The 2011

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was a

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tournament for the Under-20 level national teams in Africa. It was due to be held in Libya from 18 March to 1 April. Following

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in the region, CAF decided to postpone the tournament, before deciding that South Africa would be the new hosts, with games taking place between 17 April and 2 May. As the Championship also acted as a qualifier for the

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, the tournament would have to be played before the end of June 2011. The tournament was won by

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, who beat

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

in the final, to win their sixth title.

Qualification

Qualified teams: * (hosts, replaces ) * * * * * * *

Squads

Venues

Johannesburg has been named as venue of Orange African Youth Championship 2011. Matches was played at two stadiums in Johannesburg.

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, home of

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and

Bidvest Stadium Bidvest Stadium, is a multipurpose sports stadium in the Braampark, suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. The stadium has a dedicated field to host football matches with a capacity of 5,000 seats, and other fields to host other sports discipl ...

, home of

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, was originally selected as a host stadium, but was dropped in favour of Bidvest Stadium.

Officials

The following referees were chosen for the tournament. ;Referees * Daniel Volgraaff (

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) *

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(

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

) *

Badara Diatta Badara Diatta (born 2 August 1969) is a Senegalese football referee. A FIFA referee beginning in 1999, Diatta has refereed at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and at the 2006, 2010, and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He has previously refereed i ...

(

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

) * Crespin Aguidissou (

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north ...

) * Eldin Abdel Gadir Badr (

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

) * Hamdi Chaaban (

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

) *

Mohamed Benouza Mohamed Abderrezak Benouza ( ar, محمد بنوزة) (born 26 September 1972 in Oran) is an Algerian football referee who currently resides in Oran. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2001. Career He was selected as a ...

(

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) * Mario Bangoura Aboubacar (

Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

) ;Assistant referees *Thusi Siwela Zakhele (

) *Mohamed Benarous (

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) *Sunguifolo Yeo (

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) *Malonga Bouende (

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) *John Kanyenye Lonngional (

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

) *Berhe Tesfagiorgis (

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

) *Malick Alidu Salifu (

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

) *Fousseyni Traore (

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

)

Final tournament

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

The teams that reached this phase qualified for the

Semifinals

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Third place playoff

Final

Winners

Player Awards

*Top goalscorer:

Uche Nwofor Uche Innocent Nwofor (born 17 September 1991) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently unattached. Club career Born in Lagos, Nwofor began his career with Power United also called Anambra Pillars F.C. He left in summ ...

*Fair player of the tournament: Ahmed El Shenawy *Player of the tournament:

Edgar Salli Edgar Nicaise Constant Salli (born 17 August 1992), commonly known as Edgar Salli, is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays as a winger for Olympiakos Nicosia and the Cameroon national team. He has previously played for Monaco and Cot ...

Goal scorers

;4 goals *

;3 goals * Lucky Nguzana ;2 goals *

Frank Ohandza Franck Ohandza Zoa (born 28 September 1991) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Heilongjiang Ice City. Club career Born in Ngong, Cameroon, Ohandza began playing football for the youth side of local club Daga Y ...

* Mohamed Hamdy *

Richmond Boakye Richmond Yiadom Boakye (born 28 January 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a striker. Club career Early career Born in Accra, Greater Accrai, Boakye began his career with Bechem United in his native country of Ghana. H ...

Kalifa Coulibaly Kalifa Coulibaly (born 21 August 1991) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Mali national team. Club career Born in Bamako, Coulibaly played club football for Real Bamako, Paris Saint-Germain B and Sporting Charle ...

Olarenwaju Kayode Olarenwaju Ayobami Kayode (born 8 May 1993) is a Nigerian professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for Turkish club Ümraniyespor on loan from the Ukrainian Premier League club FC Shak ...

;1 goal * Emmanuel Mbongo * Ahmed Hegazy *

Mohamed Salah Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly ( ar, محمد صلاح حامد محروس غالي, ; born 15 June 1992), also known as Mo Salah, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Liverpool and captains the Egypt na ...

* Baboucarr Jammeh * Kwame Chana * Litsepe Leonty Marabe * Amara Konaté * Cheick Mohamed Chérif Doumbia * Ibrahim Diallo *

Terry Envoh Terrence Envoh is a Nigerian footballer. He currently plays for Enugu Rangers Career Envoh began his career with LEA Primary School Tudun Wada and signed in 2007 with Mighty Jets of Jos Nigeria. His talent was soon discovered by Nigerian prem ...

* Azeez Ramon Olamilekan * Stanley Okoro * Letsie Koapeng

References

External links

African U-20 Championship 2011 – ''rsssf.com''2011 African U-20 Championship – ''cafonline''CAF U-20 Championship at Soccerway
{{African Youth Championship Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

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