The 2011 UNAF U-23 Tournament is an association football tournament open to the Under-23 national teams of
UNAF
The Union of North African Football (UNAF; ar, اتحاد شمال إفريقيا لكرة القدم, Ittiḥād Shamāl Ifrīqyā li-Kurat al-Qadam; french: Union nord-africaine de football) is an association football organising body. It was l ...
member countries. The tournament took the newly constructed
Stade de Tanger in
Tangier
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the capi ...
,
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
. Of the five UNAF member countries, Libya and Tunisia chose not to participate in the competition . Instead, Niger, Saudi Arabia and Qatar were invited to the tournament. However, just days prior to the start of the competition, Egypt and Qatar withdrew from the competition.
Tournoi de l'UNAF : Le Qatar et l’Egypte se retirent
; October 28, 2011
Saudi Arabia won the competition after winning their two games against Algeria and Morocco.
Participants
Venues
Matches
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Scorers
;3 goals
* Mehdi Benaldjia
;1 goal
* Baghdad Bounedjah
Baghdad Bounedjah ( ar, بغداد بونجاح, born 24 November 1991) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd and the Algeria national team.
Throughout his club career, Bounedjah h ...
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* Tamim Al-Dosari Tamim ( ar, تميم, links=no) may refer to
*Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar
* Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer
*Tamim (name)
*Tamim (cricketer), Afghan cricketer
*Banu Tamim, one of the main tribes of Arabia
*Hotat Bani Tamim Hota ...
* Mosaab Al-Otaibi
Mosaab Bander Al-Otaibi ( ar, مصعب بندر العتيبي; born 3 March 1992) is a Saudi professional footballer who most recently played for Al-Adalh. He primarily plays as a winger or as an attacking midfielder.
Career statistics
Hon ...
* Radhwan Al-Mousa
* Hattan Bahebri
* Mohamad Majarashi
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References
External links
2011 UNAF U-23 Tournament - ''unaf-foot.com''
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2010
2011 in African football
International association football competitions hosted by Morocco
2011–12 in Moroccan football
2011–12 in Saudi Arabian football
2011–12 in Algerian football