2018 U-20 Copa Libertadores
International football competition
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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.
| Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 Uruguay 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Uruguay |
| City | Montevideo |
| Dates | 10–24 February 2018 |
| Teams | 12 (from 10 associations) |
| Venue | 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 played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 77 (3.5 per match) |
| Top scorer | Stiven Plaza (7 goals) |
← 2016 2020 → | |
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 | 2nd | Champions (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] | 4th | Quarterfinals (2011) |
 Paraguay |
Libertad | 2017 play-off winners between U-20 Apertura and Clausura champions[8] | 3rd | Quarterfinals (2011) |
 Peru |
Sport Huancayo | 2017 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions[9] | 1st | — |
| Uruguay (hosts) |
Nacional | 2017 U-19 Campeonato Uruguayo champions[10] | 2nd | Quarterfinals (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]
- Goal difference;
- Goals scored;
- Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
- Penalty shoot-out (between two teams playing against each other in the last match of the group)
- 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 |
| São Paulo | 6–0 | Quebracho |
|---|---|---|
Jonas Toró  22', 37'Gabriel Novaes 32', 58'Gabriel Sara 49'Fabinho 80' |
Report |
| Atlético Venezuela | 0–3 | Talleres |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Nahuel Bustos 7', 48', 59' |
| 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' |
| Quebracho | 1–3 | Atlético Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| Mauricio Paz 18' |
Report | Robin Ramos 43', 45'+2', 58' |
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 |
(H) Hosts
| River Plate | 1–0 | La Equidad |
|---|---|---|
| Facundo Vigo 78' |
Report |
| Cruzeiro | 1–2 | La Equidad |
|---|---|---|
| Vitinho 4' |
Report | Andrés de Armas 35' Juan Marín 56' |
| La Equidad | 2–2 | Libertad |
|---|---|---|
| Cristian Barrios 47' César Castaño 67' (pen.) |
Report | Esteban Maidana 49' Jonathan Valiente 84' (pen.) |
| Cruzeiro | 0–1 | River Plate |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Facundo Vigo 11' |
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 |
(H) Hosts
| Independiente del Valle | 6–1 | Sport Huancayo |
|---|---|---|
| Plaza 29', 48', 80', 82' Guerrero 70'Renny Jaramillo 79' |
Report | Samuel Perlaza 75' (o.g.) |
| Sport Huancayo | 0–2 | Colo-Colo |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Salas 45', 61' |
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 |
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-finals | Final | |||||
| 21 February – Centenario | ||||||
| São Paulo | 0 | |||||
| 24 February – Centenario | ||||||
| Nacional | 3 | |||||
| Nacional | 2 | |||||
| 21 February – Centenario | ||||||
| Independiente del Valle | 1 | |||||
| River Plate | 2 | |||||
| Independiente del Valle | 3 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 24 February – Centenario | ||||||
| São Paulo | 1 (4) | |||||
| River Plate (p) | 1 (5) | |||||
Semi-finals
| River Plate | 2–3 | Independiente del Valle |
|---|---|---|
| Neris 51' Vigo 53' |
Report | Renny Jaramillo 40', 75' Gonzalo Plata 73' |
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 Vigo |