2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament

{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = UNAF U-20 Tournament

| year = 2020

| country = Tunisia

| dates = 15–27 December 2020

| num_teams = 4

| champions = {{fbu|20|TUN}} (6th title)
{{fbu|20|MAR}} (2nd title)

| count =

| runner-up =

| third = {{fbu|20|LBY}}

| matches = 6

| goals = 7

| top goal scorer = {{flagicon|ALG}} Mohamed Belloumi
{{flagicon|LBY}} Mohamed Khalil
{{flagicon|MAR}} El Mehdi Maouhoub
{{flagicon|MAR}} Oussama Targhalline
{{flagicon|TUN}} Adam Ben Lamin
{{flagicon|TUN}} Chiheb Labidi
(1 goal each)

| player =

| prevseason = 2019

| nextseason = 2021

}}

The 2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament was the 13th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament. The tournament took place in Tunisia, from 13 to 28 December 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/85922/tournoi-l-unaf-masculin-programme-complet.html |title=Tirage au sort du tournoi de l'UNAF U20 masculin |work=yabiladi.com |publisher=Redaction |date=November 23, 2019 |accessdate= }}

This tournament serves as a qualification event for the Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. The champions and the runners-up will qualify for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

Participants

Egypt withdrew from the tournament due to seventeen players from the team testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus.

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  • {{fbu|20|ALG}}
  • {{fbu|20|EGY}} {{small|(withdrew)}}
  • {{fbu|20|LBY}}

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  • {{fbu|20|MAR}}
  • {{fbu|20|TUN}} {{small|(hosts)}}

Venues

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!Cities

!Venues

!Capacity

Radès

|Stade Olympique de Radès

|align=center|60,000

Tunis

|Stade Chedly Zouiten

|align=center|18,000

Squads

{{Main|2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament squads}}

Match officials

A total of 9 referees and 10 assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.unafonline.org/ar/%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%ad%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%b4%d9%8a%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa/|title=قائمة حكام الدورة الترشيحية لمنتخبات تحت 20 عاما|publisher=UNAF official website|date=2020}}

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Referees

  • {{flagicon|ALG}} Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)
  • {{flagicon|ALG}} Lamia Atman (Algeria)
  • {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed El-Ghandour (Egypt)
  • {{flagicon|EGY}} Yara Atef (Egypt)
  • {{flagicon|LBY}} Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)
  • {{flagicon|MAR}} Jalal Jayed (Morocco)
  • {{flagicon|MAR}} Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
  • {{flagicon|TUN}} Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)
  • {{flagicon|TUN}} Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)

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Assistant Referees

  • {{flagicon|ALG}} Abbes Akram Zerhouni (Algeria)
  • {{flagicon|ALG}} Redouane Bounoua (Algeria)
  • {{flagicon|EGY}} Ahmed Tawfiq Taleb (Egypt)
  • {{flagicon|EGY}} Yousef El-Bosati (Egypt)
  • {{flagicon|LBY}} Bassim Saef El-Naser (Libya)
  • {{flagicon|LBY}} Majdi Kamel (Libya)
  • {{flagicon|MAR}} Hicham Aït Abbou (Morocco)
  • {{flagicon|MAR}} Hamza Naciri (Morocco)
  • {{flagicon|MAR}} Fatiha Jermouni (Morocco)
  • {{flagicon|TUN}} Mohamed Bakir (Tunisia)
  • {{flagicon|TUN}} Faouzi Jridi (Tunisia)

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Tournament

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=Matches=

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).

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|attendance =

|referee = Ahmed El-Ghandour (Egypt)

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|date = 15 December 2020

|time = 14:00

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|score = {{small|Cancelled}}

|team2 = {{fbu|20|EGY}}

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|stadium = Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis

|attendance =

|referee = Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/unaf-u-20-qualifiers-tunisia-held-by-algeria-in-the-opening-match

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|date = 18 December 2020

|time = 14:00

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|date = 18 December 2020

|time = 14:00

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|stadium = Stade Chedly Zouiten, Tunis

|attendance =

|referee = Mehrez Melki (Tunisia)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/unaf-u-20-championship-morocco-beats-algeria

}}

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|date = 21 December 2020

|time = 14:00

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|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|20|TUN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

|attendance =

|referee = Mutaz Ibrahim Al-Shalmani (Libya)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/unaf-u-20-tunisia-and-morocco-goalless-libya-beats-algeria

}}

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|date = 21 December 2020

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|LBY}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|20|ALG}}

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  • Bara {{goal|19|o.g.}}

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|attendance =

|referee = Jalal Jayed (Morocco)

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|date = 24 December 2020

|time = 14:00

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|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

|attendance =

|referee = Ahmed El-Ghandour (Egypt)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/unaf-u-20-morocco-qualifies-to-mauritania-2021

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|date = 27 December 2020

|time = 14:00

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|goals2 =

|stadium = Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès

|attendance =

|referee = Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)

|report = https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/unaf-u-20-tunisia-secures-their-place-in-mauritania-2021

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Champions

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{{winners|fbu|20|2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament winners|TUN|Sixth}}

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{{winners|fbu|20|2020 UNAF U-20 Tournament winners|MAR|Second}}

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Qualified teams for Africa U-20 Cup of Nations

The following four teams from CAF qualify for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations.

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Team

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in Africa U-20 Cup of Nations1

{{fbu|20|MAR}}{{dts|2020|12|24|format=dmy}}10 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2005)
{{fbu|20|TUN}}{{dts|2020|12|27|format=dmy}}6 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989)

:

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Statistics

=Goalscorers=

{{Goalscorers

|goals=7 |matches=6

|1 goal=

|1 own goal=

  • {{fbicon|ALG}} Khalil Bara (vs Libya)

}}

Awards

  • Golden ball:
  • Golden boot:
  • Golden glove:
  • Fair play trophy:

References

{{reflist}}