2020_U-20_Copa_Libertadores
2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores
South American under-20 club football tournament
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.
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| Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 Paraguay 2020 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Paraguay |
| Dates | 15 February – 1 March 2020 |
| Teams | 12 (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 played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 81 (3.68 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Derlis Aquino (6 goals) |
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Independiente del Valle defeated River Plate in the final to claim their first title, while Flamengo beat Libertad to finish third.
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]
More information Association, Team ...
| Association | Team | Qualifying method | Participation | Previous best result |
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| 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 | — |
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The tournament was played at two venues in two cities, both in the Metropolitan Area of Asunción:[13]
- Estadio Arsenio Erico, Asunción (home stadium of Club Nacional)
- Estadio General Adrián Jara, Luque (home stadium of General Díaz)
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]
More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
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- Notes
- ^ CHI The identity of the team from Chile was not known at the time of the draw.
On 30 January 2020, CONMEBOL announced that the CONMEBOL Referee Commission had appointed 10 referees and 20 assistant referees for the tournament.[16]
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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]
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Red cards;
- Yellow cards;
- 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
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Source: CONMEBOL
More information Nacional, 1–3 ...
| Nacional | 1–3 | Flamengo |
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More information Academia Puerto Cabello, 5–3 ...
| Academia Puerto Cabello | 5–3 | Sporting Cristal |
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More information Nacional, 3–1 ...
| Nacional | 3–1 | Academia Puerto Cabello |
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More information Flamengo, 5–1 ...
| Flamengo | 5–1 | Sporting Cristal |
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More information Sporting Cristal, 2–1 ...
| Sporting Cristal | 2–1 | Nacional |
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Referee: Andrés Merlos (Argentina)
Referee: Roberto Sánchez (Ecuador)
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Referee: Rafael Traci (Brazil)
More information Millonarios, 2–2 ...
| Millonarios | 2–2 | Cerro Porteño |
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Referee: Orlando Bracamonte (Venezuela)
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
Referee: Roberto Sánchez (Ecuador)
Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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More information Independiente del Valle, 2–1 ...
| Independiente del Valle | 2–1 | Libertad |
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Referee: Christian Ferreyra (Uruguay)
Referee: Miguel Santiváñez (Peru)
More information Independiente del Valle, 1–0 ...
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More information Jorge Wilstermann, 0–5 ...
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Referee: Orlando Bracamonte (Venezuela)
Referee: Bruno Arleu (Brazil)
Ranking of group runners-up
More information Pos, Grp ...
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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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-finals | Final | |||||
| 27 February – Asunción | ||||||
| Flamengo | 1 (4) | |||||
| 1 March – Luque | ||||||
| Independiente del Valle (p) | 1 (5) | |||||
| Independiente del Valle | 2 | |||||
| 27 February – Asunción | ||||||
| River Plate | 1 | |||||
| River Plate | 6 | |||||
| Libertad | 1 | |||||
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| 1 March – Luque | ||||||
| Flamengo | 5 | |||||
| Libertad | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals
More information Flamengo, 1–1 ...
| Flamengo | 1–1 | Independiente del Valle |
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Referee: Felipe González (Chile)
Referee: Jordy Alemán (Bolivia)
Third place match
More information Flamengo, 5–2 ...
| Flamengo | 5–2 | Libertad |
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Final
More information Independiente del Valle, 2–1 ...
| Independiente del Valle | 2–1 | River Plate |
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- "Reglamento CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub20 Paraguay 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com.
- "¡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.
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- "Dónde y a qué hora se disputan los partidos". CONMEBOL.com. 13 February 2020.
- "Se sortean los grupos de la CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 22 January 2020.
- "Nacional, Danubio e Independiente del Valle encabezan los grupos" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 28 January 2020.
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- "Programación de partidos" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
- CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub 20 Paraguay 2020, CONMEBOL.com