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.
Venues All games were played in Lima at the Estadio Monumental and Estadio Alejandro Villanueva. Lima Estadio MonumentalCapacity: 80,093 LimaEstadio Alejandro VillanuevaCapacity: 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.
AssociationTeamQualification method Argentina2 berthsBoca Juniors2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores runner upRiver PlateInvitee Bolivia1 berthBlooming2012 U-20 Torneo Classificatorio champion Brazil2 berthsCorinthians2012 U-18 Copa São Paulo championAmérica (MG)2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 Champion Chile1 berthUnión Española2011 U-18 National champion Colombia1 berthJunior2011 U-20 Torneo Postobón champion Ecuador1 berthIndependiente del Valle2011 U-18 Serie A champion Mexico(CONCACAF)1 inviteeAmérica2011 U-20 Torneo Clausura champion Paraguay1 berthCerro Porteño2011 U-20 National champion Peru3 berthsUniversitario2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores championAlianza Lima2011 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva championSporting Cristal2011 U-18 Copa Federación champion Uruguay1 berthDefensor Sporting2011 U-19 champion Venezuela1 berthReal Esppor2011 U-20 Torneo Venezolano champion Spain1 berthAtlético MadridInvitee
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.
RefereeAssistant 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
RefereeAssistant 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 tablesGroup winners and runners-up advanced to the quarterfinals All kick-off times are local (UTC−05:00).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout phase No extra time, if two teams tied after 90 minutes then there is a penalty shoot-out.
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third-place match
Final
Final standings Team1 River Plate6420112+9112 Defensor Sporting623173+47Eliminated in the Semi-finals3 Corinthians623174+294 Unión Española6231118+38Eliminated in the Quarterfinals5 Cerro Porteño422063+376 América (MG)422064+277 Alianza Lima421197+268 Universitario421176+16Eliminated in the First Stage9 América311164+2410 Boca Juniors310265+1311 Independiente del Valle310234-1312 Junior310249-5313 Atlético Madrid301258-3114 Blooming301217-6115 Sporting Cristal300328-6016 Real Esppor300318-70
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)
References
External links 2nd U-20 Copa Libertadores: River Plate champion in the juveniles´ festival Conmebol magazine, July–August 2012, pp. 63–67