2013 African U-20 Championship

The 2013 African U-20 Championship officially known as the Orange African U-20 Championship, Algeria 2013 was the 19th edition of the African U-20 Championship. The competition was held in Algeria in the cities of Oran and Aïn Témouchent from March 16 to 30 March 2013. The semifinalists will participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualified teams

 * (hosts)

Venues
In March 2012, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Algiers and Oran were the two candidate cities to host the competition. In May, Algiers was initially chosen as the host city of the competition. However, in August, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Oran and Aïn Témouchent would replace Algiers as the host cities, due to the lack of available stadiums in the latter city.

Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

Officials

 * Referees
 * Bamlack Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
 * Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
 * Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)
 * Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
 * Hudu Munyemana (Rwanda)
 * Reinhold Shikongo (Namibia)
 * Juste Zio (Burkina Faso)
 * Thierry Nkurunziza (Burundi)
 * Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
 * Denis Dembele (Ivory Coast)
 * Reserve referees
 * Achille Madila (DR Congo)
 * Bakary Camara (Gambia)


 * Assistant referees
 * Peter Sabatia (Kenya)
 * El Hadji Malick Samba (Senegal)
 * Balkrishna Bootun (Mauritius)
 * Anouar Hmila (Tunisia)
 * Jerson dos Santos (Angola)
 * Moussa Bayere (Ivory Coast)
 * Arsenio Marengula (Mozambique)
 * Yacine Hassan Egueh (Djibouti)
 * Mohamed Bechirene (Algeria)
 * Issa Yaya (Chad)
 * Sidiki Sidibe (Guinea)
 * Berhe Tesfargiorgh (Eritrea)
 * Seydou Tiama (Burkina Faso)
 * Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue (Cameroon)


 * Reserve assistant referees
 * Kindie Mussie (Ethiopia)
 * Yahaya Mahamadou (Niger)

Group stage

 * Tiebreakers
 * 1) Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
 * 2) Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
 * 3) Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
 * 4) Goal difference in all group matches
 * 5) Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
 * 6) Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
 * 7) Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee

Semi-finals

 * Originally the games were scheduled to kick-off at 17:30 and 20:30. However CAF made changes on the 10 March so that both matches started at 17:00.

Player Awards

 * Top goalscorer: 🇳🇬 Aminu Umar
 * Fair player of the tournament: 🇬🇭 Francis Narh
 * Player of the tournament: 🇪🇬 Saleh Gomaa

Team of the tournament

 * Starting Eleven
 * 🇪🇬 Mossad Awad
 * 🇪🇬 Ahmed Samir
 * 🇲🇱 Boubacar Diarra
 * 🇪🇬 Ramy Rabia
 * 🇬🇭 Lawrence Lartey
 * 🇳🇬 Abdul Jeleel Ajagun
 * 🇬🇭 Derrick Mensah
 * 🇪🇬 Saleh Gomaa
 * 🇪🇬 Kahraba
 * 🇩🇿 Zinedine Ferhat
 * 🇬🇭 Ebenezer Assifuah


 * Substitutes
 * 🇬🇭 Eric Ofori Antwi
 * 🇲🇱 Tiékoro Keita
 * 🇬🇭 Francis Narh
 * 🇬🇦 Didier Ibrahim Ndong
 * Emomo Eddy Ngoyi
 * 🇳🇬 Mohammed Goyi Aliyu
 * 🇧🇯 David Djigla
 * 🇪🇬 Hossam Mohammed Ghaly

Goal scorers

 * 4 goals
 * 🇳🇬 Aminu Umar


 * 3 goals


 * 🇬🇭 Ebenezer Assifuah
 * 🇪🇬 Kahraba


 * 2 goals


 * 🇪🇬 Saleh Gomaa
 * 🇲🇱 Adama Niane
 * Abdul Jeleel Ajagun


 * 1 goal


 * 🇬🇭 Ebenezer Ofori
 * 🇬🇭 Seidu Salifu
 * 🇬🇭 Jeremiah Arkorful
 * 🇪🇬 Mahmoud Hamad
 * 🇪🇬 Ramy Rabia
 * 🇲🇱 Samba Diallo
 * 🇲🇱 Tiékoro Keita
 * Emomo Eddy Ngoyi

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The top four teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup: