2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores

The 2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores (known as the 2012 Copa Movistar Libertadores Sub-20 for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of this U-20 club competition. Players born on or after 1 January 1992 were eligible to compete. The tournament was played in Lima, Peru.

2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores Sub-20 Futuro de América
Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	15 June – 1 July 2012[1]
Teams	16 (from 12 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	River Plate (1st title)
Runners-up	Defensor Sporting
Third place	Corinthians
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Top scorer(s)	Rodrigo Gattas (with 6 goals)
Best player(s)	Juan Cazares
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Venues

All games were played in Lima at the Estadio Monumental and Estadio Alejandro Villanueva.^[1]

Lima	Lima
Estadio Monumental
Capacity: 80,093
Lima
Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
Capacity: 35,000

Qualification

In addition to the three clubs of the host nation, nine clubs qualified from the remaining nine football associations of CONMEBOL. Also, one team from the Mexican Football Federation and one from the Spanish Football Federation.^[2][3]

Association	Team	Qualification method
Argentina 2 berths	Boca Juniors	2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores runner up
	River Plate	Invitee
Bolivia 1 berth	Blooming	2012 U-20 Torneo Classificatorio champion
Brazil 2 berths	Corinthians	2012 U-18 Copa São Paulo champion
	América (MG)	2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 Champion
Chile 1 berth	Unión Española	2011 U-18 National champion
Colombia 1 berth	Junior	2011 U-20 Torneo Postobón champion
Ecuador 1 berth	Independiente del Valle	2011 U-18 Serie A champion
Mexico (CONCACAF) 1 invitee	América	2011 U-20 Torneo Clausura champion
Paraguay 1 berth	Cerro Porteño	2011 U-20 National champion
Peru 3 berths	Universitario	2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores champion
	Alianza Lima	2011 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champion
	Sporting Cristal	2011 U-18 Copa Federación champion
Uruguay 1 berth	Defensor Sporting	2011 U-19 champion
Venezuela 1 berth	Real Esppor	2011 U-20 Torneo Venezolano champion
Spain 1 berth	Atlético Madrid	Invitee

Referees

A referee and an assistant referee from each federation along with two referees and four assistant referee from the host country where chosen for the tournament.^[4]

Referee Assistant Néstor Pittana Juan Belatti José Jordán Wilson Arellano Sandro Ricci Marcelo Van Gasse Julio Bascuñán Marcelo Barraza Adrián Vélez Alexander Guzmán Diego Lara Byron Romero

Referee Assistant Ulises Mereles Darío Gaona Henry Gambetta Raúl López Jorge Hurtado Miguel Santiváñez Braulio Cornejo Victor Raez Daniel Fedorczuk Nicolás Taran Marlon Escalante Carlos López

Group stage

The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the quarterfinals.

Key to colors in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarterfinals

All kick-off times are local (UTC−05:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Unión Española	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
2	Universitario	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
3	América	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Real Esppor	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Unión Española v America

15 June 2012	Unión Española	1–1	America	Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00	Bustos 19', pen.'	Report	60' Camacho	Referee: Néstor Pittana

Universitario v Real Esppor

15 June 2012	Universitario	2–0	Real Esppor	Estadio Monumental, Lima
20:30	López 2' Bejarano 70'	Report		Referee: Sandro Ricci

Universitario v Union Española

17 June 2012	Universitario	2–4	Union Española	Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:30	Camino 60' Arnillas 40'	Report	36' Gattas 51', 77' Bustos 68' (o.g.) Otarola	Referee: Ulises Mereles

Real Esppor v America

18 June 2012	Real Esppor	0–3	America	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
16:00		Report	44' (pen.), 76' Zúñiga 81' Cordero	Referee: Diego Lara

Real Esppor v Union Española

21 June 2012	Real Esppor	1–3	Union Española	Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00	Jimenez 24'	Report	21', 26', 40' Gattas

Universitario v America

21 June 2012	Universitario	3–2	America	Estadio Monumental, Lima
20:30	Tajima 16' Rey 21' Bejarano 80'	Report	39', 47' (pen.) Zúñiga

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Defensor Sporting	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
2	Alianza Lima	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Independiente del Valle	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Blooming	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Independiente del Valle v Defensor Sporting

15 June 2012	Independiente del Valle	0–1	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15		Report	7' Pírez	Referee: Henry Gambetta

Alianza Lima v Blooming

16 June 2012	Alianza Lima	5–0	Blooming	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
18:30	Cuba 10' Mesta 33' Junior Ponce 44', 57' (pen.) Cartagena 48'	Report		Referee: Adrian Velez

