2022 Arab Cup U-17

The 2022 Arab Cup U-17 is the fourth edition of the Arab Cup U-17, an association football tournament between Arab countries. It will be played from 23 August to 8 September 2022 in Algeria in Oran which represent the administrative organization of the tournament,^[1] and two other cities, Sig and Mostaganem which they holds each ones the football matches.^[2]

2022 Arab Cup U-17

كأس العرب تحت 17 عام 2022
Official poster of the tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Dates	23 August – 8 September
Teams	16 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Algeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Morocco
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	87 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Talal Haji (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Meslem Anatof
Best goalkeeper	Taha Belghzal
← 2021 ← 2014 TBD →

Iraq won the previous tournament in 2014, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. Host Algeria won the tournament for the first time after beating Morocco on penalties 4–2.

Teams

16 teams took part to the tournament. The draw took place on 31 July 2022 in Abha, Saudi Arabia.^[3]

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Algeria	3rd	2011	Fourth place
Comoros	1st	debut
Egypt	1st	debut
Iraq	4th	2014	Winners
Lebanon	1st	debut
Libya	2nd	2012	Group stage
Mauritania	3rd	2014	Group stage
Morocco	3rd	2012	Third place
Oman	2nd	2012	Group stage
Palestine	3rd	2014	Group stage
Saudi Arabia	4th	2014	Winners
Sudan	4th	2011	Third place
Syria	2nd	2011	Runners-up
Tunisia	2nd	2012	Winners
United Arab Emirates	1st	debut
Yemen	2nd	2012	Fourth place

 Bahrain,  Djibouti,  Jordan,  Kuwait,  Qatar and  Somalia did not enter.

Seedings

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Algeria (hosts)  Morocco  Egypt  Tunisia	Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates  Iraq  Oman	Lebanon  Palestine  Mauritania  Libya	Comoros  Sudan  Yemen  Syria

Venues

The city of Oran hosts the tournament but two stadiums from two other cities, Sig and Mostaganem were allocated to host the matches.^[4]

Mostaganem Sig Oran : Administrative venue : Football matches venues		Sig
		Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium
		Capacity: 20,000
		Mostaganem
		Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium
		Capacity: 18,000

Officiating

Referees

• Elias Bekouassa
• Mahmoud Nagy
• Mohamed Salman
• Usama Hasan
• Ammar Ashkanani
• Maher El Ali
• Ahmed Al-Zaruq
• Mostafa Kachef
• Mahmoud Salem Hameed
• Mohammed Abu Shahla
• Shukri Al-Hanfush
• Ameen Al-Hadi
• Muhammad Suleiman Kanat
• Mohamed Yousri Bouali
• Yahya Al-Mulla
• Mokhtar Al-Arami

Assistant referees

• Mohamed Serradj
• Brahim Hamlaoui
• Abdelmajid El-Zalan
• Hany Abdelfattah
• Hussein Falah Munshid
• Ali Berri
• Monji Abu Shikiwa
• Ahmed Ibrahim
• Hamza Naciri
• Nasser Saidi
• Khaldun Abu Qbita
• Faisal Al-Qahtani
• Muleed Rajah Ali
• Naji Al-Fateh
• Mohammad Qazzaz
• Youssef El-Jami

Squads

Main article: 2022 Arab Cup U-17 squads

Group stage

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

All match times are local, WAT, CET (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria (H)	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Sudan	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1
4	Palestine	3	0	1	2	0	8	−8	1

Source: UAFA
(H) Hosts

23 August 2022

17:00

Algeria	5–0	Palestine
Ziad 3' Kahlouchi 62' Issam 65' Boualem 82' Anatof 88'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

Referee: Mahmoud Salem Hameed (Oman)

23 August 2022

17:00

United Arab Emirates	0–2	Sudan
		Musa 40', 58'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

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26 August 2022

20:00

Palestine	0–0	United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

Referee: Mohamed Yousri Bouali (Tunisia)

26 August 2022

20:00

Sudan	0–2	Algeria
		Badani 11' Ziad 50' (pen.)

