Arab Cup U-20
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| Founded | 1983, as Palestine Cup for Youth 2011, as Arab Cup U-20 |
|---|---|
| Region | Arab world (UAFA) |
| Teams | 18 |
| Current champions |  Saudi Arabia (3rd title) |
| Most championships | Saudi Arabia (3 titles) |
 2022 Arab Cup U-20 | |
The Arab Cup U-20 (Arabic: كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة)[1] is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world.[2] The teams come from CAF and AFC. Some non-Arab nations, such as Senegal or Uzbekistan, have also been invited on occasion.
History
The competition was created in 1983 as the Palestine Cup for Youth (Arabic: كأس فلسطين للشباب) replacing the Palestine Cup of senior teams; the first edition was held in Morocco, which Iraq won after beating Saudi Arabia in the final.[3] After a 22-year long hiatus, in 2011 the competition returned as the Arab Cup U-20 under the auspices of the UAFA.[3]
Results
| Ed. | Year | Host | First place game | Third place game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Champion
|
Score |  Runner-up
|
 Third place
|
Score |  Fourth place
| |||||
| Palestine Cup for Youth | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1983 |  Morocco
|
.svg.png){kind=small} Iraq |
1–0 (a.e.t.) |
Saudi Arabia |
Morocco |
2–0 |  United Arab Emirates | ||
| 2 | 1985 |  Algeria
|
Saudi Arabia |
2–1 | Algeria |
Iraq |
2–0 |  Tunisia | ||
| 3 | 1989 | Iraq
|
Morocco |
3–1 | Iraq |
Saudi Arabia |
1–1 (4–3 p) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Bahrain | ||
| — | 1992 |  Sudan
|
Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||
| Arab Cup U-20 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2011 | Morocco
|
Morocco |
3–3 (3–1 p) |
Saudi Arabia |
No semi-finals | ||||
| 5 | 2012 |  Jordan
|
Tunisia |
4–2 | Saudi Arabia |
 Libya |
4–0 | Algeria | ||
| — | 2014 |  Qatar
|
Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||
| 6 | 2020 | Saudi Arabia
|
 Senegal |
1–0 | Tunisia |
 Egypt and Morocco
| ||||
| 7 | 2021 | Egypt
|
Saudi Arabia |
2–1 | Algeria |
Egypt and Tunisia
| ||||
| 8 | 2022 | Saudi Arabia
|
Saudi Arabia |
1–1 (5–3 p) |
Egypt |
Algeria and  Palestine
| ||||
| 9 | 2026 |  Iraq
|
TBD | TBD | ||||||
| 10 | 2028 | Egypt
|
TBD | TBD | ||||||
Statistics
Summary
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia
|
3 (1985, 2021, 2022) | 3 (1983, 2011, 2012) | 1 (1989) | – | – |
| Morocco
|
2 (1989, 2011) | – | 1 (1983) | – | 1 (2020) |
| Iraq
|
1 (1983) | 1 (1989) | 1 (1985) | – | – |
| Tunisia
|
1 (2012) | 1 (2020) | – | 1 (1985) | 1 (2021) |
| Senegal
|
1 (2020) | – | – | – | – |
| Algeria
|
– | 2 (1985, 2021) | – | 1 (2012) | 1 (2022) |
| Egypt
|
– | 1 (2022) | – | – | 2 (2020, 2021) |
 Bahrain
|
– | – | – | 1 (1989) | – |
| Libya
|
– | – | 1 (2012) | – | – |
| United Arab Emirates
|
– | – | – | 1 (1983) | – |
| Palestine
|
– | – | – | – | 1 (2022) |
Participating nations
| Team | 1983 |
1985 |
1989 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria
|
5th | 2nd | GS | GS | 4th | QF | 2nd | SF | 8 | |
| Bahrain
|
GS | 4th | GS | QF | GS | 5 | ||||
 Comoros
|
W | QF | 1 | |||||||
 Djibouti
|
GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||
| Egypt
|
GS | SF | SF | 2nd | 4 | |||||
| Iraq
|
1st | 3rd | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | 8 | |
| Jordan
|
GS | GS | GS | QF | 4 | |||||
 Kuwait
|
GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | ||||
 Lebanon
|
GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||
| Libya
|
3rd | QF | GS | 3 | ||||||
 Madagascar
|
GS | 1 | ||||||||
 Mauritania
|
× | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||
| Morocco
|
3rd | GS | 1st | 1st | GS | SF | QF | QF | 8 | |
 Niger
|
GS | 1 | ||||||||
 Oman
|
GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||
| Palestine
|
GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | SF | 6 | |||
| Qatar
|
6th | QF | QF | GS | W | 4 | ||||
| Saudi Arabia
|
2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 1st | 1st | 8 | |
| Senegal
|
1st | QF | 2 | |||||||
 Somalia
|
GS | 1 | ||||||||
| Sudan
|
GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | |||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Syria
|
7th | QF | GS | GS | 4 | |||||
 Tajikistan
|
QF | 1 | ||||||||
| Tunisia
|
8th | 4th | QF | 1st | 2nd | SF | QF | 7 | ||
| United Arab Emirates
|
4th | QF | QF | GS | GS | GS | 6 | |||
 Uzbekistan
|
GS | 1 | ||||||||
 Yemen[a]
|
GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | 5 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
- Notes
- ^ Includes participations as
North Yemen between 1967 and 1990
See also
References
- ^ "الاتحاد العربي" يعلن عن مسابقاته للموسم القادم [The "Arab Union" announces its competitions for the next season]. UAFA (in Arabic). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "U20 Arab Championship". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ a b كأس العرب تحت 20. تعرف على أبطال أول وآخر نسخة من البطولة [Arab Cup U-20 .. Learn about the champions of the first and last version of the tournament]. greentidekw.com (in Arabic). 15 February 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2022.