| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Morocco | 
| Teams | 4 | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Saudi Arabia | 
| Runner-up |  Algeria | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 | 
| Goals scored | 10 (2.5 per match) | 
| Top goal scorer(s) |  Mehdi Benaldjia (3 goals) | 
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]
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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | 
|  Algeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 
|  Morocco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 
|  Niger | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 | 
| Morocco  | 0 – 0 |  Niger | 
|---|---|---|
| Morocco  | 1 – 2 |  Saudi Arabia | 
|---|---|---|
| Cheradi  1' | Bahebri  11' Majarashi  85' | 
Scorers
- 3 goals
- 1 goal
 Baghdad Bounedjah Baghdad Bounedjah
 Nabil Cheradi Nabil Cheradi
 Tamim Al-Dosari Tamim Al-Dosari
 Mosaab Al-Otaibi Mosaab Al-Otaibi
 Radhwan Al-Mousa Radhwan Al-Mousa
 Hattan Bahebri Hattan Bahebri
 Mohamad Majarashi Mohamad Majarashi
References
- ↑ EN U23 : Les Verts au tournoi de l'UNAF du Maroc Archived 2011-09-16 at the Wayback Machine; DZFoot.com, August 19, 2011
- ↑ 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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