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2013 African U-20 Championship
بطولة إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2013
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
Dates16–30 March
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored26 (1.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)Nigeria Aminu Umar
(4 goals)
Best player(s)Egypt Saleh Gomaa
Best goalkeeperEgypt Mossad Awad
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The 2013 African U-20 Championship officially known as the Orange African U-20 Championship, Algeria 2013 was the 19th edition of the African U-20 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

Main article: 2013 African U-20 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Squads

Further information: 2013 African U-20 Championship 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 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 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 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 0–1 Mali
Niane 12'
DR Congo 0–0 Gabon
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 soccer ball with check mark
Akorful soccer ball with check mark
Atamah soccer ball with red X
Lartey soccer ball with check mark
Ofori soccer ball with check mark
Anaba soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with red X Rabia
soccer ball with check mark Gomaa
soccer ball with check mark Samir
soccer ball with check mark Refeat
soccer ball with check mark Kahraba
soccer ball with check mark 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:

See also

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. ^ a b c d "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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