# 2022 Arab Cup U-20

The 2022 Arab Cup U-20 was the eighth edition of the Arab Cup U-20. On 14 April 2022, the Union of Arab Football Associations granted Saudi Arabia the right to host. The tournament took place from 20 July to 7 August.
Saudi Arabia were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2021. Saudi Arabia successfully defended their title by beating Egypt in the final.

## Teams

The draw took place on 26 June 2022 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
| Algeria | 5th | 2021 | Runners-up |
| Bahrain | 3rd | 2020 | Quarter-finals |
| Djibouti | 3rd | 2021 | Group stage |
| Egypt | 4th | 2021 | Semi-finals |
| Iraq | 5th | 2021 | Quarter-finals |
| Jordan | 2nd | 2012 | Group stage |
| Lebanon | 2nd | 2021 | Group stage |
| Libya | 3rd | 2020 | Third-place |
| Mauritania | 3rd | 2021 | Group stage |
| Morocco | 5th | 2021 | Winners |
| Oman | 1st | Debut | |
| Palestine | 3rd | 2020 | Group stage |
| Saudi Arabia | 5th | 2021 | Winners |
| Somalia | 1st | Debut | |
| Sudan | 4th | 2020 | Group stage |
| Tunisia | 4th | 2021 | Winners |
| United Arab Emirates | 2nd | 2021 | Group stage |
| Yemen | 2nd | 2021 | Group stage |
Comoros, Kuwait, Qatar and Syria did not enter. In addition, there are no invited teams in this edition.

### Seedings

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Saudi Arabia (hosts) Morocco Egypt Tunisia Algeria United Arab Emirates | Iraq Oman Bahrain Jordan Lebanon Palestine | Mauritania Libya Sudan Yemen Djibouti Somalia |

## Venues

| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
| Abha | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium | 20,000 |
| Abha | Damac Club Stadium | 5,000 |

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to participate.

## Group stage

The group winners and the two best second-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mauritania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Iraq | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jordan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Yemen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Algeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Libya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Oman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Djibouti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Morocco | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Palestine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sudan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 0 | |

### Ranking of second-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | F | Palestine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | B | Yemen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | D | Oman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | C | Libya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | E | Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 6 | A | Mauritania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 31 July — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | 31 July — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | | | |
| Saudi Arabia (p) | 0 (3) | | | |
| Saudi Arabia (p) | 0 (3) | 3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | 3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | | |
| Yemen | 0 (1) | 3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | 3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | |
| Yemen | 0 (1) | Saudi Arabia | 5 | |
| 31 July — Abha (Damac) | 31 July — Abha (Damac) | | Saudi Arabia | 5 | |
| 31 July — Abha (Damac) | 31 July — Abha (Damac) | Palestine | 0 | |
| Jordan | 1 (4) | Palestine | 0 | |
| Jordan | 1 (4) | | | | 7 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | 7 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) |
| Palestine (p) | 1 (5) | | | | 7 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | 7 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) |
| Palestine (p) | 1 (5) | | | | Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (5) |
| 31 July — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | 31 July — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | | | | | Saudi Arabia (p) | 1 (5) |
| 31 July — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | 31 July — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | | | | Egypt | 1 (3) |
| Algeria | 1 | | | | Egypt | 1 (3) |
| Algeria | 1 | 3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | 3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | | | |
| Tunisia | 0 | 3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | 3 August — Abha (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz) | | | |
| Tunisia | 0 | Algeria | 1 | | | |
| 31 July — Abha (Damac) | 31 July — Abha (Damac) | | Algeria | 1 | | | |
| 31 July — Abha (Damac) | 31 July — Abha (Damac) | Egypt | 3 | |
| Egypt | 2 | Egypt | 3 | |
| Morocco | 1 | | | |

### Final

The match date was postponed for one day for unspecified reasons.

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 72 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.
6 goals
* Abdullah Radif
3 goals
* Salah Basha
* Aziz Abid
2 goals
* Lahlou Akhrib
* Ahmed Hawash
* Mohamed Adil
* Anas Mimouni
* Mohammad Sandouqa
* Abdulaziz Al-Elewai
* Amjad Issam Jibril
* Raed Bouchniba
1 goal
* Massil Adjaoudi
* Oussama Amar
* Affari Belhadj Chekal
* Yassine Ben Hamed
* Jorès Rahou
* Ahmed Diaa
* Mubarak Muhammed
* Youssef Hassan
* Mohamed Ibrahim
* Omar Ibrahim
* Abdelrahman Rashdan
* Abboud Rabah
* Amin Al-Shanaina
* Alaa Dayyeh
* Yousef Hassan
* Omar Bahlawan
* Abdel Maysir Bouchiba
* Aala Houssein Cissé
* Mohammed Akharaz
* Yassine Khalifi
* Oussama Lyakoubi
* Abderahmane Soussi
* Ali Al-Balochi
* Sultan Badr Al-Marzouq
* Monir Al Badarin
* Qais Al-Hattab
* Danny Derbas
* Mohammad Mahmoud
* Musab Al-Juwayr
* Abdulmalik Al-Oyayari
* Saleh Al Rahmani
* Mohammed Baker
* Ahmed Ibrahim Abdel Qader
* Hamed Khader
* Mohamed Wael Derbali
* Mohamed Dhaoui
* Zineddine Sassi
* Youssef Senana
* Mohamed Khalil
* Hazza Subait
* Abdul Rahman Al Shami
* Mohmmed Mahdi
* Hamza Mahrous
1 own goal
* Muhammad Muayyad Awad (against Sudan)

## Broadcasting rights

Below the list of the broadcasting rights:
| Country/Region | Broadcaster |
| Algeria | EPTV |
| Egypt | Nile Sport |
| Egypt | ONTime Sports |
| Iraq | Al Iraqiya Sports |
| Iraq | Al Rabiaa TV |
| Jordan | Jordan TV Sport |
| Kuwait | Kuwait Sports |
| Libya | Libya Sports |
| Mauritania | Mauritania Sports |
| Morocco | Arryadia |
| Oman | Oman Sports |
| Palestine | Palestine Sports |
| Qatar | Alkass Sports Channels |
| Saudi Arabia | KSA Sports |
| Saudi Arabia | Shahid |
| Sudan | Goan Sports |
| Sudan | Sudan Sports |
| Tunisia | Tunisia Sports |
| United Arab Emirates | AD Sports |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai Sports |
| United Arab Emirates | Sharjah Sports |
| Yemen | Yemen TV |
| Yemen | Yemen Today |