كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Egypt |
City | Cairo |
Dates | 20 June – 6 July |
Teams | 16 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 107 (3.45 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (6 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
The 2021 Arab Cup U-20 (Arabic: كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة) was the fifth edition of the Arab Cup U-20. It was hosted by Egypt from 20 June to 6 July 2021.[1] The tournament included 12 UAFA-member teams and four invited teams.[2] Senegal were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Saudi Arabia beat Algeria 2–1 in the final to win their first title.[3]
Teams
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Draw
[edit]The draw took place on 29 May 2021. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.[4] The match schedule was unveiled on 6 June 2021.[5]
The draw mechanism was in accordance with the seeding of the teams, as follows:[6]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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- ^ Uzbekistan was not yet invited at the time of the draw.
Venues
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Cairo_Stadium_Afcon_u23_2019.jpg/220px-Cairo_Stadium_Afcon_u23_2019.jpg)
The 30 June Stadium was later included as a venue for the Group D matches due to the poor condition of Police Academy Stadium.[7]
Cities | Venues | Capacity |
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Cairo | Cairo International Stadium | 75,000 |
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium | 35,000 | |
30 June Stadium | 30,000 | |
Petro Sport Stadium | 16,000 | |
12,000 |
Match officials
[edit]The following 31 referees were chosen for the tournament.[8]
Squads
[edit]Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete.
Group stage
[edit]The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Mauritania ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Algeria ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Niger ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Egypt ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() |
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Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Morocco ![]() | 6–1 | ![]() |
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United Arab Emirates ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Djibouti ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Tajikistan ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Morocco ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Djibouti ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group D
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Yemen ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Abed Elakh Boldochiv ![]() |
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Knockout phase
[edit]In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).
Bracket
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29 June | ||||||||||
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3 July | ||||||||||
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30 June | ||||||||||
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![]() | 1 (2) | |||||||||
6 July | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
29 June | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 (3) | |||||||||
3 July | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 (4) | |||||||||
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30 June | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
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Quarter-finals
[edit]Egypt ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Senegal ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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2–3 |
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Semi-finals
[edit]Egypt ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Final
[edit]The final match was initially scheduled to be played at the Cairo International Stadium at 20:00. The UAFA decided to play the game at 17:00 at the 30 June Stadium, also in Cairo.[9][10]
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There were 107 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Issam Bouaoune
Adil Boulbina
Adam Dougui
Samy Mahour
Isman Idris
Haider Abtah
Abdellah Azrour
Abdel Rahman Rashdan
Abd Alrahman Smida
Abdeljawad Abdeljawad
Ahmed Hawash
Blnd Hassan
Nasr Salam
Ali Reda Ismail
Ali Kassas
Hassan Akboub
Abdulaziz Al-Elewai
Mohammed Al Dawsari
Musab Al-Juwayr
Suhaib Al Zaid
Mohammed Baker
Mamadou Gning
Ousmane Diao
Malick Ndoye
Fakhriddin Akhtamov
Salam Ashurmadov
Kabir Salimshoev
Khosrow Tahirov
Mohamad Al Yammahi
Sultan Adil
Mohamed Al Wafi
Mubarak Ahmed
Dhari Fahad
1 own goal
Ahmed Mustapha (against Algeria)
Sulaiman Hazazi (against Yemen)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Saudi's young footballers to face Tunisia and Yemen in 2021 Arab Cup U-20". Arab News. 30 May 2021.
- ^ جدة, عبدالرحمن الحربي- (10 June 2021). "ترقب لإطلاق النسخة السابعة لـ«كأس العرب للشباب»". Madina (in Arabic).
- ^ "السعودية تتوج بكأس العرب للشباب". مصر اليوم. 6 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
- ^ "الاتحاد العربي يجري قرعة كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 عاما – الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم" (in Arabic). 29 May 2021.
- ^ "الجدول الكامل لمباريات كأس العرب للشباب.. ومواعيد مواجهات مصر | المصري اليوم". Al-Masry Al-Youm (in Arabic). 6 June 2021.
- ^ "سحب قرعة كأس العرب للشباب.. اليوم". Madina (in Arabic). 29 May 2021.
- ^ "تغيير ملعب المجموعة الرابعة بكأس العرب للشباب". كووورة (in Arabic). 20 June 2021.
- ^ "31 حكما يديرون مباريات كأس العرب للشباب". www.vetogate.com (in Arabic). 18 June 2021.
- ^ "تغيير موعد نهائي كأس العرب بين الجزائر والسعودية". podium-media.dz. Chakib Aliouane. 4 July 2021.
- ^ "Coupe Arabe U20 : La finale Algérie - Arabie Saoudite avancée". dzfoot.com. Sabri Merrar. 5 July 2021.