The 2011 African Youth Championship was a football tournament for the Under-20 level national teams in Africa. It was due to be held in Libya from 18 March to 1 April. Following political unrest in the region, CAF decided to postpone the tournament, before deciding that South Africa would be the new hosts, with games taking place between 17 April and 2 May.[1]
| 2011 Afrikaanse Jeug Championship CAF U20/South Africa | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | South Africa |
| City | Johannesburg |
| Dates | 17 April – 1 May |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Cameroon |
| Third place |  Egypt |
| Fourth place |  Mali |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 34 (2.13 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Uche Nwofor (4 goals) |
As the Championship also acted as a qualifier for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the tournament would have to be played before the end of June 2011.[2]
The tournament was won by Nigeria, who beat Cameroon in the final, to win their sixth title.[3]
Qualification edit
Qualified teams:
Squads edit
Venues edit
Johannesburg has been named as venue of Orange African Youth Championship 2011.[4] Matches was played at two stadiums in Johannesburg. Dobsonville Stadium, home of Moroka Swallows and Bidvest Stadium, home of Wits University.[5] Rand Stadium, was originally selected as a host stadium, but was dropped in favour of Bidvest Stadium.[6]
 Johannesburg
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| Dobsonville Stadium | Bidvest Stadium |
| 26°13′36″S 27°51′51″E / 26.226798°S 27.864071°E | 26°11′16″S 28°01′42″E / 26.187778°S 28.028333°E |
| Capacity: 24,000 | Capacity: 5,000 |
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Officials edit
The following referees were chosen for the tournament.[7]
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Final tournament edit
| Key to colours in group tables | |
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| Team qualified for the knockout stages | |
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Mali
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| Egypt
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 |
| South Africa
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
 Lesotho
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| South Africa | 2–4 | Mali |
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Nguzana  20', 77' |
Report | Doumbia 11' Coulibaly 22', 38'Diallo 67' |
| Lesotho | 1–2 | South Africa |
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| L. Marabe 66' |
Report | Koapeng 22' Nguzana 32' |
| South Africa | 0–1 | Egypt |
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| Report | Hamdy 45' |
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Cameroon
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Nigeria
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
 Ghana
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
 Gambia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
Knockout stage edit
The teams that reached this phase qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 April | ||||||
| Mali | 0 | |||||
| 1 May | ||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||
| 28 April | ||||||
| Cameroon | 2 | |||||
| Egypt | 0 (2) | |||||
| Cameroon | 0 (4) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 1 May | ||||||
| Mali | 0 | |||||
| Egypt | 1 | |||||
Semifinals edit
| Egypt | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Cameroon |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Hegazy  Hamdy Ibrahim  Ashraf |
2–4 | Songo’o Nyatchou Ndema Mvom-Mbeyo'o Banana |
Third place playoff edit
| Mali | 0–1 | Egypt |
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| Report | Hamdy 48' |
Final edit
Winners edit
| 2011 African Youth Championship |
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 Nigeria Sixth title |
Player Awards edit
- Top goalscorer:
Uche Nwofor[9] - Fair player of the tournament:
Ahmed El Shenawy[9] - Player of the tournament:
Edgar Salli[9]
Goal scorers edit
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
References edit
- ^ "CAF gives youth tourney to SA". Kickoff.com. 16 March 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ "CAF indefinitely postpones 2011 Africa Youth Championship". Confederation of African Football. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ "Nigeria win superb Africa Youth Championship final". BBC. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ "Johannesburg has been named as venue of Orange AYC 2011". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ "Dobsonville, Rand Stadiums to host AYC". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ "Venue change for AYC games". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "Referees". Confederation of African Football. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ David Gold (19 March 2011). "South Africa replace Libya as African Youth Championship hosts". Insideworldfootball Limited. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ a b c "Awards : Orange CAN U-20". Orange African Youth Championship 2011. CAF. Retrieved 29 November 2011.