2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores

South American under-20 club football tournament
2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20
Paraguay 2020
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
Dates15 February – 1 March 2020
Teams12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsEcuador Independiente del Valle (1st title)
Runners-upArgentina River Plate
Third placeBrazil Flamengo
Fourth placeParaguay Libertad
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored81 (3.68 per match)
Top scorer(s)Paraguay Derlis Aquino
(6 goals)
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International football competition

The 2020 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (Spanish: Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 2020) was the 5th edition of the U-20 CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the U-20 Copa Libertadores), South America's premier under-20 club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Paraguay from 15 February to 1 March 2020. Nacional were the defending champions, but failed to advance out of the group stage.

Independiente del Valle defeated River Plate in the final to claim their first title, while Flamengo beat Libertad to finish third.

Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the title holders, the youth champions from each of the ten CONMEBOL member associations, and one additional team from the host association.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 2000.[1]

Association Team Qualifying method Participation Previous best result
 Argentina River Plate 2018–19 play-off winners between Cuarta División (U-20) Apertura and Clausura champions[2] 3rd Champions (2012)
 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann 2019 U-19 Torneo Nacional champions[3] 2nd Group stage (2011)
 Brazil Flamengo 2019 U-20 Supercopa de Brasil champions[4] 2nd Quarterfinals (2011)
 Chile Colo-Colo 2019 U-19 Copa de Campeones champions[5] 2nd Group stage (2018)
 Colombia Millonarios 2019 U-20 Súper Copa Juvenil champions[6] 2nd Group stage (2011)
 Ecuador Independiente del Valle 2019 U-18 Serie A champions[7] 5th Runners-up (2018)
 Paraguay (hosts) Libertad 2019 U-19 Apertura champions[8] 4th Quarterfinals (2011)
Cerro Porteño 2019 U-19 Clausura champions[9] 3rd Quarterfinals (2012)
 Peru Sporting Cristal 2019 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions[10] 2nd Group stage (2012)
 Uruguay Nacional 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions 3rd Champions (2018)
Danubio 2019 U-19 Campeonato Uruguayo champions[11] 1st —
 Venezuela Academia Puerto Cabello 2019 U-19 Serie Élite champions[12] 1st —

Venues

The tournament was played at two venues in two cities, both in the Metropolitan Area of Asunción:[13]

Draw

The draw was held on 28 January 2020, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association.[14][15] The draw was conducted according to Regulations Article 16 as follows:[1]

  • The 12 teams were seeded into four pots of three teams, based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the tournament, and drawn into three groups of four.
  • The defending champions Nacional were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage, while the teams from the next two best associations (Ecuador and Uruguay), were also seeded into Pot 1 and drawn to position B1 or C1 in the group stage.
  • The teams from the next three associations (Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay) were seeded into Pot 2 and drawn to position A2, B2 or C2 in the group stage.
  • The teams from the next three associations (Colombia, Venezuela and Chile) were seeded into Pot 3 and drawn to position A3, B3 or C3 in the group stage.
  • The teams from the last two associations (Bolivia and Peru) and the additional team from the host association (Paraguay) were seeded into Pot 4 and drawn to position A4, B4 or C4 in the group stage.
  • Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.[14]
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Notes
  1. ^
    CHI The identity of the team from Chile was not known at the time of the draw.

Match officials

On 30 January 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the CONMEBOL Referee Commission had appointed 10 referees and 20 assistant referees for the tournament.[16]

  • Argentina Andrés Merlos
    • Assistants: Lucas Germanotta and Facundo Rodríguez
  • Bolivia Jordy Alemán
    • Assistants: Roger Orellana and Carlos Tapia
  • Brazil Rafael Traci
    • Assistants: Bruno Boschilia and Rafael da Silva Alves
  • Chile Felipe González
    • Assistants: Raúl Orellana and José Retamal
  • Colombia Bismarks Santiago and Carlos Betancur
    • Assistants: Wilmar Navarro and Jhon Gallego
  • Ecuador Roberto Sánchez
    • Assistants: Juan Aguiar and Andrés Tola
  • Paraguay Derlis López
    • Assistants: Roberto Cañete and José Cuevas
  • Peru Miguel Santiváñez
    • Assistants: Víctor Ráez and Stephen Atoche
  • Uruguay Christian Ferreyra
    • Assistants: Agustín Berisso and Santiago Fernández
  • Venezuela Orlando Bracamonte
    • Assistants: Alberto Ponte and Franchezcoly Chacón

Group stage

In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):[1]

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Red cards;
  5. Yellow cards;
  6. Drawing of lots.

The winners of each group and the best runner-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals.

