2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores

The 2018 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (Spanish: Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 2018) was the 4th edition of the U-20 Copa 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 Uruguay from 10 to 24 February 2018.

2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20
Uruguay 2018
Tournament details
Host countryUruguay
CityMontevideo
Dates10–24 February 2018
Teams12 (from 10 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Nacional (1st title)
Runners-up Independiente del Valle
Third place River Plate
Fourth place São Paulo
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored77 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Stiven Plaza (7 goals)

Nacional defeated Independiente del Valle in the final to win their first title, while River Plate defeated defending champions São Paulo to finish third.

Teams

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 1998.[1]

Association Team Qualifying method Participation Previous best result
Argentina Talleres 2017 Torneo Juvenil de Cuarta División (U-20) champions[2] 1st—
Bolivia Quebracho 2017 U-19 Torneo Nacional champions[3] 1st—
Brazil São Paulo 2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions 2ndChampions (2016)
Cruzeiro 2017 U-20 Supercopa de Brasil champions[4] 1st—
Chile Colo-Colo 2017 U-19 Copa de Campeones champions[5] 1st—
Colombia La Equidad 2017 U-20 Súper Copa Juvenil champions[6] 1st—
Ecuador Independiente del Valle 2017 U-18 Serie A champions[7] 4thQuarterfinals (2011)
Paraguay Libertad 2017 play-off winners between U-20 Apertura and Clausura champions[8] 3rdQuarterfinals (2011)
Peru Sport Huancayo 2017 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions[9] 1st—
Uruguay (hosts) Nacional 2017 U-19 Campeonato Uruguayo champions[10] 2ndQuarterfinals (2011)
River Plate 2017 U-19 Campeonato Uruguayo runners-up[10] 1st—
Venezuela Atlético Venezuela 2017 U-20 Serie Oro champions[11] 1st—

Venues

The tournament was played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.

Draw

The draw was held on 25 January 2018, 16:00 UYT (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Uruguayan Football Association.[12][13] The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four. The defending champions São Paulo were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage, while the other two teams which also participated in the 2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Independiente del Valle and Libertad, were also seeded into Pot 1 and drawn to position B1 or C1 in the group stage. The remaining teams were seeded into Pot 2, and drawn to positions 2, 3 or 4 of groups A, B or C in the group stage. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.[14]

Pot 1 Pot 2

Group stage

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]

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Penalty shoot-out (between two teams playing against each other in the last match of the group)
  5. Drawing of lots.

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

All times local, UYT (UTC−3).[15]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 São Paulo 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 7 Semi-finals
2 Talleres 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
3 Atlético Venezuela 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
4 Quebracho 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: CONMEBOL
São Paulo 6–0 Quebracho
Jonas Toró  22', 37'
Gabriel Novaes  32', 58'
Gabriel Sara  49'
Fabinho  80'		 Report
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
Atlético Venezuela 0–3 Talleres
Report Nahuel Bustos  7', 48', 59'
Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
São Paulo 6–1 Atlético Venezuela
Helinho  11'
Igor Gomes  60'
Jonas Toró  68', 83'
Rodrigo  85' (pen.)
Bruno Dip  88'		 Report Yeangel Montero  64'
Referee: Luis Garay (Peru)
Quebracho 0–2 Talleres
Report Mauro Valiente  45'+1'
Nahuel Bustos  51'
Referee: César Deischler (Chile)
Talleres 1–1 São Paulo
Marcos Arturia  75' Report Igor Liziero  61'
Referee: José Natanael Méndez (Paraguay)
Quebracho 1–3 Atlético Venezuela
Mauricio Paz  18' Report Robin Ramos  43', 45'+2', 58'
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 River Plate (H) 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Semi-finals
2 Libertad 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
3 La Equidad 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4 Cruzeiro 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Libertad 3–1 Cruzeiro
Jonathan Valiente  45'
Álvaro Recalade  66'
Jesús Amarilla  84'		 Report Vitinho  41'
Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)
River Plate 1–0 La Equidad
Facundo Vigo  78' Report
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)
Libertad 0–0 River Plate
Report
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Cruzeiro 1–2 La Equidad
Vitinho  4' Report Andrés de Armas  35'
Juan Marín  56'
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
La Equidad 2–2 Libertad
Cristian Barrios  47'
César Castaño  67' (pen.)		 Report Esteban Maidana  49'
Jonathan Valiente  84' (pen.)
Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques (Brazil)
Cruzeiro 0–1 River Plate
Report Facundo Vigo  11'
Referee: César Deischler (Chile)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nacional (H) 3 2 1 0 13 0 +13 7 Semi-finals
2 Independiente del Valle 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7
3 Colo-Colo 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
4 Sport Huancayo 3 0 0 3 1 16 −15 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.
Independiente del Valle 6–1 Sport Huancayo
Stiven Plaza  29', 48', 80', 82'
Yeison Guerrero  70'
Renny Jaramillo  79'		 Report Samuel Perlaza  75' (o.g.)
Referee: José Natanael Méndez (Paraguay)
Colo-Colo 0–5 Nacional
Report Guillermo May  17', 29', 50'
Thiago Vecino  38'
Brian Ocampo  85'
Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques (Brazil)
Independiente del Valle 5–0 Colo-Colo
Yeison Guerrero  14'
Williams Alarcón  34' (o.g.)
Stiven Plaza  67', 69', 90'+1'		 Report
Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)
Sport Huancayo 0–8 Nacional
Report Guillermo May  3'
Thiago Vecino  38', 84'
Joaquín Trasante  42'
Alfonso Trezza  45'
Juan Manuel Zanabria  66'
Sebastián Paz  78'
Gabriel Barrios  80'
Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
Nacional 0–0 Independiente del Valle
Report
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
Sport Huancayo 0–2 Colo-Colo
Report Luis Salas  45', 61'
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

