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]
Bahrain,
Djibouti,
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Qatar and
Somalia did not enter.
Seedings
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]
Officiating
Referees
Elias Bekouassa
Mahmoud Nagy
Mohamed Salman
Usama Hasan
Ammar Ashkanani
Maher El Ali
Ahmed Al-Zaruq
Mostafa Kachef
Mahmoud Salem Hameed
Mohammed Abu Shahla
Shukri Al-Hanfush
Ameen Al-Hadi
Muhammad Suleiman Kanat
Mohamed Yousri Bouali
Yahya Al-Mulla
Mokhtar Al-Arami
Assistant referees
Mohamed Serradj
Brahim Hamlaoui
Abdelmajid El-Zalan
Hany Abdelfattah
Hussein Falah Munshid
Ali Berri
Monji Abu Shikiwa
Ahmed Ibrahim
Hamza Naciri
Nasser Saidi
Khaldun Abu Qbita
Faisal Al-Qahtani
Muleed Rajah Ali
Naji Al-Fateh
Mohammad Qazzaz
Youssef El-Jami
Squads
Group stage
The group winners and the two best second-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.
Group A
Source: UAFA
(H) Hosts
Referee: Mahmoud Salem Hameed (
Oman)
Referee: Mohamed Yousri Bouali (
Tunisia)
Referee: Mohamed Salman (
Iraq)
Referee: Muhammad Suleiman Kanat (
Syria)
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:
- ^ a b Disciplinary points: Tunisia 0; Libya –5
Oman ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png) | 0–3 | Yemen |
| | - Al-Khidr
24' - Abdul-Nabi
42', 62'
|
Libya ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png) | 2–1 | Oman |
- Al-Zaqouzi
52' - Al-Mabrouk
69'
| | - Al-Mushaykhani
48'
|
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
Comoros ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png) | 3–2 | Mauritania |
- Imam
50' - Mohamed
60', 90'
| | - Abderrahmane
41', 88'
|
Iraq ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png) | 2–1 | Comoros |
- Akbar
27', 65'
| | |
Referee: Ameen Al-Hadi (
Sudan)
Group D
Source: UAFA
Lebanon ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png) | 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 ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png) | 5–0 | Syria |
- Abdel Aziz
8', 35' - Al Jabara
37' (o.g.) - Boustenjy
69', 83'
| | |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (
Egypt)
Semi-finals
Referee: Muhammad Suleiman Kanat (
Syria)
Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (
Kuwait)
Final
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
Ayman Abdel Aziz
Omar Hamdeen Khedr
Ali Akbar
Musa Hussein
2 goals
Mohamed Abdelmoudjib
Meslem Anatof
Mohamed Ali Saleh Ziad
Azad Mohamed
Ibrahim Adel
Ahmed Boustenjy
Hassan Ali Jassim
Abdelmoumen Al-Mabrouk
Andou Abderrahmane
Mohammed Rachidi
Nawaf Al-Bishri
Ammar Al-Yahibi
Kawa Issa
Abdulrahman Abdul-Nabi
Anwar Tariki
1 goal
Younès Badani
Elias Boualem
Ismail Tayeb Chehima
Yazid Issam
Malik Kahlouchi
Fethi Kessassi
Kildi Imam
Abdeen
Hossam Abdel Karim
Hisham El-Haddad
Marwan Magoub
Omar Sayed Moawad
Ali Riyad
Karrar Jaafar
Marwan Al-Zaqouzi
Sidy Ba
Mohamed Amine
Mouad Boughizane
Adam Chakir
Said El Rafei
Abdelhamid Maâli
Aymen Naïr
Al-Harith Al-Mushaykhani
Nawaf Al-Jadaani
Muhammad Hazazi
Farha Al-Shamrani
Musab Fadlallah
Munzer Muhamed
Anas Dahan
Anas Amdouni
Abderrahmane Argui
Mohamed Karim Guizani
Akram Taboubi
Mohammed Al-Hindi
Abdulrahman Al-Khidr
1 own goal
Ali Salem (against Comoros)
Majd Al Jabara (against Egypt)
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
- ^ "U17 Arab Cup: Oran is positioning itself to organize the event". california18.com. 23 July 2022.
- ^ "الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم: اختيار الجزائر لاحتضان كأس العرب لأقل من 17 سنة". aps.dz. 14 April 2022.
- ^ "كرة القدم/كأس العرب لأقل من 17 عاما : مشاركة 16 منتخبا بالجزائر والقرعة اليوم الأحد بالسعودية". aps.dz. 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Arab Cup U17 - Algérie 2022 : Les U17 Connaissent l'Ordre de Leurs Matches". faf.dz. 10 August 2022.
- ^ "القنوات الناقلة لبطولة كأس العرب للشباب تحت 17 سنة". UAFA Fb. 22 August 2022.
External links
- 2022 Arab Cup U-17 - UAFA official website