| Sultan Al-Hammadi Squads [ ] Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete | From the April 2021 Bye to the group stage Ranked 1st to 9th Competing in the qualifiers Ranked 10th to 23rd• The match schedule was unveiled on 6 June 2021 |
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| It is hosted by from 20 June to 6 July 2021 | In the group stage, there will be four groups of four teams in a , with the top two teams from each group qualifying to the knockout stage, which will consist of quarter-finals, semi-finals, a play-off for third place, and the final |
The 39 matches will be played in six venues, which will also be used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
24| were the defending champions but were eliminated in the quarter-finals | The tournament included 12 -member teams and four invited teams |
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| , the second-highest ranked team, played against , the second-lowest ranked team, and so on | The teams that won qualification matches 1, 2 and 3 occupied positions 2, 3 and 4 in pot 3, and the remaining teams were placed in pot 4 in order |
The draw mechanism was in accordance with the seeding of the teams, as follows: Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Cairo International Stadium will host the majority of matches.
30| forfeited their qualifying match due to the high number of cases among the South Sudan delegation | The was later included as a venue for the Group D matches due to the poor condition of |
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| Draw [ ] The draw took place on 29 May 2021 | Group stage schedule Matchday Dates Matches Matchday 1 30 November — 1 December 2021 1 v 4, 2 v 3 Matchday 2 3—4 December 2021 4 v 2, 3 v 1 Matchday 3 6—7 December 2021 3 v 4, 1 v 2 Group A [ ] Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0• The 14 teams in the qualifiers were paired based on their April 2021 FIFA ranking: the highest-ranked team in the qualifiers, , played against the lowest-ranked team, |