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2022 Arab Cup U-17

The 2022 Arab Cup U-17 is the fourth edition of the Arab Cup U-17, an association football tournament between Arab countries. It will be played from 23 August to 8 September 2022 in Algeria in Oran which represent the administrative organization of the tournament,[1] and two other cities, Sig and Mostaganem which they holds each ones the football matches.[2]

2022 Arab Cup U-17
كأس العرب تحت 17 عام 2022
Official poster of the tournament
Tournament details
Host countryAlgeria
Dates23 August – 8 September
Teams16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored87 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Talal Haji (7 goals)
Best player(s)Algeria Meslem Anatof
Best goalkeeperMorocco Taha Belghzal
← 2021
← 2014
TBD →

Iraq won the previous tournament in 2014, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Host Algeria won the tournament for the first time after beating Morocco on penalties 4–2.

Teams edit

16 teams took part to the tournament. The draw took place on 31 July 2022 in Abha, Saudi Arabia.[3]

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
  Algeria 3rd 2011 Fourth place
  Comoros 1st debut
  Egypt 1st debut
  Iraq 4th 2014 Winners
  Lebanon 1st debut
  Libya 2nd 2012 Group stage
  Mauritania 3rd 2014 Group stage
  Morocco 3rd 2012 Third place
  Oman 2nd 2012 Group stage
  Palestine 3rd 2014 Group stage
  Saudi Arabia 4th 2014 Winners
  Sudan 4th 2011 Third place
  Syria 2nd 2011 Runners-up
  Tunisia 2nd 2012 Winners
  United Arab Emirates 1st debut
  Yemen 2nd 2012 Fourth place

  Bahrain,   Djibouti,   Jordan,   Kuwait,   Qatar and   Somalia did not enter.

Seedings edit

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Algeria (hosts)
  2.   Morocco
  3.   Egypt
  4.   Tunisia
  1.   Comoros
  2.   Sudan
  3.   Yemen
  4.   Syria

Venues edit

The city of Oran hosts the tournament but two stadiums from two other cities, Sig and Mostaganem were allocated to host the matches.[4]

 
 
 
 
Oran
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 : Administrative venue
 : Football matches venues
 Sig
Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium
Capacity: 20,000
 
Mostaganem
Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium
Capacity: 18,000
 

Officiating edit

Referees edit

  •   Elias Bekouassa
  •   Mahmoud Nagy
  •   Mohamed Salman
  •   Usama Hasan
  •   Ammar Ashkanani
  •   Maher El Ali
  •   Ahmed Al-Zaruq
  •   Mostafa Kachef
  •   Mahmoud Salem Hameed
  •   Mohammed Abu Shahla
  •   Shukri Al-Hanfush
  •   Ameen Al-Hadi
  •   Muhammad Suleiman Kanat
  •   Mohamed Yousri Bouali
  •   Yahya Al-Mulla
  •   Mokhtar Al-Arami

Assistant referees edit

  •   Mohamed Serradj
  •   Brahim Hamlaoui
  •   Abdelmajid El-Zalan
  •   Hany Abdelfattah
  •   Hussein Falah Munshid
  •   Ali Berri
  •   Monji Abu Shikiwa
  •   Ahmed Ibrahim
  •   Hamza Naciri
  •   Nasser Saidi
  •   Khaldun Abu Qbita
  •   Faisal Al-Qahtani
  •   Muleed Rajah Ali
  •   Naji Al-Fateh
  •   Mohammad Qazzaz
  •   Youssef El-Jami

Squads edit

Main article: 2022 Arab Cup U-17 squads

Group stage edit

The group winners and the two best second-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.

All match times are local, WAT, CET (UTC+1).

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Algeria (H) 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Sudan 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3   United Arab Emirates 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
4   Palestine 3 0 1 2 0 8 −8 1
Source: UAFA
(H) Hosts
Algeria  5–0  Palestine
Referee: Mahmoud Salem Hameed (Oman)
United Arab Emirates  0–2  Sudan
Palestine  0–0  United Arab Emirates
Referee: Mohamed Yousri Bouali (Tunisia)
Sudan  0–2  Algeria
Referee: Mohamed Salman (Iraq)
Algeria  3–0  United Arab Emirates
Referee: Muhammad Suleiman Kanat (Syria)
Sudan  3–0  Palestine

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Yemen 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Tunisia 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5[a]
3   Libya 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5[a]
4   Oman 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: UAFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Disciplinary points: Tunisia 0; Libya –5
Tunisia  0–0  Libya
Oman  0–3  Yemen
Libya  2–1  Oman
Yemen  1–1  Tunisia
Tunisia  2–1  Oman
Referee: Maher Al-Ula (Lebanon)
Yemen  1–1  Libya

