2020 Arab Cup U-20

2020 Arab Cup U-20
كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة 2020
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
Dates	17 February – 4 March
Teams	16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Senegal (1st title)
Runners-up	Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	96 (3.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Samba Diallo (5 goals)
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The 2020 Arab Cup U-20 was the fourth edition of the Arab Cup U-20 organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) for the men's under-20 national teams of the Arab world. It is the first tournament played in nearly eight years.^[1] The competition took place in Saudi Arabia between 17 February and 4 March.^[2] It was held in Dammam, Khobar and Riyadh.^[3]

Teams edit

Participating teams edit

Africa

Asia

Invited

Withdrew

Did not enter

Match officials edit

Below the list of the referees and the assistant referees of the tournament^[4]

Referees edit

CAF - Africa

Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
Saddam Houssein Mansour (Djibouti)
Ahmed El Ghandour (Egypt)
Abdulwahid Huraywidah (Libya)
Mathioro Diabel (Mauritania)
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
Sabri Mohammed Fadul (Sudan)
Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)

AFC - Asia

Mohammed Bunafoor Juma (Bahrain)
Mohammed Wathik Al-Baag (Iraq)
Murad Al Zawahreh (Jordan)
Saad Al-Fadhli Kalefah (Kuwait)
Mohamad Darwich (Lebanon)
Sameh Al-Qassas (Palestine)
Saoud Al-Adba (Qatar)
Faisal Al-Balawi (Saudi Arabia)
Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

Assistant referees edit

CAF - Africa

Abbes Akram Zerhouni (Algeria)
Liban Abdirazack Ahmed (Djibouti)
Samir Gamal Saad Mohamed (Egypt)
Basm Saef El-Naser (Libya)
Mohamed Mahmoud Youssouf (Mauritania)
Hicham Ait Abbou (Morocco)
Omer Hamid Ahmed (Sudan)
Mohamed Bakir (Tunisia)

AFC - Asia

Salman Talasi (Bahrain)
Akram Ali Jabbar (Iraq)
Ahmad Abbas (Kuwait)
Farooq Assi (Palestine)
Ramzan Al-Naemi (Qatar)
Faisal Al-Qahtani (Saudi Arabia)
Oqubah Al-Haweij (Syria)
Ali Al-Nuaimi (United Arab Emirates)

Draw edit

The group stage draw was made on 20 January 2020.^[5] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups.^[6]

Venues edit

Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

Download coordinates as:

Dammam	Khobar
Riyadh	Riyadh	Riyadh Dammam Khobar
Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz Stadium	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 22,500
24°38′52″N 46°33′03″E / 24.6477°N 46.5508°E / 24.6477; 46.5508	24°39′45″N 46°44′23″E / 24.6625°N 46.7397°E / 24.6625; 46.7397 (Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium)
Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium	Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium
Capacity: 36,000	Capacity: 20,100
26°25′38″N 50°06′50″E / 26.4272°N 50.1140°E / 26.4272; 50.1140 (Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium)	26°22′12″N 50°12′19″E / 26.3699°N 50.2052°E / 26.3699; 50.2052 (Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium)

Squads edit

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete.

Group stage edit

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

Group A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tunisia	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4	Knockout stage
3	Mauritania	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Kuwait	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 February 2020