2011 African U-20 Championship

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2011 African Youth Championship
2011 Afrikaanse Jeug Championship
CAF U20/South Africa
2011 African U20 Championship.jpg
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Africa
CityJohannesburg
Dates17 April – 1 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Nigeria (6th title)
Runners-up Cameroon
Third place Egypt
Fourth place Mali
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored34 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Uche Nwofor (4 goals)
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The 2011 African Youth Championship was a football tournament for the Under-20 level national teams in Africa. It was due to be held in Libya from 18 March to 1 April. Following political unrest in the region, CAF decided to postpone the tournament, before deciding that South Africa would be the new hosts, with games taking place between 17 April and 2 May.[1]

As the Championship also acted as a qualifier for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the tournament would have to be played before the end of June 2011.[2]

The tournament was won by Nigeria, who beat Cameroon in the final, to win their sixth title.[3]

Qualification[]

Further information: 2011 African U-20 Championship qualification

Qualified teams:

Squads[]

Further information: 2011 African U-20 Championship squads

Venues[]

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Johannesburg has been named as venue of Orange African Youth Championship 2011.[4] Matches was played at two stadiums in Johannesburg. Dobsonville Stadium, home of Moroka Swallows and Bidvest Stadium, home of Wits University.[5] Rand Stadium, was originally selected as a host stadium, but was dropped in favour of Bidvest Stadium.[6]

South Africa Johannesburg
Dobsonville Stadium Bidvest Stadium
26°13′36″S 27°51′51″E / 26.226798°S 27.864071°E / -26.226798; 27.864071 (Dobsonville Stadium) 26°11′16″S 28°01′42″E / 26.187778°S 28.028333°E / -26.187778; 28.028333 (Bidvest Stadium)
Capacity: 24,000 Capacity: 5,000
Spectators watching Brazil national football team train at Dobsonville Stadium 2010-06-03 3.jpg

Officials[]

The following referees were chosen for the tournament.[7]

Final tournament[]

Key to colours in group tables
Team qualified for the knockout stages

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mali 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
 Egypt 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 6
 South Africa 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
 Lesotho 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
South Africa 2–4 Mali
Goal 20', 77' Report Doumbia Goal 11'
Coulibaly Goal 22', 38'
Diallo Goal 67'
Egypt 2–0 
Hegazy Goal 46'
Salah Goal 63' (pen.)		 Report
Referee: Adam Cordier (Chad)
 1–2 South Africa
L. Marabe Goal 66' Report Goal 22'
Goal 32'
Referee: Hama Nampianbraza (Madagascar)
Mali 1–0 Egypt
Goal 65' Report
Referee: Malick Salif (Ghana)
Mali 1–1 
Goal 17' Report Goal 82'
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
South Africa 0–1 Egypt
Report Hamdy Goal 45'

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Cameroon 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
 Nigeria 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Ghana 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
 Gambia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Ghana 1–2 Nigeria
Boakye Goal 31' Report Nwofor Goal 17', 82'
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)
Cameroon 1–0 Gambia
Goal (41) Report
Referee: Mario Bangoura Aboubacar (Guinea)
Nigeria 0–1 Cameroon
Report Ohandza Goal 45+1'
Gambia 1–1 Ghana
Goal 22' Report Boakye Goal 88'
Referee: (South Africa)
Ghana 1–1 Cameroon
Goal 20' Report Goal 90'
Referee: Hama Nampianbraza (Madagascar)
Nigeria 2–0 Gambia
Kayode Goal 65'
Olamilekan Goal 77'		 Report
Referee: Adam Cordier (Chad)

Knockout stage[]

The teams that reached this phase qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 April
 
 
 Mali0
 
1 May
 
 Nigeria2
 
 Nigeria3
 
28 April
 
 Cameroon2
 
 Egypt0 (2)
 
 
 Cameroon0 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
1 May
 
 
 Mali0
 
 
 Egypt1

Semifinals[]

Mali 0–2 Nigeria
Report Nwofor Goal 22'
Okoro Goal 90+2' (pen.)
Referee: Mario Bangoura Aboubacar (Guinea)
Egypt 0–0 (a.e.t.) Cameroon
Report
Penalties
Hegazy Penalty missed
Hamdy Penalty missed
Ibrahim Penalty scored
Ashraf Penalty scored		 2–4 Songo’o Penalty scored
Nyatchou Ndema Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Banana Penalty scored
Referee: Adam Cordier (Chad)

Third place playoff[]

Mali 0–1 Egypt
Report Hamdy Goal 48'
Referee: Hama Nampianbraza (Madagascar)

Final[]

Nigeria 3–2 Cameroon
Kayode Goal 75'
Nwofor Goal 80'
Envoh Goal 90+2'		 Report Ohandza Goal 82'
Salli Goal 85'
Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

Winners[]

 2011 African Youth Championship 

Nigeria
Sixth title

Player Awards[]

Goal scorers[]

4 goals
3 goals
  • South Africa
2 goals
1 goal

References[]

  1. ^ "CAF gives youth tourney to SA". Kickoff.com. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
  2. ^ "CAF indefinitely postpones 2011 Africa Youth Championship". Confederation of African Football. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Nigeria win superb Africa Youth Championship final". BBC. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Johannesburg has been named as venue of Orange AYC 2011". Confederation of African Football. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Dobsonville, Rand Stadiums to host AYC". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Venue change for AYC games". Kickoff.com. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  7. ^ "Referees". Confederation of African Football. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  8. ^ David Gold (19 March 2011). "South Africa replace Libya as African Youth Championship hosts". Insideworldfootball Limited. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  9. ^ a b c "Awards : Orange CAN U-20". Orange African Youth Championship 2011. CAF. Retrieved 29 November 2011.

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