Blooming v Defensor Sporting

18 June 2012	Blooming	0–0	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
18:15		Report		Referee: Miguel Santivanez

Alianza Lima v Independiente del Valle

18 June 2012	Alianza Lima	2–1	Independiente del Valle	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
20:30	Cuba 59', 87'	Report	19' Sornoza	Referee: Jose Jordan

Blooming v Independiente del Valle

22 June 2012	Blooming	1–2	Independiente del Valle	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
16:00	Pinto 60'	Report	30' Silva 47' Asprillo

Alianza Lima v Defensor Sporting

22 June 2012	Alianza Lima	1–5	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
20:30	Guerrero 63'	Report	7' Platero 14', 80' Gutierrez 44' De Arrascaeta 87' Fernandez

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cerro Porteño	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
2	América (MG)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
3	Boca Juniors	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
4	Sporting Cristal	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Sporting Cristal v Cerro Porteño

16 June 2012	Sporting Cristal	1–3	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
14:00	Adrianzen 6'	Report	21' Romero 44' Serna 49' Garcia	Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk

Boca Juniors v América (MG)

16 June 2012	Boca Juniors	2–3	América (MG)	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
16:15	Suarez 4' Fragapane 15'	Report	10' Martinez 15' Patrick 40' Anderson	Referee: Marlon Escalante

América (MG) v Cerro Porteño

19 June 2012	América (MG)	1–1	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00	Suarez 77'	Report	87' Almirón

Boca Juniors v Sporting Cristal

19 June 2012	Boca Juniors	3–0	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Monumental, Lima
20:30	Guerra 32', 46' Palacios 60'	Report

Boca Juniors v Cerro Porteño

22 June 2012	Boca Juniors	1–2	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
18:15	Guerra 13'	Report	23' Godoy 26' Valbuena

América (MG) v Sporting Cristal

23 June 2012	América (MG)	2–1	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Monumental, Lima
20:30	Patrick 6' Silas 23'	Report	43' Andrianzen

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
2	Corinthians	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Junior	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Atlético Madrid	3	0	1	2	5	8	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Corinthians v Junior

17 June 2012	Corinthians	2–0	Junior	Estadio Monumental, Lima
14:00	Michael 5' Natal 29'	Report		Referee: Julio Bascunan

Atlético Madrid v River Plate

17 June 2012	Atlético Madrid	1–2	River Plate	Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:15	Oueslati 88'	Report	Cazares 60' Solari 81'	Referee: Henry Gambetta

Corinthians v Atlético Madrid

19 June 2012	Corinthians	2–2	Atlético Madrid	Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15	Rodineo 82' Paulinho 84'	Report	43' Yago 54' Domenech	Referee: Nestor Pittana

Junior v River Plate

21 June 2012	Junior	0–5	River Plate	Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15		Report	Cazares 34', 84' Denot 80' Vila 90', 90+2'

Junior v Atlético Madrid

23 June 2012	Junior	4–2	Atlético Madrid	Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00	Orozco 7' Escalante 50' Abián (o.g.) S. Martínez 65'	Report	30' Oueslati 32' Abián

Corinthians v River Plate

23 June 2012	Corinthians	1–1	River Plate	Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15	Paulinho 30'	Report	90' Aguirre

Knockout phase

No extra time, if two teams tied after 90 minutes then there is a penalty shoot-out.^[3]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	25 June – Lima
	Unión Española	1 (4)
					28 June – Lima
	Alianza Lima	1 (2)
					Unión Española	1 (2)
	25 June – Lima
					Defensor Sporting	1 (4)
	Universitario	0 (2)
									1 July – Lima
	Defensor Sporting	0 (4)
									Defensor Sporting	0
	26 June – Lima
									River Plate	1
	Cerro Porteño	0 (1)
					28 June – Lima
	Corinthians	0 (4)
					Corinthians	0
	26 June – Lima
					River Plate	2			Third place
	América (MG)	0 (5)
									1 July – Lima
	River Plate	0 (6)
									Unión Española	1
									Corinthians	2

Quarterfinals

Union Española v Alianza Lima

25 June 2012	Union Española	1–1 (4–2 p)	Alianza Lima	Estadio Monumental "U", Lima
17:30	Bustos 73'	Report	Cartagena 13'	Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk
	Penalties
	Larenas Gattas Saavedra Donadell		Aparicio Guerrero Cuba Vidales

