2013 African U-20 Championship

2013 African U-20 Championship
بطولة إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2013
Tournament details
Host country Algeria
Dates 16–30 March
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Egypt (4th title)
Runners-up  Ghana
Third place  Nigeria
Fourth place  Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 26 (1.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Aminu Umar
(4 goals)
Best player Egypt Saleh Gomaa
Best goalkeeper Egypt Mossad Awad

The 2013 African U-20 Championship officially known as the Orange African U-20 Championship, Algeria 2013 was the 19th edition of the African Youth Championship. The competition was held in Algeria in the cities of Oran and Aïn Témouchent from March 16 to 30 March 2013.[1] The semifinalists will participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

In March 2012, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Algiers and Oran were the two candidate cities to host the competition.[2] In May, Algiers was initially chosen as the host city of the competition.[3] However, in August, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Oran and Aïn Témouchent would replace Algiers as the host cities, due to the lack of available stadiums in the latter city.[4]

Oran Aïn Témouchent
Stade Ahmed Zabana Stade Omar Oucief
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 11,500

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.[5][6]

Officials

Group stage

Tiebreakers
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
  2. Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
  3. Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
  7. Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Egypt 330041+39
 Ghana 320142+26
 Benin 301202−21
 Algeria 301203−31
Algeria  0–0  Benin
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Ghana  1–2  Egypt
Assifuah  76' Hamad  67'
Gomaa  87'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
Ghana  1–0  Benin
Assifuah  56'
Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)
Algeria  0–1  Egypt
Rabia  43'
Hamad Red card 90+1'
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
Algeria  0–2  Ghana
Salifu  5'
Assifuah  29'
Referee: Bamlack Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
Benin  0–1  Egypt
Kahraba  22'
Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 32013306
 Nigeria 320142+26
 Gabon 311121+14
 DR Congo 301225−31
Nigeria  0–1  Mali
Niane  12'
Referee: Bamlack Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
DR Congo  0–0  Gabon
Referee: Mehdi Abid-Charef (Algeria)
Mali  2–1  DR Congo
Diallo  51'
Niane  60'		 Eddy Ngoyi  55'
Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
Gabon  0–1  Nigeria
Ajagun  21' (pen.)
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
Nigeria  3–1  DR Congo
Ajagun  34' (pen.)
Umar  39', 48'		 Pembele  73'
Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
Mali  0–2  Gabon
Engongah
Mayoungou  (pen.)
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
Stade Omar Oucief - 26 March
 
 
 Egypt2
 
Stade Ahmed Zabana - 30 March
 
 Nigeria0
 
 Egypt1 (5)
 
Stade Ahmed Zabana - 26 March
 
 Ghana1 (4)
 
 Ghana0 (4)
 
 
 Mali0 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
Stade Ahmed Zabana - 29 March
 
 
 Nigeria2
 
 
 Mali1

Semi-finals

  • Originally the games were scheduled to kick-off at 17:30 and 20:30. However CAF made changes on the 10 March so that both matches started at 17:00.[7]
Egypt  2–0  Nigeria
Kahraba  46', 81'
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
Ghana  0–0 (a.e.t.)  Mali
Penalties
4 – 2
Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)

Third place match

Nigeria  2–1  Mali
Umar  72', 82' Keita  87'
Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Final

Ghana  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Egypt
Ofori  7' (pen.) report Gomaa  4' (pen.)
Penalties
Nketiah
Akorful
Atamah
Lartey
Ofori
Anaba 		4–5 Rabia
Gomaa
Samir
Refeat
Kahraba
Ghali
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mehdi Abid-Charef (Algeria)

Winners

 2013 African U-20 Championship winners 

Egypt
Fourth title

Player Awards

Team of the tournament

Goal scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The top four teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup:

References

  1. ↑ "Final tournament dates" (pdf). cafonline.com. March 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ↑ APS (March 20, 2012). "CAN U20 : Oran en pôle devant Alger pour abriter le tournoi" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Toufik O. (May 3, 2012). "CAN U20 2013 : Alger retenue pour abriter le tournoi" (in French). DZFoot. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ "CAN U20 2013 : L'organisation à Oran plutôt qu'à Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "CAF U-17 and U-20 Championships Final Draws set for Cairo". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 19 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Orange U-20 Championship Algeria 2013: Draw result". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 9 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "AFCON 2015 draw to be held in the beginning of 2014". CAFonline.com. 10 March 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "AWARDS FROM ORANGE CAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP- ALGERIA 2013". ORANGE CAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP- ALGERIA 2013. CAF. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
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