2011 UNAF U-23 Tournament

The 2011 UNAF U-23 Tournament is an association football tournament open to the Under-23 national teams of UNAF member countries. The tournament took the newly constructed Stade de Tanger in Tangier, Morocco. Of the five UNAF member countries, Libya and Tunisia chose not to participate in the competition . Instead, Niger, Saudi Arabia and Qatar were invited to the tournament.[1] However, just days prior to the start of the competition, Egypt and Qatar withdrew from the competition.[2]

2011 UNAF U-23 Tournament
Country Morocco
Teams4
Champions Saudi Arabia
Runners-up Algeria
Matches played4
Goals scored10 (2.5 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Algeria Mehdi Benaldjia (3 goals)
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Saudi Arabia won the competition after winning their two games against Algeria and Morocco.

Participants

Venues
Tangier
Stade Ibn Batouta
Capacity: 45,000

Matches
Key to colours in group table
Group winner and champion
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 220052+36
 Algeria 210143+13
 Morocco 201112-11
 Niger 201103-31
Algeria 1 – 3 Saudi Arabia
Benaldjia 82' Report Al-Mousa 42' (pen.)
Al Dosari 66'
Al Otaibi 86'
Morocco 0 – 0 Niger
Algeria 3 – 0 Niger
Bounedjah 9'
Benaldjia 19' 43'		 Report
Morocco 1 – 2 Saudi Arabia
Cheradi 1' Bahebri 11'
Majarashi 85'

Scorers
3 goals
1 goal

References
  1. EN U23 : Les Verts au tournoi de l'UNAF du Maroc Archived 2011-09-16 at the Wayback Machine; DZFoot.com, August 19, 2011
  2. Tournoi de l'UNAF : Le Qatar et l’Egypte se retirent Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine; October 28, 2011
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