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

Referee: Mohamed Salman (Iraq)

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29 August 2022

17:00

Algeria	3–0	United Arab Emirates
Abdelmoudjib 12' Kessassi 34' Anatof 86'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

Referee: Muhammad Suleiman Kanat (Syria)

29 August 2022

17:00

Sudan	3–0	Palestine
Musab 16' Musa 51' (pen.) Munzer 62'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yemen	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tunisia	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5[a]
3	Libya	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5[a]
4	Oman	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Source: UAFA
Notes:

1. Disciplinary points: Tunisia 0; Libya –5

23 August 2022

20:00

Tunisia	0–0	Libya

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

23 August 2022

20:00

Oman	0–3	Yemen
		Al-Khidr 24' Abdul-Nabi 42', 62'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

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26 August 2022

17:00

Libya	2–1	Oman
Al-Zaqouzi 52' Al-Mabrouk 69'		Al-Mushaykhani 48'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

26 August 2022

17:00

Yemen	1–1	Tunisia
Al-Hindi 55'		Argui 19'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

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29 August 2022

20:00

Tunisia	2–1	Oman
Amdouni 1' Guizani 49'		Ben Hassine 37' (o.g.)

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

Referee: Maher Al-Ula (Lebanon)

29 August 2022

20:00

Yemen	1–1	Libya
Tariki 19'		Al-Mabrouk 77'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Morocco	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
3	Comoros	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Mauritania	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: UAFA

24 August 2022

17:00

Morocco	1–2	Iraq
Amine 45+1'		Akbar 43' Jaafar 45+3'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

24 August 2022

17:00

Comoros	3–2	Mauritania
Imam 50' Mohamed 60', 90'		Abderrahmane 41', 88'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

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27 August 2022

20:00

Iraq	2–1	Comoros
Akbar 27', 65'		Salem 60' (o.g.)

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

27 August 2022

20:00

Mauritania	0–1	Morocco
		Rachidi 12'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

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30 August 2022

17:00

Morocco	1–0	Comoros
Chakir 83'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

30 August 2022

17:00

Mauritania	1–1	Iraq
Ba 7' (pen.)		Jassim 68' (pen.)

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

Referee: Ameen Al-Hadi (Sudan)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	3	3	0	0	17	0	+17	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6
3	Syria	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1
4	Lebanon	3	0	1	2	0	15	−15	1

Source: UAFA

24 August 2022

20:00

Egypt	3–0	Saudi Arabia
Adel 18' Khedr 47' Abdel Aziz 70'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

24 August 2022

20:00

Syria	0–0	Lebanon
	Report

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

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27 August 2022

17:00

Saudi Arabia	4–3	Syria
Al-Yahibi 34' Hazazi 41' Haji 73' Al-Bishri 82'		Issa 45', 50' Dahan 68'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

27 August 2022

17:00

Lebanon	0–9	Egypt
	Report	Adel 23' Magoub 52' Abdel Karim 54' Riyad 57' Abdeen 65' Khedr 69', 72' Moawad 75' El-Haddad 90+3'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

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30 August 2022

20:00

Egypt	5–0	Syria
Abdel Aziz 8', 35' Al Jabara 37' (o.g.) Boustenjy 69', 83'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

30 August 2022

20:00

Lebanon	0–6	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Shamrani 3' (pen.) Al-Yahibi 37' Haji 41', 52', 71' Al-Bishri 90'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 Sep − Mostaganem
	Algeria (p)	1 (3)
					5 Sep − Sig
	Tunisia	1 (1)
					Algeria (p)	0 (5)
	2 Sep − Mostaganem
					Saudi Arabia	0 (4)
	Iraq	1
									8 Sep − Sig
	Saudi Arabia	4
									Algeria (p)	1 (4)
	1 Sep − Mostaganem
									Morocco	1 (2)
	Yemen	1
					5 Sep − Sig
	Sudan	0
					Yemen	0
	2 Sep − Mostaganem
					Morocco	2
	Egypt	0
	Morocco	2

