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The 2018 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (Spanish: Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 2018) was the 4th edition of the U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the U-20 Copa Libertadores), South America's premier under-20 club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament was held in Uruguay from 10 to 24 February 2018.

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Nacional defeated Independiente del Valle in the final to win their first title, while River Plate defeated defending champions São Paulo to finish third.

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Teams

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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.

Players must be born on or after 1 January 1998.[1]

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Venues

The tournament was played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo.

Draw

The draw was held on 25 January 2018, 16:00 UYT (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Uruguayan Football Association.[12][13] The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four. The defending champions São Paulo were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage, while the other two teams which also participated in the 2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Independiente del Valle and Libertad, were also seeded into Pot 1 and drawn to position B1 or C1 in the group stage. The remaining teams were seeded into Pot 2, and drawn to positions 2, 3 or 4 of groups A, B or C in the group stage. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.[14]

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Group stage

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In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points (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 Article 20):[1]

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Penalty shoot-out (between two teams playing against each other in the last match of the group)
  5. Drawing of lots.

The winners of each group and the best runner-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals.

All times local, UYT (UTC−3).[15]

Group A

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Source: CONMEBOL
More information São Paulo, 6–0 ...
Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)
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Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

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Referee: Luis Garay (Peru)
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Referee: César Deischler (Chile)

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Referee: José Natanael Méndez (Paraguay)
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Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

Group B

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Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
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Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)
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Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

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Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
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Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

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Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques (Brazil)
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Referee: César Deischler (Chile)

Group C

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Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
More information Independiente del Valle, 6–1 ...
Referee: José Natanael Méndez (Paraguay)
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Referee: Rodolpho Toski Marques (Brazil)

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Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)
More information Sport Huancayo, 0–8 ...
Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)

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Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)
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Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)

Ranking of group runners-up

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Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 21).[1]
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Knockout stage

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The semi-final matchups were:

  • 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 tied after full time, extra time was not played, and the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 22).[1]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
21 February – Centenario
 
 
Brazil São Paulo0
 
24 February – Centenario
 
Uruguay Nacional3
 
Uruguay Nacional2
 
21 February – Centenario
 
Ecuador Independiente del Valle1
 
Uruguay River Plate2
 
 
Ecuador Independiente del Valle3
 
Third place
 
 
24 February – Centenario
 
 
Brazil São Paulo1 (4)
 
 
Uruguay River Plate (p)1 (5)

Semi-finals

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Referee: Fernando Echenique (Argentina)

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Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)

Third place match

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Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Final

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Referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia)
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Notes

  1. The Third place match and Final match were originally scheduled on 24 February 2018, 16:30 and 18:45 local time, but were re-scheduled to 14:15 and 16:30 local time.[16]

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