2011 African U-20 Championship

February 2017 December 2021 African Youth Championship 2011 2011 Afrikaanse Jeug ChampionshipCAF U20/South Africa 2011 African U20 Championship.jpg 170px Johannesburg South Africa 17 April – 1 May 8 1 2 1 20 NGA 6 20 CMR 20 EGY 20 MLI 16 34 NGA Uche Nwofor (4 goals) 2009 2013 The 2011 African Youth Championship was a football tournament for the Under-20 level national teams in Africa. It was due to be held in Libya from 18 March to 1 April. Following political unrest in the region, CAF decided to postpone the tournament, before deciding that South Africa would be the new hosts, with games taking place between 17 April and 2 May.http://www.kickoff.com/news/20770/south-africa-replaces-lybia-as-caf-african-youth-championship-hosts.php CAF gives youth tourney to SA Kickoff.com 16 March 2010 16 March 2010 15 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180615191401/http://www.kickoff.com/news/20770/south-africa-replaces-lybia-as-caf-african-youth-championship-hosts.php dead As the Championship also acted as a qualifier for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, the tournament would have to be played before the end of June 2011.http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-20_2011/news/8448-caf-indefinitely-postpones-2011-africa-youth-championship.html CAF indefinitely postpones 2011 Africa Youth Championship Confederation of African Football 3 March 2010 3 March 2010 The tournament was won by Nigeria, who beat Cameroon in the final, to win their sixth title.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9472609.stm Nigeria win superb Africa Youth Championship final 1 May 2011 BBC 28 November 2011 Qualification 2011 African U-20 Championship qualification Qualified teams: 20 RSA (hosts, replaces 20 LBY 1977) 20 CMR 20 EGY 20 GAM 20 GHA 20 LES 20 MLI 20 NGA Squads 2011 African U-20 Championship squads Venues Johannesburg has been named as venue of Orange African Youth Championship 2011.Johannesburg has been named as venue of Orange AYC 2011. http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-20_2011/news/8892-johannesburg-has-been-named-as-venue-of-orange-ayc-2011.html Confederation of African Football 4 May 2011 Matches was played at two stadiums in Johannesburg. Dobsonville Stadium, home of Moroka Swallows and Bidvest Stadium, home of Wits University.Dobsonville, Rand Stadiums to host AYC http://www.kickoff.com/news/21137/dobsonville-rand-stadiums-to-host-african-youth-championships.php Kickoff.com 7 April 2011 Rand Stadium, was originally selected as a host stadium, but was dropped in favour of Bidvest Stadium.Venue change for AYC games http://www.kickoff.com/news/21256/rand-stadium-dumped-from-2011-african-youth-championships.php Kickoff.com 14 April 2011 ZAF Johannesburg Dobsonville Stadium Bidvest Stadium -26.226798 27.864071 region:ZA_type:landmark inline Dobsonville Stadium -26.187778 28.028333 region:ZA_type:landmark inline Bidvest Stadium Capacity: 24,000 Capacity: 5,000200pxcenter South Africa 350 South Africa -26.204444 28.045556 left Johannesburg Officials The following referees were chosen for the tournament.Referees http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-20_2011/referees Confederation of African Football 2 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110101155538/http://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-20_2011/referees 1 January 2011 Referees Daniel Volgraaff (South Africa) Adam Cordier (Chad) Badara Diatta (Senegal) Crespin Aguidissou (Benin) Eldin Abdel Gadir Badr (Sudan) Hamdi Chaaban (Egypt) Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) Mario Bangoura Aboubacar (Guinea) Assistant referees Thusi Siwela Zakhele (South Africa) Mohamed Benarous (Algeria) Sunguifolo Yeo (Ivory Coast) Malonga Bouende (Congo) John Kanyenye Lonngional (Tanzania) Berhe Tesfagiorgis (Eritrea) Malick Alidu Salifu (Ghana) Fousseyni Traore (Mali) Group stage Group A main WDL 20 MLI 20 EGY 20 RSA 20 LES complete 2 1 0 6 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 2 4 6 H 0 1 2 2 5 MLI, EGY, RSA, LES Group tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 17 April 2011 12:00 20 RSA 2–4 Report 20 MLI Nguzana 20 77 Doumbia 11Coulibaly 22 38Diallo 67 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) 17 April 2011 15:00 20 EGY 2–0 Report 20 LES Hegazy 46Salah 63 pen. Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Adam Cordier (Chad) 20 April 2011 12:00 20 LES 1–2 Report 20 RSA L. Marabe 66 Koapeng 22Nguzana 32 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Hama Nampianbraza (Madagascar) 20 April 2011 15:00 20 MLI 1–0 Report 20 EGY Konaté 65 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Malick Salif (Ghana) 23 April 2011 12:00 20 MLI 1–1 Report 20 LES Ballo 17 Mosiuda 82 Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg Badara Diatta (Senegal) 23 April 2011 15:00 20 RSA 0–1 Report 20 EGY Hamdy 45 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) Group B main WDL 20 CMR 20 NGA 20 GHA 20 GAM complete 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 1 4 2 0 2 1 3 4 0 1 2 1 4 CMR, NGA, GHA, GAM Group tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 18 April 2011 12:00 20 GHA 1–2 Report 20 NGA Boakye 31 Nwofor 17 82 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Badara Diatta (Senegal) 18 April 2011 15:00 20 CMR 1–0 Report 20 GAM Sally 41 51 67 78 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Mario Bangoura Aboubacar (Guinea) 21 April 2011 12:00 20 NGA 0–1 Report 20 CMR Ohandza 45+1 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Mohamed Benouza (Algeria) 21 April 2011 15:00 20 GAM 1–1 Report 20 GHA Jammeh 22 Boakye 88 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Daniel Volgraaff (South Africa) 24 April 2011 12:00 20 GHA 1–1 Report 20 CMR Chana 20 Mbongo 90 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Hama Nampianbraza (Madagascar) 24 April 2011 12:00 20 NGA 2–0 Report 20 GAM Kayode 65 Olamilekan 77 Bidvest Stadium, Johannesburg Adam Cordier (Chad) Knockout stage The teams that reached this phase qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.http://www.insideworldfootball.biz/worldfootball/africa/8950-south-africa-replace-libya-as-african-youth-championship-hosts South Africa replace Libya as African Youth Championship hosts David Gold 19 March 2011 Insideworldfootball Limited 29 November 2011 28 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110728113639/http://www.insideworldfootball.biz/worldfootball/africa/8950-south-africa-replace-libya-as-african-youth-championship-hosts dead 28 April 20 MLI 0 20 NGA 2 28 April 20 EGY 0 (2) 20 CMR|0 (4)|1 May|20 NGA|3|20 CMR|2 |1 May|20 MLI|0|20 EGY|1''' Semifinals 28 April 2011 12:00 20 MLI 0–2 Report 20 NGA Nwofor 22Okoro 90+2 pen. Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Mario Bangoura Aboubacar (Guinea) 28 April 2011 15:00 20 EGY 0–0 yes Report 20 CMR Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Adam Cordier (Chad) Hegazy Hamdy Ibrahim Ashraf 2–4 Songo’o Nyatchou Ndema Mvom-Mbeyo'o Banana Third place playoff 1 May 2011 12:00 20 MLI 0–1 Report 20 EGY Hamdy 48 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Hama Nampianbraza (Madagascar) Final 1 May 2011 15:00 20 NGA 3–2 Report 20 CMR Kayode 75Nwofor 80Envoh 90+2 Ohandza 82Salli 85 Dobsonville Stadium, Johannesburg Badara Diatta (Senegal) Winners fb 2011 African Youth Championship Nigeria Sixth Player Awards Top goalscorer: NGA Uche Nwoforhttp://www.cafonline.com/competition/can-u-20_2011/news/9407-awards-orange-can-u-20.html Awards : Orange CAN U-20 Orange African Youth Championship 2011 CAF 29 November 2011 Fair player of the tournament: EGY Ahmed El Shenawy Player of the tournament: CMR Edgar Salli Goal scorers 4 goals NGA Uche Nwofor 3 goals RSA Lucky Nguzana 2 goals 22em CMR Frank Ohandza CMR Edgar Salli EGY Mohamed Hamdy GHA Richmond Boakye MLI Kalifa Coulibaly NGA Olarenwaju Kayode 1 goal 22em CMR Emmanuel Mbongo EGY Ahmed Hegazy EGY Mohamed Salah GAM Baboucarr Jammeh GHA Kwame Chana LES Litsepe Leonty Marabe MLI Amara Konaté MLI Cheick Mohamed Chérif Doumbia MLI Ibrahim Diallo NGA Terry Envoh NGA Azeez Ramon Olamilekan NGA Stanley Okoro RSA Letsie Koapeng References External links African U-20 Championship 2011 – rsssf.com 2011 African U-20 Championship – cafonline CAF U-20 Championship at Soccerway 2011 U-20 Championship U-20 Championship U-20 Championship Category:2010–11 in South African soccer Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by South Africa Category:2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup qualification Category:2010s in Johannesburg Category:Sports competitions in Johannesburg Category:April 2011 sports events in Africa Category:May 2011 sports events in Africa