourth in its history after being crowned three times over the years (1979, 1984 and 1988).
At the same time, the Sultanate of Oman won the title twice (in 2009 and 2018), and the third is looking for in Iraq.
The organizing committee of the tournament announced before its launch that the matches of the Persian Gulf Cup 2025 will be broadcast on the open network of BN Sport channels, in addition to the Qatari channels Al-Kass, the sports channel Oman. , sports channel “Kuwait”, sports channel in Iraq.
In turn, Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani announced that the television broadcast of the Gulf 25 tournament will be available on all local channels so that as many Iraqi fans as possible can follow the matches. , especially those who cannot be in the province of Basra.
Source: agencies