| Current: | 2022 Arab Cup U-20 |
| Founded: | , as Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth , as Arab Cup U-20 |
| Number Of Teams: | 18 |
| Current Champions: | (3rd title) |
| Most Successful Team: | (3 titles) |
The Arab Cup U-20 [1] is an international football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations, contested by the U-20 national teams in the Arab world.[2] The teams come from CAF and AFC. Some non-Arab nations, such as Senegal or Uzbekistan, have also been invited on occasion.
The competition was created in 1983 as the Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth ; the first edition was held in Morocco, which Iraq won after beating Saudi Arabia in the final.[3] After a 22-year long hiatus, in 2011 the competition returned as the Arab Cup U-20 under the auspices of the UAFA.
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd Place | Score | 4th Place | ||||
| 1983 Details |  Morocco | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 1985 Details |  Algeria | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
| 1989 Details |  Iraq | 3–1 | 1–1 | ||||||
| 1992 |  Sudan | Cancelled | |||||||
| 2011 Details | Morocco | 3–3 | No semi-finals | ||||||
| 2012 Details |  Jordan | 4–2 | 4–0 | ||||||
| 2014 Details |  Qatar | Cancelled | |||||||
| 2020 Details |  Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | and | ||||||
| 2021 Details |  Egypt | 2–1 | and | ||||||
| 2022 Details | Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | and | ||||||
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Semi-finalist | |
| 3 (1985, 2021, 2022) | 3 (1983, 2011, 2012) | – | 1 (1989) | – | ||
| 2 (1989, 2011) | – | 1 (1983) | – | 1 (2020) | ||
| 1 (1983) | 1 (1989) | 1 (1985) | – | – | ||
| 1 (2012) | 1 (2020) | – | 1 (1985) | 1 (2021) | ||
| 1 (2020) | – | – | – | – | ||
| – | 2 (1985, 2021) | – | 1 (2012) | 1 (2022) | ||
| – | 1 (2022) | – | – | 2 (2020, 2021) | ||
| – | – | 1 (1989) | – | – | ||
| – | – | 1 (2012) | – | – | ||
| – | – | – | 1 (1983) | – | ||
| – | – | – | – | 1 (2022) |
| width=160 | Team | 1983 | 1985 | 1989 | 2011 | 2012 | | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | 2nd | GS | GS | 4th | QF | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | SF | 8 | ||||||
| GS | 4th | GS | QF | GS | 5 | ||||||||||
| w | QF | 1 | |||||||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||
| GS | SF | SF | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 4 | ||||||||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | 8 | ||||||
| GS | GS | GS | QF | 4 | |||||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | ||||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3rd | QF | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||
| GS | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||||||||
| 3rd | GS | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1st | GS | SF | QF | QF | 8 | ||||||
| GS | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | 3 | ||||||||||||
| GS | QF | GS | GS | GS | SF | 6 | |||||||||
| 6th | QF | QF | GS | W | 4 | ||||||||||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4th | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | GS | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1st | 8 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | QF | 2 | ||||||||||||
| GS | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | |||||||||||
| 7th | QF | GS | GS | 4 | |||||||||||
| QF | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 8th | 4th | QF | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | SF | QF | 7 | ||||||
| 4th | QF | QF | GS | GS | GS | 6 | |||||||||
| GS | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| GS | GS | QF | GS | QF | 5 | ||||||||||
| Total | 16 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 18 |