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 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.
The draw was held on 20 December 2021, 13:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[21][22] The draw was conducted according to the following guidelines:[23]
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.
On 28 December 2021, CONMEBOL informed to its member associations the referees appointed for the tournament.[24] Assistant referee Guilherme Dias Camilo was replaced by Bruno Boschilia, both from Brazil.[25]
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).[26]
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):[26]
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).[26]
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).[26]
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.[28][29]
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.
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).[26]
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