All times local, PYST (UTC−3).[17]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Flamengo 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 Semi-finals
2 Venezuela Academia Puerto Cabello 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 Uruguay Nacional 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 Peru Sporting Cristal 3 1 0 2 6 11 −5 3
Source: CONMEBOL
Nacional Uruguay1–3Brazil Flamengo
  • Sosa 51'
 Report
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia)
Academia Puerto Cabello Venezuela5–3Peru Sporting Cristal
 Report
  • Villalta 18'
  • Ruiz 21'
  • Romani 63'
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Bismarks Santiago (Colombia)
Nacional Uruguay3–1Venezuela Academia Puerto Cabello
  • Tejera 11'
  • Barcos 45+3'
  • L. Pérez 67'
 Report
  • Quevedo 14'
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)
Flamengo Brazil5–1Peru Sporting Cristal
 Report
  • Romani 36' (pen.)
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Felipe González (Chile)
Sporting Cristal Peru2–1Uruguay Nacional
  • Romani 5' (pen.)
  • Soto 22'
 Report
Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)
Flamengo Brazil0–1Venezuela Academia Puerto Cabello
Report
  • Linares 18'
Referee: Roberto Sánchez (Ecuador)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Argentina River Plate 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Semi-finals
2 Paraguay Cerro Porteño (H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Colombia Millonarios 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4 Uruguay Danubio 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Danubio Uruguay1–3Argentina River Plate
  • Zapirain 45+1'
 Report
Referee: Rafael Traci (Brazil)
Millonarios Colombia2–2Paraguay Cerro Porteño
  • Brochero 48'
  • Moreno 90+4'
 Report
  • Bobadilla 5'
  • López 68'
Referee: Orlando Bracamonte (Venezuela)
Danubio Uruguay1–1Colombia Millonarios
  • Fernández 82'
 Report
  • Brochero 49'
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
River Plate Argentina1–0Paraguay Cerro Porteño
 Report
Referee: Roberto Sánchez (Ecuador)
Cerro Porteño Paraguay1–0Uruguay Danubio
 Report
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia)
River Plate Argentina1–0Colombia Millonarios
 Report
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Felipe González (Chile)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ecuador Independiente del Valle 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Semi-finals
2 Paraguay Libertad (H) 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3 Chile Colo-Colo 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
4 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Independiente del Valle Ecuador2–1Paraguay Libertad
  • García 22'
  • Ortíz 54'
 Report
  • Aquino 82'
Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)
Colo-Colo Chile3–0Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann
 Report
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Independiente del Valle Ecuador1–0Chile Colo-Colo
Report
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)
Libertad Paraguay9–1Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann
  • Aquino 35', 38', 84'
  • Salinas 45+1'
  • Quiñonez 62'
  • Ferreira 70'
  • Bogado 73' (pen.)
  • Fernández 80', 90'
 Report
  • Díaz 44'
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Carlos Betancur (Colombia)
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia0–5Ecuador Independiente del Valle
Report
Referee: Orlando Bracamonte (Venezuela)
Libertad Paraguay1–0Chile Colo-Colo
  • Fernández 73'
 Report
Referee: Bruno Arleu (Brazil)

Ranking of group runners-up

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C Paraguay Libertad (H) 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6 Semi-finals
2 A Venezuela Academia Puerto Cabello 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 B Paraguay Cerro Porteño (H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Red cards; 5) Yellow cards; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 21).[1]
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

The semi-final matchups were:

  • Group A winners vs. Group C winners
  • Group B winners vs. Best runners-up

The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full-time, extra time would not be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 22).[1]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 February – Asunción
 
 
Brazil Flamengo1 (4)
 
1 March – Luque
 
Ecuador Independiente del Valle (p)1 (5)
 
Ecuador Independiente del Valle2
 
27 February – Asunción
 
Argentina River Plate1
 
Argentina River Plate6
 
 
Paraguay Libertad1
 
Third place
 
 
1 March – Luque
 
 
Brazil Flamengo5
 
 
Paraguay Libertad2

Semi-finals

Flamengo Brazil1–1Ecuador Independiente del Valle
Report
Penalties
 4–5
Referee: Felipe González (Chile)
River Plate Argentina6–1Paraguay Libertad
 Report
  • Aquino 65' (pen.)
Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia)

Third place match

Flamengo Brazil5–2Paraguay Libertad
 Report
  • Fernández 41'
  • Aquino 81'
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)

Final

Independiente del Valle Ecuador2–1Argentina River Plate
  • Bravo 45+2'
  • Leiton 71'
 Report
  • Benítez 63' (pen.)
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Reglamento CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub20 Paraguay 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
  2. ^ "¡River a la Libertadores Sub 20!" (in Spanish). Superliga Argentina. 20 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  3. ^ "WILSTERMANN CLASIFICÓ POR SEGUNDA VEZ A LA LIBERTADORES SUB 20" (in Spanish). FBF. 30 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Flamengo supera Palmeiras e leva o título da Supercopa Sub-20" (in Portuguese). Esporte Interactivo. 22 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Colo Colo venció a Huachipato en penales y se quedó con la Copa de Campeones Sub 19" (in Spanish). ANFP. 31 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Millonarios, campeón de la Súper Copa Juvenil Sub 20" (in Spanish). AS Colombia. 25 November 2019.
  7. ^ "INDEPENDIENTE DEL VALLE SUB-18 HEXACAMPEÓN NACIONAL" (in Spanish). Independiente del Valle. 26 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Divisiones Formativas: Libertad Campeón en la Sub 19" (in Spanish). APF. 2 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Cerro Porteño, campeón de la Sub 19" (in Spanish). ABC Color. 1 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Sporting Cristal se consagró campeón del Torneo de Promoción y Reservas 2019" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 17 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Sub 19: Danubio gritó campeón, venció por penales a Nacional" (in Spanish). Tenfield. 21 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Academia Puerto Cabello jugará la CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub 20 en Paraguay" (in Spanish). FVF. 18 December 2019.
  13. ^ "Dónde y a qué hora se disputan los partidos". CONMEBOL.com. 13 February 2020.
  14. ^ a b "Se sortean los grupos de la CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 22 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Nacional, Danubio e Independiente del Valle encabezan los grupos" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Los jueces de la edición 2020" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 30 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Programación de partidos" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.

External links

  • CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub 20 Paraguay 2020, CONMEBOL.com
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