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2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2021
Coupe d'Afrique des Nations des U-20 2021
File:2021 Afcon U20 - logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryMauritania
Dates14 February–6 March 2021[1]
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Ghana (4th title)
Runners-up Uganda
Third place Gambia
Fourth place Tunisia
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored52 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uganda Derrick Kakooza
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Ghana Abdul Fatawu
Fair play award Uganda
← 2019
2023 →

The 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (23rd edition if tournaments without hosts are included), the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for players aged 20 and below. In September 2018, it was decided that the tournament would be hosted by Mauritania.[2][3][4][5] This will be the first edition in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations to have expanded to 12 teams instead of eight.[6] The top four teams of the tournament would have normally qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia as the CAF representatives. However, FIFA decided to cancel the tournament on 24 December 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

The defending champions Mali failed to qualify. Ghana won their 4th title by defeating debutant Uganda in the Final

Qualification

Main article: 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

At the end of the qualification phase, eleven teams will join the hosts Mauritania.

Player eligibility

Players born 1 January 2001 or later are eligible to participate in the competition.

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the final tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics count only those since the introduction of final tournament in 1991.

Team Zone Appearance Previous best performance
 Mauritania (hosts) West A Zone 1st Debut
 Morocco North Zone 5th Champions (1997)
 Tunisia North Zone 1st Debut
 Gambia West A Zone 3rd Third place (2007)
 Ghana West B Zone 12th Champions (1993, 1999, 2009)
 Burkina Faso West B Zone 4th Fourth place (2003)
 Uganda Central-East Zone 1st Debut
 Tanzania Central-East Zone 1st Debut
 Central African Republic Central Zone 1st Debut
 Cameroon Central Zone 10th Champions (1995)
 Namibia South Zone 1st Debut
 Mozambique South Zone 1st Debut

Venues

Nouakchott
Stade Olympique Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 8,200
Nouadhibou
Stade Municipal de Nouadhibou
Capacity: 10,300

Squads

Further information: 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations squads

Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 25 January 2021, 11:00 WAT (UTC+1), at the Hilton Hotel in Cameroon.[8] The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The hosts Mauritania were seeded in Group A and allocated to position A1, with Ghana and Burkina Faso, the only teams among the 12 who participated in the last edition of the CAN Total U20 drawn into B1 & C1 positions. All the other teams were in the same level and were distributed over the three groups.

Hosts Pot 1 Pot 2

Match officials

A total of 16 referees and 18 assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[9]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter finals along with the two best 3rd placed teams.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 71):[citation needed]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are in WAT (UTC+1).[10]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Cameroon 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
2  Uganda 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Mauritania (H) 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4  Mozambique 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Mauritania 0–1 Cameroon
Report Jang Junior 81'
Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)
Uganda 2–0 Mozambique
Kakooza 57' (pen.)
Sserwadda 86'		 Report
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Cameroon 1–0 Uganda
Jang Junior 32' Report
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Mauritania 2–0 Mozambique
M'Bareck 19'
Sanghare 45'		 Report
Referee: Mahamat Alhadji Allaou (Chad)
Mozambique 1–4 Cameroon
Lorenzoni 85' Report Eto'o 8', 45'
Milla 47'
Yahaya 87'
Referee: (Ms.) Akhona Zennith Makalima (South Africa)
Mauritania 1–2 Uganda
Sanghare 37' (pen.) Report Sserwadda 60'
Kakooza 87' (pen.)
Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traoré (Ivory Coast)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Burkina Faso 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
2  Central African Republic 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4[a]
3  Tunisia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4[a]
4  Namibia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Central African Republic 3pts, Tunisia 0pts.
Burkina Faso 0–0 Tunisia
Report
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)
Namibia 1–1 Central African Republic
Kandjii 81' Report Yangao 53'
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)
Tunisia 2–0 Namibia
Lamti 28'
Ayari 48'		 Report
Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)
Burkina Faso 3–1 Central African Republic
Bazie 45+2'
Chardey 55'
Beleme 63'		 Report Ngoma 32'
Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)
Burkina Faso 1–0 Namibia
Botue 90' Report
Referee: Mohamed Ali Moussa (Niger)
Tunisia 1–2 Central African Republic
Labidi 24' (pen.) Report Gombe-Fei 5'
Yapende 6'
Referee: Messie Jessie Nkounkou Mvoutou (Congo)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Morocco 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
2  Gambia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4[a]
3  Ghana 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4[a]
4  Tanzania 3 0 1 2 1 8 −7 1
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Gambia 3pts, Ghana 0pts.
Ghana 4–0 Tanzania
Boah 3', 71'
Issahaku 30'
Barnes 89'		 Report
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Gambia 0–1 Morocco
Report Moubarik 23' (pen.)
Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)
Tanzania 1–1 Gambia
Dismas 88' Report Bojang 40'
Morocco 0–0 Ghana
Report
Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)
Ghana 1–2 Gambia
Issahaku 9' Report Drammeh 16'
Jallow 33'
Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)
Tanzania 0–3 Morocco
Report Moubarik 4' (pen.)
Essahel 10'
Mouloua 13'
Referee: Samuel Uwikunda (Rwanda)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 C  Ghana 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
2 B  Tunisia 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3 A  Mauritania 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
Source: [citation needed]


