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 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations also called TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsoring reason (previously known as the African Youth Championship or the African U-20 Championship) is the main international youth football (soccer), foo ...

. The competition was held in

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in the cities of

Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

and

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from March 16 to 30 March 2013. The semifinalists will participate in

2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the nineteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. It ran from 21 June to 13 July 2013. At the FIFA Executive Meeting in Zürich on 3 March 2011, ...

Qualification

Qualified teams

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Squads

Venues

In March 2012, the Algerian Football Federation announced that

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

and

were the two candidate cities to host the competition. In May,

was initially chosen as the host city of the competition. However, in August, the Algerian Football Federation announced that

and

would replace Algiers as the host cities, due to the lack of available stadiums in the latter city.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in

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Officials

;Referees *Bamlack Tessema Weyesa (

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

) *Maguette N'Diaye (

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

) *Youssef Essrayri (

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) *Bernard Camille (

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) *Hudu Munyemana (

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) *Reinhold Shikongo (

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) *Juste Zio (

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...

) *Thierry Nkurunziza (

Burundi Burundi (, ), officially the Republic of Burundi ( rn, Repuburika y’Uburundi ; Swahili language, Swahili: ''Jamuhuri ya Burundi''; French language, French: ''République du Burundi'' ), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the ...

) *Mehdi Abid Charef (

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) *Denis Dembele (

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) ;Reserve referees *Achille Madila (

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) *Bakary Camara (

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) ;Assistant referees *Peter Sabatia (

Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

) *El Hadji Malick Samba (

) *Balkrishna Bootun (

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) *Anouar Hmila (

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) *Jerson dos Santos (

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) *Moussa Bayere (

) *Arsenio Marengula (

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) *Yacine Hassan Egueh (

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) *Mohamed Bechirene (

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) *Issa Yaya (

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) *Sidiki Sidibe (

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) *Berhe Tesfargiorgh (

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) *Seydou Tiama (

) *Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue (

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) ;Reserve assistant referees *Kindie Mussie (

) *Yahaya Mahamadou (

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*Fair player of the tournament: Francis Narh *Player of the tournament: Saleh Gomaa

Team of the tournament

;Starting Eleven * Mossad Awad * Ahmed Samir * Boubacar Diarra *

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* Lawrence Lartey *

Abdul Jeleel Ajagun Abdul Jeleel Ajagun (born 10 February 1993) is a Nigerian football attacking midfielder. Club career Ajagun is a youth product of the Nigerian's Dolphins F.C. On 28 August 2013, Panathinaikos announced Ajagun signed a contract for four years ...

* Derrick Mensah * Saleh Gomaa * Kahraba *

Zinedine Ferhat Zinedine Ferhat (born 1 March 1993) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Alanyaspor and the Algeria national team. Club career USM Alger On 19 November 2011, with the new coach Didier Ollé-Nicoll ...

Ebenezer Assifuah Ebenezer Kofi Assifuah-Inkoom (born 3 July 1993) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malaysia Super League club Kedah Darul Aman. Before moving to Swiss club Sion, he played for Liberty Professionals in his home ...

;Substitutes * Eric Ofori Antwi * Tiékoro Keita * Francis Narh * Didier Ibrahim Ndong * Emomo Eddy Ngoyi * Mohammed Goyi Aliyu * David Djigla * Hossam Mohammed Ghaly

Goal scorers

;4 goals *

Aminu Umar Aminu Umar (born 6 March 1995) is a Nigerian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Winger (association football), winger for Nigeria national football team. Club career Wikki Tourists In 2012–2013 season Umar scored one ...

;3 goals *

* Kahraba ;2 goals * Saleh Gomaa *

Adama Niane Adama Niane (born 16 June 1993) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Azerbaijan Premier League club Kapaz. Club career Early career Born in Bamako, Niane started his career at Yeelen Olympique, joining the club as a y ...

;1 goal *

Ebenezer Ofori Ebenezer Ofori (born 1 July 1995) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Danish club Vejle Boldklub as a midfielder. Club career New Edubiase Ofori started his career in his native country Ghana, playing in the Ghana Premier Leag ...

Seidu Salifu Seidu Salifu is a Ghanaian footballer who last played for Ümraniyespor in Turkey after a short spell at Adana Demirspor Formerly of Club Africain in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, he plays as a midfielder. In 2013, coach Sellas Tette ...

* Jeremiah Arkorful * Mahmoud Hamad *

* Samba Diallo * Tiékoro Keita * Emomo Eddy Ngoyi

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The top four teams qualified for

: * * * *

References

External links

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Qualification

Qualified teams

Squads

Venues

Draw

Officials

Team of the tournament

Goal scorers

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

See also

References

External links