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) Talal Haji (7 goals)
Best player(s) Meslem Anatof
Best goalkeeper Taha Belghzal
← 2021
← 2014
TBD →

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]

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

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.

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

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'
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
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
  • Anatof
  • Kessassi
  • Bouaouiche
3–1
  • Amdouni
  • Guizani
  • Rabie
  • Boukhris
Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE)
Yemen 1–0 Sudan
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'
Referee: Maher El Ali (Lebanon)

Semi-finals

Algeria 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Penalties
  • Badani
  • Anatof
  • Karkour
  • Belgaïd
  • Kessassi
5–4
  • Al-Shamrani
  • Al-Bishri
  • Haji
  • Al-Jadaani
  • 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
  • Badani
  • Anatof
  • Kessassi
  • Kahlouchi
4–2
  • Maâli
  • Bakhti
  • Bayad
  • 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

  • Ayman Abdel Aziz
  • Omar 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
  • Ahmed Abdin
  • Hossam Abdel Karim
  • Hisham El-Haddad
  • Marwan Magoub
  • Omar 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

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  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.
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