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2021 Arab Cup U-20

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]

2021 Arab Cup U-20
كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
CityCairo
Dates20 June – 6 July
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up Algeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored107 (3.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)Morocco Mohamed Radid
(6 goals)
Best goalkeeperSaudi Arabia Osama Al-Mermsh
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Teams edit

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
  1. ^ Uzbekistan was not yet invited at the time of the draw.

Venues edit

 
Cairo International Stadium hosted the majority of matches.

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
Cairo Cairo International Stadium 75,000
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium 35,000
30 June Stadium 30,000
Petro Sport Stadium 16,000
Police Academy Stadium 12,000

Match officials edit

The following 31 referees were chosen for the tournament.[8]

  •   Lahlou Benbraham
  •   Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour
  •   Zaid Thamer Mohammed
  •   Mohamad Ghabaien
  •   Abdullah Al Jamali
  •   Abdul Basit Shahoub
  •   Qassim Al-Hatmi
  •   Jalal Jayed
  •   Baraa Abu Aisha
  •   Abdulhadi Al Ruaile
  •   Majid Al Shamrani
  •   Amir Loussif
  •   Sultan Al-Hammadi

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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt (H) 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to knockout phase
2   Algeria 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3   Niger 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4   Mauritania 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Egypt  2–0  Niger
  • Smida   25'
  • Hassan   90+3'
 Report
Referee: Amir Loussif (Tunisia)
Mauritania  0–1  Algeria
Report
Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Algeria  0–1  Egypt
Report
Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
Niger  0–0  Mauritania
Report
Referee: Abdullah Al Jamali (Kuwait)
Egypt  4–1  Mauritania
 Report
Referee: Abdullah Al Jamali (Kuwait)
Algeria  2–2  Niger
 Report
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Morocco 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Advance to knockout phase
2   Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6
3   United Arab Emirates 3 1 0 2 10 8 +2 3
4   Djibouti 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Morocco  6–1  Tajikistan
 Report
Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar)
United Arab Emirates  8–0  Djibouti
 Report
Referee: Abdul Basit Shahoub (Libya)
Djibouti  0–4  Morocco
Report
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)
Tajikistan  3–2  United Arab Emirates
 Report
Referee: Qassim Al-Hatmi (Oman)
Morocco  5–0  United Arab Emirates
 Report
Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
Djibouti  0–5  Tajikistan
Report
Referee: Mohamad Ghabaien (Jordan)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Senegal 3 2 1 0 11 3 +8 7 Advance to knockout phase
2   Comoros 3 2 0 1 8 9 −1 6
3   Iraq 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4   Lebanon 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Senegal  5–1  Lebanon
 Report
Referee: Mohamad Ghabaien (Jordan)
Iraq  3–4  Comoros
 Report
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Comoros  1–5  Senegal
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)
Lebanon  0–2  Iraq
Report
Referee: Amir Loussif (Tunisia)
Senegal  1–1  Iraq
 Report
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Comoros  3–1  Lebanon
 Report Kassas   19'
Referee: Abdul Basit Shahoub (Libya)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tunisia 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Advance to knockout phase
2   Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Yemen 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4   Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Tunisia  2–0  Yemen
 Report
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)
Saudi Arabia  2–0  Uzbekistan
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)
Uzbekistan  0–1  Tunisia
Report
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Yemen  1–2  Saudi Arabia
 Report
Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Tunisia  2–1  Saudi Arabia
 Report
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Uzbekistan  1–3  Yemen
Abed Elakh Boldochiv   Report
Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar)

Knockout phase edit

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
29 June
 
 
  Egypt3
 
3 July
 
  Tajikistan0
 
  Egypt2
 
30 June
 
   Saudi Arabia3
 
  Senegal1 (2)
 
6 July
 
  Saudi Arabia (p)1 (3)
 
  Saudi Arabia2
 
29 June
 
   Algeria1
 
  Morocco1 (3)
 
3 July
 
  Algeria (p)1 (4)
 
  Algeria2
 
30 June
 
   Tunisia0
 
  Tunisia1
 
 
  Comoros0
 

Quarter-finals edit

Egypt  3–0  Tajikistan
 Report
Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar)
Morocco  1–1  Algeria
 Report
Penalties
 3–4
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)
Senegal  1–1  Saudi Arabia
 Report
Penalties
 2–3
Referee: Amir Loussif (Tunisia)
Tunisia  1–0  Comoros
 Report
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

Semi-finals edit

Egypt  2–3  Saudi Arabia
 Report
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Algeria  2–0  Tunisia
Omar   67', 77' Report
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

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  Algeria
 Report
Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

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

1 own goal

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Saudi's young footballers to face Tunisia and Yemen in 2021 Arab Cup U-20". Arab News. 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ جدة, عبدالرحمن الحربي- (10 June 2021). "ترقب لإطلاق النسخة السابعة لـ«كأس العرب للشباب»". Madina (in Arabic).
  3. ^ "السعودية تتوج بكأس العرب للشباب". مصر اليوم. 6 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  4. ^ "الاتحاد العربي يجري قرعة كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 عاما – الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم" (in Arabic). 29 May 2021.
  5. ^ "الجدول الكامل لمباريات كأس العرب للشباب.. ومواعيد مواجهات مصر | المصري اليوم". Al-Masry Al-Youm (in Arabic). 6 June 2021.
  6. ^ "سحب قرعة كأس العرب للشباب.. اليوم". Madina (in Arabic). 29 May 2021.
  7. ^ "تغيير ملعب المجموعة الرابعة بكأس العرب للشباب". كووورة (in Arabic). 20 June 2021.
  8. ^ "31 حكما يديرون مباريات كأس العرب للشباب". www.vetogate.com (in Arabic). 18 June 2021.
  9. ^ "تغيير موعد نهائي كأس العرب بين الجزائر والسعودية". podium-media.dz. Chakib Aliouane. 4 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Coupe Arabe U20 : La finale Algérie - Arabie Saoudite avancée". dzfoot.com. Sabri Merrar. 5 July 2021.
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