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2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores

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]

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)
← 2020
2023 →

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 edit

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 edit

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

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 edit

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   Independiente del Valle
A2   Caracas
A3   Sporting Cristal
A4   Blooming
Group B
Pos Team
B1   LDU Quito
B2   Internacional
B3   Peñarol
B4   Millonarios
Group C
Pos Team
C1   Newell's Old Boys
C2   Guaraní
C3   Universidad de Concepción
C4   Orense

Match officials edit

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]

Support Referees

Squads edit

Main article: 2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores 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 edit

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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Independiente del Valle (H) 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9 Semi-finals
2   Caracas 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3   Sporting Cristal 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
4   Blooming 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Independiente del Valle  3–0  Caracas
 Report
Attendance: 0
Sporting Cristal  4–0  Blooming
 Report
Attendance: 0
Independiente del Valle  7–1  Sporting Cristal
 Report Paredes   9'
Attendance: 0
Caracas  1–0  Blooming
Albizo   73' Report
Attendance: 0
Blooming  0–3  Independiente del Valle
Report
Attendance: 0
Caracas  5–1  Sporting Cristal
 Report Perea   84' (pen.)
Attendance: 0

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Peñarol 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7 Semi-finals
2   Millonarios 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3   LDU Quito (H) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4   Internacional 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
LDU Quito  1–0  Internacional
Angulo   67' Report
Attendance: 0
Peñarol 2–0  Millonarios
Cruz   25', 46' Report
Attendance: 0
LDU Quito  0–2  Peñarol
Report
Attendance: 0
Internacional  0–1  Millonarios
Report Carvajal   28'
Attendance: 0
Millonarios  2–1  LDU Quito
 Report Sosa   79' (pen.)
Attendance: 0
Internacional  1–1  Peñarol
Lucas Dias   17' Report Ferreira   78'
Attendance: 0

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Guaraní 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Semi-finals
2   Newell's Old Boys 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3   Orense (H) 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
4   Universidad de Concepción 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Newell's Old Boys  0–1  Guaraní
Report Segovia   67'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marlon Vera (Ecuador)
Universidad de Concepción  2–3  Orense
 Report
Attendance: 0
Newell's Old Boys  1–0  Universidad de Concepción
Pacheco   35' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 0
Guaraní  0–1  Orense
Report Coronel   29'
Attendance: 0
Orense  1–3  Newell's Old Boys
Plúas   72' Report
Attendance: 0
Guaraní  4–1  Universidad de Concepción
 Report Rodríguez   90' (o.g.)
Attendance: 0

Ranking of group runners-up edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A   Caracas 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Semi-finals
2 C   Newell's Old Boys 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 B   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 edit

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 edit

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

Semi-finals edit

Independiente del Valle  3–1  Guaraní
 Report R. Benitez   87' (pen.)
Attendance: 0
Peñarol  2–1  Caracas
Alonso   12', 61' Report Sulbarán   26'
Attendance: 0

Third place match edit

Guaraní  3–2  Caracas
 Report

Final edit

Independiente del Valle  1–1  Peñarol
Delgado   90' Report Méndez   76'
Penalties
 3–4

Statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

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

Final ranking edit

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
    Peñarol 5 3 2 0 8 3 +5 11 Champions
    Independiente del Valle 5 4 1 0 17 3 +14 13 Runners-up
    Guaraní 5 3 0 2 9 7 +2 9 Third place
4   Caracas 5 2 0 3 9 9 0 6 Fourth place
5   Newell's Old Boys 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Eliminated in
Group stage
6   Orense 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 6
7   Millonarios 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
8   LDU Quito 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
9   Sporting Cristal 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
10   Internacional 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
11   Universidad de Concepción 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
12   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 edit

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