U-20 African Cup of Nations 2011

U-20 African Cup of Nations 2011
Orange African Youth Championship 2011
Number of nations	8  (of 39 applicants)
African nation champion	Nigeria (6th title)
venue	South Africa
Opening game	April 17, 2011
Endgame	May 1, 2011
Games	16
Gates	36  (⌀: 2.25 per game)
Top scorer	Uche Nwofor (4 goals)
Best player	Edgar Salli

The U-20 African Cup of 2011 is the 17th edition of the African Football Federation organized (CAF) tournament for junior national soccer teams (U-20) in Africa . The tournament was originally supposed to take place in Libya from March 18th to April 1st, but was initially postponed by the CAF on March 3rd due to the civil war in Libya . On March 17th, South Africa was announced as the new venue. The four semi-finalists qualified for the 2011 U-20 World Cup in Colombia.

qualification

→ see main article: U-20 African Cup of Nations 2011 / qualification

Attendees

•  South Africa (hosts), replaced Libya
•  Egypt
•  Gambia
•  Ghana
•  Cameroon
•  Lesotho
•  Mali
•  Nigeria

Venues

In Libya, the June 11th Stadium in Tripoli and the March 28th Stadium in Benghazi were planned as venues. Substitute hosts South Africa played the games in Johannesburg at Dobsonville Stadium and Rand Stadium .

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Mali	6: 3	7th
2	Egypt	3: 1	6th
3	South Africa	4: 6	3
4th	Lesotho	2: 5	1

April 17, 2011 at Dobsonville Stadium
South Africa	-	Mali	2: 4 (1: 3)
April 17, 2011 at Dobsonville Stadium
Egypt	-	Lesotho	2: 0 (0: 0)
April 20, 2011 at Dobsonville Stadium
Mali	-	Egypt	1: 0 (0: 0)
April 20, 2011 at Dobsonville Stadium
South Africa	-	Lesotho	2: 1 (2: 0)
April 23, 2011 at Dobsonville Stadium
South Africa	-	Egypt	0: 1 (0: 1)
April 23, 2011 at Rand Stadium
Mali	-	Lesotho	1: 1 (0: 0)

Group B

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Cameroon	3: 1	7th
2	Nigeria	4: 2	6th
3	Ghana	3: 4	2
4th	Gambia	1: 4	1

April 18, 2011 at Rand Stadium
Ghana	-	Nigeria	1: 2 (1: 1)
April 18, 2011 at Rand Stadium
Cameroon	-	Gambia	1: 0 (1: 0)
April 21, 2011 at Rand Stadium
Nigeria	-	Cameroon	0: 1 (0: 1)
April 21, 2011 at Rand Stadium
Ghana	-	Gambia	1: 1 (0: 1)
April 24, 2011 at Rand Stadium
Ghana	-	Cameroon	1: 1 (1: 0)
April 24, 2011 at Dobsonville Stadium
Nigeria	-	Gambia	2: 0 (0: 0)

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	Mali	0
	Nigeria	2
					Nigeria	3
					Cameroon	2
					Game for third place
	Cameroon	0 (4)			Mali	0
	Egypt	0 (2)			Egypt	1

Semifinals

April 28, 2011
Mali	-	Nigeria	0: 2 (0: 1)
April 28, 2011
Cameroon	-	Egypt	0: 0 (4: 2 on perk)

3rd place match

May 1, 2011
Mali	-	Egypt	0: 1

final

May 1, 2011
Nigeria	-	Cameroon	3: 2 a.d.

Web links

• Tournament website 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-20_2011/news/8448-caf-indefinitely-postpones-2011-africa-youth-championship.html
2. ↑ cafonline.com: South Africa replaces Libya as CAF U-20 hosts (March 17, 2011)