2021 Arab Cup U-20
Tourney nameArab Cup U-20
Year2021
Other titlesكأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة
CityCairo
CountryEgypt
Dates20 June – 6 July
Num teams16
Confederations2
Venues5
Cities1
Champion otherSaudi Arabia U20
Count2
Second otherAlgeria U20
Matches31
Goals107
Top scorerMohamed Radid
(6 goals)
GoalkeeperOsama Al-Mermsh
Prevseason2020
Nextseason2022

The 2021 Arab Cup U-20 (Arabic: كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة) was the seventh 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 second 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. ^ Uzbekistan was not yet invited at the time of the draw.

Venues

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]

CitiesVenuesCapacity
CairoCairo International Stadium75,000
Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium35,000
30 June Stadium30,000
Petro Sport Stadium16,000
Police Academy Stadium12,000

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

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout phase

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

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]

See also

References

  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»" (in Arabic). Madina
  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" (in Arabic). Al-Masry Al-Youm. 6 June 2021.
  6. ^ "سحب قرعة كأس العرب للشباب.. اليوم" (in Arabic). Madina. 29 May 2021.
  7. ^ "تغيير ملعب المجموعة الرابعة بكأس العرب للشباب" (in Arabic). كووورة. 20 June 2021.
  8. ^ "31 حكما يديرون مباريات كأس العرب للشباب" (in Arabic). www.vetogate.com. 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.