2022 Arab Cup U-17

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 →
International football competition

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

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

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Comoros
  2.  Sudan
  3.  Yemen
  4.  Syria

Venues

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

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

Officiating

Referees

  • 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

  • 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

Group stage

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

Group A

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
  • Ziad 3'
  • Kahlouchi 62'
  • Issam 65'
  • Boualem 82'
  • Anatof 88'
Referee: Mahmoud Salem Hameed (Oman)
United Arab Emirates 0–2 Sudan
  • Musa 40', 58'
Palestine 0–0 United Arab Emirates
Referee: Mohamed Yousri Bouali (Tunisia)
Sudan 0–2 Algeria
  • Badani 11'
  • Ziad 50' (pen.)
Referee: Mohamed Salman (Iraq)
Algeria 3–0 United Arab Emirates
  • Abdelmoudjib 12'
  • Kessassi 34'
  • Anatof 86'
Referee: Muhammad Suleiman Kanat (Syria)
Sudan 3–0 Palestine
  • Musab 16'
  • Musa 51' (pen.)
  • Munzer 62'

Group B

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
  • Al-Khidr 24'
  • Abdul-Nabi 42', 62'
Libya 2–1 Oman
  • Al-Zaqouzi 52'
  • Al-Mabrouk 69'
  • Al-Mushaykhani 48'
Yemen 1–1 Tunisia
  • Al-Hindi 55'
  • Argui 19'
Tunisia 2–1 Oman
  • Amdouni 1'
  • Guizani 49'
  • Ben Hassine 37' (o.g.)
Referee: Maher Al-Ula (Lebanon)
Yemen 1–1 Libya
  • Tariki 19'
  • Al-Mabrouk 77'

Group C

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
  • Amine 45+1'
  • Akbar 43'
  • Jaafar 45+3'
Comoros 3–2 Mauritania
  • Imam 50'
  • Mohamed 60', 90'
  • Abderrahmane 41', 88'
Iraq 2–1 Comoros
  • Akbar 27', 65'
Mauritania 0–1 Morocco
  • Rachidi 12'
Morocco 1–0 Comoros
  • Chakir 83'
Mauritania 1–1 Iraq
  • Ba 7' (pen.)
  • Jassim 68' (pen.)
Referee: Ameen Al-Hadi (Sudan)

Group D

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
  • Adel 18'
  • Khedr 47'
  • Abdel Aziz 70'
Syria 0–0 Lebanon
Report
Saudi Arabia 4–3 Syria
  • Al-Yahibi 34'
  • Hazazi 41'
  • Haji 73'
  • Al-Bishri 82'
  • Issa 45', 50'
  • Dahan 68'
Lebanon 0–9 Egypt
Report
  • Adel 23'
  • Magoub 52'
  • Abdel Karim 54'
  • Riyad 57'
  • Abdeen 65'
  • Khedr 69', 72'
  • Moawad 75'
  • El-Haddad 90+3'
Egypt 5–0 Syria
  • Abdel Aziz 8', 35'
  • Al Jabara 37' (o.g.)
  • Boustenjy 69', 83'
Lebanon 0–6 Saudi Arabia
Report
  • Al-Shamrani 3' (pen.)
  • Al-Yahibi 37'
  • Haji 41', 52', 71'
  • Al-Bishri 90'

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
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

Algeria 1–1 Tunisia
  • Abdelmoudjib 29'
  • Taboubi 57'
Penalties
  • Badani soccer ball with check mark
  • Anatof soccer ball with check mark
  • Kessassi soccer ball with check mark
  • Bouaouiche soccer ball with red X
 3–1
  • soccer ball with red X Amdouni
  • soccer ball with check mark Guizani
  • soccer ball with red X Rabie
  • soccer ball with red X Boukhris
Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE)
Yemen 1–0 Sudan
  • Tariki 26' (pen.)
Referee: Elias Bekouassa (Algeria)
Iraq 1–4 Saudi Arabia
  • Jassim 5'
  • Al-Jadaani 28'
  • Haji 45+2', 58', 66'
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)
Egypt 0–2 Morocco
  • Maâli 81'
  • Naïr 90+2'

Semi-finals

Algeria 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Penalties
  • Badani soccer ball with check mark
  • Anatof soccer ball with check mark
  • Karkour soccer ball with check mark
  • Belgaïd soccer ball with check mark
  • Kessassi soccer ball with check mark
 5–4
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Shamrani
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Bishri
  • soccer ball with red X Haji
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Jadaani
  • soccer ball with check mark Al-Attar
Referee: Muhammad Suleiman Kanat (Syria)
Yemen 0–2 Morocco
  • Boughizane 79'
  • El Rafei 90+5'
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

Final

Algeria 1–1 Morocco
  • Chehima 90'
  • Rachidi 51'
Penalties
  • Ziad soccer ball with red X
  • Badani soccer ball with check mark
  • Anatof soccer ball with check mark
  • Kessassi soccer ball with check mark
  • Kahlouchi soccer ball with check mark
 4–2
  • soccer ball with red X Maâli
  • soccer ball with red X Bakhti
  • soccer ball with check mark Bayad
  • soccer ball with check mark Katb
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)

Statistics

Goalscorers

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 Hamdeen 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 Sayed 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

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

  1. ^ "U17 Arab Cup: Oran is positioning itself to organize the event". california18.com. 23 July 2022.
  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.

External links

  • 2022 Arab Cup U-17 - UAFA official website