2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores

South American under-20 club football tournament
2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20
Ecuador 2022
Tournament details
Host countryEcuador
CityQuito
Dates5–20 February 2022
Teams12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsUruguay Peñarol (1st title)
Runners-upEcuador Independiente del Valle
Third placeParaguay Guaraní
Fourth placeVenezuela Caracas
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored67 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Francisco Sagardia
Venezuela Saúl Guarirapa
(4 goals each)
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International football competition

The 2022 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (Spanish: Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 2022) was the 6th 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. It was held in Ecuador from 5 to 20 February 2022.[1]

The tournament was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, except for the final matchday (third place match and final) which had a capacity of 50% allowed in the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado.[2][3]

Independiente del Valle were the defending champions having won the title in 2020. Peñarol won their first title after beating Independiente del Valle 4–3 on penalties after 1–1 draw in the final match.[4] As winners of the 2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Peñarol earned the right to play against Benfica, the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League, in the 2022 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup which is a single leg match-up officially launched by CONMEBOL and UEFA on 2 June 2022.[5]

Teams

The competition will be 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.

Association Team Qualifying method Participation Previous best result
 Argentina Newell's Old Boys 2021 Cuarta División (U-20) champions[6] 1st —
 Bolivia Blooming 2021 U-20 Copa Libertadores qualification championship champions[7] 2nd Group stage (2012)
 Brazil Internacional 2021 U-20 Supercopa do Brasil champions[8] 1st —
 Chile Universidad de Concepción 2021 U-21 Campeonato Fútbol Joven champions[9] 1st —
 Colombia Millonarios 2019 U-20 Súper Copa Juvenil champions[10] 3rd Group stage (2011, 2020)
 Ecuador (hosts) Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 1) 2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions 6th Champions (2020)
LDU Quito (Ecuador 2) 2021 U-18 Serie A champions[11] 1st —
Orense (Ecuador 3) 2021 U-18 Serie A third place[12] 1st —
 Paraguay Guaraní 2021 U-19 Clausura champions[13] 1st —
 Peru Sporting Cristal 2021 U-18 Copa Generación champions[14] 3rd Group stage (2012, 2020)
 Uruguay Peñarol 2021 U-19 Torneo Especial champions[15] 1st —
 Venezuela Caracas 2021 Liga FUTVE Junior champions[16] 2nd Group stage (2011)

Venues

Quito
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Estadio Banco Guayaquil Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado
Capacity: 35,258 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 41,575
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa Estadio Banco Guayaquil Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado

Ecuador was named as host country of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 27 October 2021.[1][17] The Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa hosted the matches of groups B and C while the Estadio Banco Guayaquil, owned by Independiente del Valle, hosted the group A matches and the semi-finals. On 19 February 2022, the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, owned by LDU Quito, was included as venue of the third place match and the final that had originally been scheduled at the Estadio Banco Guayaquil.[3] All venues are located in Quito.[18][19]

Draw

The draw was held on 20 December 2021, 13:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[20][21] The draw was conducted according to the following guidelines:[22]

  • The defending champions Independiente del Valle were automatically assigned to position A1 in the group stage.
  • The remaining 11 teams were seeded into four pots; one of two teams and three 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 teams from the two best associations (Ecuador and Argentina) were seeded into Pot 1 and drawn to position B1 or C1 in the group stage. The first team drawn was placed into Group B, the second team drawn placed into Group C
  • The teams from the next three associations (Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela) were seeded into Pot 2 and drawn to position A2, B2 or C2 in the group stage.
  • The teams from the next three associations (Chile, Uruguay, and Peru) were seeded into Pot 3 and drawn to position A3, B3 or C3 in the group stage.
  • The teams from the last two associations (Colombia and Bolivia) and the additional team from the host association (Ecuador) were seeded into Pot 4 and drawn to position A4, B4 or C4 in the group stage.
  • From pots 2, 3 and 4, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The draw resulted in the following groups:[21]

Group A
Pos Team
A1 Ecuador Independiente del Valle
A2 Venezuela Caracas
A3 Peru Sporting Cristal
A4 Bolivia Blooming
Group B
Pos Team
B1 Ecuador LDU Quito
B2 Brazil Internacional
B3 Uruguay Peñarol
B4 Colombia Millonarios
Group C
Pos Team
C1 Argentina Newell's Old Boys
C2 Paraguay Guaraní
C3 Chile Universidad de Concepción
C4 Ecuador Orense

