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
Champions Peñarol (1st title)
Runners-up Independiente del Valle
Third place Guaraní
Fourth place Caracas
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored67 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s) Francisco Sagardia
Saúl Guarirapa
(4 goals each)

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.

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[4] 1st—
 Bolivia Blooming 2021 U-20 Copa Libertadores qualification championship champions[5] 2ndGroup stage (2012)
 Brazil Internacional 2021 U-20 Supercopa do Brasil champions[6] 1st—
 Chile Universidad de Concepción 2021 U-21 Campeonato Fútbol Joven champions[7] 1st—
 Colombia Millonarios 2019 U-20 Súper Copa Juvenil champions[8] 3rdGroup stage (2011, 2020)
 Ecuador (hosts) Independiente del Valle (Ecuador 1) 2020 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions 6thChampions (2020)
LDU Quito (Ecuador 2) 2021 U-18 Serie A champions[9] 1st—
Orense (Ecuador 3) 2021 U-18 Serie A third place[10] 1st—
 Paraguay Guaraní 2021 U-19 Clausura champions[11] 1st—
 Peru Sporting Cristal 2021 U-18 Copa Generación champions[12] 3rdGroup stage (2012, 2020)
 Uruguay Peñarol 2021 U-19 Torneo Especial champions[13] 1st—
 Venezuela Caracas 2021 Liga FUTVE Junior champions[14] 2ndGroup stage (2011)

Venues
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][15] 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.[16][17]

Draw

The draw was held on 20 December 2021, 13:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[18][19] The draw was conducted according to the following guidelines:[20]

  • 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:[19]

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Independiente del Valle
A2 Caracas
A3 Sporting Cristal
A4 Blooming
Group B
PosTeam
B1 LDU Quito
B2 Internacional
B3 Peñarol
B4 Millonarios
Group C
PosTeam
C1 Newell's Old Boys
C2 Guaraní
C3 Universidad de Concepción
C4 Orense

Match officials

On 28 december 2021, CONMEBOL informed to its member associations the referees appointed for the tournament.[21] Assistant referee Guilherme Dias Camilo was replaced by Bruno Boschilia, both from Brazil.[22]

Support Referees

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).[23]

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):[23]

  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.[24][25]

Group A
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) Host
Independiente del Valle 3–0 Caracas
  • Mercado 8'
  • Acosta 20'
  • Sagardia 69'
 Report
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)
Sporting Cristal 4–0 Blooming
 Report
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
Independiente del Valle 7–1 Sporting Cristal
  • Acosta 14'
  • Valencia 23'
  • Sagardia 30'
  • Mejía 38', 68'
  • Caicedo 71'
  • Carcelén 81' (pen.)
 Report Paredes 9'
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
Caracas 1–0 Blooming
Albizo 73' Report
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)
Blooming 0–3 Independiente del Valle
Report
  • Caicedo 28'
  • Medina 48'
  • Angulo 55' (pen.)
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jhon Hinestroza (Colombia)
Caracas 5–1 Sporting Cristal
  • Sulbarán 37'
  • Guarirapa 58', 69', 89'
  • Guerra 90+3'
 Report Perea 84' (pen.)
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dilio Rodríguez (Bolivia)

Group B
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) Host
LDU Quito 1–0 Internacional
Angulo 67' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)
Peñarol2–0 Millonarios
Cruz 25', 46' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Augusto Menéndez (Peru)
LDU Quito 0–2 Peñarol
Report
  • Díaz 52'
  • Cruz 90+9'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Benítez (Paraguay)
Internacional 0–1 Millonarios
Report Carvajal 28'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)
Millonarios 2–1 LDU Quito
  • Gómez 38'
  • Oñate 86'
 Report Sosa 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
Internacional 1–1 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 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) Host
Newell's Old Boys 0–1 Guaraní
Report Segovia 67'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marlon Vera (Ecuador)
Universidad de Concepción 2–3 Orense
  • Vásquez 11' (pen.)
  • Fernández 69'
 Report
  • Quiñónez 8', 19'
  • Chamba 84'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dilio Rodríguez (Bolivia)
Newell's Old Boys 1–0 Universidad de Concepción
Pacheco 35' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)
Guaraní 0–1 Orense
Report Coronel 29'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)
Orense 1–3 Newell's Old Boys
Plúas 72' Report
  • Messi 26'
  • Rossi 77'
  • Contrera 84'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
Guaraní 4–1 Universidad de Concepción
  • Adorno 9', 73'
  • Segovia 24'
  • A. Benítez 70'
 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 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).[23]

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).[23]

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.[25][26]

Bracket
 
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
Independiente del Valle 3–1 Guaraní
 Report R. Benitez 87' (pen.)
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
Peñarol 2–1 Caracas
Alonso 12', 61' Report Sulbarán 26'
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)

Third place match
Guaraní 3–2 Caracas
  • Adorno 48'
  • R. Benitez 73'
  • López 88'
  • Molleda 21'
  • Guarirapa 76'
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)[27]

Final
Independiente del Valle 1–1 Peñarol
Delgado 90' Méndez 76'
Penalties
  • Medina
  • Sagardia
  • Delgado
  • Carcelén
  • Mina
3–4
  • Ferreira
  • Méndez
  • Homechenko
  • Rodríguez
  • Alonso
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)[27]

Statistics

Top goalscorers
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

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 Februaty 2022. Source:
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).[23]

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