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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 countryPeru
Dates15 June – 1 July 2012[1]
Teams16 (from 12 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsArgentina River Plate (1st title)
Runners-upUruguay Defensor Sporting
Third placeBrazil Corinthians
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Top scorer(s)Chile Rodrigo Gattas
(with 6 goals)
Best player(s)Ecuador Juan Cazares
← Peru 2011
Paraguay 2016 →

Venues edit

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

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

Qualification edit

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 edit

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]

Group stage edit

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 edit

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]
15 June 2012 Unión Española  1–1   America Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00 Bustos   19', pen.' Report   60' Camacho Referee: Néstor Pittana
15 June 2012 Universitario   2–0   Real Esppor Estadio Monumental, Lima
20:30 López   2'
Bejarano   70'		 Report Referee: Sandro Ricci
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
18 June 2012 Real Esppor   0–3   America Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
16:00 Report   44' (pen), 76' Zúñiga
  81' Cordero		 Referee: Diego Lara
21 June 2012 Real Esppor   1–3   Union Española Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00 Jimenez   24' Report   21', 26', 40' Gattas
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 edit

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]
15 June 2012 Independiente del Valle   0–1   Defensor Sporting Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15 Report   7' Pírez Referee: Henry Gambetta
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
18 June 2012 Blooming   0–0   Defensor Sporting Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
18:15 Report Referee: Miguel Santivanez
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
22 June 2012 Blooming   1–2   Independiente del Valle Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
16:00 Pinto   60' Report   30' Silva
  47' Asprillo
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 edit

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]
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
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
19 June 2012 América (MG)   1–1   Cerro Porteño Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00 Suarez   77' Report   87' Almirón
19 June 2012 Boca Juniors   3–0   Sporting Cristal Estadio Monumental, Lima
20:30 Guerra   32', 46'
Palacios   60'		 Report
22 June 2012 Boca Juniors   1–2   Cerro Porteño Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
18:15 Guerra   13' Report   23' Godoy
  26' Valbuena
23 June 2012 América (MG)   2–1   Sporting Cristal Estadio Monumental, Lima
20:30 Patrick   6'
Silas   23'		 Report   43' Andrianzen

Group D edit

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]
17 June 2012 Corinthians   2–0   Junior Estadio Monumental, Lima
14:00 Michael   5'
Natal   29'		 Report Referee: Julio Bascunan
17 June 2012 Atlético Madrid   1–2   River Plate Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:15 Oueslati   88' Report Cazares   60'
Solari   81'		 Referee: Henry Gambetta
19 June 2012 Corinthians   2–2   Atlético Madrid Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15 Rodineo   82'
Paulinho   84'		 Report   43' Yago
  54' Fernandez		 Referee: Nestor Pittana
21 June 2012 Junior   0–5   River Plate Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15 Report Cazares   34', 84'
Denot   80'
Vila   90', 90+2'
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
23 June 2012 Corinthians   1–1   River Plate Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15 Paulinho   30' Report   90' Aguirre

Knockout phase edit

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

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
25 June – Lima
 
 
  Unión Española 1 (4)
 
28 June – Lima
 
  Alianza Lima1 (2)
 
  Unión Española 1 (2)
 
25 June – Lima
 
  Defensor Sporting 1 (4)
 
  Universitario0 (2)
 
1 July – Lima
 
  Defensor Sporting0 (4)
 
  Defensor Sporting0
 
26 June – Lima
 
  River Plate1
 
  Cerro Porteño 0 (1)
 
28 June – Lima
 
  Corinthians0 (4)
 
   Corinthians 0
 
26 June – Lima
 
  River Plate 2 Third place
 
  América (MG) 0 (5)
 
1 July – Lima
 
   River Plate0 (6)
 
  Unión Española1
 
 
  Corinthians2
 

Quarterfinals edit

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
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
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
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  

Semifinals edit

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

Third-place match edit

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

Final edit

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

Final standings edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Libertadores sub 20 arranca este viernes con el debut de la "U"" (in Spanish). elcomerico.pe. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ^ "La Copa Libertadores Sub-20 2012 tiene fixture" (in Spanish). conmebol.com. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Jóvenes pasiones" (in Spanish). dechalaca.com. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ^ "CONMEBOL: ÁRBITROS PARA COPA LIBERTADORES SUB-20 PERÚ 2012" (in Spanish). arbitrosperuanos.com. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

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