2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

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.

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) Matheus Cunha
(5 goals)
Best player(s) Bruno Guimarães

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

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina (holders)11thWinners (1960, 1964, 1980, 2004)
 Bolivia8thThird place (1987)
 Brazil13thWinners (1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000)
 Chile12thRunners-up (1984, 2000)
 Colombia (hosts)13thRunners-up (1968, 1971, 1980, 1992)
 Ecuador10thFourth place (1984, 1992)
 Paraguay9thWinners (1992)
 Peru12thRunners-up (1960)
 Uruguay11thRunners-up (1976)
 Venezuela10thFourth place (1980, 1996)

Venues

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

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

Draw

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

On 4 December 2019, CONMEBOL announced that the CONMEBOL Referee Commission had appointed 12 referees and 20 assistant referees for the tournament.[10]

First stage

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):[11]

  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).[12][13]

Group A

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) Host.
Ecuador 0–3 Chile
Report
Colombia 1–2 Argentina
Report

Chile 1–0 Venezuela
Report
Referee: Rodolpho Toski (Brazil)
Colombia 4–0 Ecuador
Report
Referee: Eber Aquino (Paraguay)

Venezuela 1–0 Ecuador
Report
Chile 0–2 Argentina
Report

Argentina 1–0 Ecuador
Report
Colombia 2–1 Venezuela
Report

Venezuela 1–4 Argentina
Report
Colombia 0–0 Chile
Report

Group B

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
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)
Brazil 1–0 Peru
Report
Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)

Paraguay 2–0 Bolivia
Report
Brazil 3–1 Uruguay
Report

Bolivia 3–2 Uruguay
Report
Referee: Franklin Congo (Ecuador)
Paraguay 2–3 Peru
Report
Referee: Darío Herrera (Argentina)

Peru 0–1 Uruguay
Report
Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)
Brazil 5–3 Bolivia
Report
  • Abrego  20', 71'
  • Reyes  79'
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)

Bolivia 2–1 Peru
Report
  • Luján  90+6'
Brazil 2–1 Paraguay
Report
  • R. Fernández  61'
Referee: Piero Maza (Chile)

Final stage

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) Champion; (H) Host.
Argentina 3–2 Uruguay
Report
Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)
Brazil 1–1 Colombia
Report
Referee: Ángel Arteaga (Venezuela)

Brazil 1–1 Uruguay
Report
Argentina 2–1 Colombia
Report

Colombia 1–3 Uruguay
Report
Referee: Guillermo Guerrero (Ecuador)
Argentina 0–3 Brazil
Report
Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

Winners

 2020 CONMEBOL Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship 

Argentina
Fifth title

Goalscorers

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

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

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
 Argentina6 February 2020[14]8 (1928, 1960, 1964, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2016)
 Brazil9 February 2020[15]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

  1. "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.
  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.
  9. "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]. Conmebol.com (in Spanish). 4 December 2019.
  11. "Reglamento CONMEBOL Preolímpico Colombia 2020" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  12. "Fixture Preolímpico" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. 5 November 2019.
  13. "DEFINIDO EL FIXTURE DEL TORNEO PREOLÍMPICO COLOMBIA 2020". fcf.com.co (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 6 November 2019.
  14. "Argentina win ticket to Tokyo as continental champions". FIFA.com. 7 February 2020.
  15. "Rio 2016 winners Brazil qualify for Tokyo 2020". FIFA.com. 10 February 2020.
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