2021 Arab Cup U-20

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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
← 2020
2022 →

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[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]

  • Algeria Lahlou Benbraham
  • Egypt Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour
  • Iraq Zaid Thamer Mohammed
  • Jordan Mohamad Ghabaien
  • Kuwait Abdullah Al Jamali
  • Libya Abdul Basit Shahoub
  • Oman Qassim Al-Hatmi
  • Morocco Jalal Jayed
  • State of Palestine Baraa Abu Aisha
  • Qatar Abdulhadi Al Ruaile
  • Saudi Arabia Majid Al Shamrani
  • Tunisia Amir Loussif
  • United Arab Emirates 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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2021_Arab_Cup_U-20&oldid=1165460196"