# Arab Cup U-20

The Arab Cup U-20 (Arabic: كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة) is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world. 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 of Nations for Youth (Arabic: كأس فلسطين للشباب); the first edition was held in Morocco, which Iraq won after beating Saudi Arabia in the final. After a 22-year long hiatus, in 2011 the competition returned as the Arab Cup U-20 under the auspices of the UAFA.

## Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place |
| 1983 Details | Morocco | Iraq | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Saudi Arabia | | Morocco | 2–0 | United Arab Emirates |
| 1985 Details | Algeria | Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Algeria | | Iraq | 2–0 | Tunisia |
| 1989 Details | Iraq | Morocco | 3–1 | Iraq | | Saudi Arabia | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Bahrain |
| 1992 | Sudan | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2011 Details | Morocco | Morocco | 3–3 (3–1 p) | Saudi Arabia | | No semi-finals | No semi-finals | No semi-finals |
| 2012 Details | Jordan | Tunisia | 4–2 | Saudi Arabia | | Libya | 4–0 | Algeria |
| 2014 Details | Qatar | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2020 Details | Saudi Arabia | Senegal | 1–0 | Tunisia | | Egypt and Morocco | Egypt and Morocco | Egypt and Morocco |
| 2021 Details | Egypt | Saudi Arabia | 2–1 | Algeria | | Egypt and Tunisia | Egypt and Tunisia | Egypt and Tunisia |
| 2022 Details | Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Egypt | | Algeria and Palestine | Algeria and Palestine | Algeria and Palestine |

### Successful national teams

| Team | Titles | 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 | 2014 | 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 | | | | | | Q | GS | GS | GS | 3 |
| Egypt | | | | GS | | | SF | SF | 2nd | 4 |
| Iraq | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | GS | GS | Q | QF | GS | GS | 8 |
| Jordan | GS | | GS | | GS | | | | QF | 4 |
| Kuwait | GS | | GS | GS | GS | | GS | | | 5 |
| Lebanon | | GS | | | | Q | | GS | GS | 3 |
| Libya | | | | | 3rd | | QF | | GS | 3 |
| Madagascar | | | | | | | GS | | | 1 |
| Mauritania | × | GS | | | GS | Q | 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 | Q | W | | | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | Q | GS | 1st | 1st | 8 |
| Senegal | | | | | | | 1st | QF | | 2 |
| Somalia | | | | | | | | | GS | 1 |
| Sudan | | | | GS | GS | Q | GS | | GS | 4 |
| Syria | 7th | QF | | GS | GS | | | | | 4 |
| Tajikistan | | | | | | | | QF | | 1 |
| Tunisia | 8th | 4th | QF | | 1st | Q | 2nd | SF | QF | 7 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4th | QF | QF | | | | GS | GS | GS | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | | | | | | | | GS | | 1 |
| Yemen | GS | GS | GS | | | | | GS | QF | 5 |
| Total | 16 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 18 | |

#### Notes

* ↑ Includes participations as North Yemen between 1967 and 1990