title: 2021 Arab Cup U-20
text: # 2021 Arab Cup U-20
  
  The 2021 Arab Cup U-20 (Arabic: كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة) was the fifth edition of the Arab Cup U-20. It was hosted by Egypt from 20 June to 6 July 2021. The tournament included 12 UAFA-member teams and four invited teams. Senegal were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Saudi Arabia beat Algeria 2–1 in the final to win their first title.
  
  ## Teams
  
  | Algeria  Comoros  Djibouti  Egypt (hosts)  Iraq  Lebanon | Mauritania  Morocco  Niger (invited)  Saudi Arabia  Senegal (invited) | Tajikistan (invited)  Tunisia  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan (invited)  Yemen |
  | - | - | - |
  
  ## Draw
  
  The draw took place on 29 May 2021. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. The match schedule was unveiled on 6 June 2021.
  
  The draw mechanism was in accordance with the seeding of the teams, as follows:
  
  | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Egypt  Senegal  Tunisia  Morocco | Algeria  Iraq  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates | Mauritania  Djibouti  Lebanon  Uzbekistan | Yemen  Comoros  Niger  Tajikistan |
  
  * ↑ Uzbekistan was not yet invited at the time of the draw.
  
  ## Venues
  
  The 30 June Stadium was later included as a venue for the Group D matches due to the poor condition of Police Academy Stadium.
  
  | Cities | Venues | Capacity |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cairo | Cairo International Stadium | 75,000 |
  | Cairo | Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium | 35,000 |
  | Cairo | 30 June Stadium | 30,000 |
  | Cairo | Petro Sport Stadium | 16,000 |
  | Cairo | Police Academy Stadium | 12,000 |
  
  ## Match officials
  
  The following 31 referees were chosen for the tournament.
  
  | Lahlou Benbraham Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour Zaid Thamer Mohammed Mohamad Ghabaien Abdullah Al Jamali Abdul Basit Shahoub Qassim Al-Hatmi | Jalal Jayed Baraa Abu Aisha Abdulhadi Al Ruaile Majid Al Shamrani Amir Loussif Sultan Al-Hammadi |
  | - | - |
  
  ## Squads
  
  Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were 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
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Egypt (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
  | 2 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Advance to knockout phase |
  | 3 | Niger | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
  | 4 | Mauritania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 | |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Morocco | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
  | 2 | Tajikistan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
  | 3 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 3 | |
  | 4 | Djibouti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | |
  
  ### 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 | Comoros | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
  | 3 | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
  | 4 | Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | |
  
  ### Group D
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tunisia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase |
  | 2 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout phase |
  | 3 | Yemen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
  | 4 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |
  
  ## Knockout phase
  
  In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).
  
  ### Bracket
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 29 June | 29 June | | | |
  | Egypt | 3 | | | |
  | Egypt | 3 | 3 July | 3 July | | |
  | Tajikistan | 0 | 3 July | 3 July | |
  | Tajikistan | 0 | Egypt | 2 | |
  | 30 June | 30 June | | Egypt | 2 | |
  | 30 June | 30 June | Saudi Arabia | 3 | |
  | Senegal | 1 (2) | Saudi Arabia | 3 | |
  | Senegal | 1 (2) | | | | 6 July | 6 July |
  | Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (3) | | | | 6 July | 6 July |
  | Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (3) | | | | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
  | 29 June | 29 June | | | | | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
  | 29 June | 29 June | | | | Algeria | 1 |
  | Morocco | 1 (3) | | | | Algeria | 1 |
  | Morocco | 1 (3) | 3 July | 3 July | | | |
  | Algeria (p) | 1 (4) | 3 July | 3 July | | | |
  | Algeria (p) | 1 (4) | Algeria | 2 | | | |
  | 30 June | 30 June | | Algeria | 2 | | | |
  | 30 June | 30 June | Tunisia | 0 | |
  | Tunisia | 1 | Tunisia | 0 | |
  | Comoros | 0 | | | |
  
  ### 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.
  
  ## Statistics
  
  ### Goalscorers
  
  There were 107 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.45 goals per match.
  
  6 goals
  
  * Mohamed Radid
  
  5 goals
  
  * Souleymane Faye
  
  4 goals
  
  * Abdullah Radif
  * Youssef Hassan
  * Omar Sadik
  * Mahmoud Adel
  
  3 goals
  
  * Muhammadali Azizboyev
  * Eisa Khalfan
  
  2 goals
  
  * Mohamed Omar
  * Abdul Qader Ayoub
  * Kassem Abdul Razzaq
  * Ilyas Boughafer
  * Bilal El Khannous
  * Meshari Al-Nemer
  * Ibrahima Cissoko
  * Mami Faye
  * Aziz Abid
  * Hedi Jertila
  * Youssef Senana
  * Mansoor Saeed
  * Abdulfattoh Hudojdodzoda
  * Fahad Yassin
  * Ahmed Abdelhamid
  * Ahmed Sherif
  
  1 goal
  
  * Issam Bouaoune
  * Adil Boulbina
  * Adam Dougui
  * Samy Mahour
  * Isman Idris
  * Haider Abtah
  * Abdellah Azrour
  * Abdel Rahman Rashdan
  * Abd Alrahman Smida
  * Abdeljawad Abdeljawad
  * Ahmed Hawash
  * Blnd Hassan
  * Nasr Salam
  * Ali Reda Ismail
  * Ali Kassas
  * Hassan Akboub
  * Abdulaziz Al-Elewai
  * Mohammed Al Dawsari
  * Musab Al-Juwayr
  * Suhaib Al Zaid
  * Mohammed Baker
  * Mamadou Gning
  * Ousmane Diao
  * Malick Ndoye
  * Fakhriddin Akhtamov
  * Salam Ashurmadov
  * Kabir Salimshoev
  * Khosrow Tahirov
  * Mohamad Al Yammahi
  * Sultan Adil
  * Mohamed Al Wafi
  * Mubarak Ahmed
  * Dhari Fahad
  * Bilal Mouloud
  * Adam Omar
  * Salah Samila
  * Abed Elakh Boldochiv
  * Gacem Charafi
  * Ammar Noman
  * Imed Eljdaima
  
  1 own goal
  
  * Ahmed Mustapha (against Algeria)
  * Sulaiman Hazazi (against Yemen)
  