2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores

2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores Sub-20 Futuro de América
Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	15 June – 1 July 2012[1]
Teams	16 (from 12 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	River Plate (1st title)
Runners-up	Defensor Sporting
Third place	Corinthians
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Top scorer(s)	Rodrigo Gattas ; (with 6 goals)
Best player(s)	Juan Cazares

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.

Venues

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

Lima	Lima
Estadio Monumental
Capacity: 80,093

Lima
Estadio Alejandro Villanueva
Capacity: 35,000

Qualification

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
Argentina 2 berths	River Plate	Invitee
Bolivia 1 berth	Blooming	2012 U-20 Torneo Classificatorio champion
Brazil 2 berths	Corinthians	2012 U-18 Copa São Paulo champion
Brazil 2 berths	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

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]

Referee	Assistant
Néstor Pittana	Juan Belatti
José Jordán	Wilson Arellano
Sandro Ricci	Marcelo Van Gasse
Julio Bascuñán	Marcelo Barraza
Adrián Vélez	Alexander Guzmán
Diego Lara	Byron Romero

Referee	Assistant
Ulises Mereles	Darío Gaona
Henry Gambetta	Raúl López Jorge Hurtado
Miguel Santiváñez	Braulio Cornejo Victor Raez
Daniel Fedorczuk	Nicolás Taran
Marlon Escalante	Carlos López

Group stage

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Unión Española	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7
Universitario	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	6
América	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Real Esppor	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Defensor Sporting	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
Alianza Lima	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
Independiente del Valle	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	3
Blooming	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	1

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cerro Porteño	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
América (MG)	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
Boca Juniors	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
Sporting Cristal	3	0	0	3	2	8	-6	0

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
River Plate	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Corinthians	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Junior	3	1	0	2	4	9	-5	3
Atlético Madrid	3	0	1	2	5	8	-3	1

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

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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

25 June – Lima

Unión Española	1 (4)
		28 June – Lima
Alianza Lima	1 (2)
		Unión Española	1 (2)
25 June – Lima
		Defensor Sporting	1 (4)
Universitario	0 (2)
				1 July – Lima
Defensor Sporting	0 (4)
				Defensor Sporting	0
26 June – Lima
				River Plate	1
Cerro Porteño	0 (1)
		28 June – Lima
Corinthians	0 (4)
		Corinthians	0
26 June – Lima
		River Plate	2	Third place
América (MG)	0 (5)
				1 July – Lima
River Plate	0 (6)
				Unión Española	1

				Corinthians	2

Quarterfinals

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		Servio Denot Martínez Kranevitter Cazares Garate Gomez

Semifinals

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

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

Final

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

Final standings

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

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Rodrigo Cuba(Alianza Lima)
Grabiel Guerra (Boca Juniors)

2 goals

Luis Vila (River Plate)
Cristhian Gutierrez Almeida (Defensor Sporting)
Paulinho (Corinthians)
Patrick (América (MG))
Abdelkader Oueslati (Atlético Madrid)
Diego Bejarano (Universitario)
Christian Adrianzén (Sporting Cristal)
Augusto Solari (River Plate)
Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Defensor Sporting)

1 goal

1 goal

Juan M. Fernández Otero (Defensor Sporting)
Abian Serrano (Atlético Madrid)
Domenech Fernandez (Atlético Madrid)
Soares (America (MG))
Anderson (America (MG))
Elivelton Silas (America (MG))
Oscar Romero (Cerro Porteño)
Epifano Garcia (Cerro Porteño)
Diego Godoy (Cerro Porteño)
Miguel Almiron (Cerro Porteño)
César Serna (Cerro Porteño)
Jorge Valbuena (Cerro Porteño)
Miguel Mesta (Alianza Lima)
Wilder Cartagena (Alianza Lima)
Gil Cordero Burgos (América)
José Jiménez (Real Esppor)
Mariano Suárez (Boca Juniors)
Franco Fragapane (Boca Juniors)
Sebastian Palacios (Boca Juniors)
Junior Sornoza (Independiente José Terán)
Wilson A. Morales Silva (Independiente José Terán)
Gustavo A. Asprillas (Independiente Jose Teran)
José Arnillas (Universitario)
Mauricio López (Universitario)
Johan Rey (Universitario)
Mario Tajima (Universitario)
Rodrigo Camino (Universitario)
Denis Pinto (Blooming)
Norvey Orosco (Junior)
Leiner Escalante (Junior)
Sergio L. Martinez (Junior)

References

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

External links

2nd U-20 Copa Libertadores: River Plate champion in the juveniles´ festival Conmebol magazine, July–August 2012, pp. 63–67

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[Fixture-1] "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.

[dechalaca1-3] "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.