2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
CONMEBOL Preolímpico Venezuela 2024
Tournament details
Host countryVenezuela
Dates20 January – 11 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Paraguay (2nd title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Brazil
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored74 (2.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Thiago Almada
Paraguay Diego Gómez
Uruguay Luciano Rodríguez
(5 goals each)
← 2020
2028 →

The 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament (Spanish: Torneo Preolímpico Sudamericano, Portuguese: Torneio Pré-Olímpico Sul-Americano) was the 14th edition of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the South American region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It was held in Venezuela from 20 January to 11 February 2024.[1][2]

The top two teams qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France as the CONMEBOL representatives.[3][4]

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, 2020)
 Bolivia 8th Third place (1987)
 Brazil 13th Winners (1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000)
 Chile 12th Runners-up (1984, 2000)
 Colombia 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 (hosts) 10th Fourth place (1980, 1996)

Squads

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Main article: 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 23 and a minimum of 19 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 45 and 48).[3]

Venues

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On 11 July 2022, CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez announced that Venezuela would host the next CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[1][5] Venezuela is hosting the tournament for the first time, becoming the ninth CONMEBOL nation to do so.[6] On 14 October 2023, CONMEBOL announced Caracas, Valencia and Barquisimeto as the host cities.[2] On 28 January 2024, Barquisimeto was withdrawn as host city because the playing field of the Estadio Metropolitano was not fit to host the games it had scheduled.[7]

Estadio Brígido Iriarte in Caracas and Estadio Misael Delgado in Valencia will host the preliminary stage matches. The final stage matches, originally scheduled to be held at Estadio Metropolitano in Barquisimeto, were moved to Estadio Brígido Iriarte in Caracas.[8]

Caracas Valencia
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Location of the host cities of the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.
Estadio Brígido Iriarte Estadio Misael Delgado
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,400

Draw

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The draw was held on 20 October 2023 at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. Hosts Venezuela and defending champions Argentina were seeded into Group A and Group B, respectively, and assigned to position 1 in their group. The remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" based on their final ranking in the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament (shown in brackets).[9]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.[10]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[11]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Venezuela
A2  Brazil
A3  Colombia
A4  Bolivia
A5  Ecuador
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Argentina
B2  Uruguay
B3  Chile
B4  Paraguay
B5  Peru

Match officials

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On 14 December 2023, the CONMEBOL Referee Commission announced 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[12]

Preliminary stage

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

All match times are in VET (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[13]

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary stage, the teams were ranked according to points earned (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):[3]

  1. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
    • Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
    • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
    • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Fewer red cards;
  5. Fewer yellow cards;
  6. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 9 Final stage
2  Venezuela (H) 4 2 2 0 8 5 +3 8
3  Ecuador 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4 7
4  Bolivia 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 4
5  Colombia 4 0 0 4 0 8 −8 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ecuador 3–0 Colombia
 Report
Venezuela 3–3 Bolivia
 Report
Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)
Bolivia 0–1 Brazil
Report
Ecuador 1–1 Venezuela
 Report
Bolivia 0–2 Ecuador
Report
Brazil 2–0 Colombia
 Report
Brazil 2–1 Ecuador
 Report
Colombia 0–1 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)
Venezuela 3–1 Brazil
 Report
Colombia 0–2 Bolivia
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 4 2 2 0 11 4 +7 8 Final stage
2  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 7
3  Chile 4 2 0 2 3 7 −4 6
4  Uruguay 4 1 1 2 9 8 +1 4
5  Peru 4 1 0 3 1 6 −5 3
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Peru 1–0 Chile
 Report
Argentina 1–1 Paraguay
 Report
Paraguay 4–3 Uruguay
 Report
Peru 0–2 Argentina
Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Paraguay 1–0 Peru
 Report
Uruguay 0–1 Chile
Report
Uruguay 3–0 Peru
 Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Chile 0–5 Argentina
Report
Argentina 3–3 Uruguay
 Report
Chile 2–1 Paraguay
 Report

Final stage

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The ranking of teams in the final stage is determined using the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage, with the exception of red and yellow card counts which carry over from the first stage (Regulations Article 21).[3]

All match times are in VET (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[14][15]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Paraguay (C) 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 2024 Summer Olympics
2  Argentina 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
3  Brazil 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
4  Venezuela (H) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Brazil 0–1 Paraguay
Report
Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)
Argentina 2–2 Venezuela
 Report
Argentina 3–3 Paraguay
 Report
Venezuela 1–2 Brazil
 Report
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Brazil 0–1 Argentina
Report Gondou 78'
Paraguay 2–0 Venezuela
 Report

Goalscorers

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There were 74 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.85 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

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The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic men's football tournament in France.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 Argentina 11 February 2024 9 (1928, 1960, 1964, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2016, 2020)
 Paraguay 11 February 2024 2 (1992, 2004)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Venezuela organizará el próximo Preolímpico, anuncia el presidente de Conmebol" [Venezuela to host the next Pre-Olympic Tournament, announces Conmebol president] (in Spanish). Caracas: Infobae. EFE. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b Lopez, Keysler (14 October 2023). "Estas serán las sedes del Preolímpico de CONMEBOL para París 2024 en suelo venezolano" (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano.
  3. ^ a b c d "Reglamento CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Circular no. 1792 Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024 – information on preliminary competitions" (PDF). FIFA. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Conmebol oficializó a Venezuela como sede del Preolímpico" (in Spanish). Caracas: Correo del Caroní. 11 July 2022.
  6. ^ Polar, Santiago (20 October 2023). "Preolímpico Sudamericano de fútbol 2024". olympics.com (in Spanish). International Olympic Committee.
  7. ^ "Cambio de Fase Final – CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 28 January 2024.
  8. ^ "CEl Estadio Brígido Iriarte será sede de la Fase Final del CONMEBOL Preolímpico" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 29 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Se sortearán los grupos para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Sorteo - Sorteio | CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (video) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 October 2023 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "Los grupos para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Árbitros convocados para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" [Referees appointed for the 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 14 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Calendario de partidos" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Calendario de partidos (Fase Final 1)" (PDF) (in Spanish). 28 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Calendario de partidos (Fase Final 2)" (PDF) (in Spanish). 9 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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