2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
CONMEBOL Preolímpico Colombia 2020
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates18 January – 9 February 2020
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (5th title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored75 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Matheus Cunha
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Bruno Guimarães
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2024 →

The 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament was the 13th edition of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the South American region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.

In August 2018, CONMEBOL announced the return of the South American Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020 with Colombia as the host country, after a 16-year absence.[1] The last edition of this competition had been held in Chile in 2004. From the 2008 through the 2016 Summer Olympics, the two teams from South America were determined by the South American Youth Football Championship, always held in the previous year. The tournament was held from 18 January through 9 February 2020.[2]

The top two teams qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan as the CONMEBOL representatives.[3] Argentina successfully defended their title won 16 years ago, and qualified for the Olympics together with runners-up Brazil, the defending Olympic champions.

Teams

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All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina (holders) 11th Winners (1960, 1964, 1980, 2004)
 Bolivia 8th Third place (1987)
 Brazil 13th Winners (1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000)
 Chile 12th Runners-up (1984, 2000)
 Colombia (hosts) 13th Runners-up (1968, 1971, 1980, 1992)
 Ecuador 10th Fourth place (1984, 1992)
 Paraguay 9th Winners (1992)
 Peru 12th Runners-up (1960)
 Uruguay 11th Runners-up (1976)
 Venezuela 10th Fourth place (1980, 1996)

Venues

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Colombia was announced as host of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 14 August 2018 in Luque, Paraguay.[1] On 28 August 2019, Pereira, Armenia, and Bucaramanga were announced as the host cities.[4][5]

Squads

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Main article: 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

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The draw of the tournament was held on 5 November 2019, 19:00 COT (UTC−5), at the Auditorium of the Colombian Football Federation in Bogotá, Colombia.[6][7] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Colombia and Brazil as the current Olympic champions and best CONMEBOL team in the FIFA World Rankings as of October 2019 were seeded into Group A and Group B, respectively, and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" based on their FIFA World Rankings as of October 2019 (shown in brackets).[8] The positions of these eight teams within their groups were also defined by draw.[9]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  Colombia (10) (Hosts, assigned to A1)
  •  Brazil (3) (Olympic champions holders, assigned to B1)

The draw was led by Hugo Figueredo, CONMEBOL's Director of Competitions, with the collaboration of Daniela Montoya, a member of the Colombia women's national football team, and former Colombian footballer Iván Valenciano.[9]

Match officials

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On 4 December 2019, CONMEBOL announced that the CONMEBOL Referee Commission had appointed 12 referees and 20 assistant referees for the tournament.[10][11] Referees Guillermo Guerrero from Ecuador and Alexis Herrera from Venezuela as well as the assistant referee Byron Romero from Ecuador, who were not included in the initial list of officials, were summoned to officiate in the two matches of the final stage's last matchday.[12][13][14]

First stage

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the first stage was determined as follows (Regulations Article 8):[15]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: −1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, COT (UTC−5).[16][17]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7 12 Final stage
2  Colombia (H) 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7
3  Chile 4 2 1 1 4 2 +2 7
4  Venezuela 4 1 0 3 3 7 −4 3
5  Ecuador 4 0 0 4 0 9 −9 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ecuador 0–3 Chile
Report
Attendance: 21,660
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Colombia 1–2 Argentina
 Report
Attendance: 30,200
Chile 1–0 Venezuela
 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Colombia 4–0 Ecuador
 Report
Attendance: 21,990
Venezuela 1–0 Ecuador
 Report
Attendance: 7,282
Chile 0–2 Argentina
Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Argentina 1–0 Ecuador
 Report
Attendance: 18,054
Colombia 2–1 Venezuela
 Report
Attendance: 30,162
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Venezuela 1–4 Argentina
 Report
Attendance: 20,418
Referee: Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Colombia 0–0 Chile
Report
Attendance: 30,100

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 4 0 0 11 5 +6 12 Final stage
2  Uruguay 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
3  Bolivia 4 2 0 2 8 10 −2 6
4  Paraguay 4 1 0 3 5 6 −1 3
5  Peru 4 1 0 3 4 6 −2 3
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uruguay 1–0 Paraguay
 Report
Attendance: 2,992
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Brazil 1–0 Peru
 Report
Attendance: 3,058
Paraguay 2–0 Bolivia
 Report
Attendance: 2,052
Brazil 3–1 Uruguay
 Report
Attendance: 6,100
Bolivia 3–2 Uruguay
 Report
Attendance: 4,095
Paraguay 2–3 Peru
 Report
Attendance: 6,395
Peru 0–1 Uruguay
Report
Attendance: 2,908
Brazil 5–3 Bolivia
 Report
Attendance: 5,542
Bolivia 2–1 Peru
 Report
Attendance: 2,891
Brazil 2–1 Paraguay
 Report
Attendance: 7,411
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Final stage

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The ranking of teams in the final stage was determined using the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 8).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (C) 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6 2020 Summer Olympics
2  Brazil 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3  Uruguay 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
4  Colombia (H) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Argentina 3–2 Uruguay
 Report
Attendance: 16,428
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Brazil 1–1 Colombia
 Report
Attendance: 24,631
Brazil 1–1 Uruguay
 Report
Attendance: 12,057
Argentina 2–1 Colombia
 Report
Attendance: 24,952
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Colombia 1–3 Uruguay
 Report
Attendance: 24,839
Argentina 0–3 Brazil
Report
Attendance: 15,683

Winners

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 2020 CONMEBOL Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 

Argentina
Fifth title

Goalscorers

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There were 75 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

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The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 Argentina 6 February 2020[18] 8 (1928, 1960, 1964, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2016)
 Brazil 9 February 2020[19] 13 (1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020". CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). 14 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Novedades del Sudamericano Sub 15 y el Preolímpico 2020". apf.org.py (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 13 June 2019.
  3. ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Definidas las ciudades para el Campeonato Preolímpico – Colombia 2020". fcf.com.co (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 28 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Ciudades del campeonato Preolímpico – Colombia 2020". CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). 29 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Cómo transmitir el sorteo del torneo Preolímpico Colombia 2020". Conmebol.com (in Spanish). 4 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Trazada la hoja de ruta a Tokio 2020". Conmebol.com (in Spanish). 5 November 2019.
  8. ^ "MEN'S RANKING 24 October 2019". FIFA.com. 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Sorteo Preolímpico Colombia 2020" (in Spanish). Conmebol Facebook. 5 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Árbitros convocados para el Preolímpico – Colombia 2020" [Referees appointed for the Pre-Olympic – Colombia 2020] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 December 2019.
  11. ^ "CONMEBOL PREOLÍMPICO – COLOMBIA 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Brazilian Football Confederation. 3 December 2019.
  12. ^ "Árbitros que dirigirán la última fecha de la Fase Final" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 February 2020.
  13. ^ "DESIGNACION DE ÁRBITROS Y OFICIALES" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 February 2020.
  14. ^ Diego Rueda [@diegonoticia] (8 February 2020). "Guillermo Guerrero y Alexis Herrera, considerados los mejores arbitros de sus países, pitarán la última fecha del Preolímpico" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Reglamento CONMEBOL Preolímpico Colombia 2020" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Fixture Preolímpico" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. 5 November 2019.
  17. ^ "DEFINIDO EL FIXTURE DEL TORNEO PREOLÍMPICO COLOMBIA 2020". fcf.com.co (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 6 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Argentina win ticket to Tokyo as continental champions". FIFA.com. 7 February 2020. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020.
  19. ^ "Rio 2016 winners Brazil qualify for Tokyo 2020". FIFA.com. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020.
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