football
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match organised by
CONMEBOL
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and
UEFA
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between the winners of the
U-20 Copa Libertadores
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and
UEFA Youth League
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. CONMEBOL was in charge of the main organization of this edition.
The Under-20 Intercontinental Cup was officially launched on 2 June 2022 as part of the
UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding
The UEFA–CONMEBOL memorandum of understanding () It was decided that the first edition would be played in Uruguay as it was an initiative of Peñarol and CONMEBOL, with the next edition to be played in Europe and so on.
The single match was played on 21 August 2022 at
Estadio Centenario
Centenario Stadium (, ; , named after the Constitution of Uruguay of 1830, centenary of Constitution of Uruguay, Uruguay's Constitution) is an association football stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in the Parque Batlle, Parque Battle neig ...
in
Montevideo
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, Uruguay, between
Uruguayan
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2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores
The 2022 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores () was the 6th edition of the U-20 CONMEBOL Libertadores (also referred to as the ''U-20 Copa Libertadores''), South America's premier under-20 club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. It was held ...
2021–22 UEFA Youth League
The 2021–22 UEFA Youth League was the eighth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.
Real Madrid, having won the title in 2019–20, were the title holders, since the 2020–21 edition w ...
champions.
Benfica beat Peñarol 1–0, becoming the first ever winners of the Under-20 Intercontinental Cup.
Background
This was the first meeting between Peñarol and Benfica in the under-20 category. However, the senior teams of both clubs have faced four times. They played three matches for the
; the first of which was won 1–0 by Benfica on 4 September 1961 at
Estádio da Luz
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in Lisbon, the second was won 5–0 by Peñarol on 17 September 1961 at
Estadio Centenario
Centenario Stadium (, ; , named after the Constitution of Uruguay of 1830, centenary of Constitution of Uruguay, Uruguay's Constitution) is an association football stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in the Parque Batlle, Parque Battle neig ...
in Montevideo. The third, also held at Estadio Centenario, was a play-off of the previous two and was won by Peñarol with a 2–1 score on 19 September 1961. The last match between Peñarol and Benfica was on 29 August 1971 for the
Ramón de Carranza Trophy
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, which was won 3–1 by Benfica.
Teams
Pre-match
Officials
The refereeing team was appointed by the Referees Committees of CONMEBOL and UEFA; only referees in the
FIFA International Referees List
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Beach soccer, also k ...
were eligible (Regulations articles 28 and 29). On 12 August 2022, CONMEBOL announced the refereeing team with Paraguayan official
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*Derlis Alegre (born 1994), Paraguayan footballer
*Derlis Ayala (born 1990), Paraguayan long-distance runner
*Derlis Cardozo (born 1981), Paraguayan football defender
*Derlis David Meza ...
Germán Delfino
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As international referee, he ...
acted as the
video assistant referee
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(VAR) and Maximiliano Del Yesso was the assistant VAR official (AVAR), both from Argentina.
Squads
Each team had to submit their list of 22 players (at least two of whom must have been goalkeepers) to their respective confederation by 17 August 2022, ( UYT) or (). Only players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete. Teams were permitted to make player replacements in cases of serious injuries up to 24 hours prior the start of the match (Regulations articles 26 and 27).
Peñarol announced its squad on 18 August, which included forwards
Máximo Alonso
Máximo David Alonso Fontes (born 5 July 2002) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Uruguayan Primera División club Cerro.
Club career
A youth academy graduate of Peñarol, Alonso made his professional debut on ...
and Brian Mansilla, midfielder Nicolás Rossi and defender MatÃas González, all of them with appearances in the Peñarol's senior team.
Benfica announced its squad on 19 August, which did not include forward Henrique Araújo, who scored 3 goals in the
2021–22 UEFA Youth League
The 2021–22 UEFA Youth League was the eighth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.
Real Madrid, having won the title in 2019–20, were the title holders, since the 2020–21 edition w ...