The 2021 Arab Cup U-20 () was the seventh edition of the Arab Cup U-20. It was hosted by Egypt from 20 June to 6 July 2021. The tournament included 12 UAFA-member teams and four invited teams. Senegal were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Saudi Arabia beat Algeria 2–1 in the final to win their second 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:
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Venues
The 30 June Stadium was later included as a venue for the Group D matches due to the poor condition of Police Academy Stadium.
Cities Venues CapacityCairoCairo International Stadium75,000Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium35,00030 June Stadium30,000Petro Sport Stadium16,000Police Academy Stadium12,000
Match officials The following 31 referees were chosen for the tournament.
Lahlou Benbraham Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour Zaid Thamer Mohammed Mohamad Ghabaien Abdullah Al Jamali Abdul Basit Shahoub Qassim Al-Hatmi Jalal Jayed Baraa Abu Aisha Abdulhadi Al Ruaile Majid Al Shamrani Amir Loussif Sultan Al-Hammadi
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, CAT (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout phase In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was played).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final The final match was initially scheduled to be played at the Cairo International Stadium at 20:00. The UAFA decided to play the game at 17:00 at the 30 June Stadium, also in Cairo.
Statistics
Goalscorers
See also 2021 Arab Cup U-17 2021 Arab Women's Cup
References