The 2025 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores () was the 9th 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 Paraguay from 1 to 16 March 2025.

Defending champions Flamengo successfully retained their title, defeating fellow Brazilian side Palmeiras 3–2 on penalties following a 1–1 draw in regular time in the final. As winners of the 2025 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Flamengo earned the right to play against the winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Youth League in the 2025 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup.

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.

AssociationTeamQualifying methodPrevious best resultBelgrano2024 Cuarta División (U-20) champions1st —Blooming2024 U-19 Liga Nacional champions3rd Group stage (2012, 2022)Flamengo (holders)2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions4th Champions (2024)Palmeiras 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Sub-20 champions2nd Group stage (2023)O'Higgins2024 Supercopa Proyección winners2nd Group stage (2023)Fortaleza2024 Supercopa Juvenil champions1st —Independiente del Valle2024 Campeonato Nacional de Categorías Formativas U-19 champions8th Champions (2020) (hosts)Cerro Porteño 2024 Torneo Annual Juvenil champions5th Third place (2023)Olimpia 2024 Torneo Annual Juvenil runners-up2nd Group stage (2024)Universitario2024 Torneo de Promoción y Reserva champions3rd Champions (2011)Danubio2024 Campeonato Uruguayo Juvenil Divisional A U-19 champions2nd Group stage (2020)Metropolitanos2024 U-21 Liga FUTVE Junior champions1st —

Squads

Each team could register a maximum of 20 and a minimum of 16 players, including at least 2 goalkeepers. Players born between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009 (ages 16 to 20) were eligible to compete in the tournament (Regulations Articles 48 and 51).

Host nation and venues Paraguay was announced as the host country for the tournament on 17 September 2024 following the CONMEBOL Council held on the same day. This will be the third time that Paraguay hosts the tournament having previously done so in 2016 and 2020.

San Lorenzo and Ypané were selected as host cities, with the Estadio Gunther Vogel and the Estadio CARFEM being the venues for the matches. The Estadio Arsenio Erico in Asunción was added as venue for the final stage.

YpanéSan LorenzoAsunciónEstadio CARFEMEstadio Gunther VogelEstadio Arsenio EricoCapacity: 5,000Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 7,000

Draw The draw for the group stage was held on 4 February 2025, 12:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The draw was conducted according to the following guidelines:

The defending champions Flamengo 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 (Brazil and Argentina) 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 (Ecuador, Venezuela and Chile) were seeded into Pot 2 and drawn to the second position of groups A, B or C. Teams from the next three associations (Paraguay 1, Uruguay and Colombia) 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 (Paraguay 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 FlamengoA2 O'HigginsA3 DanubioA4 Olimpia+ Group B TeamB1 BelgranoB2 MetropolitanosB3 FortalezaB4 Universitario+ Group C TeamC1 PalmeirasC2 Independiente del ValleC3 Cerro PorteñoC4 Blooming

Match officials On 10 February 2025, the CONMEBOL Referee Commission announced a total of 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament, including a Spanish refereeing team from UEFA as part of the continuation of the UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding signed in February 2020, which included a referee exchange programme since 2021.

Sebastián Zunino Assistants: Sebastián Raineri and Daiana Milone Dilio Rodríguez Assistants: Jesús Antelo and William Medina Rafael Klein Assistants: Fabrini Bevilaqua Costa and Alex Ang Fernando Véjar Assistants: Alan Sandoval and Carlos Poblete Carlos Ortega Assistants: Cristian Aguirre and Roberto Padilla Juan Carlos Andrade Assistants: Mauricio Lozada and Juan Aguiar

Blas Romero Assistants: Julio Aranda and Nadia Weiler Augusto Menéndez Assistants: José Castillo and Diego Jaimes Javier Alberola Rojas Assistants: Alfredo Rodríguez and Diego Sánchez Javier Feres Assistants: Héctor Bergalo and Daiana Fernández Alejandro Velásquez Assistants: Erizon Nieto and José Martínez

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 are local, PYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Ranking of group runners-up

Final stage The final stage will be played on a single-elimination basis and consists of the semi-finals, third place match and the final. If a match was tied at the end of regular playing time, the winner would be decided directly by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time will be played) (Regulations Article 24). The semi-final matchups will be:

Semi-final 1 (SF1): Group A winner vs. Best runner-up Semi-final 2 (SF2): Group B winner vs. Group C winner

All match times were local, PYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Statistics

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.

References

External links CONMEBOL Libertadores U-20, CONMEBOL.com