2025 U-20 Copa Libertadores

2025 U-20 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20; Paraguay 2025
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
Dates	1–16 March 2025
Teams	12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Flamengo (2nd title)
Runners-up	Palmeiras
Third place	Belgrano
Fourth place	Danubio
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	63 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Leandro Monzón ; Riquelme Fillipi ; (4 goals each)
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Last updated April 29, 2025

The 2025 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (Spanish : Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 2025) was the 9th 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 Paraguay from 1 to 16 March 2025.^[1]

Defending champions Flamengo successfully retained their title, defeating fellow Brazilian side Palmeiras 3–2 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in regular time in the final.^[2] As winners of the 2025 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Flamengo earned the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Youth League in the 2025 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup.

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.^[3]

Association	Team	Qualifying method	App	Previous best result
Argentina	Belgrano	2024 Cuarta División (U-20) champions^[4]^[5]	1st	—
Bolivia	Blooming	2024 U-19 Liga Nacional champions^[6]	3rd	Group stage (2012, 2022)
Brazil	Flamengo (holders)	2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions	4th	Champions (2024)
Brazil	Palmeiras	2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 champions^[7]^[8]	2nd	Group stage (2023)
Chile	O'Higgins	2024 Supercopa Proyección winners^{[Note CHI]}^[9]^[10]	2nd	Group stage (2023)
Colombia	Fortaleza	2024 Supercopa Juvenil champions^[11]^[12]	1st	—
Ecuador	Independiente del Valle	2024 Campeonato Nacional de Categorías Formativas U-19 champions^[13]^{[ better source needed ]}^[14]	8th	Champions (2020)
Paraguay (hosts)	Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 1)	2024 Torneo Anual Juvenil champions^[15]^[16]	5th	Third place (2023)
Paraguay (hosts)	Olimpia (Paraguay 2)	2024 Torneo Anual Juvenil runners-up^[15]^[16]	2nd	Group stage (2024)
Peru	Universitario	2024 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions^[17]^[18]	3rd	Champions (2011)
Uruguay	Danubio	2024 Campeonato Uruguayo Juvenil Divisional A U-19 champions^[19]	2nd	Group stage (2020)
Venezuela	Metropolitanos	2024 U-21 Liga FUTVE Junior champions^[20]	1st	—

Chile (CHI): Chile's berth was decided in a play-off match between O'Higgins, the 2024 Campeonato Nacional Proyección Apertura champions,^[21] and Colo-Colo, the 2024 Campeonato Nacional Proyección Clausura champions.^[22]

Squads

Each team could register a maximum of 20 and a minimum of 16 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers. Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (ages 16 to 20) were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Articles 48 and 51).^[3]

Host nation and venues

Paraguay was announced as the host country for the tournament on 17 September 2024 following the CONMEBOL Council held on the same day.^[1] This will be the third time that Paraguay hosts the tournament having previously done so in 2016 and 2020.

San Lorenzo and Ypané were selected as host cities, with the Estadio Gunther Vogel and the Estadio CARFEM being the venues for the matches.^[23] The Estadio Arsenio Erico in Asunción was added as venue for the final stage.

Ypané	San Lorenzo	Asunción
Estadio CARFEM	Estadio Gunther Vogel	Estadio Arsenio Erico
Capacity: 5,000^[24]	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 7,000^[25]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 4 February 2025, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.^[26] The draw was conducted according to the following guidelines:^[26]^[27]

The defending champions Flamengo were automatically assigned to Group A, position A1.
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, in order to be drawn into three groups of four.
Teams from the two best associations (Brazil and Argentina) were seeded into Pot 1 and drawn to the first position of groups B or C. The first team drawn was placed into Group B and the second team drawn placed into Group C.
Teams from the next three associations (Ecuador, Venezuela and Chile) were seeded into Pot 2 and drawn to the second position of groups A, B or C.
Teams from the next three associations (Paraguay 1, Uruguay and Colombia) were seeded into Pot 3 and drawn to the third position of groups A, B or C.
Teams from the last two associations (Peru and Bolivia) and the additional team from the host association (Paraguay 2) were seeded into Pot 4 and drawn to the fourth position of groups A, B or C.
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
Palmeiras Belgrano	Independiente del Valle Metropolitanos O'Higgins	Cerro Porteño Danubio Fortaleza	Universitario Blooming Olimpia

The draw resulted in the following groups:^[28]

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Flamengo
A2	O'Higgins
A3	Danubio
A4	Olimpia

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Belgrano
B2	Metropolitanos
B3	Fortaleza
B4	Universitario

Group C
Pos	Team
C1	Palmeiras
C2	Independiente del Valle
C3	Cerro Porteño
C4	Blooming

Match officials

On 10 February 2025, the CONMEBOL Referee Commission announced a total of 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament,^[29] including a Spanish refereeing team from UEFA as part of the continuation of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding signed in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme since 2021.^[30]^[31]

Sebastián Zunino
- Assistants: Sebastián Raineri and Daiana Milone
Dilio Rodríguez
- Assistants: Jesús Antelo and William Medina
Rafael Klein
- Assistants: Fabrini Bevilaqua Costa and Alex Ang
Fernando Véjar
- Assistants: Alan Sandoval and Carlos Poblete
Carlos Ortega
- Assistants: Cristian Aguirre and Roberto Padilla
Juan Carlos Andrade
- Assistants: Mauricio Lozada and Juan Aguiar

Blas Romero
- Assistants: Julio Aranda and Nadia Weiler
Augusto Menéndez
- Assistants: José Castillo and Diego Jaimes
Javier Alberola Rojas
- Assistants: Alfredo Rodríguez and Diego Sánchez
Javier Feres
- Assistants: Héctor Bergalo and Daiana Fernández
Alejandro Velásquez
- Assistants: Erizon Nieto and José Martínez

Group stage

The winners of each group and the best runner-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

In the group stage, teams were 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 were applied in the following order (Regulations Articles 20, 21):^[3]

Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Head-to-head points in the matches played among the tied teams;
- Head-to-head goal difference in the matches played among the tied teams;
- Head-to-head goals scored in the matches played among the tied teams;
Goal difference;
Goals scored;
Fewest number of red cards received;
Fewest number of yellow cards received;
Drawing of lots.

All match times are local, PYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.^[32]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Flamengo	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Semi-finals
2	Danubio	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Semi-finals
3	O'Higgins	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2
4	Olimpia	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

Source: CONMEBOL

1 March 2025