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2013 African U-20 Championship
بطولة إفريقيا تحت 20 سنة 2013
Tournament details
Host country	Algeria
Dates	16–30 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	; Egypt (4th title);
Runners-up	; Ghana;
Third place	; Nigeria;
Fourth place	; Mali;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	26 (1.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; Aminu Umar; (4 goals)
Best player(s)	; Saleh Gomaa;
Best goalkeeper;	; Mossad Awad;
	; ← 2011 ; ; 2015 → ;

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.^[1] The semifinalists will participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

Qualified teams

Algeria (hosts)

Benin

DR Congo

Egypt

Gabon

Ghana

Mali

Nigeria

Squads

Venues

In March 2012, the Algerian Football Federation announced that Algiers and Oran were the two candidate cities to host the competition.^[2] In May, Algiers was initially chosen as the host city of the competition.^[3] 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.^[4]

Oran	Oran Aïn Témouchent	Aïn Témouchent
Stade Ahmed Zabana		Stade Omar Oucief
Capacity: 40,000		Capacity: 11,500

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 9 December 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.^[5]^[6]

Officials

Referees

Bamlack Tessema Weyesa

Maguette N'Diaye

Youssef Essrayri

Bernard Camille

Hudu Munyemana

Reinhold Shikongo

Juste Zio

Thierry Nkurunziza

Mehdi Abid Charef

Denis Dembele

Reserve referees

Achille Madila

Bakary Camara

Assistant referees

Peter Sabatia

El Hadji Malick Samba

Balkrishna Bootun

Anouar Hmila

Jerson dos Santos

Moussa Bayere

Arsenio Marengula

Yacine Hassan Egueh

Mohamed Bechirene

Issa Yaya

Sidiki Sidibe

Berhe Tesfargiorgh

Seydou Tiama

Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue

Reserve assistant referees

Kindie Mussie

Yahaya Mahamadou

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Egypt	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9
Ghana	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
Benin	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1
Algeria	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

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16 March 2013