2011 African U-23 Championship

May 2016 African U-23 Championship 2011 بطولة إفريقيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2011 2011 CAF U23 Championship logo.png 180px MAR Morocco 26 November – 10 December 8 1 2 2 23 Gabon 1 23 Morocco 23 Egypt 23 Senegal 16 35 MAR Abdelaziz Barrada NGA Raheem Lawal (3 goals) 2015 The 2011 African U-23 Championship was the first edition of the football tournament for players under 23 years.bbc.co.uk Football - 2012 Olympic qualifying tournament https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/9361788.stm 14 January 2011 22 February 2019 It was originally scheduled to be hosted by Egypt from 26 November to 10 December 2011. However, less than two months prior to the start of the tournament, Egyptian authorities decided against hosting the competition because of security concerns.Egypt denied from staging Olympic qualifiers; FilGoal.com, 10 October 2011. On 13 October 2011, Morocco was chosen as the replacement to host the tournament.Morocco to host Olympic qualifying tournament; BBC, 13 October 2011. The tournament also doubles up as the qualifiers for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The top 3 placed teams qualified automatically for the 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament, while the 4th best placed team qualify for a play-off with an AFC counterpart.Egypt hosting Olympic qualifier https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/newsid=1497288/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111026095748/http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/newsid=1497288/index.html dead 26 October 2011 FIFA 23 August 2011 Qualified teams 2011 African U-23 Championship qualification The Confederation of African Football chose to create a tournament and qualifying phase to decide which associations could represent Africa at the 2012 Olympic Games. Of CAF's 53 association nations, 39 agreed to participate in the qualifiers for the tournament. To qualify for the tournament, participating nations had to overcome three two-legged qualifying stages. Qualified teams: 23 ALG 23 CIV 23 EGY 23 GAB 23 MAR 23 NGA 23 SEN 23 RSA Venues Marrakesh Morocco right 160 Locations of the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship venues Morocco 31.63 -8.008889 Marrakesh below Morocco 35.766667 -5.8 Tangier bottom Tangier Stade de Marrakech Ibn Batouta Stadium Capacity: 45,000 Capacity: 45,000 180px 180px Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 24 September 2011 during the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt.Egypt to host CAF U-23 Championship serving as 2012 London Olympic qualifiers http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/11059-egypt-to-host-caf-u-23-championship-serving-as-2012-london-olympic-qualifiers.html cafonline.com Confederation of African Football 22 August 2011 Match officials The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.http://fr.cafonline.com/competition/championnat-caf-u-23_2011/referees Referees CAF Online Confederation of African Football https://web.archive.org/web/20111121190051/http://fr.cafonline.com/competition/championnat-caf-u-23_2011/referees 21 November 2011 29 August 2016 RefereesLinesmenCMR Néant Alioum GAM Bakary Gassama KEN Sylvester Kirwa MAD Hamada Nampiandraza MTN Ali Lemghaifry MAR Bouchaïb El Ahrach TUN Slim Jedidi ZAM Janny Sikazwe Reserve GHA Joseph Lamptey GUI Aboubacar Mario BangouraBDI Jean-Claude Birumushahu CMR Moussa Yanoussa CGO Richard Bouende-Malonga ERI Angesom Ogbamariam KEN Aden Marwa Range MWI Moffat Champiti MAR Redouane Achik RWA Felicien Kabanda SEY Jason Damoo TUN Anouar Hmila Reserve DJI Yacin Hassan Egueh Squads 2011 African U-23 Championship squads Group stage All times given as local time (UTC) If two or more teams tied in their points, the following tie-breaker is used:http://www.cafonline.com/userfiles/file/Regulation/U-23%20Eng.pdf Regulations of the African U-23 Championship, Morocco 2011 CAF 30 November 2011 (see art. 35.6) Points in the matches between the concerned teams, Goal difference in the matches between the concerned teams, Number of goals in the matches between the concerned teams, Goal difference in all group matches, Number of goals in all group matches, Fair Play point (number of yellow and red cards), Drawing of lots. Group A main main WDL Group A SEN 23 SEN MAR 23 MAR NGR 23 NGR ALG 23 ALG 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 2 5 4 1 0 2 2 5 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 26 November 2011 17:30 23 NGA 0–1 Report 23 MAR Barrada 28 pen. Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya) 26 November 2011 20:30 23 ALG 1–0 Report 23 SEN Benaldjia 77 Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Néant Alioum (Cameroon) 29 November 2011 17:30 23 MAR 1–0 Report 23 ALG Tighadouini 59 Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) 29 November 2011 21:30 23 SEN 2–1 Report 23 NGA Mbodj 34Sané 42 Uchechi 49 Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Slim Jedidi (Tunisia) 2 December 2011 19:00 23 NGA 4–1 23 ALG Lawal 47 75 85 Uchechi 87 Bounedjah 42 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh Bakary Papa Gassama (Gambia) 2 December 2011 19:00 23 MAR 0–1 Report 23 SEN Wade 31 Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) Group B main main WDL Group B EGY 23 EGY GAB 23 GAB CIV 23 CIV RSA 23 RSA 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 0 2 1 2 4 Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 27 November 2011 17:30 23 EGY 1–0 Report 23 GAB Magdi 50 