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

Unión Española v America

15 June 2012	Unión Española	1 – 1	America	Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00	Bustos  19', pen.'	Report	60' Camacho	Referee: Néstor Pittana

Universitario v Real Esppor

15 June 2012	Universitario	2 – 0	Real Esppor	Estadio Monumental, Lima
20:30	López  2' Bejarano  70'	Report		Referee: Sandro Ricci

Universitario v Union Española

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

Real Esppor v America

18 June 2012	Real Esppor	0 – 3	America	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
16:00		Report	44' (pen), 76' Zúñiga  81' Cordero	Referee: Diego Lara

Real Esppor v Union Española

21 June 2012	Real Esppor	1 – 3	Union Española	Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00	Jimenez  24'	Report	21', 26', 40' Gattas

Universitario v America

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

Independiente del Valle v Defensor Sporting

15 June 2012	Independiente del Valle	0 – 1	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15		Report	7' Pírez	Referee: Henry Gambetta

Alianza Lima v Blooming

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

Blooming v Defensor Sporting

18 June 2012	Blooming	0 – 0	Defensor Sporting	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
18:15		Report		Referee: Miguel Santivanez

Alianza Lima v Independiente del Valle

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

Blooming v Independiente del Valle

22 June 2012	Blooming	1 – 2	Independiente del Valle	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
16:00	Pinto  60'	Report	30' Silva  47' Asprillo

Alianza Lima v Defensor Sporting

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

Sporting Cristal v Cerro Porteño

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

Boca Juniors v América (MG)

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

América (MG) v Cerro Porteño

19 June 2012	América (MG)	1 – 1	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:00	Suarez  77'	Report	87' Almirón

Boca Juniors v Sporting Cristal

19 June 2012	Boca Juniors	3 – 0	Sporting Cristal	Estadio Monumental, Lima
20:30	Guerra  32', 46' Palacios  60'	Report

Boca Juniors v Cerro Porteño

22 June 2012	Boca Juniors	1 – 2	Cerro Porteño	Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima
18:15	Guerra  13'	Report	23' Godoy  26' Valbuena

América (MG) v Sporting Cristal

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

Corinthians v Junior

17 June 2012	Corinthians	2 – 0	Junior	Estadio Monumental, Lima
14:00	Michael  5' Natal  29'	Report		Referee: Julio Bascunan

Atlético Madrid v River Plate

17 June 2012	Atlético Madrid	1 – 2	River Plate	Estadio Monumental, Lima
16:15	Oueslati  88'	Report	Cazares  60' Solari  81'	Referee: Henry Gambetta

Corinthians v Atlético Madrid

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

Junior v River Plate

21 June 2012	Junior	0 – 5	River Plate	Estadio Monumental, Lima
18:15		Report	Cazares  34', 84' Denot  80' Vila  90', 90+2'

Junior v Atlético Madrid

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

Corinthians v River Plate

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			Third place
	26 June – Lima
					River Plate	2			1 July – Lima
	América (MG)	0 (5)
									Unión Española	1
	River Plate	0 (6)
									Corinthians	2

Quarterfinals

Union Española v Alianza Lima

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

Universitario v Defensor Sporting

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

Cerro Porteño v Corinthians

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

América (MG) v River Plate

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

Union Española v Defensor Sporting

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

Corinthians v River Plate

28 June 2012	Corinthians	0 - 2	River Plate	Estadio Monumental "U", Lima
20:00		Report	Cazares  21' Gomez  34'

Third-place match

Unión Española v Corinthians

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

Final

Defensor Sporting v Club Atlético River Plate

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 Ramsés Bustos (Unión Española) Martín Zúñiga (América) Rodrigo Gattas (Unión Española) 4 goals Juan Cazares (River Plate) Junior Ponce (Alianza Lima) 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 Ezequiel Aguirre (River Plate) Daniel Denot (River Plate) Rodineo (Corinthians) Jean Natal (Corinthians) Michael (Corinthians) Fernando (Corinthians) Edilson (Corinthians) Jhon Pírez (Defensor Sporting) Federico Platero (Defensor Sporting)

1 goal Juan M. Fernández Otero (Defensor Sporting) Abian Serrano (Atlético Madrid) Domenech Fernandez (Atletico 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

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.
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.

External links

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