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.

Qualification

Qualified teams

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.

OranAïn Témouchent
Stade Ahmed ZabanaStade Omar Oucief
Capacity: 40,000Capacity: 11,500

Draw

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

Officials

;Referees
;Reserve referees
;Assistant referees
;Reserve assistant referees
;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

    Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winners

Player Awards

;Starting Eleven
;Substitutes
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
The top four teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup: