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
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
ChampionsFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Third placeFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Fourth placeFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored35 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Mohamed
(4 goals) [2]
Best player(s) Flag of Egypt.svg Ramadan Sobhi [2]
Best goalkeeper Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Sobhy [2]
Fair play awardFlag 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.

Contents

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

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.

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (hosts)3rdThird place (2011)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1stDebut
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1stDebut
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2ndGroup stage (2011)
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 2ndGroup stage (2015)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3rdChampions (2015)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3rdThird place (2015)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 2ndGroup 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: 75,000Capacity: 30,000
Panorma Cairo Stadium.jpg Al Ahly Stadium.jpg

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]

SeedsPot 1Pot 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 FederationRefereesAssistant Referees
UNAF Flag of Algeria.svg Lahlou Benbraham
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Maarouf
Flag of Tunisia.svg Slim Belkhouas		 Flag of Egypt.svg Youssef El Bosaty
Flag of Morocco.svg Fathia Jermoumi
Flag of Tunisia.svg Khalil Hassani
WAFU-UFOA Flag of Benin.svg Louis Houngnandande
Flag of Mali.svg Boubou Traoré
Flag of Senegal.svg Daouda Guèye		 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Judicael Sanou
Flag of The Gambia.svg Abdul Aziz Bollel Jawo
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Firmino Bassafim
Flag of Niger.svg Abdoul Aziz Moctar Saley
Flag of Nigeria.svg Samuel Pwadutakam
UNIFFAC Flag of Gabon.svg Pierre Atcho Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg Abelmiro dos Reis
CECAFA Flag of Burundi.svg Georges Gatogato
Flag of Djibouti.svg Souleiman Ahmed Djama
Flag of Rwanda.svg Salima Mukansanga 		Flag of Uganda.svg Dick Okello
COSAFA Flag of the Comoros.svg Ali Mohamed Adelaide
Flag of Madagascar.svg Andofetra Rakotojaona		 Flag of Angola.svg Ivanildo Meirelles Lopes
Flag of Seychelles.svg James Emile
Flag of Zambia.svg 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (H)330063+39Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 311154+14
3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 31113304
4Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 300304−40
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg1–0Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
  • Mostafa Soccerball shade.svg29'
 Report (Soccerway)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Georges Gatogato (Burundi)
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg1–1Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Report (Soccerway)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg0–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Report (Soccerway)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaide (Comoros)
Ghana  Flag of Ghana.svg2–3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Report (Soccerway)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)
Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2–1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Report (Soccerway)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg0–2Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Report (Soccerway)
Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 320121+16Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 312010+15
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 311132+14
4Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 301214−31
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg0–1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Report (Soccerway)
Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)
South Africa  Flag of South Africa.svg0–0Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report (Soccerway)
Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda)
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg0–1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report (Soccerway)
Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Souleiman Ahmed Djama (Djibouti)
Zambia  Flag of Zambia.svg1–3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Report (Soccerway)
Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Slim Belkhouas (Tunisia)
Nigeria  Flag of Nigeria.svg0–0Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Report (Soccerway)
Al Salam Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg1–0Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia
Report (Soccerway)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
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-finals Final
 
      
 
19 November – Cairo International
 
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3
 
22 November – Cairo International
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt (a.e.t.)2
 
19 November – Cairo International
 
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 1
 
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast (p)2 (3)
 
 
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2 (2)
 
 Third place match
 
 
22 November – Cairo International
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa (p)2 (6)
 
 
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 2 (5)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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

Third place match

Winners qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Final

Egypt  Flag of Egypt.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Report (Soccerway)
Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Winners

 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations champions 
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]
Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Mohamed
(4 goals)		 Flag of Egypt.svg Ramadan Sobhi Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Sobhy Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt


Team of the tournament

The team of the tournament was announced by the CAF after the final. [2]

Coach: Flag of Egypt.svg Shawky Gharieb

GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Sobhy Flag of South Africa.svg Tercious Malepe
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kouadio-Yves Dabila
Flag of Egypt.svg Ahmed Ramadan
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Silas Gnaka 		Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Aboubakar Keita
Flag of Egypt.svg Amar Hamdy
Flag of Ghana.svg Evans Mensah 		Flag of Egypt.svg Ramadan Sobhi
Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Mohamed
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Youssouf Dao

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

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

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 1
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 19 November 2019 [14] 1 (2008)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 19 November 2019 [14] 11 (1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1964, 1984, 1992, 2012)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22 November 2019 [15] 2 (2000, 2016)
1Bold 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

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