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2011 CAF U-23 Championship
بطولة إفريقيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2011
Tournament details
Host country	; Morocco;
Dates	26 November – 10 December
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	; Gabon (1st title);
Runners-up	; Morocco;
Third place	; Egypt;
Fourth place	; Senegal;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	35 (2.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; Abdelaziz Barrada ; Raheem Lawal; (3 goals);
	; 2015 →

The 2011 CAF U-23 Championship was the first edition of the football tournament for players under 23 years. 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.^[1] On 13 October 2011, Morocco was chosen as the replacement to host the tournament.^[2]

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.^[3]

Qualified teams

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:

Algeria

Ivory Coast

Egypt

Gabon

Morocco

Nigeria

Senegal

South Africa

Venues

Marrakech	Marrakech Tangier Locations of the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship venues	Tangier
Stade de Marrakech		Stade de Tanger
Capacity: 45,000		Capacity: 45,000

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 24 September 2011 during the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Cairo, Egypt.^[4]

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.^[5]

Referees	Linesmen
Néant Alioum Bakary Gassama Sylvester Kirwa Hamada Nampiandraza Ali Lemghaifry Bouchaïb El Ahrach Slim Jedidi Janny Sikazwe Reserve Joseph Lamptey Aboubacar Mario Bangoura	Jean-Claude Birumushahu Moussa Yanoussa Richard Bouende-Malonga Angesom Ogbamariam Aden Marwa Range Moffat Champiti Redouane Achik Felicien Kabanda Jason Damoo Anouar Hmila Reserve Yacin Hassan Egueh

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:^[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.

Legend
	Teams that advanced to the semifinals

Group A


Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Senegal	3	2	1	3	2	+1	6
Morocco	3	2	1	2	1	+1	6
Nigeria	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
Algeria	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3

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26 November 201117:30

Nigeria	0–1	Morocco
	Report	Barrada 28' (pen.)

Stade de Tanger

Referee: Sylvester Kirwa (Kenya)

26 November 201120:30

Algeria	1–0	Senegal
Benaldjia 77'	Report

Stade de Tanger

Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

29 November 201117:30

Morocco	1–0	Algeria
Tighadouini 59'	Report

Stade de Tanger

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

29 November 201121:30

Senegal	2–1	Nigeria
Mbodj 34' Sané 42'	Report	Uchechi 49'

Stade de Tanger

Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

2 December 201119:00

Nigeria	4–1	Algeria
Lawal 47', 75', 85' Uchechi 87'		Bounedjah 42'

Stade de Marrakech

Referee: Bakary Papa Gassama (Gambia)

2 December 201119:00

Morocco	0–1	Senegal
	Report	Wade 31'

Stade de Tanger

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

Group B


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Gabon	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Ivory Coast	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
South Africa	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

27 November 201117:30

Egypt	1–0	Gabon
Magdi 50'	Report

Stade de Marrakech

Referee: Bakary Papa Gassama (Gambia)

27 November 201120:30

South Africa	1–1	Ivory Coast
Bhengu 21'	Report	Griffiths 81'

Stade de Marrakech

Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)

30 November 201117:30

Gabon	1–1	South Africa
Lengoualama 80'	Report	Masango 40'

Stade de Marrakech

Referee: Ali Ould Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

30 November 201120:30

Ivory Coast	1–0	Egypt
Koné 82'	Report

Stade de Marrakech

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

3 December 201119:00

Egypt	2–0	South Africa
El Nenny 46' Mohsen 63'	Report

Stade de Marrakech

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

3 December 201119:00

Gabon	3–1	Ivory Coast
Ndong Mba 46', 49' (pen.) Yacouya 78'		Traoré 30'

Stade de Tanger

Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Knockout stage

All times given as local time (UTC+1)

Semi finals		Final

6 December

Senegal	0
		10 December
Gabon (a.e.t.)	1
		Gabon	2
7 December
		Morocco	1
Egypt	2

Morocco	3
		Third place play-off

		10 December

		Senegal	0

		Egypt	2

Semi-finals

6 December 201119:00

Senegal	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Gabon
	Report	Poko 119'

