Arab Cup U-20
Football tournament
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The Arab Cup U-20 (Arabic: كأس العرب للمنتخبات تحت 20 سنة)[1] is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world.[2] The teams come from CAF and AFC. Some non-Arab nations, such as Senegal or Uzbekistan, have also been invited on occasion.
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2011, as Arab Cup U-20
Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
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| Founded | 1983, as Palestine Cup for Youth 2011, as Arab Cup U-20 |
|---|---|
| Region | Arab world (UAFA) |
| Teams | 18 |
| Current champions | Saudi Arabia (3rd title) |
| Most championships | Saudi Arabia (3 titles) |
 2022 Arab Cup U-20 | |
History
The competition was created in 1983 as the Palestine Cup for Youth (Arabic: كأس فلسطين للشباب) replacing the Palestine Cup of senior teams; the first edition was held in Morocco, which Iraq won after beating Saudi Arabia in the final.[3] After a 22-year long hiatus, in 2011 the competition returned as the Arab Cup U-20 under the auspices of the UAFA.[3]
Results
| Ed. | Year | Host | First place game | Third place game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Champion |
Score |  Runner-up |
 Third place |
Score |  Fourth place | |||||
| Palestine Cup for Youth | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1983 |  Morocco |
 Iraq |
1–0 (a.e.t.) |
Saudi Arabia |
Morocco |
2–0 |  United Arab Emirates | ||
| 2 | 1985 |  Algeria |
Saudi Arabia |
2–1 | Algeria |
Iraq |
2–0 |  Tunisia | ||
| 3 | 1989 | Iraq |
Morocco |
3–1 | Iraq |
Saudi Arabia |
1–1 (4–3 p) |
 Bahrain | ||
| — | 1992 |  Sudan |
Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||
| Arab Cup U-20 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2011 | Morocco |
Morocco |
3–3 (3–1 p) |
Saudi Arabia |
No semi-finals | ||||
| 5 | 2012 |  Jordan |
Tunisia |
4–2 | Saudi Arabia |
 Libya |
4–0 | Algeria | ||
| — | 2014 |  Qatar |
Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||
| 6 | 2020 | Saudi Arabia |
 Senegal |
1–0 | Tunisia |
 Egypt and Morocco | ||||
| 7 | 2021 | Egypt |
Saudi Arabia |
2–1 | Algeria |
Egypt and Tunisia | ||||
| 8 | 2022 | Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia |
1–1 (5–3 p) |
Egypt |
Algeria and  Palestine | ||||
| 9 | 2026 |  Iraq |
TBD | TBD | ||||||
| 10 | 2028 | Egypt |
TBD | TBD | ||||||
Statistics
Summary
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semi-finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia |
3 (1985, 2021, 2022) | 3 (1983, 2011, 2012) | 1 (1989) | – | – |
| Morocco |
2 (1989, 2011) | – | 1 (1983) | – | 1 (2020) |
| Iraq |
1 (1983) | 1 (1989) | 1 (1985) | – | – |
| Tunisia |
1 (2012) | 1 (2020) | – | 1 (1985) | 1 (2021) |
| Senegal |
1 (2020) | – | – | – | – |
| Algeria |
– | 2 (1985, 2021) | – | 1 (2012) | 1 (2022) |
| Egypt |
– | 1 (2022) | – | – | 2 (2020, 2021) |
 Bahrain |
– | – | – | 1 (1989) | – |
| Libya |
– | – | 1 (2012) | – | – |
| United Arab Emirates |
– | – | – | 1 (1983) | – |
| Palestine |
– | – | – | – | 1 (2022) |
Participating nations
| Team | 1983 |
1985 |
1989 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria |
5th | 2nd | GS | GS | 4th | QF | 2nd | SF | 8 | |
 Bahrain |
GS | 4th | GS | QF | GS | 5 | ||||
 Comoros |
W | QF | 1 | |||||||
 Djibouti |
GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||
 Egypt |
GS | SF | SF | 2nd | 4 | |||||
 Iraq |
1st | 3rd | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | 8 | |
 Jordan |
GS | GS | GS | QF | 4 | |||||
 Kuwait |
GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | ||||
 Lebanon |
GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||
 Libya |
3rd | QF | GS | 3 | ||||||
 Madagascar |
GS | 1 | ||||||||
 Mauritania |
× | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||
 Morocco |
3rd | GS | 1st | 1st | GS | SF | QF | QF | 8 | |
 Niger |
GS | 1 | ||||||||
 Oman |
GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||
 Palestine |
GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | SF | 6 | |||
 Qatar |
6th | QF | QF | GS | W | 4 | ||||
 Saudi Arabia |
2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 1st | 1st | 8 | |
 Senegal |
1st | QF | 2 | |||||||
 Somalia |
GS | 1 | ||||||||
 Sudan |
GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | |||||
 Syria |
7th | QF | GS | GS | 4 | |||||
 Tajikistan |
QF | 1 | ||||||||
 Tunisia |
8th | 4th | QF | 1st | 2nd | SF | QF | 7 | ||
 United Arab Emirates |
4th | QF | QF | GS | GS | GS | 6 | |||
 Uzbekistan |
GS | 1 | ||||||||
 Yemen[a] |
GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | 5 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 |
- Notes
- Includes participations as
North Yemen between 1967 and 1990
