Group D of the

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took place from 1 to 7 December 2021. The group consisted of

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

and

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

. The top two teams, Egypt and Algeria, advanced to the

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Teams

Standings

In the

: *Egypt advanced to play against

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

(runners-up of

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). *Algeria advanced to play against

Morocco Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...

(winners of

Matches

All times listed are

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Algeria vs Sudan

Egypt vs Lebanon

Right from the start, Egypt dominated possession, holding 76% of the ball in the first 15 minutes. Despite their dominance on the ball, they could not break through Lebanon's defence, having to resort to harmless crosses and long-distance shots. The first dangerous chance of the game came in the 33rd minute, when Egypt's

Ahmed Hegazi Ahmed Elsayed Ali Elsayed Hegazy (; born 25 January 1991), simply known as Ahmed Hegazi, is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi First Division League club Neom and captains the Egypt national team. Hegazi ...

headed from

Mostafa Fathi Mostafa Mohamed Fathi Abdel Hamid Mohamed (; born 12 May 1994) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Egyptian Premier League club Pyramids and the Egypt national team. Career statistics Club International :' ...

's free kick, with Lebanon's

Mostafa Matar Mostafa Ali Matar (, ; born 10 September 1995) is a Lebanese association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for club Safa SC, Safa and the Lebanon national football team, Lebanon national team. Ma ...

saving the shot; El Wensh's rebound was cleared off the line by Felix Michel Melki. At half time, the result was 0–0, with Egypt incapable of capitalising from a couple of attacking opportunities. Matar proved decisive once again in the second half, saving a one-on-one attack from Afsha. It was Afsha who broke the deadlock in the 71st minute through a penalty, after

Ahmed Abou El Fotouh Ahmed Mohamed Abou El Fotouh Mohamed (; born 22 March 1998), simply known as Ahmed Fatouh (), is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek and the Egyptian national team as a left-back or left wing-back. Fatouh f ...

was brought down inside the penalty area by

Alexander Michel Melki Robert Alexander Robert Michel Melki (, ; born 14 November 1992), known as Alexander Michel Melki, is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Swedish club Nordic United. A centre-back at the club level, Michel Melki is mainly dep ...

. In the final 20 minutes, Lebanon modestly attempted to equalise in vain.

Lebanon vs Algeria

Despite Algeria dominating play, Lebanon brought the first half to a goalless draw thanks to their defending, most notably through their goalkeeper

and defender

. The second half initially proceeded in a similar fashion to the first, until

Youcef Belaïli Mohamed Youcef Belaïli (; born 14 March 1992) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for club Espérance de Tunis and the Algeria national team. Early life Belaïli was born on 14 March 1992 in Oran. He started play ...

was brought down in the box by Hussein El Dor;

Yacine Brahimi Yacine Nasreddine Brahimi (; born 8 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays for and captains the Qatari club Al-Gharafa and the Algeria national team. He plays as an attacking midfielder and a winger and is described as "technica ...

converted the subsequent penalty in the 69th minute. Lebanon reacted from the conceded goal, attempting attacks of their own. In the 78th minute,

Houssem Eddine Mrezigue Houssem Eddine Mrezigue (; born 23 March 2000) is an Algerian international footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian club Dynamo Makhachkala. Career In July 2020, he signed a four-year contract with CR Belouizdad. On 29 Augus ...

of Algeria was sent off, before Lebanon's Kassem El Zein also got a second yellow card, reducing both teams to 10 men in the final minutes. Following a missed chance by

Baghdad Bounedjah Baghdad Saddam Bounedjah (, born 24 November 1991) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League club Al-Shamal and the Algeria national team. Throughout his club career until 2015, Bounedjah played for ...

one-on-one against the goalkeeper, Algeria doubled their lead in added time after

Tayeb Meziani Tayeb Meziani (; born 27 February 1996) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Algerian club MC Alger. Club career At the end of the 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 season, Meziani was selected as the bes ...

scored from a counter attack.

Sudan vs Egypt

Algeria vs Egypt

Lebanon vs Sudan

Lebanon began the first half strong, with Sudanese goalkeeper Ali Abu Eshrein saving a shot from

Rabih Ataya Rabih Mohammad Ataya (, ; born 16 July 1989) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for club Nejmeh and the Lebanon national team. Starting his career at Tadamon Sour in 2006, Ataya moved to Ansar, where he played ...

and a close-range header from

Maher Sabra Maher Mohammed Sabra (; born 14 January 1992) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a defender for club Nejmeh. Club career Sabra was a youth product of Nejmeh and Homenmen. International career Sabra scored his first international goa ...

. Sudan's only attempts did not threaten Lebanon's goal. Ataya was sent off in the 62nd minute, reducing Lebanon to 10 men. Both Lebanon and Sudan came close to scoring in the 70th and 75th minute respectively, with Fadel Antar and

Mohamed Ering Mohamed Ahmed Saeed Ahmed Elfadul (born 20 October 1997), also known as Mohamed Ering, is a Sudanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Hilal SC and the Sudan national football team The Sudan national football team ( ...

having their close-range shots saved. Sudan's Ahmed Wadah received a red card in the 76th minute and both teams headed into the last 14 minutes with 10 men each. Lebanon gained the lead the same minute, with Abu Eshrein punching the subsequent free kick cross into his own net. It proved to be the only goal of the game, which ended in a 1–0 win for Lebanon.

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