Stade de Tanger

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

7 December 201119:00

Egypt	2–3	Morocco
Salah 36' Shroyda 82'	Report	Barrada 1', 9' Mokhtar 66'

Stade de Marrakech

Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

Third place play-off

10 December 201114:30

Senegal	0–2	Egypt
	Report	Shroyda 32' Gomaa 68'

Stade de Marrakech

Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

Final

10 December 201117:30

Gabon	2–1	Morocco
Obiang 33' Nono 40'	Report	Mokhtar 21'

Stade de Marrakech

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

2011 CAF U-23 Championship Winners
Gabon First title

Best eleven

The team of the tournament with substitutes:^[7]

Goalkeeper: Ahmed El-Shenawy

Defenders: Mahan Marc Goua, Moaz El-Henawy, Remy Ebanega, Zakarya Bergdich

Midfielders: Sameehg Doutie, Hossam Hassan, Abdelaziz Barrada, Raheem Lawal

Forwards: Youness Mokhtar, Abdoulaye Sané

Subs: Ousmane Mané (GK); Ahmed Hegazy and Mohamed Salah, Allen Nono, Laglais Xavier Kouassi and Jean Michael Seri, Soufiane Bidaoui and Adnane Tighadouini, Danny Uchechi, Mohamed Chalali

Goalscorers

3 goals

Abdelaziz Barrada

Raheem Lawal

2 goals

Ahmed Shroyda

Emmanuel Ndong Mba

Youness Mokhtar

Danny Uchechi

1 goal

Mehdi Benaldjia

Baghdad Bounedjah

Georges Henri Griffiths

Moussa Koné

Lacina Traoré

Ahmed Magdi

Marwan Mohsen

Mohamed El Nenny

Saleh Gomaa

Johan Diderot Lengoualama

Allen Nono

Landry Obiang Obiang

André Biyogo Poko

Lionel Yacouya

Adnane Tighadouini

Kara Mbodj

Abdoulaye Sané

Omar Wade

Phumelele Bhengu

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.^[8]

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.^[9]

Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics

Gabon

Morocco

Egypt

Inter-continental play-off

Senegal – qualified for an inter-continental play-off against the fourth representative of the Pre-Olympic Tournament in Asian zone

References

^ Egypt denied from staging Olympic qualifiers; FilGoal.com, 10 October 2011.

^ Morocco to host Olympic qualifying tournament; BBC, 13 October 2011.

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^ "Egypt to host CAF U-23 Championship serving as 2012 London Olympic qualifiers". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 22 August 2011.

^ "Referees". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

^ "Regulations of the African U-23 Championship, Morocco 2011" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 30 November 2011. (see art. 35.6)

^ "Best eleven CAF U-23 African Championship 2011". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

^ "Who is fooling who?". Botswana Gazette. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.

^ "Ghana's U-23 soccer team transit through Nairobi". MichezofAfrika.com. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.

External links

CAF U-23 Championship

[1] Egypt denied from staging Olympic qualifiers; FilGoal.com, 10 October 2011.

[2] Morocco to host Olympic qualifying tournament; BBC, 13 October 2011.

[3] "Egypt hosting Olympic qualifier". FIFA. Retrieved 23 August 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}

[4] "Egypt to host CAF U-23 Championship serving as 2012 London Olympic qualifiers". cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 22 August 2011.

[5] "Referees". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

[6] "Regulations of the African U-23 Championship, Morocco 2011" (PDF). CAF. Retrieved 30 November 2011. (see art. 35.6)

[7] "Best eleven CAF U-23 African Championship 2011". CAF Online. Confederation of African Football. 10 December 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

[8] "Who is fooling who?". Botswana Gazette. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2011.

[9] "Ghana's U-23 soccer team transit through Nairobi". MichezofAfrika.com. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.

v t e Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
AFC	Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 (play-off round)
CAF	Qualification Finals
CONCACAF	Qualification Finals
CONMEBOL	Youth Championship
OFC	Preliminary Competition
UEFA	Group stage Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Play-offs Finals
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2011 CAF U-23 Championship

Contents

Qualified teams

Venues

Draw

Match officials

Squads

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Best eleven

Goalscorers

Criticisms

Qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics

Inter-continental play-off

See also

References

External links

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