Summary
The 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament was the 13th edition of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the South American region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.
| CONMEBOL Preolímpico Colombia 2020 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Colombia |
| Dates | 18 January – 9 February 2020 |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Brazil |
| Third place |  Uruguay |
| Fourth place |  Colombia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 75 (2.88 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Matheus Cunha (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Bruno Guimarães |
In August 2018, CONMEBOL announced the return of the South American Pre-Olympic Tournament in 2020 with Colombia as the host country, after a 16-year absence.[1] The last edition of this competition had been held in Chile in 2004. From the 2008 through the 2016 Summer Olympics, the two teams from South America were determined by the South American Youth Football Championship, always held in the previous year. The tournament was held from 18 January through 9 February 2020.[2]
The top two teams qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan as the CONMEBOL representatives.[3] Argentina successfully defended their title won 16 years ago, and qualified for the Olympics together with runners-up Brazil, the defending Olympic champions.
Teams edit
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
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| Argentina (holders) |
11th | Winners (1960, 1964, 1980, 2004) |
 Bolivia |
8th | Third place (1987) |
| Brazil |
13th | Winners (1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000) |
 Chile |
12th | Runners-up (1984, 2000) |
| Colombia (hosts) |
13th | Runners-up (1968, 1971, 1980, 1992) |
 Ecuador |
10th | Fourth place (1984, 1992) |
 Paraguay |
9th | Winners (1992) |
 Peru |
12th | Runners-up (1960) |
| Uruguay |
11th | Runners-up (1976) |
 Venezuela |
10th | Fourth place (1980, 1996) |
Venues edit
Colombia was announced as host of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 14 August 2018 in Luque, Paraguay.[1] On 28 August 2019, Pereira, Armenia, and Bucaramanga were announced as the host cities.[4][5]
Squads edit
Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Draw edit
The draw of the tournament was held on 5 November 2019, 19:00 COT (UTC−5), at the Auditorium of the Colombian Football Federation in Bogotá, Colombia.[6][7] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts Colombia and Brazil as the current Olympic champions and best CONMEBOL team in the FIFA World Rankings as of October 2019 were seeded into Group A and Group B, respectively, and assigned to position 1 in their group, while the remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" based on their FIFA World Rankings as of October 2019 (shown in brackets).[8] The positions of these eight teams within their groups were also defined by draw.[9]
| Seeded | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The draw was led by Hugo Figueredo, CONMEBOL's Director of Competitions, with the collaboration of Daniela Montoya, a member of the Colombia women's national football team, and former Colombian footballer Iván Valenciano.[9]
Match officials edit
On 4 December 2019, CONMEBOL announced that the CONMEBOL Referee Commission had appointed 12 referees and 20 assistant referees for the tournament.[10][11] Referees Guillermo Guerrero from Ecuador and Alexis Herrera from Venezuela as well as the assistant referee Byron Romero from Ecuador, who were not included in the initial list of officials, were summoned to officiate in the two matches of the final stage's last matchday.[12][13][14]
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First stage edit
The top two teams of each group advanced to the final stage.
- Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the first stage was determined as follows (Regulations Article 8):[15]
- Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 points;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, COT (UTC−5).[16][17]
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Argentina
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 12 | Final stage |
| 2 | Colombia (H)
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 | Chile
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | |
| 4 | Venezuela
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ecuador
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
| Colombia | 1–2 | Argentina |
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| Argentina | 1–0 | Ecuador |
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Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Brazil
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | Final stage |
| 2 | Uruguay
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Bolivia
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Paraguay
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Peru
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
| Bolivia | 3–2 | Uruguay |
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| Paraguay | 2–3 | Peru |
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| Bolivia | 2–1 | Peru |
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| Brazil | 2–1 | Paraguay |
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Final stage edit
The ranking of teams in the final stage was determined using the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage (Regulations Article 8).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Argentina (C)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | 2020 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | Brazil
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | Uruguay
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Colombia (H)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Argentina | 3–2 | Uruguay |
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| Brazil | 1–1 | Uruguay |
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Winners edit
| 2020 CONMEBOL Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship |
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 Argentina Fifth title |
Goalscorers edit
There were 75 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Julián Álvarez- Nahuel Bustos
- Nicolás Capaldo
- Nazareno Colombo
- Adolfo Gaich
- Agustín Urzi
- Fausto Vera
- Matías Zaracho
Sebastián Reyes
Antony- Guga
- Pedrinho
- Reinier
Ángelo Araos- Iván Morales
- Camilo Moya
Eduard Atuesta- Nicolás Benedetti
- Johan Carbonero
Sergio Díaz- Roberto Fernández
- Saúl Salcedo
Luis Carranza- Sebastián Gonzales
- José Luján
Matías Arezo- Santiago Bueno
- Francisco Ginella
- Diego Rossi
- Juan Manuel Sanabria
- Manuel Ugarte
- Federico Viñas
Jan Carlos Hurtado
1 own goal
Jackson Porozo (against Chile)- Santiago Arzamendia (against Peru)
- Ignacio De Arruabarrena (against Brazil)
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics edit
The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 |
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| Argentina |
6 February 2020[18] | 8 (1928, 1960, 1964, 1988, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2016) |
| Brazil |
9 February 2020[19] | 13 (1952, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References edit
- ^ a b "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020". CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Novedades del Sudamericano Sub 15 y el Preolímpico 2020". apf.org.py (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 13 June 2019.
- ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Definidas las ciudades para el Campeonato Preolímpico – Colombia 2020". fcf.com.co (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Ciudades del campeonato Preolímpico – Colombia 2020". CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). 29 August 2019.
- ^ "Cómo transmitir el sorteo del torneo Preolímpico Colombia 2020". Conmebol.com (in Spanish). 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Trazada la hoja de ruta a Tokio 2020". Conmebol.com (in Spanish). 5 November 2019.
- ^ "MEN'S RANKING 24 October 2019". FIFA.com. 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on October 28, 2019.
- ^ a b "Sorteo Preolímpico Colombia 2020" (in Spanish). Conmebol Facebook. 5 November 2019.
- ^ "Árbitros convocados para el Preolímpico – Colombia 2020" [Referees appointed for the Pre-Olympic – Colombia 2020] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 December 2019.
- ^ "CONMEBOL PREOLÍMPICO – COLOMBIA 2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Brazilian Football Confederation. 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Árbitros que dirigirán la última fecha de la Fase Final" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 February 2020.
- ^ "DESIGNACION DE ÁRBITROS Y OFICIALES" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 February 2020.
- ^ Diego Rueda [@diegonoticia] (February 9, 2020). "Guillermo Guerrero y Alexis Herrera, considerados los mejores arbitros de sus países, pitarán la última fecha del Preolímpico" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Reglamento CONMEBOL Preolímpico Colombia 2020" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2020.
- ^ "Fixture Preolímpico" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com. 5 November 2019.
- ^ "DEFINIDO EL FIXTURE DEL TORNEO PREOLÍMPICO COLOMBIA 2020". fcf.com.co (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Argentina win ticket to Tokyo as continental champions". FIFA.com. 7 February 2020. Archived from the original on February 7, 2020.
- ^ "Rio 2016 winners Brazil qualify for Tokyo 2020". FIFA.com. 10 February 2020. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020.
External links edit
- CONMEBOL Preolímpico Colombia 2020, CONMEBOL.com