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iraq 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2   Morocco 3 2 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3   Comoros 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4   Mauritania 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: UAFA
Morocco  1–2  Iraq
Comoros  3–2  Mauritania
Iraq  2–1  Comoros
Mauritania  0–1  Morocco
Morocco  1–0  Comoros
Mauritania  1–1  Iraq
Referee: Ameen Al-Hadi (Sudan)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Egypt 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3   Syria 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1
4   Lebanon 3 0 1 2 0 15 −15 1
Source: UAFA
Egypt  3–0  Saudi Arabia
Syria  0–0  Lebanon
Report
Saudi Arabia  4–3  Syria
Lebanon  0–9  Egypt
Report
Egypt  5–0  Syria
Lebanon  0–6  Saudi Arabia
Report

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 Sep − Mostaganem
 
 
  Algeria (p)1 (3)
 
5 Sep − Sig
 
  Tunisia1 (1)
 
  Algeria (p)0 (5)
 
2 Sep − Mostaganem
 
  Saudi Arabia0 (4)
 
  Iraq1
 
8 Sep − Sig
 
  Saudi Arabia4
 
  Algeria (p)1 (4)
 
1 Sep − Mostaganem
 
  Morocco1 (2)
 
  Yemen1
 
5 Sep − Sig
 
  Sudan0
 
  Yemen0
 
2 Sep − Mostaganem
 
  Morocco2
 
  Egypt0
 
 
  Morocco2
 

Quarter-finals edit

Algeria  1–1  Tunisia
Penalties
 3–1
Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE)
Yemen  1–0  Sudan
Referee: Elias Bekouassa (Algeria)
Iraq  1–4  Saudi Arabia
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)
Egypt  0–2  Morocco
Referee: Maher El Ali (Lebanon)

Semi-finals edit

Algeria  0–0  Saudi Arabia
Penalties
 5–4
Referee: Muhammad Suleiman Kanat (Syria)
Yemen  0–2  Morocco
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

Final edit

Algeria  1–1  Morocco
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 87 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.81 goals per match.

7 goals

3 goals

  •   Ayman Abdel Aziz
  •   Omar Hamdeen Khedr
  •   Ali Akbar
  •   Musa Hussein

2 goals

  •   Mohamed Abdelmoudjib
  •   Meslem Anatof
  •   Mohamed Ali Saleh Ziad
  •   Azad Mohamed
  •   Ibrahim Adel
  •   Ahmed Boustenjy
  •   Hassan Ali Jassim
  •   Abdelmoumen Al-Mabrouk
  •   Andou Abderrahmane
  •   Mohammed Rachidi
  •   Nawaf Al-Bishri
  •   Ammar Al-Yahibi
  •   Kawa Issa
  •   Abdulrahman Abdul-Nabi
  •   Anwar Tariki

1 goal

  •   Younès Badani
  •   Elias Boualem
  •   Ismail Tayeb Chehima
  •   Yazid Issam
  •   Malik Kahlouchi
  •   Fethi Kessassi
  •   Kildi Imam
  •   Abdeen
  •   Hossam Abdel Karim
  •   Hisham El-Haddad
  •   Marwan Magoub
  •   Omar Sayed Moawad
  •   Ali Riyad
  •   Karrar Jaafar
  •   Marwan Al-Zaqouzi
  •   Sidy Ba
  •   Mohamed Amine
  •   Mouad Boughizane
  •   Adam Chakir
  •   Said El Rafei
  •   Abdelhamid Maâli
  •   Aymen Naïr
  •   Al-Harith Al-Mushaykhani
  •   Nawaf Al-Jadaani
  •   Muhammad Hazazi
  •   Farha Al-Shamrani
  •   Musab Fadlallah
  •   Munzer Muhamed
  •   Anas Dahan
  •   Anas Amdouni
  •   Abderrahmane Argui
  •   Mohamed Karim Guizani
  •   Akram Taboubi
  •   Mohammed Al-Hindi
  •   Abdulrahman Al-Khidr

1 own goal

  •   Ali Salem (against Comoros)
  •   Majd Al Jabara (against Egypt)
  •   Youcef Ben Hassine (against Oman)

Source: UAFA

Broadcasting rights edit

The channels that will cover the competition are the two Algerian channels Algeria 6 and Algeria Web and also all the channels who are members of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "U17 Arab Cup: Oran is positioning itself to organize the event". california18.com. 23 July 2022.
  2. ^ "الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم: اختيار الجزائر لاحتضان كأس العرب لأقل من 17 سنة". aps.dz. 14 April 2022.
  3. ^ "كرة القدم/كأس العرب لأقل من 17 عاما : مشاركة 16 منتخبا بالجزائر والقرعة اليوم الأحد بالسعودية". aps.dz. 31 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Arab Cup U17 - Algérie 2022 : Les U17 Connaissent l'Ordre de Leurs Matches". faf.dz. 10 August 2022.
  5. ^ "القنوات الناقلة لبطولة كأس العرب للشباب تحت 17 سنة". UAFA Fb. 22 August 2022.

External links edit

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