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh Bakary Papa Gassama (Gambia) 27 November 2011 20:30 23 RSA 1–1 Report 23 CIV Bhengu 21 Griffiths 81 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco) 30 November 2011 17:30 23 GAB 1–1 Report 23 RSA Lengoualama 80 Masango 40 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh Ali Ould Lemghaifry (Mauritania) 30 November 2011 20:30 23 CIV 1–0 Report 23 EGY Koné 82 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) 3 December 2011 19:00 23 EGY 2–0 Report 23 RSA El Nenny 46 Mohsen 63 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) 3 December 2011 19:00 23 GAB 3–1 23 CIV Ndong Mba 46 49 pen. Yacouya 78 Traoré 30 Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Slim Jedidi (Tunisia) Knockout stage All times given as local time (UTC+1) Semi finals Final Third place play-off 6 December 23 SEN 0 23 GAB 1 7 December 23 EGY 2 23 MAR 3 10 December 23 GAB 2 23 MAR 1 10 December 23 SEN 0 23 EGY 2 Semi-finals 6 December 2011 19:00 23 SEN 0–1 yes Report 23 GAB Poko 119 Ibn Batouta Stadium, Tangier Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) 7 December 2011 19:00 23 EGY 2–3 Report 23 MAR Salah 36 Shroyda 82 Barrada 1 9 Mokhtar 66 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh Néant Alioum (Cameroon) Third place play-off 10 December 2011 14:30 23 SEN 0–2 Report 23 EGY Shroyda 32Gomaa 68 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh Slim Jedidi (Tunisia) Final 10 December 2011 17:30 23 GAB 2–1 Report 23 MAR Obiang 33 Nono 40 Mokhtar 21 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh 15,000 Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) fb 2011 CAF U-23 Championship winners GAB First Best eleven The team of the tournament with substitutes:http://www.cafonline.com/competition/caf-u-23-championship_2011/news/12337-best-eleven-caf-u-23-african-championship-2011.html Best eleven CAF U-23 African Championship 2011 CAF Online Confederation of African Football 10 December 2011 14 December 2011 Goalkeeper: EGY Ahmed El Shenawy Defenders: CIV Mahan Marc Goua, EGY Moaz El-Henawy, GAB Remy Ebanega, MAR Zakarya Bergdich Midfielders: RSA Sameehg Doutie, EGY Hossam Hassan, MAR Abdelaziz Barrada, NGR Raheem Lawal Forwards: MAR Youness Mokhtar, SEN Abdoulaye Sané Subs: SEN Ousmane Mané (GK); EGY Ahmed Hegazy and Mohamed Salah, GAB Allen Nono, CIV Laglais Xavier Kouassi and Jean Michael Seri, MAR Soufiane Bidaoui and Adnane Tighadouini, NGR Danny Uchechi, ALG Mohamed Chalali Goalscorers 3 goals MAR Abdelaziz Barrada NGA Raheem Lawal 2 goals 20em EGY Ahmed Shroyda GAB Emmanuel Ndong Mba MAR Youness Mokhtar NGR Danny Uchechi 1 goal 20em ALG Mehdi Benaldjia ALG Baghdad Bounedjah CIV Georges Henri Griffiths CIV Moussa Koné CIV Lacina Traoré EGY Ahmed Magdi EGY Marwan Mohsen EGY Mohamed Elneny EGY Mohamed Salah EGY Saleh Gomaa GAB Johan Diderot Lengoualama GAB Allen Nono GAB Landry Obiang Obiang GAB André Biyogo Poko GAB Lionel Yacouya MAR Adnane Tighadouini SEN Kara Mbodj SEN Abdoulaye Sané SEN Omar Wade RSA Phumelele Bhengu RSA Mandla Masango Criticisms Some have questioned the need for the tournament and believe that the CAF-organised Under-23 football tournament, the 2011 All-Africa Games' football tournament should have been used as a qualifying tournament. The increase in number of national U-23 fixtures caused some domestic league schedules to be revised and some league games took place with weakened teams.Who is fooling who? http://www.gazettebw.com/index.php/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8557 Botswana Gazette 10 April 2011 26 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120322113440/http://www.gazettebw.com/index.php/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8557 22 March 2012 dead dmy-all There has been criticism from fans towards clubs who have not allowed their players to participate in the qualifying stages as the tournament is not featured on the FIFA Calendar whilst the Olympics tournament is. In effect this means that African nations can call on European-based players for the Olympic tournament who were not able to participate in qualifying due to club commitments.Ghana's U-23 soccer team transit through Nairobi http://www.michezoafrika.com/Harambee%20Stars/Ghanas-U-23-soccer-team-transit-through-Nairobi/1388.aspx MichezofAfrika.com 10 April 2011 7 April 2011 Qualified teams for Summer Olympics The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics men's football tournament. Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics1 GAB 2011 12 6 1 dmyhttps://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/Gabon-and-Maroct-earn-London-2012-berths https://web.archive.org/web/20110910173004/https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/Gabon-and-Marooc-earn-London-2012-berths dead 10 September 2011 Gabon-and-Maroc-earn-London-2012 berths FIFA.com December 17, 2011 0 (Debut)MAR　 6 December 20116 (1964, 1972, 1984, 1992, 2000, 2004) EGY 2011 12 10 2 dmy 10 (1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1964, 1984, 1992) SEN 2012 4 23 3 dmy 0 (Debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. See also 2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament References 2 External links CAF U-23 Championship 2011 U-23 Championship U-23 Championship U-23 Championship Category:2011–12 in Moroccan football Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by Morocco CAF Category:21st century in Marrakesh Category:Sports competitions in Marrakesh Category:Sport in Tangier Category:November 2011 sports events in Africa Category:December 2011 sports events in Africa