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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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

Draw

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

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

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

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete.

Group stage

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

All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).

Group A

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
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Amir Loussif (Tunisia)
Mauritania 0–1 Algeria
Report
  • Bouaoune 90+5'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Algeria 0–1 Egypt
Report
  • Rashdan 63'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
Niger 0–0 Mauritania
Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Abdullah Al Jamali (Kuwait)
Egypt 4–1 Mauritania
  • Hassan 17', 32'
  • Abdelhamid 41'
  • Abdeljawad 81'
 Report
  • Mouloud 84'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Abdullah Al Jamali (Kuwait)
Algeria 2–2 Niger
  • Mustapha 60' (o.g.)
  • Dougui 90+3'
 Report
  • Omar 22'
  • Samila 37'
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)

Group B

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
  • Tahirov 66'
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar)
United Arab Emirates 8–0 Djibouti
  • Saeed 16', 81'
  • Al Yammahi 45'
  • Khalfan 59'
  • Adil 76'
  • Al Wafi 78'
  • Ahmed 90+4'
  • Fahad 90+6'
 Report
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Abdul Basit Shahoub (Libya)
Djibouti 0–4 Morocco
Report
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)
Tajikistan 3–2 United Arab Emirates
  • Azizboyev 12', 66', 90'
 Report
  • Khalfan 23', 74'
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Qassim Al-Hatmi (Oman)
Morocco 5–0 United Arab Emirates
  • Sadik 8', 20'
  • Radid 45', 88'
  • Azrour 70'
 Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Majid Al Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)
Djibouti 0–5 Tajikistan
Report
  • Salimshoev 8'
  • Hudojdodzoda 20', 89'
  • Ashurmadov 84'
  • Akhtamov 87'
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Mohamad Ghabaien (Jordan)

Group C

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
  • S. Faye 9'
  • Diao 22'
  • Cissoko 56'
  • Ndoye 60' (pen.)
  • M. Faye 79'
 Report
  • Ismail 3'
Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Mohamad Ghabaien (Jordan)
Iraq 3–4 Comoros
  • Salam 5'
  • Abdul Razzaq 39' (pen.)
  • Ayoub 83'
 Report
  • Idris 41'
  • Mahmoud 45+4' (pen.), 70'
  • Yassin 53'
Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Comoros 1–5 Senegal
 Report
  • S. Faye 4', 36'
  • Cissoko 57'
  • M. Faye 90+1'
  • Gning 90+2'
Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)
Lebanon 0–2 Iraq
Report
  • Hassan 16'
  • Ayoub 83'
Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Amir Loussif (Tunisia)
Senegal 1–1 Iraq
 Report
  • Abdul Razzaq 28'
Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Comoros 3–1 Lebanon
  • Mahmoud 25'
  • Yassin 33'
  • Abtah 69'
 Report Kassas 19'
30 June Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Abdul Basit Shahoub (Libya)

Group D

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
  • Senana 24'
  • Abid 57'
 Report
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Baraa Abu Aisha (Palestine)
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Uzbekistan
 Report
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)
Uzbekistan 0–1 Tunisia
Report
  • Abid 24'
30 June Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Yemen 1–2 Saudi Arabia
 Report
30 June Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Tunisia 2–1 Saudi Arabia
  • Jertila 14', 27'
 Report
30 June Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Uzbekistan 1–3 Yemen
Abed Elakh Boldochiv Report
  • Gacem Charafi
  • Ammar Noman
  • Imed Eljdaima (pen.)
Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar)

Knockout phase

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

Bracket

 
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

Egypt 3–0 Tajikistan
 Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (Qatar)
Morocco 1–1 Algeria
 Report
  • Mahour 90+3'
Penalties
  • Nanah soccer ball with red X
  • Sadik soccer ball with check mark
  • El Hammami soccer ball with check mark
  • Chraibi soccer ball with check mark
  • Radid soccer ball with red X
 3–4
  • soccer ball with check mark Mohra
  • soccer ball with check mark Belmokthar
  • soccer ball with check mark Titraoui
  • soccer ball with red X Namani
  • soccer ball with check mark Mahour
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)
Senegal 1–1 Saudi Arabia
 Report
Penalties
 2–3
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Amir Loussif (Tunisia)
Tunisia 1–0 Comoros
  • Senana 4'
 Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

Semi-finals

Egypt 2–3 Saudi Arabia
  • Sherif 45+2'
  • A. Abdelhamid 51'
 Report
  • Radif 26'
  • Al Aliwa 28'
  • Al Zaid 69'
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Algeria 2–0 Tunisia
Omar 67', 77' Report
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (Iraq)

Final

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
30 June Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

References

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  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.
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  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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