The 2018 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores () was the 4th edition of the U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''U-20 Copa Libertadores''),

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's premier under-20 club

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tournament organized by

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. The tournament was held in

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from 10 to 24 February 2018.

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defeated

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in the final to win their first title, while River Plate defeated defending champions

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to finish third.

Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the title holders, the youth champions from each of the ten

member associations, and one additional team from the host association. Players must be born on or after 1 January 1998.

Venues

The tournament was played at the

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Draw

The draw was held on 25 January 2018, 16:00 UYT ( UTC−3), at the headquarters of the

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. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four. The defending champions

were automatically seeded into Pot 1 and allocated to position A1 in the group stage, while the other two teams which also participated in the

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and Libertad, were also seeded into Pot 1 and drawn to position B1 or C1 in the group stage. The remaining teams were seeded into Pot 2, and drawn to positions 2, 3 or 4 of groups A, B or C in the group stage. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Group stage

In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20): #

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; #Goals scored; #Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; #

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(between two teams playing against each other in the last match of the group) #Drawing of lots. The winners of each group and the best runner-up among all groups advanced to the semi-finals. All times local, UYT ( UTC−3).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of group runners-up

Knockout stage

The semi-final matchups were: *Group A winner vs. Group C winner *Group B winner vs. Best runner-up The semi-final winners and losers played in the final and third place match respectively. If tied after full time,

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was not played, and the

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was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 22).

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Notes

References

External links

CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub 20 Uruguay 2018
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Copa Libertadores U-20 2018

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U-20

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