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The United Arab Emirates team maintained their remarkable record in the GCC Gulf Cup, winning the Team Gold Medal for the Twelfth time in succession.

 A final day victory over Bahrain 2-1 assured UAE of the title.

They added the Singles Gold Medal as well when Essa Al Sayed edged out Bahrain's Habib Subah in a thrilling 4-3 victory.

Subah led 3-2 but couldn't apply the finishing touch and Al Sayed battled back to claim the title.

And UAE completed the hat-trick of Gold taking the doubles title as well, despite losing to Bahrain on the final day.

Qatar's Ahmed Saif prevented a clean sweep of UAE Gold by winning the Under 21 title, Qatar's first Gold Medal in the twelve years of the event.

Roll of Honour

TEAM:

Gold - UAE

Silver - Saudi Arabia

Bronze - Bahrain

SINGLES:

Gold - UAE - Essa Al Sayed

Silver - Bahrain - Habib Subah

Bronze - Kuwait - Ahmed Al Tarkait

DOUBLES:

Gold - UAE - Salaam Ali/Sayed Al Mesruel

Silver - Bahrain - Hussain Jamsheer/Omar Al Shaikh

Bronze: Kuwait - Nowaf Al Hameli/Amar Muraid

UNDER 21:

Gold - Qatar - Ahmed Saif

Silver - Bahrain - Mohammed Al Shaikh

Bronze - UAE - Ahmed Abdul Kader