# 2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores

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.
Boca Juniors were the defending champions.

## 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.
| 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 | 1st | — |
| Bolivia | Always Ready | 2023 U-20 Torneo Nacional champions | 2nd | Group stage (2023) |
| Brazil | Flamengo | 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 champions | 3rd | Third place (2020) |
| Chile | Colo-Colo | 2024 Supercopa Proyección winners | 3rd | Group stage (2018, 2020) |
| Colombia | Águilas Doradas | 2023 Supercopa Juvenil champions | 1st | — |
| Ecuador | Aucas | 2023 Campeonato Nacional de Categorías Formativas U-19 champions | 1st | — |
| Paraguay | Olimpia | 2023 U-19 Torneo Anual champions | 1st | — |
| Peru | Sporting Cristal | 2023 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions | 4th | Group stage (2012, 2020, 2022) |
| Uruguay (hosts) | Defensor Sporting | 2023 Campeonato Uruguayo Juvenil Divisional A U-19 champions | 3rd | Runners-up (2012) |
| Uruguay (hosts) | Montevideo City Torque | 2023 Campeonato Uruguayo Juvenil Divisional A U-19 runners-up | 1st | — |
| Venezuela | Academia Puerto Cabello | 2023 Liga FUTVE Junior U-20 champions | 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.
* Chile (CHI): Chile's berth was decided in a play-off match between Colo-Colo, the 2023 Campeonato Nacional Proyección Apertura champions, and Palestino, the 2023 Campeonato Nacional Proyección Clausura champions.

### Squads

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).

## Venues

Uruguay was confirmed as host country of the tournament on 20 December 2023. This will be the second time that Uruguay hosts the tournament having previously done so in 2018.
Colonia del Sacramento and Maldonado were selected as host cities and announced after the draw. 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.

## 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. The draw was conducted according to the following guidelines:
* 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 | Sporting Cristal Always Ready Montevideo City Torque |
* ^ $^{CHI}$ The identity of the team Chile was not known at the time of the draw.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Boca Juniors A2 Academia Puerto Cabello A3 Colo-Colo A4 Always Ready | Group B PosTeam B1 Rosario Central B2 Olimpia B3 Águilas Doradas B4 Montevideo City Torque | Group C PosTeam 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. 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. It will be also the first time that women assistant referees will participate in the tournament.

## 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):
* 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.

### 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 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Rosario Central | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Olimpia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Montevideo City Torque (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Águilas Doradas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Flamengo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Aucas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Defensor Sporting (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sporting Cristal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | |

### Ranking of group runners-up

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C | Aucas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | A | Academia Puerto Cabello | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | B | Olimpia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |

## Final stage

The semi-final matchups were:
* Group A winner vs. Best runner-up
* Group B winner vs. Group C winner
The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full time, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 24).
All match times were local, UYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 March | 14 March |
| Boca Juniors | 2 |
| Boca Juniors | 2 | 17 March | 17 March |
| Aucas | 1 | 17 March | 17 March |
| Aucas | 1 | Boca Juniors | 1 |
| 14 March | 14 March | | Boca Juniors | 1 |
| 14 March | 14 March | Flamengo | 2 |
| Rosario Central | 1 | Flamengo | 2 |
| Flamengo | 2 | | |
| Flamengo | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 17 March | 17 March |
| | | Aucas | 1 |
| | | Rosario Central | 2 |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There were 67 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.05 goals per match.
4 goals
* Iago (Flamengo)
* Wallace Yan (Flamengo)
3 goals
* Lautaro Di Lollo (Boca Juniors)
* Ronald Perlaza (Aucas)
* Cristhoper Zambrano (Aucas)
2 goals
* Cristian Alarcón (Colo-Colo)
* Kevin Altez (Montevideo City Torque)
* Wilmer Conforme (Aucas)
* Marlon Díaz (Academia Puerto Cabello)
* Javier Mena (Águilas Doradas)
* Gabriel Monjes (Academia Puerto Cabello)
* Bruno Morales (Montevideo City Torque)
* Thiago Ponce (Rosario Central)
* Iker Zufiaurre (Boca Juniors)
1 goal
* Samuel Beltrán (Rosario Central)
* Royner Benítez (Águilas Doradas)
* Augusto Cambón (Defensor Sporting)
* Jesús Cantillo (Academia Puerto Cabello)
* Juan Cruz Cerrudo (Rosario Central)
* Santiago Dalmasso (Boca Juniors)
* Felipe Teresa (Flamengo)
* Ignacio Gonella (Montevideo City Torque)
* Leandro Hernández (Colo-Colo)
* Anthony Hurtado (Aucas)
* Juan Manuel Jorge (Defensor Sporting)
* Lorran (Flamengo)
* Deyvi Massi (Always Ready)
* Mateo Mendia (Boca Juniors)
* Lorenzo Moscoloni (Rosario Central)
* Freddy Noguera (Olimpia)
* Shola Ogundana (Flamengo)
* Diego Osorio (Academia Puerto Cabello)
* Juan Cruz Payal (Boca Juniors)
* Aníbal Páez (Olimpia)
* Hassler Palacios (Águilas Doradas)
* Matías Pinto (Colo-Colo)
* Yeiker Rebolledo (Academia Puerto Cabello)
* Mateo Rodríguez (Sporting Cristal)
* Ignacio Rodríguez (Boca Juniors)
* Leonardo Ruiz (Rosario Central)
* Tomás Salteño (Rosario Central)
* Rodolfo Sena (Defensor Sporting)
* Fabián Suárez (Águilas Doradas)
* Yamir Uculmana (Sporting Cristal)
* Pablo Viudez (Defensor Sporting)
1 own goal
* Lautaro Di Lollo (Boca Juniors, against Aucas)