2022 Arab Cup U-20
كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates20 July – 7 August
Teams18 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (2nd title)
Runners-up Egypt
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored72 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Abdullah Radif
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Saudi Arabia Musab Al-Juwayr
Best goalkeeperEgypt Ahmed Nader
← 2021

The 2022 Arab Cup U-20 was the sixth edition of the Arab Cup U-20. On 14 April 2022, the Union of Arab Football Associations granted Saudi Arabia the right to host.[1][2] The tournament took place from 20 July to 7 August.[3]

Saudi Arabia were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2021.[4] Saudi Arabia successfully defended their title by beating Egypt in the final.

Teams

The draw took place on 26 June 2022 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.[5]

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Algeria 5th 2021 Runners-up
 Bahrain 3rd 2020 Quarter-finals
 Djibouti 3rd 2021 Group stage
 Egypt 4th 2021 Semi-finals
 Iraq 5th 2021 Quarter-finals
 Jordan 2nd 2012 Group stage
 Lebanon 2nd 2021 Group stage
 Libya 3rd 2020 Third-place
 Mauritania 3rd 2021 Group stage
 Morocco 5th 2021 Winners
 Oman 1st Debut
 Palestine 3rd 2020 Group stage
 Saudi Arabia 5th 2021 Winners
 Somalia 1st Debut
 Sudan 4th 2020 Group stage
 Tunisia 4th 2021 Winners
 United Arab Emirates 2nd 2021 Group stage
 Yemen 2nd 2021 Group stage

 Comoros,  Kuwait,  Qatar and  Syria did not enter. In addition, there are no invited teams in this edition.

Seedings

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Abha Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium 20,000
Damac Club Stadium 5,000

Officiating

Squads

Main article: 2022 Arab Cup U-20 squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to participate.

Group stage

The group winners and the two best second-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.[6]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia (H) 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mauritania 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
3  Iraq 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source: UAFA
(H) Hosts
Saudi Arabia 2–0 Mauritania
  • Al-Oyayari 5'
  • Radif 15'
 Report
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
Mauritania 1–0 Iraq
  • Cissé 67'
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Referee: Abdulaziz Jaafar (Sudan)
Iraq 1–4 Saudi Arabia
  • Rabah 33'
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Attendance: 5,107
Referee: Youssef Qamouh (Algeria)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Yemen 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3  United Arab Emirates 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source: UAFA
United Arab Emirates 1–1 Jordan
 Report
  • Al-Shanaina 45+1'
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Jordan 1–0 Yemen
  • Hassan 64'
 Report
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Attendance: 6,720
Referee: Naim Hosni (Tunisia)
Yemen 3–1 United Arab Emirates
  • Mahrous 44'
  • Al Shami 59'
  • Mahdi 80'
 Report
  • Khalil 78'
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Attendance: 4,053
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Libya 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3  Lebanon 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Source: UAFA
Algeria 2–1 Lebanon
 Report
  • Bahlawan 83'
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Lebanon 0–2 Libya
Report
  • Adil 70'
  • Bouchiba 84'
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Referee: Mohammad Khaled (Bahrain)
Libya 1–3 Algeria
  • Rahou 25'
  • Amar 72'
  • Akhrib 81'
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Sami Al-Jaris (Saudi Arabia)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Oman 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
3  Somalia 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: UAFA
Egypt 1–0 Oman
  • Hawash 43'
 Report
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Referee: Abdullah Al-Kandari (Kuwait)
Oman 2–0 Somalia
  • Al-Marzouq 21'
  • Al-Balochi 90+2'
 Report
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Abdel Aziz Mohamed Bouh (Mauritania)
Somalia 0–2 Egypt
Report
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Attendance: 3,715
Referee: Sheikh Ahmed Aladdin (Lebanon)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
3  Djibouti 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
Source: UAFA
Tunisia 3–0 Bahrain
 Report
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Sadam Omara (Jordan)
Bahrain 2–0 Djibouti
  • Muhammed 14' (pen.)
  • Diaa 17'
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Referee: Yousif Saeed (Iraq)
Djibouti 0–6 Tunisia
Report
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Palestine 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3
3  Sudan 2 0 0 2 5 9 −4 0
Source: UAFA
Morocco 4–2 Sudan
  • Jibril 18'
  • Khader 43'
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Sheikh Ahmed Aladdin (Lebanon)
Sudan 3–5 Palestine
  • Awad 41' (o.g.)
  • Abdel Qader 49'
  • Jibril 68'
 Report
  • Mahmoud 31'
  • Al Badarin 63' (pen.)
  • Al-Hattab 83'
  • Sandouqa 90+2'
  • Derbas 90+7'
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Mohamed Alshahome (Libya)
Palestine 0–1 Morocco
Report
  • Mimouni 84'
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F  Palestine 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 3 Advance to knockout stage
2 B  Yemen 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 D  Oman 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1 3
4 C  Libya 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
5 E  Bahrain 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
6 A  Mauritania 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
Source: UAFA

