2013 African U-20 Championship

2013 African U-20 Championship

بطولة أفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2013 Orange – African U-20 Championship Orange CAN U-20 AYC
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)	Aminu Umar (4 goals)
Best player	Saleh Gomaa

The 2013 African U-20 Championship was the 19th edition of the African Youth Championship. The competition was held in Algeria from March 16 to 30.^[1] The semifinalists will participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Qualified teams

Algeria (hosts)  Benin  DR Congo  Egypt

Gabon  Ghana  Mali  Nigeria

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	Oran Aïn Témouchent	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

Referees Bamlack Tessema Weyesa Maguette N'Diaye Youssef Essrayri Bernard Camille Hudu Munyemana Reinhold Shikongo Juste Zio Thierry Nkurunziza Mehdi Abid Charef Denis Dembele Reserve referees Achille Madila Bakary Camara

Assistant referees Peter Sabatia El Hadji Malick Samba Balkrishna Bootun Anouar Hmila Jerson dos Santos Moussa Bayere Arsenio Marengula Yacine Hassan Egueh Mohamed Bechirene Issa Yaya Sidiki Sidibe Berhe Tesfargiorgh Seydou Tiama Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue Reserve assistant referees Kindie Mussie Yahaya Mahamadou

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	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
Ghana	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Benin	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
Algeria	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Algeria  v  Benin

16 March 2013 17:30

Algeria	0–0	Benin

Stade Omar Oucief, Aïn Témouchent Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Ghana  v  Egypt

16 March 2013 20:30

Ghana	1–2	Egypt
Assifuah  76'		Hamad  67' Gomaa  87'

Stade Omar Oucief, Aïn Témouchent Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

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Ghana  v  Benin

19 March 2013 17:30

Ghana	1–0	Benin
Assifuah  56'

Stade Omar Oucief, Aïn Témouchent Referee: Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)

Algeria  v  Egypt

19 March 2013 20:30

Algeria	0–1	Egypt
		Rabia  43' Hamad  90+1'

Stade Omar Oucief, Aïn Témouchent Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)

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Algeria  v  Ghana

22 March 2013 17:30

Algeria	0–2	Ghana
		Salifu  5' Assifuah  29'

Stade Omar Oucief, Aïn Témouchent Referee: Bamlack Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Benin  v  Egypt

22 March 2013 17:30

Benin	0–1	Egypt
		Kahraba  22'

Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran Referee: Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mali	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Gabon	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
DR Congo	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Nigeria  v  Mali

17 March 2013 17:30

Nigeria	0–1	Mali
		Niane  12'

Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran Referee: Bamlack Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

DR Congo  v  Gabon

17 March 2013 20:30

DR Congo	0–0	Gabon

Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran Referee: Mehdi Abid-Charef (Algeria)

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Mali  v  DR Congo

20 March 2013 17:30

Mali	2–1	DR Congo
Diallo  51' Niane  60'		Eddy Ngoyi  55'

Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran Referee: Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)

Gabon  v  Nigeria

20 March 2013 20:30

Gabon	0–1	Nigeria
		Ajagun  21' (pen.)

Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

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Nigeria  v  DR Congo

23 March 2013 20:30

Nigeria	3–1	DR Congo
Ajagun  34' (pen.) Umar  39', 48'		Pembele  73'

Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran Referee: Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)

Mali  v  Gabon

23 March 2013 20:30

Mali	0–2	Gabon
		Engongah Mayoungou  (pen.)

Stade Omar Oucief, Aïn Témouchent Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Stade Omar Oucief - 26 March
	Egypt	2
	Nigeria	0
					Stade Ahmed Zabana - 30 March
					Egypt	1 (5)
					Ghana	1 (4)
					Third place
	Stade Ahmed Zabana - 26 March			Stade Ahmed Zabana - 29 March
	Ghana	0 (4)		Nigeria	2
	Mali	0 (2)			Mali	1

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  v  Nigeria

26 March 2013 17:00

Egypt	2–0	Nigeria
Kahraba  46', 81'

Stade Omar Oucief, Aïn Témouchent Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

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Ghana  v  Mali

26 March 2013 17:00

Ghana	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Mali
	Penalties
	4 – 2

Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran Referee: Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)

Third place match

Nigeria  v  Mali

29 March 2013 17:30

Nigeria	2–1	Mali
Umar  72', 82'		Keita  87'

Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

Final

Ghana  v  Egypt

30 March 2013 17:30

Ghana	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
Arkorful  7' (pen.)	report	Gomaa  4' (pen.)
	Penalties
Nketiah Akorful Atamah Lartey Ofori Anaba	4–5	Rabia Gomaa Samir Refeat Kahraba Ghali

Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Mehdi Abid-Charef (Algeria)

Winners

2013 African U-20 Championship winners
Egypt Fourth title

Player Awards

• Top goalscorer: Aminu Umar^[8]
• Fair player of the tournament: Francis Narh^[8]
• Player of the tournament: Saleh Gomaa^[8]

Team of the tournament

Starting Eleven Mossad Awad Ahmed Samir Boubacar Diarra Ramy Rabia Lawrence Lartey Abdul Jeleel Ajagun Derrick Mensah Saleh Gomaa Kahraba Zinedine Ferhat Ebenezer Assifuah

Substitutes Eric Ofori Antwi Tiékoro Keita Francis Narh Didier Ibrahim Ndong Emomo Eddy Ngoyi Mohammed Goyi Aliyu David Djigla Hossam Mohammed Ghaly[8]

Goal scorers

4 goals

• Aminu Umar

3 goals

• Ebenezer Assifuah
• Kahraba

2 goals

• Saleh Gomaa
• Adama Niane
• Abdul Jeleel Ajagun

1 goal

Seidu Salifu Jeremiah Arkorful Mahmoud Hamad Ramy Rabia

Samba Diallo Tiékoro Keita Emomo Eddy Ngoyi

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

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

•  Egypt
•  Ghana
•  Mali
•  Nigeria

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. "AWARDS FROM ORANGE CAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP- ALGERIA 2013". ORANGE CAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP- ALGERIA 2013. CAF. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

External links

• 2013 African U-20 Championship