2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores


The 2016 U-20 Copa Libertadores was the 3rd edition of the U-20 Copa Libertadores, South America's premier under-20 club football tournament organized by CONMEBOL. The tournament, which returned after a four-year hiatus having been temporarily discontinued since 2012, was held in the cities of Asunción and Luque, Paraguay, from 30 January to 14 February 2016.

Teams

The competition was contested by 12 teams: the title holder, the champion club from each of the ten CONMEBOL member associations, and one additional team from the host association Paraguay.
Players must be born on or after 1 January 1996. However, each team may include a maximum of five players born on or after 1 January 1995.
AssociationTeamQualifying methodParticipationBest result
ArgentinaRiver PlateTitle holder 2ndChampion
ArgentinaLanús2015 Torneo de Cuarta División champion1stn/a
BoliviaBolívar2015 U-20 Torneo Nacional champion1stn/a
BrazilSão Paulo2015 U-20 Copa do Brasil champion1stn/a
ChileHuachipato2015 U-19 National champion1stn/a
ColombiaCortuluá2015 U-20 Torneo Postobón champion1stn/a
EcuadorIndependiente del Valle2015 U-18 Serie A champion3rdQuarterfinals
ParaguayCerro Porteño2015 U-20 Torneo Apertura champion2ndQuarterfinals
ParaguayLibertad2015 U-20 Torneo Clausura champion2ndQuarterfinals
PeruMelgar2015 U-18 Copa Federación champion1stn/a
UruguayLiverpool2015 U-19 Annual champion1stn/a
VenezuelaDeportivo La Guaira2015 U-20 Torneo Venezolano champion2ndGroup stage

Venues

The tournament was played in four venues in two cities, all in the Metropolitan Area of Asunción:
The draw of the tournament was held on 15 January 2016, 12:00 local time, at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association in Asunción. For the group stage, the 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four. The two teams from Paraguay and the title holder were seeded.
In the group stage, the teams were ranked according to points. If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:
  1. Goal difference in all games;
  2. Goals scored in all games;
  3. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  4. Penalty shoot-out
  5. Drawing of lots.
The winners of each group and the best runner-up among all groups advanced to the knockout stage.
All times local, PYST.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the winners of the semi-finals advanced to the final, while the losers played in the third place match. If tied after regulation time, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Final standings