Quarter-finals

1 September 2022

16:30

Algeria	1–1	Tunisia
Abdelmoudjib 29'		Taboubi 57'
Penalties
Badani Anatof Kessassi Bouaouiche	3–1	Amdouni Guizani Rabie Boukhris

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

Referee: Yahya Al-Mulla (UAE)

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1 September 2022

20:00

Yemen	1–0	Sudan
Tariki 26' (pen.)

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

Referee: Elias Bekouassa (Algeria)

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2 September 2022

16:30

Iraq	1–4	Saudi Arabia
Jassim 5'		Al-Jadaani 28' Haji 45+2', 58', 66'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)

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2 September 2022

20:00

Egypt	0–2	Morocco
		Maâli 81' Naïr 90+2'

Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium, Mostaganem

Referee: Maher El Ali (Lebanon)

Semi-finals

5 September 2022

16:30

Algeria	0–0	Saudi Arabia
Penalties
Badani Anatof Karkour Belgaïd Kessassi	5–4	Al-Shamrani Al-Bishri Haji Al-Jadaani Al-Attar

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

Referee: Muhammad Suleiman Kanat (Syria)

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5 September 2022

20:00

Yemen	0–2	Morocco
		Boughizane 79' El Rafei 90+5'

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

Referee: Ammar Ashkanani (Kuwait)

Final

8 September 2022

20:00

Algeria	1–1	Morocco
Chehima 90'		Rachidi 51'
Penalties
Ziad Badani Anatof Kessassi Kahlouchi	4–2	Maâli Bakhti Bayad Katb

Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium, Sig

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Mahmoud Nagy (Egypt)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 87 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.81 goals per match.

7 goals

• Talal Haji

3 goals

• Ayman Abdel Aziz
• Omar Khedr
• Ali Akbar
• Musa Hussein

2 goals

• Mohamed Abdelmoudjib
• Meslem Anatof
• Mohamed Ali Saleh Ziad
• Azad Mohamed
• Ibrahim Adel
• Ahmed Boustenjy
• Hassan Ali Jassim
• Abdelmoumen Al-Mabrouk
• Andou Abderrahmane
• Mohammed Rachidi
• Nawaf Al-Bishri
• Ammar Al-Yahibi
• Kawa Issa
• Abdulrahman Abdul-Nabi
• Anwar Tariki

1 goal

• Younès Badani
• Elias Boualem
• Ismail Tayeb Chehima
• Yazid Issam
• Malik Kahlouchi
• Fethi Kessassi
• Kildi Imam
• Ahmed Abdin
• Hossam Abdel Karim
• Hisham El-Haddad
• Marwan Magoub
• Omar Moawad
• Ali Riyad
• Karrar Jaafar
• Marwan Al-Zaqouzi
• Sidy Ba
• Mohamed Amine
• Mouad Boughizane
• Adam Chakir
• Said El Rafei
• Abdelhamid Maâli
• Aymen Naïr
• Al-Harith Al-Mushaykhani
• Nawaf Al-Jadaani
• Muhammad Hazazi
• Farha Al-Shamrani
• Musab Fadlallah
• Munzer Muhamed
• Anas Dahan
• Anas Amdouni
• Abderrahmane Argui
• Mohamed Karim Guizani
• Akram Taboubi
• Mohammed Al-Hindi
• Abdulrahman Al-Khidr

1 own goal

• Ali Salem (against Comoros)
• Majd Al Jabara (against Egypt)
• Youcef Ben Hassine (against Oman)

Source: UAFA

Broadcasting rights

The channels that will cover the competition are the two Algerian channels Algeria 6 and Algeria Web and also all the channels who are members of the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).^[5]