Match officials

On 28 December 2021, CONMEBOL informed to its member associations the referees appointed for the tournament.[23] Assistant referee Guilherme Dias Camilo was replaced by Bruno Boschilia, both from Brazil.[24]

  • Argentina Nicolás Lamolina
    • Assistants: José Miguel Savorani and Sebastián Raineri
  • Bolivia Dilio Rodríguez
    • Assistants: Carlos Tapia and Rubén Flores
  • Brazil Flavio de Souza
    • Assistants: Rafael Alves and Bruno Boschilia
  • Chile Cristian Garay
    • Assistants: Miguel Rocha and Juan Serrano
  • Colombia Carlos Ortega
    • Assistants: Miguel Roldán and David Fuentes
  • Ecuador Marlon Vera
    • Assistants: David Vacacela and Edison Vásquez
  • Paraguay Carlos Paul Benítez
    • Assistants: Luis Onieva and José Villagra
  • Peru Augusto Menéndez
    • Assistants: Enrique Pinto and Leonar Soto
  • Uruguay Gustavo Tejera
    • Assistants: Pablo Llarena and Andrés Nievas
  • Venezuela Yender Herrera
    • Assistants: Yackson Díaz and Antoni García

Support Referees
  • Colombia Jhon Hinestroza
  • Peru Edwin Ordóñez

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete. Each team could register a maximum of 20 and a minimum of 16 players, two of whom should have been goalkeepers (Regulations Article 31).[25]

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, the teams will be ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):[25]

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Fewest number of red cards received;
  5. Fewest number of yellow cards received;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All match times are in ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.[26][27]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ecuador Independiente del Valle (H) 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Semi-finals
2 Venezuela Caracas 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 Peru Sporting Cristal 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
4 Bolivia Blooming 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Independiente del Valle Ecuador3–0Venezuela Caracas
  • Mercado 8'
  • Acosta 20'
  • Sagardia 69'
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)
Sporting Cristal Peru4–0Bolivia Blooming
 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
Independiente del Valle Ecuador7–1Peru Sporting Cristal
  • Acosta 14'
  • Valencia 23'
  • Sagardia 30'
  • Mejía 38', 68'
  • Caicedo 71'
  • Carcelén 81' (pen.)
 Report Paredes 9'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
Caracas Venezuela1–0Bolivia Blooming
Albizo 73' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)
Blooming Bolivia0–3Ecuador Independiente del Valle
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jhon Hinestroza (Colombia)
Caracas Venezuela5–1Peru Sporting Cristal
  • Sulbarán 37'
  • Guarirapa 58', 69', 89'
  • Guerra 90+3'
 Report Perea 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dilio Rodríguez (Bolivia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Uruguay Peñarol 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Semi-finals
2 Colombia Millonarios 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3 Ecuador LDU Quito (H) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 Brazil Internacional 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
LDU Quito Ecuador1–0Brazil Internacional
Angulo 67' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)
PeñarolUruguay2–0Colombia Millonarios
Cruz 25', 46' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Augusto Menéndez (Peru)
LDU Quito Ecuador0–2Uruguay Peñarol
Report
  • Díaz 52'
  • Cruz 90+9'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Benítez (Paraguay)
Internacional Brazil0–1Colombia Millonarios
Report Carvajal 28'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)
Millonarios Colombia2–1Ecuador LDU Quito
  • Gómez 38'
  • Oñate 86'
 Report Sosa 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
Internacional Brazil1–1Uruguay Peñarol
Lucas Dias 17' Report Ferreira 78'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Augusto Menéndez (Peru)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Paraguay Guaraní 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Semi-finals
2 Argentina Newell's Old Boys 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 Ecuador Orense (H) 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
4 Chile Universidad de Concepción 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Newell's Old Boys Argentina0–1Paraguay Guaraní
Report Segovia 67'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marlon Vera (Ecuador)
Universidad de Concepción Chile2–3Ecuador Orense
  • Vásquez 11' (pen.)
  • Fernández 69'
 Report
  • Quiñónez 8', 19'
  • Chamba 84'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dilio Rodríguez (Bolivia)
Newell's Old Boys Argentina1–0Chile Universidad de Concepción
Pacheco 35' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)
Guaraní Paraguay0–1Ecuador Orense
Report Coronel 29'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)
Orense Ecuador1–3Argentina Newell's Old Boys
Plúas 72' Report
  • Messi 26'
  • Rossi 77'
  • Contrera 84'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
Guaraní Paraguay4–1Chile Universidad de Concepción
 Report Rodríguez 90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)

