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2011 African U-23 Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | African U-23 Championship |
| year | 2011 |
| other_titles | بطولة إفريقيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2011 |
| image | 2011 CAF U23 Championship logo.png |
| size | 180px |
| country | MAR Morocco |
| dates | 26 November – 10 December |
| num_teams | 8 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 2 |
| cities | 2 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 16 |
| goals | 35 |
| top_scorer | MAR Abdelaziz Barrada |
| NGA Raheem Lawal | |
| (3 goals) | |
| nextseason | 2015 |
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
| Marrakesh | Tangier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{location map+ | Morocco | float=right | width=160 | caption=Locations of the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship venues | places= | |
| Stade de Marrakech | Ibn Batouta Stadium | |||||
| Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 45,000 | |||||
| [[File:Stade de marrakech.jpg | 180px]] | [[File:Stade Ibn Batuta, Tanger.jpg | 180px]] |
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.
| Referees | Linesmen |
|---|
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:
- 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.
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.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 (Debut) | ||
| 6 December 2011 | 6 (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
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- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15292442 Morocco to host Olympic qualifying tournament]; BBC, 13 October 2011.
- "Egypt hosting Olympic qualifier". FIFA.
- (22 August 2011). "Egypt to host CAF U-23 Championship serving as 2012 London Olympic qualifiers". [[Confederation of African Football]].
- "Referees". Confederation of African Football.
- "Regulations of the African U-23 Championship, Morocco 2011". CAF.
- (10 December 2011). "Best eleven CAF U-23 African Championship 2011". Confederation of African Football.
- (26 January 2011). "Who is fooling who?". Botswana Gazette.
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- (December 17, 2011). "Gabon-and-Maroc-earn-London-2012 berths". FIFA.com.
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