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2013 African U-20 Championship

بطولة إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2013
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Dates	16–30 March
Teams	8 (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 played	16
Goals scored	26 (1.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Aminu Umar (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Saleh Gomaa
Best goalkeeper	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. The semifinalists will participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Qualified teams

•  Algeria (hosts)
•  Benin
•  DR Congo
•  Egypt
•  Gabon
•  Ghana
•  Mali
•  Nigeria

Squads

Venues

In March 2012, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Algiers and Oran were the two candidate cities to host the competition. In May, Algiers was initially chosen as the host city of the competition. 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.

Oran	OranAïn Témouchent	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.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ghana	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Benin	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
4	Algeria (H)	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Algeria	0–0	Benin

Ghana	1–2	Egypt
Assifuah 76'		Hamad 67' Gomaa 87'

Ghana	1–0	Benin
Assifuah 56'

Algeria	0–1	Egypt
		Rabia 43' Hamad  90+1'

Algeria	0–2	Ghana
		Salifu 5' Assifuah 29'

Benin	0–1	Egypt
		Kahraba 22'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mali	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Gabon	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4
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'

Gabon	0–1	Nigeria
		Ajagun 21' (pen.)

Nigeria	3–1	DR Congo
Ajagun 34' (pen.) Umar 39', 48'		Pembele 73'

Mali	0–2	Gabon
		Engongah Mayoungou (pen.)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Stade Omar Oucief - 26 March
	Egypt	2
					Stade Ahmed Zabana - 30 March
	Nigeria	0
					Egypt	1 (5)
	Stade Ahmed Zabana - 26 March
					Ghana	1 (4)
	Ghana	0 (4)
	Mali	0 (2)
					Third place
					Stade Ahmed Zabana - 29 March
					Nigeria	2
					Mali	1

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.

Egypt	2–0	Nigeria
Kahraba 46', 81'

Ghana	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Mali
Penalties
	4 – 2

Third place match

Nigeria	2–1	Mali
Umar 72', 82'		Keita 87'

Final

Ghana	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Egypt
Ofori 7' (pen.)	report	Gomaa 4' (pen.)
Penalties
Nketiah Akorful Atamah Lartey Ofori Anaba	4–5	Rabia Gomaa Samir Refaat Kahraba Ghali

Winners

2013 African U-20 Championship winners
Egypt Fourth title

Player Awards

• Top goalscorer: Aminu Umar
• Fair player of the tournament: Francis Narh
• Player of the tournament: Saleh Gomaa

Team of the tournament

Goal scorers

4 goals

• Aminu Umar

3 goals

• Ebenezer Assifuah
• Kahraba

2 goals

• Saleh Gomaa
• Adama Niane
• Abdul Jeleel Ajagun

1 goal

• Ebenezer Ofori
• Seidu Salifu
• Jeremiah Arkorful
• Mahmoud Hamad
• Ramy Rabia
• Samba Diallo
• Tiékoro Keita
• Emomo Eddy Ngoyi

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The top four teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup:

•  Egypt
•  Ghana
•  Mali
•  Nigeria

See also

• 2012 Accra Three Nations Cup - exhibition competition in preparation of the Championship

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. ^ "AWARDS FROM ORANGE CAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP- ALGERIA 2013". ORANGE CAF U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP- ALGERIA 2013. CAF. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

External links

• 2013 African U-20 Championship

• 2013 African U-20 Championship
• U-20 Africa Cup of Nations
• 2013 in African football
• International association football competitions hosted by Algeria
• 2013 in Algerian sport
• 2013 in youth association football
• Sports competitions in Oran
• 2010s in Oran