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
31 July — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz)
 
 
 Saudi Arabia (p)0 (3)
 
3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz)
 
 Yemen0 (1)
 
 Saudi Arabia5
 
31 July — Abha (Damac)
 
 Palestine0
 
 Jordan1 (4)
 
7 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz)
 
 Palestine (p)1 (5)
 
 Saudi Arabia (p)1 (5)
 
31 July — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz)
 
 Egypt1 (3)
 
 Algeria1
 
3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz)
 
 Tunisia0
 
 Algeria1
 
31 July — Abha (Damac)
 
 Egypt3
 
 Egypt2
 
 
 Morocco1
 

Quarter-finals

Jordan 1–1 Palestine
 Report
  • Sandouqa 8'
Penalties
  • Amro soccer ball with check mark
  • Al-Mansoori soccer ball with check mark
  • Raed soccer ball with check mark
  • Dayyeh soccer ball with check mark
  • Al-Mubaidin soccer ball with red X
 4–5
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Referee: Abdulaziz Jaafar (Sudan)
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Yemen
Penalties
 3–1
  • soccer ball with red X Al Shami
  • soccer ball with red X Ibrahim
  • soccer ball with red X Balabel
  • soccer ball with check mark Mahdi
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Egypt 2–1 Morocco
  • Lyakoubi 23'
Damac Club Stadium, Abha
Referee: Sultan Al-Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Algeria 1–0 Tunisia
  • Belhadj Chekal 34'
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Sami Al-Jaris (Saudi Arabia)

Semi-finals

Saudi Arabia 5–0 Palestine
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Mohamed Alshahome (Libya)
Algeria 1–3 Egypt
  • Akhrib 69'
  • Basha 10'
  • Rashdan 40'
  • Ibrahim 76'
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Referee: Mohammad Khaled (Bahrain)

Final

The match date was postponed for one day for unspecified reasons.[7]

Saudi Arabia 1–1 (a.e.t.) Egypt
 Report
Penalties
 5–3
  • soccer ball with check mark Hassan
  • soccer ball with red X Fayed
  • soccer ball with check mark Rashdan
  • soccer ball with check mark El Saaiy
Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha
Attendance: 16,540
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 72 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Broadcasting rights

Below the list of the broadcasting rights:[8][9]

Country/Region Broadcaster
 Algeria EPTV
 Egypt Nile Sport
ONTime Sports
 Iraq Al Iraqiya Sports
Al Rabiaa TV
 Jordan Jordan TV Sport
 Kuwait Kuwait Sports
 Libya Libya Sports
 Mauritania Mauritania Sports
 Morocco Arryadia
 Oman Oman Sports
 Palestine Palestine Sports
 Qatar Alkass Sports Channels
 Saudi Arabia KSA Sports
Shahid
 Sudan Goan Sports
Sudan Sports
 Tunisia Tunisia Sports
 United Arab Emirates AD Sports
Dubai Sports
Sharjah Sports
 Yemen Yemen TV
Yemen Today

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