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2022 Arab Cup U-17

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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 →

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]

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

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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

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Venues

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

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

Officiating

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Referees

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  • Algeria Elias Bekouassa
  • Egypt Mahmoud Nagy
  • Iraq Mohamed Salman
  • Jordan Usama Hasan
  • Kuwait Ammar Ashkanani
  • Lebanon Maher El Ali
  • Libya Ahmed Al-Zaruq
  • Morocco Mostafa Kachef
  • Oman Mahmoud Salem Hameed
  • State of Palestine Mohammed Abu Shahla
  • Saudi Arabia Shukri Al-Hanfush
  • Sudan Ameen Al-Hadi
  • Syria Muhammad Suleiman Kanat
  • Tunisia Mohamed Yousri Bouali
  • United Arab Emirates Yahya Al-Mulla
  • Yemen Mokhtar Al-Arami

Assistant referees

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  • Algeria Mohamed Serradj
  • Algeria Brahim Hamlaoui
  • Comoros Abdelmajid El-Zalan
  • Egypt Hany Abdelfattah
  • Iraq Hussein Falah Munshid
  • Lebanon Ali Berri
  • Libya Monji Abu Shikiwa
  • Mauritania Ahmed Ibrahim
  • Morocco Hamza Naciri
  • Oman Nasser Saidi
  • State of Palestine Khaldun Abu Qbita
  • Saudi Arabia Faisal Al-Qahtani
  • Somalia Muleed Rajah Ali
  • Sudan Naji Al-Fateh
  • Syria Mohammad Qazzaz
  • Tunisia Youssef El-Jami

Squads

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Group stage

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

Group A

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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

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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

Yemen 1–1 Tunisia

Tunisia 2–1 Oman
Referee: Maher Al-Ula (Lebanon)
Yemen 1–1 Libya

Group C

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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

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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

Saudi Arabia 4–3 Syria
Lebanon 0–9 Egypt
Report

Egypt 5–0 Syria
Lebanon 0–6 Saudi Arabia
Report

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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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

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Yemen 1–0 Sudan
Referee: Elias Bekouassa (Algeria)

Iraq 1–4 Saudi Arabia
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)

Egypt 0–2 Morocco

Semi-finals

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Yemen 0–2 Morocco
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

Final

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

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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

7 goals

3 goals

  • Egypt Ayman Abdel Aziz
  • Egypt Omar Khedr
  • Iraq Ali Akbar
  • Sudan Musa Hussein

2 goals

  • Algeria Mohamed Abdelmoudjib
  • Algeria Meslem Anatof
  • Algeria Mohamed Ali Saleh Ziad
  • Comoros Azad Mohamed
  • Egypt Ibrahim Adel
  • Egypt Ahmed Boustenjy
  • Iraq Hassan Ali Jassim
  • Libya Abdelmoumen Al-Mabrouk
  • Mauritania Andou Abderrahmane
  • Morocco Mohammed Rachidi
  • Saudi Arabia Nawaf Al-Bishri
  • Saudi Arabia Ammar Al-Yahibi
  • Syria Kawa Issa
  • Yemen Abdulrahman Abdul-Nabi
  • Yemen Anwar Tariki

1 goal

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

1 own goal

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

Source: UAFA

Broadcasting rights

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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

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  1. ^ "U17 Arab Cup: Oran is positioning itself to organize the event". california18.com. 23 July 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-07-31.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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.
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