Knockout Stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
25 February 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 
 Cameroon1 (2)
 
1 March 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 Ghana1 (4)
 
 Ghana1
 
26 February 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 Gambia0
 
 Central African Republic0
 
6 March 2021 – Cheikha Ould Boïdiya
 
 Gambia3
 
 Ghana2
 
25 February 2021 – Cheikha Ould Boïdiya
 
 Uganda0
 
 Burkina Faso0 (3)
 
1 March 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 Uganda0 (5)
 
 Uganda4
 
26 February 2021 – Stade Municipal
 
 Tunisia1 Third place
 
 Morocco0 (1)
 
5 March 2021 – Stade Olympique
 
 Tunisia0 (4)
 
 Gambia0(4)
 
 
 Tunisia0(2)
 


Quarter finals

Cameroon 1–1 (a.e.t.) Ghana
Milla 103' Report Boateng 105+2'
Penalties
 2–4
Referee: Mahamat Alhadji Allaou (Chad)


Burkina Faso 0–0 (a.e.t.) Uganda
Report
Penalties
 3–5
Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)


Morocco 0–0 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Report
Penalties
 1–4
Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)


Central African Republic 0–3 Gambia
Report Fofana 5'
Bojang 49'
Barry 90+2'
Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)

Semi finals

Ghana 1–0 Gambia
Boah 34' Report
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Uganda 4–1 Tunisia
Basangwa 4'
Kakooza 37', 50', 73'		 Report Ben Lamin 39'
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Third place

Gambia 0-0 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Report
Penalties
 4–2
Referee: Celso Alvacao (Mozambique)

Final

Ghana 2-0 Uganda
Afriyie 22', 51' Report
Referee: Abdelaziz Bouh (Mauritania)

Winners

 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations 

Ghana
Fourth title

CAF Team of the Tournament

Source:[11]

Coach: Uganda Morley Byekwaso

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Ghana Ibrahim Danlad Central African Republic Flory Jean Michael Yangao
Cameroon Blondon Meyapya
The Gambia Lamin Jawara
Uganda Aziz Kayondo 		Morocco El Mehdi Moubarik
The Gambia Lamarana Jallow
Tunisia Chiheb Labidi 		Ghana Abdul Fatawu
Uganda Derrick Kakooza
Burkina Faso Joffrey Bazie

Goalscorers

There have been 52 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match (as of 1 March 2021).

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final standings

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by a penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Ghana 6 3 2 1 11 9 3 +6
2  Uganda 6 3 1 2 10 8 5 +3
3  Gambia 6 2 2 2 8 6 4 +2
4  Tunisia 6 1 3 2 6 4 6 −2
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Cameroon 4 3 0 1 9 7 2 +5
6  Morocco 4 2 2 0 8 4 0 +4
7  Burkina Faso 4 2 2 0 8 4 1 +3
8  Central African Republic 4 1 1 2 4 4 8 −4
Eliminated in group stage
9  Mauritania 3 1 0 2 3 3 3 0
10  Namibia 3 0 1 2 1 1 4 −3
11  Mozambique 3 0 1 2 1 1 8 −7
12  Tanzania 3 0 1 2 1 1 8 −7

References

  1. ^ "2020 – 2021 IC Season (Final)" (PDF). CAF.
  2. ^ "Can U20 2019: Mauritania officially responsible for organizing the competition". Uneath. 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ "CAN 2019 : un dernier sursis pour le Cameroun ?" (in French). CamFoot. 29 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Mauritania hosts the 2021 Afcon U20". FFRIM official website. 17 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] – 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
  6. ^ "CAF Holds Executive Committee Meeting ahead of CAN Total U-23 Final". CAFOnline.com. CAF-Confedération Africaine du Football. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. ^ https://www.fifa.com/news/update-on-fifa-women-s-world-cuptm-and-men-s-youth-competitions
  8. ^ "Accreditation for official draw of Total U-20 AFCON Mauritania 2021". CAF. 25 January 2021.
  9. ^ "LIST OF SELECTED REFEREES U20 MAURITANIA 2021" (PDF). CAF.
  10. ^ @CAF_Online (31 January 2019). "Here is the fixtures of #TotalAFCONU20" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Ghana's Fatawu named Total U20 AFCON player of the tournament". Confédération Africaine de Football. 7 March 2021.
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