Universitario v Defensor Sporting

25 June 2012	Universitario	0–0 (2–4 p)	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Monumental "U", Lima
20:15		Report
	Penalties
	Goyoneche Arnillas Lopez Gonzales		Malvino Zeballos Gutierrez Foliados

Cerro Porteño v Corinthians

26 June 2012	Cerro Porteño	0–0 (1–4 p)	Corinthians	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
17:30		Report
	Penalties
	Serna Garcia Romero		Denner Natal Nick Edilson

América (MG) v River Plate

26 June 2012	América (MG)	0–0 (5–6 p)	River Plate	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
19:45		Report
	Penalties
	Patrick China Lemos Vitinho Anderson Bene Bruno		Servio Denot Martínez Kranevitter Cazares Garate Gomez

Semifinals

Union Española v Defensor Sporting

28 June 2012	Union Española	1–1 (1–3 p)	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
17:45	Gattas 59'	Report	45' De Arrascaeta
	Penalties
	Larenas Gattas Saavedra Donadell		Malvino Zeballos Gutierrez

Corinthians v River Plate

28 June 2012	Corinthians	0–2	River Plate	Estadio Monumental "U", Lima
20:00		Report	Cazares 21' Gomez 34'

Third-place match

Unión Española v Corinthians

1 July 2012	Unión Española	1–2	Corinthians	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
15:45	Gattas 31'	Report	11' Fernando 43' Edilson

Final

Defensor Sporting v River Plate

1 July 2012	Defensor Sporting	0–1	River Plate	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
18:00		Report	Solari 50'

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	River Plate	6	4	2	0	11	2	+9	11
2	Defensor Sporting	6	2	3	1	7	3	+4	7
Eliminated in the Semi-finals
3	Corinthians	6	2	3	1	7	4	+2	9
4	Unión Española	6	2	3	1	11	8	+3	8
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals
5	Cerro Porteño	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	7
6	América (MG)	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2	7
7	Alianza Lima	4	2	1	1	9	7	+2	6
8	Universitario	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	6
Eliminated in the First Stage
9	América	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
10	Boca Juniors	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
11	Independiente del Valle	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3
12	Junior	3	1	0	2	4	9	-5	3
13	Atlético Madrid	3	0	1	2	5	8	-3	1
14	Blooming	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	1
15	Sporting Cristal	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0
16	Real Esppor	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

Scorers

5 goals Ramsés Bustos (Unión Española) Martín Zúñiga (América) Rodrigo Gattas (Unión Española) 4 goals Juan Cazares (River Plate) Junior Ponce (Alianza Lima) 3 goals Rodrigo Cuba(Alianza Lima) Grabiel Guerra (Boca Juniors) 2 goals Luis Vila (River Plate) Cristhian Gutierrez Almeida (Defensor Sporting) Paulinho (Corinthians) Patrick (América (MG)) Abdelkader Oueslati (Atlético Madrid) Diego Bejarano (Universitario) Christian Adrianzén (Sporting Cristal) Augusto Solari (River Plate) Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Defensor Sporting) 1 goal Ezequiel Aguirre (River Plate) Daniel Denot (River Plate) Rodineo (Corinthians) Jean Natal (Corinthians) Michael (Corinthians) Fernando (Corinthians) Edilson (Corinthians) Jhon Pírez (Defensor Sporting) Federico Platero (Defensor Sporting)

1 goal Juan M. Fernández Otero (Defensor Sporting) Abian Serrano (Atlético Madrid) Domenech Fernandez (Atlético Madrid) Soares (America (MG)) Anderson (America (MG)) Elivelton Silas (America (MG)) Oscar Romero (Cerro Porteño) Epifano Garcia (Cerro Porteño) Diego Godoy (Cerro Porteño) Miguel Almiron (Cerro Porteño) César Serna (Cerro Porteño) Jorge Valbuena (Cerro Porteño) Miguel Mesta (Alianza Lima) Wilder Cartagena (Alianza Lima) Gil Cordero Burgos (América) José Jiménez (Real Esppor) Mariano Suárez (Boca Juniors) Franco Fragapane (Boca Juniors) Sebastian Palacios (Boca Juniors) Junior Sornoza (Independiente José Terán) Wilson A. Morales Silva (Independiente José Terán) Gustavo A. Asprillas (Independiente Jose Teran) José Arnillas (Universitario) Mauricio López (Universitario) Johan Rey (Universitario) Mario Tajima (Universitario) Rodrigo Camino (Universitario) Denis Pinto (Blooming) Norvey Orosco (Junior) Leiner Escalante (Junior) Sergio L. Martinez (Junior)