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South American under-20 club football tournament
International football competition

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.

The tournament was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, except for the final matchday (third place match and final) which had a capacity of 50% allowed in the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado.

Independiente del Valle were the defending champions having won the title in 2020. Peñarol won their first title after beating Independiente del Valle 4–3 on penalties after 1–1 draw in the final match. As winners of the 2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Peñarol earned the right to play against Benfica, the winners of the 2021–22 UEFA Youth League, in the 2022 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup which is a single leg match-up officially launched by CONMEBOL and UEFA on 2 June 2022.

Teams

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.
Venues
Ecuador was named as host country of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 27 October 2021. The Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa hosted the matches of groups B and C while the Estadio Banco Guayaquil, owned by Independiente del Valle, hosted the group A matches and the semi-finals. On 19 February 2022, the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, owned by LDU Quito, was included as venue of the third place match and the final that had originally been scheduled at the Estadio Banco Guayaquil. All venues are located in Quito.

Draw

The draw was held on 20 December 2021, 13:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay. The draw was conducted according to the following guidelines:
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Match officials

On 28 December 2021, CONMEBOL informed to its member associations the referees appointed for the tournament. Assistant referee Guilherme Dias Camilo was replaced by Bruno Boschilia, both from Brazil.

Support Referees

Squads

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).

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):

All match times are in ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host
15:00
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)
17:30
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
15:00
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
17:30
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)
15:00
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jhon Hinestroza (Colombia)
17:30
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dilio Rodríguez (Bolivia)

Group B
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host
15:00
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)
17:30
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Augusto Menéndez (Peru)
15:00
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Benítez (Paraguay)
17:30
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)
15:00
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
17:30
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Augusto Menéndez (Peru)

Group C
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host
15:00
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Marlon Vera (Ecuador)
17:30
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Dilio Rodríguez (Bolivia)
15:00
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)
17:30
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Yender Herrera (Venezuela)
15:00
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
17:30
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)

Ranking of group runners-up
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).

Final stage

The final stage consisted of the semi-finals, the third place match and the final. The semi-final matchups will be:

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).

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.

All match times are in ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Bracket
Semi-finals

15:00
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nicolás Lamolina (Argentina)
17:30
Estadio Banco Guayaquil, Quito
Attendance: 0
Referee: Carlos Ortega (Colombia)

Third place match

15:00
Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito
Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

Final

18:00
Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, Quito
Referee: Flavio de Souza (Brazil)

Statistics

Top goalscorers
Final ranking

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 Februaty 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).