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

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

Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
Goal difference in all group matches
Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Substitutes

Goal scorers

4 goals

Aminu Umar

3 goals

2 goals

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:

References

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

External links

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