The curtain came down a while ago on the third round matches of the North African U-20 Championship, which qualifies for the finals of the African Youth Cup of Nations.
The qualifiers for the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Egypt, from November 14 to 26, with the participation of 5 teams: Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia.
Video | The Egyptian national team snatches a fatal victory from Libya and maintains its hopes of qualifying for the U-20 African Nations
The third round witnessed the victory of the Egyptian national team over Libya by two goals to one, while the national teams of Algeria and Morocco tied with one goal for each team, and the Eagles of Carthage did not participate in the current round.
The five aforementioned teams are competing to obtain two qualifying cards for the African Nations Finals, with the winner and the runner-up winning them.
The North African Championship qualifiers are played in a single group system, with each team playing 4 matches and those with the most points qualifying.
Video | A positive draw decides the match between Morocco and Algeria in the North African U-20 Championship
It is scheduled that the Egyptian national team will be exempted from participating in the fourth round, and will return to face Tunisia in the fifth round, on the twenty-sixth of November.
It is worth noting that the victory of the Egyptian national team today is its first in the qualifying campaign after losing to Morocco and drawing against Algeria.
Egypt group standings in the North African U-20 Championship
1- Morocco: 7 points from 3 matches.
2- Egypt: 4 points from 3 matches.
3- Tunisia: 3 points from two matches.
4) Algeria: two points from two matches.
5) Libya: No points from two matches.
