2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores

2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores

Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 Ecuador 2022
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
City	Quito
Dates	5–20 February 2022
Teams	12 (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 played	22
Goals scored	67 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Francisco Sagardia Saúl Guarirapa (4 goals each)
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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

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
LDU Quito Newell's Old Boys	Internacional Guaraní Caracas	Universidad de Concepción Peñarol Sporting Cristal	Millonarios Blooming Orense

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

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]

Nicolás Lamolina Assistants: José Miguel Savorani and Sebastián Raineri Dilio Rodríguez Assistants: Carlos Tapia and Rubén Flores Flavio de Souza Assistants: Rafael Alves and Bruno Boschilia Cristian Garay Assistants: Miguel Rocha and Juan Serrano Carlos Ortega Assistants: Miguel Roldán and David Fuentes

Marlon Vera Assistants: David Vacacela and Edison Vásquez Carlos Paul Benítez Assistants: Luis Onieva and José Villagra Augusto Menéndez Assistants: Enrique Pinto and Leonar Soto Gustavo Tejera Assistants: Pablo Llarena and Andrés Nievas Yender Herrera Assistants: Yackson Díaz and Antoni García

Support Referees

Jhon Hinestroza

Edwin Ordóñez

Squads

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

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	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

5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)

15:00

Independiente del Valle	3–0	Caracas
Mercado 8' Acosta 20' Sagardia 69'	Report

Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)

5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)

17:30

Sporting Cristal	4–0	Blooming
Grimaldo 13', 46' Paredes 35' Perea 56'	Report

Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

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8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)

15:00

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)

8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)

17:30

Caracas	1–0	Blooming
Albizo 73'	Report

Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)

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11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)

15:00

Blooming	0–3	Independiente del Valle
	Report	Caicedo 28' Medina 48' Angulo 55' (pen.)

Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Jhon Hinestroza (Colombia)

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)

17:30

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

6 February 2022 (2022-02-06)

15:00

LDU Quito	1–0	Internacional
Angulo 67'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)

6 February 2022 (2022-02-06)

17:30

Peñarol	2–0	Millonarios
Cruz 25', 46'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Augusto Menéndez (Peru)

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9 February 2022 (2022-02-09)

15:00

LDU Quito	0–2	Peñarol
	Report	Díaz 52' Cruz 90+9'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Carlos Benítez (Paraguay)

9 February 2022 (2022-02-09)

17:30

Internacional	0–1	Millonarios
	Report	Carvajal 28'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

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12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)

15:00

Millonarios	2–1	LDU Quito
Gómez 38' Oñate 86'	Report	Sosa 79' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)

17:30

Internacional	1–1	Peñarol
Lucas Dias 17'	Report	Ferreira 78'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

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

7 February 2022 (2022-02-07)

15:00

Newell's Old Boys	0–1	Guaraní
	Report	Segovia 67'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Marlon Vera (Ecuador)

7 February 2022 (2022-02-07)

17:30

Universidad de Concepción	2–3	Orense
Vásquez 11' (pen.) Fernández 69'	Report	Quiñónez 8', 19' Chamba 84'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Dilio Rodríguez (Bolivia)

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10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)

15:00

Newell's Old Boys	1–0	Universidad de Concepción
Pacheco 35' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)

10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)

17:30

Guaraní	0–1	Orense
	Report	Coronel 29'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)

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13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)

15:00

Orense	1–3	Newell's Old Boys
Plúas 72'	Report	Messi 26' Rossi 77' Contrera 84'

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)

17:30

Guaraní	4–1	Universidad de Concepción
Adorno 9', 73' Segovia 24' A. Benítez 70'	Report	Rodríguez 90' (o.g.)

Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito

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). ^[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-finals				Final
	17 February
	Independiente del Valle	3
					20 February
	Guaraní	1
					Independiente del Valle	1 (3)
	17 February
					Peñarol (p)	1 (4)
	Peñarol	2
	Caracas	1
					Third place
					20 February
					Guaraní	3
					Caracas	2

Semi-finals

17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

15:00

Independiente del Valle	3–1	Guaraní
Sagardia 43' (pen.), 56' Valencia 74' (pen.)	Report	R. Benitez 87' (pen.)

Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)

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17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

17:30

Peñarol	2–1	Caracas
Alonso 12', 61'	Report	Sulbarán 26'

Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito

Attendance: 0

Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)

Third place match

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)

15:00

Guaraní	3–2	Caracas
Adorno 48' R. Benitez 73' López 88'	Report	Molleda 21' Guarirapa 76'

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile) ^[29]

Final

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)

18:00

Independiente del Valle	1–1	Peñarol
Delgado 90'	Report	Méndez 76'
Penalties
Medina Sagardia Delgado Carcelén Mina	3–4	Ferreira Méndez Homenchenko Rodríguez Alonso

Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito

Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil) ^[29]

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 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