2021 Arab Cup U-20


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.

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.
CitiesVenuesCapacity
CairoCairo International Stadium75,000
CairoOsman Ahmed Osman Stadium35,000
Cairo30 June Stadium30,000
CairoPetro Sport Stadium16,000
CairoPolice Academy Stadium12,000

Match officials

The following 31 referees were chosen for the tournament.

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.

Group A


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Group B


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Group C


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Group D


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Knockout phase

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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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.