2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament

2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament
Tournament details
CountryTunisia
Dates15–27 December 2020
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Tunisia (6th title)
 Morocco (2nd title)
Third place Libya
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored7 (1.17 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Algeria Mohamed Belloumi
Libya Mohamed Khalil
Morocco El Mehdi Maouhoub
Morocco Oussama Targhalline
Tunisia Adam Ben Lamin
Tunisia Chiheb Labidi
(1 goal each)
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2021 →

The 2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament was the 13th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament. The tournament took place in Tunisia, from 13 to 28 December 2020.[1] This tournament serves as a qualification event for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. The champions and the runners-up will qualify for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Participants

Egypt withdrew from the tournament due to seventeen players from the team testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus.

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Radès Stade Olympique de Radès 60,000
Tunis Stade Chedly Zouiten 18,000

Squads

Main article: 2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament squads

Match officials

A total of 9 referees and 10 assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[2]

Tournament

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tunisia (H) 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
2  Morocco 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Libya 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Algeria 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
5  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[3]
Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2020. Source: UNAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

Tunisia 1–1 Algeria
  • Ben Lamin 33'
 Report
Referee: Ahmed El-Ghandour (Egypt)
Libya Cancelled Egypt
Report
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
Egypt Cancelled Tunisia
Algeria 0–1 Morocco
Report
Referee: Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
Morocco 0–0 Tunisia
Report
Referee: Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)
Libya 1–0 Algeria
 Report
Referee: Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
Algeria Cancelled Egypt
Morocco 1–1 Libya
 Report
Referee: Ahmed El-Ghandour (Egypt)
Tunisia 1–0 Libya
 Report
Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
Egypt Cancelled Morocco

Champions

Qualified teams for Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

The following four teams from CAF qualify for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations1
 Morocco 24 December 2020 10 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2005)
 Tunisia 27 December 2020 6 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 7 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.17 goals per match.

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Algeria Khalil Bara (vs Libya)

Awards

  • Golden ball:
  • Golden boot:
  • Golden glove:
  • Fair play trophy:

References

  1. ^ "Tirage au sort du tournoi de l'UNAF U20 masculin". yabiladi.com. Redaction. November 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "قائمة حكام الدورة الترشيحية لمنتخبات تحت 20 عاما". UNAF official website. 2020.
  3. ^ "UNAF: كوفيد-19 يحكم على منتخب مصر بالانسحاب من دورة اتحاد شمال افريقيا لكرة القدم تحت 20 عاما المؤهلة إلى نهائيات كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2021". unafonline.org/ar/. 19 December 2020.


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