Singh named in Caf Under-20 Best XI

Amajita lost in the third place playoff 2-1 to Guinea, to end with two defeats in a row in the competition.

Zambia who were crowned champions after defeating Senegal 2-0 in the final have the most of any country with five players in tournament’s Best XI. First half goals from Patson Daka and Edward Chilufya was all the Junior Chipolopolo needed to claim their first-ever title in the history of the biennial competition.

Besides being the second Southern African country after Angola (in 2001) to be crowned champions, Zambia’s feat makes them the fourth host to claim the ultimate after Morocco (1997), Ghana (1999) and Congo (2007).

Zambia was the only team in the competition to win all matches and they capped their campaign in grand style with the title in hand.

The full list of awards are:

Total Man of the Competition: Patson Daka (Zambia)
Total Man of the Match (Final Match): Mangani Banda (Zambia)
Top scorer: Luther Singh (South Africa) – 4 goals plus two assists
Fair play team: South Africa

Caf Best XI:
Goalkeeper: Mangani Banda (Zambia)
Defenders: Ousseynou Diagne (Senegal), Mamadou Mbaye (Senegal), Solomon Sakala (Zambia)
Midfielders: Krepin Diatta (Senegal), Ibrahima Niane (Senegal), Sylla Morlaye (Guinea), Edward Chilufya (Zambia), Fashion Sakala (Zambia)
Forwards: Luther Singh (South Africa), Patson Daka (Zambia)

Substitutes:
Lamine Sarr (Senegal), Prosper Chiluya (Zambia), Enock Mwepu (Zambia), Grant Margeman (South Africa), Liam Jordan (South Africa), Yamodou Toure (Guinea), Mohamed Aly Camara (Guinea)

Statistics
Final rankings
1 Zambia
2 Senegal
3 Guinea
4 South Africa
5 Cameroon
6 Egypt
7 Sudan
8 Mali

Goals scored
13 goals: Zambia
10 goals: South Africa
8 goals: Senegal
6 goals: Guinea
5 goals: Cameroon
3 goals: Mali, Sudan
2 goals: Egypt

Goals conceded
2 goals: Zambia
4 goals: Egypt
6 goals: Cameroon, Guinea, Senegal
8 goals: Sudan
9 goals: South Africa, Mali

Goal difference
+11: Zambia
+2 : Senegal
+1 : South Africa
0 : Guinea
-1 : Cameroon
-2 : Egypt
-5 : Sudan
-6 : Mali

Total goals
Group A: 19 goals
Group B: 24 goals
Semi-finals, third place and final: 7 goals
Total: 50 goals (average of 3.12 goals per match)

Scorers chart
4 Luther Singh (South Africa), Edward Chilufya, Patson Daka (Zambia)

3 Fashion Junior Sakala (Zambia)

2 Liam Jordan (South Africa), Eric Ayuk Mbu (Cameroon), Morlaye Sylla (Guinea), Ousseynou Diagne (Senegal)

1 Tercious Malepe (South Africa), Samuel Gouet, Kalvin Jih Ketu, Olivier Mbaizo (Cameroon), Mostafa Abdalla, Karim Hassan, Nasser Maher (Egypt), Naby Bangoura, Mohamed Aly Camara, Yamodou Touré (Guinea), Abdoul Karim Danté, Moussa Diakité, Sékou Koïta (Mali), Aliou Badji, Krépin Diatta, Ibrahima Niane (Senegal), Hassan Hassan, Walaa Mohamed (Sudan), Emmanuel Banda, Enock Mwepu (Zambia).