2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores

Host countryUruguay

Dates2–17 March 2024

Teams12 (from 10 associations)

Venue2 (in 2 host cities)

2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores
Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 Uruguay 2024

Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
Dates	2–17 March 2024
Teams	12 (from 10 associations)
Venue	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Flamengo (1st title)
Runners-up	Boca Juniors
Third place	Rosario Central
Fourth place	Aucas
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	67 (3.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Iago Wallace Yan (4 goals each)
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The 2024 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (Spanish: Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 2024) was the 8th 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 Uruguay from 2 to 17 March 2024.^[1]^[2]

Boca Juniors were the defending champions.

Squads

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.^[3]

Association	Team	Qualifying method	Participation	Previous best result
Argentina	Boca Juniors (holders)	2023 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions	4th	Champions (2023)
Argentina	Rosario Central	2023 Cuarta División (U-20) runners-up^{[Note ARG]}^[4]^[5]	1st	—
Bolivia	Always Ready	2023 U-20 Torneo Nacional champions^[6]	2nd	Group stage (2023)
Brazil	Flamengo	2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 champions^[7]	3rd	Third place (2020)
Chile	Colo-Colo	2024 Supercopa Proyección winners^{[Note CHI]}^[8]^[9]	3rd	Group stage (2018, 2020)
Colombia	Águilas Doradas	2023 Supercopa Juvenil champions^[10]^[11]	1st	—
Ecuador	Aucas	2023 Campeonato Nacional de Categorías Formativas U-19 champions^[12]^[13]	1st	—
Paraguay	Olimpia	2023 U-19 Torneo Anual champions^[14]	1st	—
Peru	Sporting Cristal	2023 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions^[15]	4th	Group stage (2012, 2020, 2022)
Uruguay (hosts)	Defensor Sporting	2023 Campeonato Uruguayo Juvenil Divisional A U-19 champions^[16]	3rd	Runners-up (2012)
Uruguay (hosts)	Montevideo City Torque	2023 Campeonato Uruguayo Juvenil Divisional A U-19 runners-up^[16]	1st	—
Venezuela	Academia Puerto Cabello	2023 Liga FUTVE Junior U-20 champions^[17]	2nd	Group stage (2020)

Argentina (ARG): Since Boca Juniors qualified via the reigning champions' berth and were also champions of the 2023 Cuarta División (U-20), the Argentine berth went to the runners-up Rosario Central.^[5]
Chile (CHI): Chile's berth was decided in a play-off match between Colo-Colo, the 2023 Campeonato Nacional Proyección Apertura champions,^[18] and Palestino, the 2023 Campeonato Nacional Proyección Clausura champions.^[19]

Players born between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 20 and a minimum of 16 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 47 and 50).^[3]

Venues

Uruguay was confirmed as host country of the tournament on 20 December 2023.^[2] This will be the second time that Uruguay hosts the tournament having previously done so in 2018.^[20]

Colonia del Sacramento and Maldonado were selected as host cities and announced after the draw.^[21] Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici in Colonia hosted the matches of groups A and B matches while Estadio Domingo Burgueño in Maldonado hosted the group C and the final stage matches.^[22]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 13 February 2024, 12:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.^[23] The draw was conducted according to the following guidelines:^[23]

The defending champions Boca Juniors 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 (Argentina and Ecuador) 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 (Paraguay, Uruguay 1 and Venezuela) were seeded into Pot 2 and drawn to the second position of groups A, B or C.
Teams from the next three associations (Brazil, Colombia and Chile) 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 (Uruguay 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
Rosario Central Aucas	Olimpia Defensor Sporting Academia Puerto Cabello	Flamengo Águilas Doradas Colo-Colo^[CHI]	Sporting Cristal Always Ready Montevideo City Torque

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^CHI The identity of the team Chile was not known at the time of the draw.

The draw resulted in the following groups:^[24]

Group A
Pos	Team
A1	Boca Juniors
A2	Academia Puerto Cabello
A3	Colo-Colo
A4	Always Ready

Group B
Pos	Team
B1	Rosario Central
B2	Olimpia
B3	Águilas Doradas
B4	Montevideo City Torque

Group C
Pos	Team
C1	Aucas
C2	Defensor Sporting
C3	Flamengo
C4	Sporting Cristal

Match officials

On 21 February 2024, CONMEBOL announced that its Referee Commission had appointed 11 referees and 22 assistant referees for the tournament.^[25] For the first time, a UEFA refereeing team will officiate in the U-20 Copa Libertadores as part of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding signed in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme.^[26] It will be also the first time that women assistant referees will participate in the tournament.^[27]

Leandro Rey
- Assistants: José Savorani and Sebastián Raineri
Jordy Alemán
- Assistants: Juan Montaño and Rubén Flores
Ramon Abatti
- Assistants: Nailton Sousa and Luanderson de Lima
Francisco Gilabert
- Assistants: Alan Sandoval and Gabriel Ureta
Carlos Betancur
- Assistants: David Fuentes and Mary Blanco
Bryan Loayza
- Assistants: Danny Ávila and David Vacacela

Juan López
- Assistants: Eduardo Britos and Nancy Fernández
Joel Alarcón
- Assistants: Alberth Alarcón and José Castillo
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
- Assistants: Iván Masso and Guadalupe Porras
Mathías De Armas
- Assistants: Pablo Llarena and Agustín Berisso
Yender Herrera
- Assistants: Erizon Nieto and Migdalia Rodríguez

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 were local, UYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.^[28]^[29]^[30]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Boca Juniors	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	Academia Puerto Cabello	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Colo-Colo	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Always Ready	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: CONMEBOL

2 March 2024