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2011 African U-23 Championship


FieldValue
tourney_nameAfrican U-23 Championship
year2011
other_titlesبطولة إفريقيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2011
image2011 CAF U23 Championship logo.png
size180px
countryMAR Morocco
dates26 November – 10 December
num_teams8
confederations1
venues2
cities2
champion_other
count1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches16
goals35
top_scorerMAR Abdelaziz Barrada
NGA Raheem Lawal
(3 goals)
nextseason2015

NGA Raheem Lawal (3 goals)

The 2011 African 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. On 13 October 2011, Morocco was chosen as the replacement to host the tournament.

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.

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:

Venues

MarrakeshTangier
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Stade de MarrakechIbn Batouta Stadium
Capacity: 45,000Capacity: 45,000
[[File:Stade de marrakech.jpg180px]][[File:Stade Ibn Batuta, Tanger.jpg180px]]

Draw

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

Match officials

The following referees were chosen for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

RefereesLinesmen

Squads

Main article: 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:

  1. Points in the matches between the concerned teams,
  2. Goal difference in the matches between the concerned teams,
  3. Number of goals in the matches between the concerned teams,
  4. Goal difference in all group matches,
  5. Number of goals in all group matches,
  6. Fair Play point (number of yellow and red cards),
  7. Drawing of lots.

Group A


Sané

Uchechi

Group B



Mohsen

Yacouya

Knockout stage

All times given as local time (UTC+1) |6 December||0|**** |1 |7 December||2||3 |10 December||2||1 |10 December||0|****|2

Semi-finals


Shroyda Mokhtar

Third place play-off

Gomaa

Final

Nono

Best eleven

The team of the tournament with substitutes:

  • 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

  • EGY Ahmed Shroyda
  • GAB Emmanuel Ndong Mba
  • MAR Youness Mokhtar
  • NGR Danny Uchechi

;1 goal

  • 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.

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.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following three teams from CAF qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics1
0 (Debut)
6 December 20116 (1964, 1972, 1984, 1992, 2000, 2004)
10 (1920, 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1960, 1964, 1984, 1992)
0 (Debut)

:1 Bold indicates champions for that year.

References

References

  1. (14 January 2011). "Football - 2012 Olympic qualifying tournament".
  2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120425060918/http://s4.filgoal.com/English/News.aspx?NewsID=82791 Egypt denied from staging Olympic qualifiers]; FilGoal.com, 10 October 2011.
  3. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15292442 Morocco to host Olympic qualifying tournament]; BBC, 13 October 2011.
  4. "Egypt hosting Olympic qualifier". FIFA.
  5. (22 August 2011). "Egypt to host CAF U-23 Championship serving as 2012 London Olympic qualifiers". [[Confederation of African Football]].
  6. "Referees". Confederation of African Football.
  7. "Regulations of the African U-23 Championship, Morocco 2011". CAF.
  8. (10 December 2011). "Best eleven CAF U-23 African Championship 2011". Confederation of African Football.
  9. (26 January 2011). "Who is fooling who?". Botswana Gazette.
  10. (7 April 2011). "Ghana's U-23 soccer team transit through Nairobi". MichezofAfrika.com.
  11. (December 17, 2011). "Gabon-and-Maroc-earn-London-2012 berths". FIFA.com.
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