2013 African U-20 Championship


The 2013 African U-20 Championship officially known as the Orange African U-20 Championship, Algeria 2013 was the 19th edition of the African U-20 Championship. The competition was held in Algeria in the cities of Oran and Aïn Témouchent from March 16 to 30 March 2013. The semifinalists will participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Qualified teams

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Venues

In March 2012, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Algiers and Oran were the two candidate cities to host the competition. In May, Algiers was initially chosen as the host city of the competition. However, in August, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Oran and Aïn Témouchent would replace Algiers as the host cities, due to the lack of available stadiums in the latter city.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

Officials

;Referees
  • Bamlack Tessema Weyesa
  • Maguette N'Diaye
  • Youssef Essrayri
  • Bernard Camille
  • Hudu Munyemana
  • Reinhold Shikongo
  • Juste Zio
  • Thierry Nkurunziza
  • Mehdi Abid Charef
  • Denis Dembele
;Reserve referees
  • Achille Madila
  • Bakary Camara
;Assistant referees
  • Peter Sabatia
  • El Hadji Malick Samba
  • Balkrishna Bootun
  • Anouar Hmila
  • Jerson dos Santos
  • Moussa Bayere
  • Arsenio Marengula
  • Yacine Hassan Egueh
  • Mohamed Bechirene
  • Issa Yaya
  • Sidiki Sidibe
  • Berhe Tesfargiorgh
  • Seydou Tiama
  • Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue
;Reserve assistant referees
  • Kindie Mussie
  • Yahaya Mahamadou

Group stage

Tiebreakers

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
  2. Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
  3. Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
  4. Goal difference in all group matches
  5. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
  6. Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
  7. Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

  • Originally the games were scheduled to kick-off at 17:30 and 20:30. However CAF made changes on the 10 March so that both matches started at 17:00.
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Player Awards

Team of the tournament

;Starting Eleven
;Substitutes

Goal scorers

;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The top four teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup: