Qatar’s Spanish coach Felix Sanchez on Saturday named a squad of 20 players for the 23rd edition of Gulf Cup, which will now be held in Kuwait instead of Qatar from 22nd December to 5th January.

World governing body FIFA had lifted a ban on Kuwait.

The players, a good mix of youth and experience, started their preparations on Saturday. Qatar are scheduled to play a friendly against Liechtenstein on 14th December before heading for Kuwait.

The Qatar squad

Saad Al Dossari, Hassan Al Haydous, Pedro Miguel, Musab Khader, Salem Al Hajri (all Al Sadd), Almoez Ali, Bassam Al Rawi, Karim Boudiaf, Ismail Mohammed (all Al Duhail), Mohammed Muntari (Al Ahli), Hamad Al Obaidi, Abdulkarim Salem Al Ali (both Al Saliya), Ahmed Fathi (Al Arabi), Almahdi Ali, Othman Al Yahri (both Al Gharafa), Assim Madbo, Akram Afif, Abdulkarim Hassan (KAS Eupen, Belgium), Ahmed Yasser Mohammadi and Ahmed Moin (Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, Spain).