2021 Arab Cup U-20 كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة 2021 Host country Egypt Dates 20 June – 6 July Teams 16 (from 2 confederations) Venue(s) 5 (in 1 host city) Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title) Runners-up Algeria Matches played 31 Goals scored 107 (3.45 per match) Top scorer(s)
International football competition
2021 Arab Cup U-20 (Arabic : كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة 2021 ) was the fifth edition of the Arab Cup U-20 . It is hosted by Egypt from 20 June to 6 July 2021.[1] 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 clinch their first title.[3]
Teams [ ] Draw [ ] The draw took place on 29 May 2021. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.[4] [5]
The draw mechanism was in accordance with the seeding of the teams, as follows:[6]
^ Uzbekistan was not yet invited at the time of the draw.
Venues [ ]
Cairo International Stadium will host the majority of matches.
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]
Match officials [ ] The following 31 referees were chosen for the tournament.[8]
Squads [ ] Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are 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 [ ] Source:
GSA Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Group B [ ] Source:
GSA Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group C [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Senegal
3
2
1
0
11
3
+8
7
Advance to knockout phase
2
3
2
0
1
8
9
−1
6
3
Iraq
3
1
1
1
6
5
+1
4
4
Lebanon
3
0
0
3
2
10
−8
0
Source:
GSA Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group D [ ] Source:
GSA Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Knockout phase [ ] In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is played).
Bracket [ ] 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]
Statistics [ ] Goalscorers [ ] There were 107 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match (as of 6 July 2021).
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
See also [ ] References [ ]
Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Algeria
Egypt (H)
Niger
Mauritania
Tajikistan
United Arab Emirates
Senegal
Iraq
Lebanon
Tunisia
Yemen
Uzbekistan
(against Algeria)
Sulaiman Hazazi (against Yemen)