Ranking of group runners-up
Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C Independiente del Valle 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7 Semi-finals
2 A Talleres 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7
3 B Libertad 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 21).[1]

Knockout stage

The semi-final matchups were:

  • 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 tied after full time, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 22).[1]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
21 February – Centenario
 
 
 São Paulo0
 
24 February – Centenario
 
 Nacional3
 
 Nacional2
 
21 February – Centenario
 
 Independiente del Valle1
 
 River Plate2
 
 
 Independiente del Valle3
 
Third place
 
 
24 February – Centenario
 
 
 São Paulo1 (4)
 
 
 River Plate (p)1 (5)

Semi-finals
São Paulo 0–3 Nacional
Report Mathías Laborda  31'
Guillermo May  73'
Gabriel Barrios  90'+2'
Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)
River Plate 2–3 Independiente del Valle
José Neris  51'
Facundo Vigo  53'		 Report Renny Jaramillo  40', 75'
Gonzalo Plata  73'
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

Third place match
São Paulo 1–1 River Plate
Walce Da Silva  90' Report Cristian Martín  20'
Penalties
Rodrigo
Walce
Igor Gomes
Oliveira
Fabinho 		4–5 Aaron Borges
Juan Pablo Plada
Santiago Pérez
Diego Vicente
Facundo Vigo
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Final
Nacional 2–1 Independiente del Valle
Brian Ocampo  44'
Johao Chávez  47' (o.g.)		 Report Yeison Guerrero  45' (pen.)
Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

Notes
  1. The Third place match and Final match were originally scheduled on 24 February 2018, 16:30 and 18:45 local time, but were re-scheduled to 14:15 and 16:30 local time.[16]

References
  1. "Reglamento CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub20 2018" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  2. "Histórico: Talleres será el primer club del interior del país en jugar la Libertadores Sub 20". Club Talleres. 4 November 2017.
  3. "Quebracho jugará la Libertadores Sub-20 en febrero". El País. 14 November 2017.
  4. "Cruzeiro bate Atlético nos pênaltis, é campeão da Supercopa Sub-20 e se classifica para a Libertadores da categoria em 2018". Superesportes. 23 November 2017.
  5. "Colo Colo venció a Palestino en La Pintana y se consagró como el mejor del año en la categoría Sub 19". ANFP. 15 December 2017.
  6. "La Equidad, campeón sub20 y va a la Libertadores Juvenil". ascoop. 11 December 2017.
  7. "Dale Campeón!!! Dale Campeón !!!! IDV Sub 18 por 8va. vez consecutiva Campeón Nacional y Clasifica a Copa Libertadores Sub 20". Twitter. 2 December 2017.
  8. "Clasificó a la Libertadores Sub 20". ABC. 14 December 2017.
  9. "Copa Libertadores Sub 20: Sport Huancayo será el único club peruano". El Bocón. 6 December 2017.
  10. "Formativas: Nacional se coronó campeón uruguayo sub-19 por penales ante River Plate". futbol.com.uy. 17 December 2017.
  11. "Atlético Venezuela consiguió el bicampeonato de la Serie de Oro Sub 20". balonazos.com. 10 December 2017.
  12. "Se sortea la CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 Uruguay 2018". CONMEBOL.com. 24 January 2018.
  13. "La CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 tiene los grupos y el calendario definidos". CONMEBOL.com. 25 January 2018.
  14. "Libertadores sub-20 Uruguay 2018". AUF. 22 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  15. "Programa de partidos" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  16. "Comunicado de CONMEBOL sobre cambio de horarios para la jornada final de la Copa Libertadores Sub-20" (in Spanish). Twitter Conmebol Libertadores Sub-20 Uruguay 2018. 21 February 2018.
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