2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores

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.

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
Champions Independiente del Valle (1st title)
Runners-up River Plate
Third place Flamengo
Fourth place Libertad
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored81 (3.68 per match)
Top scorer(s) Derlis Aquino
(6 goals)

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] 3rdChampions (2012)
 Bolivia Jorge Wilstermann 2019 U-19 Torneo Nacional champions[3] 2ndGroup stage (2011)
 Brazil Flamengo 2019 U-20 Supercopa de Brasil champions[4] 2ndQuarterfinals (2011)
 Chile Colo-Colo 2019 U-19 Copa de Campeones champions[5] 2ndGroup stage (2018)
 Colombia Millonarios 2019 U-20 Súper Copa Juvenil champions[6] 2ndGroup stage (2011)
 Ecuador Independiente del Valle 2019 U-18 Serie A champions[7] 5thRunners-up (2018)
 Paraguay (hosts) Libertad 2019 U-19 Apertura champions[8] 4thQuarterfinals (2011)
Cerro Porteño 2019 U-19 Clausura champions[9] 3rdQuarterfinals (2012)
 Peru Sporting Cristal 2019 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions[10] 2ndGroup stage (2012)
 Uruguay Nacional 2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions 3rdChampions (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]

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 Flamengo 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6 Semi-finals
2 Academia Puerto Cabello 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 Nacional 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 Sporting Cristal 3 1 0 2 6 11 −5 3
Source: CONMEBOL
Nacional 1–3 Flamengo
  • Sosa  51'
 Report
  • Muniz  8', 53'
  • Yuri César  87'
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia)
Academia Puerto Cabello 5–3 Sporting Cristal
 Report
  • Villalta  18'
  • Ruiz  21'
  • Romani  63'
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Bismarks Santiago (Colombia)
Nacional 3–1 Academia Puerto Cabello
  • Tejera  11'
  • Barcos  45+3'
  • L. Pérez  67'
 Report
  • Quevedo  14'
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)
Flamengo 5–1 Sporting Cristal
  • Yuri César  40', 45+3'
  • Muniz  49' (pen.)
  • Yuri  60'
  • João Gomes  85'
 Report
  • Romani  36' (pen.)
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Felipe González (Chile)
Sporting Cristal 2–1 Nacional
  • Romani  5' (pen.)
  • Soto  22'
 Report
  • A. Pérez  61'
Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)
Flamengo 0–1 Academia Puerto Cabello
Report
  • Linares  18'
Referee: Roberto Sánchez (Ecuador)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 River Plate 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Semi-finals
2 Cerro Porteño (H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
3 Millonarios 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
4 Danubio 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Danubio 1–3 River Plate
  • Zapirain  45+1'
 Report
  • Benítez  9'
  • Beltrán  56'
  • Galván  75'
Referee: Rafael Traci (Brazil)
Millonarios 2–2 Cerro Porteño
  • Brochero  48'
  • Moreno  90+4'
 Report
  • Bobadilla  5'
  • López  68'
Referee: Orlando Bracamonte (Venezuela)
Danubio 1–1 Millonarios
  • Fernández  82'
 Report
  • Brochero  49'
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
River Plate 1–0 Cerro Porteño
  • Gondou  65'
 Report
Referee: Roberto Sánchez (Ecuador)
Cerro Porteño 1–0 Danubio
 Report
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia)
River Plate 1–0 Millonarios
  • Castro  45'
 Report
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Felipe González (Chile)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Independiente del Valle 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Semi-finals
2 Libertad (H) 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3 Colo-Colo 3 1 0 2 3 2 +1 3
4 Jorge Wilstermann 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Independiente del Valle 2–1 Libertad
  • García  22'
  • Ortíz  54'
 Report
  • Aquino  82'
Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)
Colo-Colo 3–0 Jorge Wilstermann
 Report
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Independiente del Valle 1–0 Colo-Colo
  • Valencia  75'
 Report
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)
Libertad 9–1 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 0–5 Independiente del Valle
Report
  • Acosta  20'
  • Mejía  43'
  • Leiton  61'
  • Angulo  77'
  • Valencia  79'
Referee: Orlando Bracamonte (Venezuela)
Libertad 1–0 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 Libertad (H) 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6 Semi-finals
2 A Academia Puerto Cabello 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6
3 B 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) Host.

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
 
 
 Flamengo1 (4)
 
1 March – Luque
 
 Independiente del Valle (p)1 (5)
 
 Independiente del Valle2
 
27 February – Asunción
 
 River Plate1
 
 River Plate6
 
 
 Libertad1
 
Third place
 
 
1 March – Luque
 
 
 Flamengo5
 
 
 Libertad2

Semi-finals
Flamengo 1–1 Independiente del Valle
  • Guilherme Bala  72'
 Report
  • Caicedo  90'
Penalties
 4–5
  • Caicedo
  • Hincapié
  • Acosta
  • Mejía
  • Ortíz
Referee: Felipe González (Chile)
River Plate 6–1 Libertad
 Report
  • Aquino  65' (pen.)
Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia)

Third place match
Flamengo 5–2 Libertad
  • João Gomes  32'
  • Muniz  37'
  • Yuri César  53', 78'
  • Wendel  67'
 Report
  • Fernández  41'
  • Aquino  81'
Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)

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