# 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

* Algeria (hosts)
* Benin
* DR Congo
* Egypt
* Gabon
* Ghana
* Mali
* Nigeria

## 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.
| Oran | OranAïn Témouchent | Aïn Témouchent |
| Stade Ahmed Zabana | OranAïn Témouchent | Stade Omar Oucief |
| Capacity: 40,000 | OranAïn Témouchent | Capacity: 11,500 |

## Draw

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

## Group stage
### Tiebreakers

* Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the concerned teams
* Best goal difference resulting from the matches between the concerned teams
* Greatest number of goals scored in the matches between the concerned teams
* Goal difference in all group matches
* Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
* Fair Play point system in which the number of yellow and red cards are evaluated
* Drawing of lots by CAF Organising Committee

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Egypt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ghana | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Benin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Algeria (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Mali | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Gabon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | DR Congo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Stade Omar Oucief - 26 March | Stade Omar Oucief - 26 March |
| Egypt | 2 |
| Egypt | 2 | Stade Ahmed Zabana - 30 March | Stade Ahmed Zabana - 30 March |
| Nigeria | 0 | Stade Ahmed Zabana - 30 March | Stade Ahmed Zabana - 30 March |
| Nigeria | 0 | Egypt | 1 (5) |
| Stade Ahmed Zabana - 26 March | Stade Ahmed Zabana - 26 March | | Egypt | 1 (5) |
| Stade Ahmed Zabana - 26 March | Stade Ahmed Zabana - 26 March | Ghana | 1 (4) |
| Ghana | 0 (4) | Ghana | 1 (4) |
| Mali | 0 (2) | | |
| Mali | 0 (2) | Third place | Third place |
| | | Stade Ahmed Zabana - 29 March | Stade Ahmed Zabana - 29 March |
| | | Nigeria | 2 |
| | | Mali | 1 |

### Semi-finals

* Originally the games were scheduled to kick-off at 17:30 and 20:30. However CAF made changes on the 10 March so that both matches started at 17:00.

### Final
## Winners

* 2013 African U-20 Championship winners
* Egypt Fourth title

## Player Awards

* Top goalscorer: Aminu Umar
* Fair player of the tournament: Francis Narh
* Player of the tournament: Saleh Gomaa

### Team of the tournament
## Goal scorers
### 4 goals

* Aminu Umar

### 3 goals

* Ebenezer Assifuah
* Kahraba

### 2 goals

* Saleh Gomaa
* Adama Niane
* Abdul Jeleel Ajagun

### 1 goal

* Ebenezer Ofori
* Seidu Salifu
* Jeremiah Arkorful
* Mahmoud Hamad
* Ramy Rabia
* Samba Diallo
* Tiékoro Keita
* Emomo Eddy Ngoyi

## Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The top four teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup:
* Egypt
* Ghana
* Mali
* Nigeria