Arab Cup U-20
Founded | 1983Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth 2011 , as Arab Cup U-20 | , as
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Region | Arab world (UAFA) |
Number of teams | 18 |
Current champions | Saudi Arabia (3rd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Saudi Arabia (3 titles) |
2022 Arab Cup U-20 |
The Arab Cup U-20 (Arabic: كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة)[1] is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world.[2] The teams come from CAF and AFC. Some non-Arab nations, such as Senegal or Uzbekistan, have also been invited on occasion.
History
[edit]The competition was created in 1983 as the Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth (Arabic: كأس فلسطين للشباب); the first edition was held in Morocco, which Iraq won after beating Saudi Arabia in the final.[3] After a 22-year long hiatus, in 2011 the competition returned as the Arab Cup U-20 under the auspices of the UAFA.[3]
Results
[edit]Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||||
1983 Details | Morocco | Iraq | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Saudi Arabia | Morocco | 2–0 | United Arab Emirates | ||
1985 Details | Algeria | Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Algeria | Iraq | 2–0 | Tunisia | ||
1989 Details | Iraq | Morocco | 3–1 | Iraq | Saudi Arabia | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Bahrain | ||
1992 | Sudan | Cancelled | |||||||
2011 Details | Morocco | Morocco | 3–3 (3–1 p) | Saudi Arabia | No semi-finals | ||||
2012 Details | Jordan | Tunisia | 4–2 | Saudi Arabia | Libya | 4–0 | Algeria | ||
2014 Details | Qatar | Cancelled | |||||||
2020 Details | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | 1–0 | Tunisia | Egypt and Morocco | ||||
2021 Details | Egypt | Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Algeria | Egypt and Tunisia | ||||
2022 Details | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Egypt | Algeria and Palestine |
Successful national teams
[edit]Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalist |
Saudi Arabia | 3 (1985, 2021, 2022) | 3 (1983, 2011, 2012) | 1 (1989) | – | – |
Morocco | 2 (1989, 2011) | – | 1 (1983) | – | 1 (2020) |
Iraq | 1 (1983) | 1 (1989) | 1 (1985) | – | – |
Tunisia | 1 (2012) | 1 (2020) | – | 1 (1985) | 1 (2021) |
Senegal | 1 (2020) | – | – | – | – |
Algeria | – | 2 (1985, 2021) | – | 1 (2012) | 1 (2022) |
Egypt | – | 1 (2022) | – | – | 2 (2020, 2021) |
Bahrain | – | – | – | 1 (1989) | – |
Libya | – | – | 1 (2012) | – | – |
United Arab Emirates | – | – | – | 1 (1983) | – |
Palestine | – | – | – | – | 1 (2022) |
Participating nations
[edit]Team | 1983 | 1985 | 1989 | 2011 | 2012 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Years | |
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Algeria | 5th | 2nd | GS | GS | 4th | QF | 2nd | SF | 8 | |
Bahrain | GS | 4th | GS | QF | GS | 5 | ||||
Comoros | W | QF | 1 | |||||||
Djibouti | GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||
Egypt | GS | SF | SF | 2nd | 4 | |||||
Iraq | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | 8 | |
Jordan | GS | GS | GS | QF | 4 | |||||
Kuwait | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | ||||
Lebanon | GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||
Libya | 3rd | QF | GS | 3 | ||||||
Madagascar | GS | 1 | ||||||||
Mauritania | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||
Morocco | 3rd | GS | 1st | 1st | GS | SF | QF | QF | 8 | |
Niger | GS | 1 | ||||||||
Oman | GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||
Palestine | GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | SF | 6 | |||
Qatar | 6th | QF | QF | GS | W | 4 | ||||
Saudi Arabia | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 1st | 1st | 8 | |
Senegal | 1st | QF | 2 | |||||||
Somalia | GS | 1 | ||||||||
Sudan | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | |||||
Syria | 7th | QF | GS | GS | 4 | |||||
Tajikistan | QF | 1 | ||||||||
Tunisia | 8th | 4th | QF | 1st | 2nd | SF | QF | 7 | ||
United Arab Emirates | 4th | QF | QF | GS | GS | GS | 6 | |||
Uzbekistan | GS | 1 | ||||||||
Yemen[a] | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | 5 | ||||
Total | 16 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
- Notes
- ^ Includes participations as North Yemen between 1967 and 1990
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "الاتحاد العربي" يعلن عن مسابقاته للموسم القادم [The "Arab Union" announces its competitions for the next season]. UAFA (in Arabic). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "U20 Arab Championship". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ a b كأس العرب تحت 20. تعرف على أبطال أول وآخر نسخة من البطولة [Arab Cup U-20 .. Learn about the champions of the first and last version of the tournament]. greentidekw.com (in Arabic). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2022.