Ranking of group runners-up

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Venezuela Caracas 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Semi-finals
2 C Argentina Newell's Old Boys 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 B Colombia Millonarios 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Red cards received; 5) Yellow cards received; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 21).[25]

Final stage

The final stage consisted of the semi-finals, the third place match and the final. The semi-final matchups will be:

  • Group A winner vs. Group C winner
  • Group B winner vs. Best runner-up

The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If a game was tied after full time, extra time would not be played, and a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 23).[25]

The final matchday, which consisted of the third place match and the final, was moved from Estadio Banco Guayaquil to Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado due to the original venue's field was damaged as a result of the heavy rains that occurred in Quito.[3]

All match times are in ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.[27][28]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 February
 
 
Ecuador Independiente del Valle3
 
20 February
 
Paraguay Guaraní1
 
Ecuador Independiente del Valle1 (3)
 
17 February
 
Uruguay Peñarol (p)1 (4)
 
Uruguay Peñarol2
 
 
Venezuela Caracas1
 
Third place
 
 
20 February
 
 
Paraguay Guaraní3
 
 
Venezuela Caracas2

Semi-finals

Independiente del Valle Ecuador3–1Paraguay Guaraní
  • Sagardia 43' (pen.), 56'
  • Valencia 74' (pen.)
 Report R. Benitez 87' (pen.)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
Peñarol Uruguay2–1Venezuela Caracas
Alonso 12', 61' Report Sulbarán 26'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)

Third place match

Guaraní Paraguay3–2Venezuela Caracas
 Report
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)[29]

Final

Independiente del Valle Ecuador1–1Uruguay Peñarol
Delgado 90' Report Méndez 76'
Penalties
  • Medina soccer ball with check mark
  • Sagardia soccer ball with check mark
  • Delgado soccer ball with check mark
  • Carcelén soccer ball with red X
  • Mina soccer ball with red X
 3–4
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)[29]

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Venezuela Saúl Guarirapa Venezuela Caracas 4
Uruguay Francisco Sagardia Ecuador Independiente del Valle
2 Paraguay Milciades Adorno Paraguay Guaraní 3
Uruguay Óscar José Cruz Uruguay Peñarol
3 Ecuador Neicer Acosta Ecuador Independiente del Valle 2
Uruguay Máximo Alonso Uruguay Peñarol
Paraguay Romeo Benítez Paraguay Guaraní
Ecuador Maikel Caicedo Ecuador Independiente del Valle
Peru Joao Grimaldo Peru Sporting Cristal
Ecuador Adrián Mejía Ecuador Independiente del Valle
Peru Gilmar Paredes Peru Sporting Cristal
Peru Marlon Perea Peru Sporting Cristal
Ecuador Bryan Quiñónez Ecuador Orense
Paraguay Matías Segovia Paraguay Guaraní
Venezuela Manuel Sulbarán Venezuela Caracas
Ecuador Anthony Valencia Ecuador Independiente del Valle

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time were counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out were counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Uruguay Peñarol 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 11 Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ecuador Independiente del Valle 5 4 1 0 17 3 +14 13 Runners-up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paraguay Guaraní 5 3 0 2 9 7 +2 9 Third place
4 Venezuela Caracas 5 2 0 3 9 9 0 6 Fourth place
5 Argentina Newell's Old Boys 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 Ecuador Orense 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
7 Colombia Millonarios 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
8 Ecuador LDU Quito 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
9 Peru Sporting Cristal 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
10 Brazil Internacional 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
11 Chile Universidad de Concepción 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
12 Bolivia Blooming 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 February 2022. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: Only for 5th to 12th place. 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fewest red cards received; 5) Fewest yellow cards received; 6) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 22).[25]

References

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External links

  • CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub 20 Ecuador 2022, CONMEBOL.com