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The 2021 Arab Cup U-20 () was the fifth edition of the
Arab Cup U-20 The Arab Cup U-20 () is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world. The teams come from CAF and AFC. Some non-Arab nations, such as Senegal ...
. It was hosted by
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 Medit ...
from 20 June to 6 July 2021. The tournament included 12 UAFA-member teams and four invited teams.
Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
beat
Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
2–1 in the final to win their first title.


Teams


Draw

The draw took place on 29 May 2021. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. The match schedule was unveiled on 6 June 2021. The draw mechanism was in accordance with the seeding of the teams, as follows:


Venues

The
30 June Stadium The 30 June Stadium is a stadium used mostly for football matches and also sometimes for athletics located in Cairo. It was built by the Egyptian Air Defense Forces The Egyptian Air Defence Forces or EADF ( ar, قوات الدفاع الجو ...
was later included as a venue for the Group D matches due to the poor condition of Police Academy Stadium.


Match officials

The following 31 referees were chosen for the tournament.


Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete.


Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals. All times are local,
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).


Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout phase

In the knockout stage,
penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).


Bracket


Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

The final match was initially scheduled to be played at the
Cairo International Stadium The Cairo International Stadium ( ar, ستاد القاهرة الدولي), formerly known as Nasser Stadium, is an Olympic-standard, multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 75,000. The architect of the stadium is the German Werner March ...
at 20:00. The UAFA decided to play the game at 17:00 at the
30 June Stadium The 30 June Stadium is a stadium used mostly for football matches and also sometimes for athletics located in Cairo. It was built by the Egyptian Air Defense Forces The Egyptian Air Defence Forces or EADF ( ar, قوات الدفاع الجو ...
, also in
Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the Capital city, capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, List of ...
.


Statistics


Goalscorers


See also

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2021 Arab Cup U-17 The 2021 Arab Cup U-17 was to be the fourth edition of the Arab Cup U-17. It was scheduled to be hosted by Morocco from 29 July to 15 August 2021. The tournament was initially scheduled to be held from 1 to 17 July, but was postponed indefinitely, ...
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2021 Arab Women's Cup The 2021 Arab Women's Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للسيدات 2021) was the second edition of the Arab Women's Cup for national women's football teams affiliated with the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA). The tournament was hosted by ...


References

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