2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations

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2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations
كأس الأمم الأفريقية تحت 23 سنة 2019
File:2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.png
Tournament details
Host countryEgypt
Dates8–22 November[1]
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Third placeFile:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored35 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Egypt Mostafa Mohamed
(4 goals)[2]
Best player(s)Egypt Ramadan Sobhi[2]
Best goalkeeperEgypt Mohamed Sobhy[2]
Fair play awardFile:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt[2]
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The 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations was the third edition of the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the men's under-23 national teams of Africa. It was hosted by Egypt between 8 and 22 November 2019. The tournament was initially scheduled to take place in Zambia, but they withdrew from hosting in July 2017.[3] Egypt was announced as the new host nation of the tournament by CAF on 23 September 2017.[4] Same as previous editions, the tournament served as African qualifying for the Olympic football tournament, with the top three teams of the tournament qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament in Japan. Nigeria were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage. Egypt defeated Ivory Coast 2–1 at extra time in the final, winning the title for the first time in their history, while South Africa came third for the second times in a row after beating Ghana 6–5 on penalties after the match ended 2–2 in their third-place play-off match.[5][6]

Qualification

Main article: 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification

Egypt qualified automatically as hosts, while the remaining seven spots were determined by the qualifying rounds.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (hosts) 3rd Third place (2011)
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 1st Debut
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1st Debut
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 2nd Group stage (2011)
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 2nd Group stage (2015)
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3rd Champions (2015)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3rd Third place (2015)
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 2nd Group stage (2015)

Venues

The tournament used two venues, Cairo International Stadium and Al Salam Stadium, both in Cairo.

Cairo
Cairo International Stadium Al Salam Stadium
Capacity: 75,000 Capacity: 30,000
File:Panorma Cairo Stadium.jpg File:Al Ahly Stadium.jpg

Squads

Further information: 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations squads

Each team had to register a squad of 21 players. Only players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Article 45).[7]

Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 2 October 2019, 19:00 CAT (UTC+2), at the Haramlek Palace of Montaza Complex in Alexandria.[8][9][10] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The hosts Egypt were seeded in Group A (position A1), and the defending champions Nigeria were seeded in Group B (position B1). The remaining teams were allocated to two pots based on the results of the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, and were drawn to the remaining positions in their group.[11][12]

Seeds Pot 1 Pot 2

Match officials

On 31 October 2019, CAF released the list of 12 referees and 13 assistant referees selected to oversee matches. This is the first time CAF appointed female match officials for the tournament.[13]

Regional Federation Referees Assistant Referees
UNAF Algeria Lahlou Benbraham
Egypt Mohamed Maarouf
Tunisia Slim Belkhouas 		Egypt Youssef El Bosaty
Morocco Fathia Jermoumi
Tunisia Khalil Hassani
WAFU-UFOA Benin Louis Houngnandande
Mali Boubou Traoré
Senegal Daouda Guèye 		Burkina Faso Judicael Sanou
The Gambia Abdul Aziz Bollel Jawo
Guinea-Bissau Firmino Bassafim
Niger Abdoul Aziz Moctar Saley
Nigeria Samuel Pwadutakam
UNIFFAC Gabon Pierre Atcho São Tomé and Príncipe Abelmiro dos Reis
CECAFA Burundi Georges Gatogato
Djibouti Souleiman Ahmed Djama
Rwanda Salima Mukansanga 		Uganda Dick Okello
COSAFA Comoros Ali Mohamed Adelaide
Madagascar Andofetra Rakotojaona 		Angola Ivanildo Meirelles Lopes
Seychelles James Emile
Zambia Diana Chikotesha

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 68):[7]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CAT (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (H) 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
3 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4 File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 3 0 0 3 0 4 −4 0
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg1–0File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Cameroon File:Flag of Cameroon.svg1–1File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg0–1File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaide (Comoros)
Ghana File:Flag of Ghana.svg2–3File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg2–1File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
Mali File:Flag of Mali.svg0–2File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 6 Advance to knockout stage
2 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3 File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
4 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg0–1File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg0–0File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
Report (Soccerway)
Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg0–1File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Zambia File:Flag of Zambia.svg1–3File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Slim Belkhouas (Tunisia)
Nigeria File:Flag of Nigeria.svg0–0File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg1–0File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where a direct penalty shoot-out, without extra time, would be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 November – Cairo International
 
 
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt3
 
22 November – Cairo International
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa0
 
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (a.e.t.)2
 
19 November – Cairo International
 
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast1
 
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast (p)2 (3)
 
 
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana2 (2)
 
Third place match
 
 
22 November – Cairo International
 
 
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (p)2 (6)
 
 
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana2 (5)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Ivory Coast File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg2–2 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
 Report (Soccerway)
Penalties
 3–2
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg3–0File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)

Third place match

Winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

South Africa File:Flag of South Africa.svg2–2File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
 Report (Soccerway)
Penalties
 6–5
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

Final

Egypt File:Flag of Egypt.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast
 Report (Soccerway)
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Winners

 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations champions 
File:Flag of Egypt.svg
Egypt
First title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Scorer[2] Best Player[2] Best Goalkeeper[2] Fair Play Award[2]
Egypt Mostafa Mohamed
(4 goals) 		Egypt Ramadan Sobhi Egypt Mohamed Sobhy File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt

Team of the tournament

The team of the tournament was announced by the CAF after the final.[2] Coach: Egypt Shawky Gharieb

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Egypt Mohamed Sobhy South Africa Tercious Malepe
Ivory Coast Kouadio-Yves Dabila
Egypt Ahmed Ramadan
Ivory Coast Silas Gnaka 		Ivory Coast Aboubakar Keita
Egypt Amar Hamdy
Ghana Evans Mensah 		Egypt Ramadan Sobhi
Egypt Mostafa Mohamed
Ivory Coast Youssouf Dao

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 19 November 2019[14] 1 (2008)
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 19 November 2019[14] 11 (1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1964, 1984, 1992, 2012)
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 22 November 2019[15] 2 (2000, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 35 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ↑ "Decisions of CAF Executive Commitee [sic] - 27 & 28 September 2018". CAF. 29 September 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Sobhy named Total Man of the competition as Egypt dominates". CAF. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Zambia withdraws from hosting the 2019 U-23 Africa Cup edition". Lusaka Times. 26 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "DECISIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - 23 SEPTEMBER 2017". www.cafonline.com. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Penalty heartbreak for Ghana as South Africa qualifies to Tokyo". CAF. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Sobhy guides hosts Egypt to historic U-23 title". CAF. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Regulations for the U-23 Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). Confederation of African Football.
  8. ↑ "Iconic Montaza Complex hosts U-23 AFCON draw on 3 October". CAF. 17 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "U-23 AFCON Final Tournament draw brought forward to 2 October". CAF. 26 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Draw for Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations takes place in Alexandria, Egypt". CAF. 2 October 2019.
  11. ↑ "Stage set for U-23 AFCON draw in Alexandria". CAF. 2 October 2019.
  12. ↑ "Procedures of the draw of the Final Tournament of the 3rd Edition of U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt 2019" (PDF). CAF.
  13. ↑ "Female referee trio named for Total U-23 AFCON Egypt 2019". CAF. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Côte d'Ivoire and Egypt earn Tokyo 2020 berths". FIFA.com. 19 November 2019. Archived from the original on November 20, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Pharaohs take the trophy as Bafana Bafana book Africa's last Olympic ticket". FIFA.com. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original on November 23, 2019.

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