The 2024 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores () 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.

AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationPrevious best resultBoca Juniors (holders)2023 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions4th Champions (2023)Rosario Central 2023 Cuarta División (U-20) runners-up1st —Always Ready2023 U-20 Torneo Nacional champions2nd Group stage (2023)Flamengo2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 champions3rd Third place (2020)Colo-Colo2024 Supercopa Proyección winners3rd Group stage (2018, 2020)Águilas Doradas2023 Supercopa Juvenil champions1st —Aucas2023 Campeonato Nacional de Categorías Formativas U-19 champions1st — Olimpia2023 U-19 Torneo Anual champions1st —Sporting Cristal2023 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions4th Group stage (2012, 2020, 2022) (hosts)Defensor Sporting2023 Campeonato Uruguayo Juvenil Divisional A U-19 champions3rd Runners-up (2012)Montevideo City Torque2023 Campeonato Uruguayo Juvenil Divisional A U-19 runners-up1st —Academia Puerto Cabello2023 Liga FUTVE Junior U-20 champions2nd Group stage (2020)

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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

The draw resulted in the following groups:

+ Group ATeamA1 Boca JuniorsA2 Academia Puerto CabelloA3 Colo-ColoA4 Always Ready+ Group B TeamB1 Rosario CentralB2 OlimpiaB3 Águilas DoradasB4 Montevideo City Torque+ Group C TeamC1 AucasC2 Defensor SportingC3 FlamengoC4 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.

Leandro Rey Assistants: José Savorani and Sebastián Raineri Jordy Alemán Assistants: Juan Montaño and Rubén Flores Ramon Abatti Assistants: Nailton Sousa and Luanderson de Lima Francisco Gilabert Assistants: Alan Sandoval and Gabriel Ureta Carlos Betancur Assistants: David Fuentes and Mary Blanco Bryan Loayza Assistants: Danny Ávila and David Vacacela

Juan López Assistants: Eduardo Britos and Nancy Fernández Joel Alarcón Assistants: Alberth Alarcón and José Castillo Guillermo Cuadra Fernández Assistants: Iván Masso and Guadalupe Porras Mathías De Armas Assistants: Pablo Llarena and Agustín Berisso Yender Herrera Assistants: Erizon Nieto and Migdalia Rodríguez

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

Group B

Group C

Ranking of group runners-up

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

Third place match

Final

Goalscorers

References

External links CONMEBOL Libertadores U-20, CONMEBOL.com