International football competition
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]
^ 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]
Match officials The following 31 referees were chosen for the tournament.[ 8]
Lahlou Benbraham Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour Zaid Thamer Mohammed Mohamad Ghabaien Abdullah Al Jamali Abdul Basit Shahoub Qassim Al-Hatmi Jalal Jayed Baraa Abu Aisha Abdulhadi Al Ruaile Majid Al Shamrani Amir Loussif 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
Source: GSA Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers(H) Hosts
Referee: Abdullah Al Jamali (
Kuwait )
Group B
Source: GSA Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (
Qatar )
Referee: Abdul Basit Shahoub (
Libya )
Referee: Zaid Thamer Mohammed (
Iraq )
Referee: Qassim Al-Hatmi (
Oman )
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
Iraq 3–4 Comoros Salam 5' Abdul Razzaq 39' (pen.) Ayoub 83' Report Idris 41' Mahmoud 45+4' (pen.) , 70' Yassin 53'
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (
Algeria )
Group D
Source: GSA Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (
Egypt )
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (
Algeria )
Knockout phase In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).
Bracket
Quarter-finals Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile (
Qatar )
Tunisia 1–0 Comoros Senana 4' Report
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (
Egypt )
Semi-finals 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]
Statistics
Goalscorers There were 107 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.
6 goals
Mohamed Radid 5 goals
Souleymane Faye 4 goals
3 goals
Muhammadali Azizboyev Eisa Khalfan 2 goals
1 goal
Issam Bouaoune Adil Boulbina Adam Dougui Samy Mahour Isman Idris Haider Abtah Abdellah Azrour Abdel Rahman Rashdan Abd Alrahman Smida Abdeljawad Abdeljawad Ahmed Hawash Blnd Hassan Nasr Salam Ali Reda Ismail Ali Kassas Hassan Akboub Abdulaziz Al-Elewai Mohammed Al Dawsari Musab Al-Juwayr Suhaib Al Zaid Mohammed Baker Mamadou Gning Ousmane Diao Malick Ndoye Fakhriddin Akhtamov Salam Ashurmadov Kabir Salimshoev Khosrow Tahirov Mohamad Al Yammahi Sultan Adil Mohamed Al Wafi Mubarak Ahmed Dhari Fahad Bilal Mouloud Adam Omar Salah Samila Abed Elakh Boldochiv Gacem Charafi Ammar Noman Imed Eljdaima 1 own goal
See also
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