The 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament was the 13th edition of the
CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
The CONMEBOL Preolímpico ( en, Pre-Olympic Tournament) is an international association football event in the South America region organized by CONMEBOL. It is the qualification tournament for the football tournament at the Olympic Games.
In ...
, 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.
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.
The last edition of this competition had been held in
Chile in 2004. From the
2008
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through the
2016 Summer Olympics, the two teams from South America were determined by the
South American Youth Football Championship
The South American Youth Football Championship, also known as U-20 South American Championship and es, Torneo Juventudes de América, "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub 20" or pt, Juventude da América (English: "America's Youth") is a South American f ...
, always held in the previous year. The tournament was held from 18 January through 9 February 2020.
The top two teams qualified for the
2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan as the CONMEBOL representatives.
Argentina
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successfully defended their title won 16 years ago, and qualified for the Olympics together with runners-up Brazil, the defending Olympic champions.
Teams
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
Venues
Colombia was announced as host of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 14 August 2018 in Luque, Paraguay.
On 28 August 2019,
Pereira,
Armenia
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, and
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga () is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and has the ninth-largest population in the country, with 6 ...
were announced as the host cities.
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1997 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 5 November 2019, 19:00
COT (
UTC−5), at the Auditorium of the
Colombian Football Federation
The Colombian Football Federation (in es, Federación Colombiana de Fútbol) is the governing body of football in Colombia. It was founded in 1924 and has been affiliated to FIFA since 1936. It is a member of CONMEBOL and is in charge of the Co ...
in Bogotá, Colombia. 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
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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). The positions of these eight teams within their groups were also defined by draw.
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
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, and former Colombian footballer
Iván Valenciano.
Match officials
On 4 December 2019, CONMEBOL announced that the CONMEBOL Referee Commission had appointed 12 referees and 20 assistant referees for the tournament. 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.
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Facundo Tello and
Darío Herrera
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**Assistants: Julio Fernández and Cristian Navarro
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Ivo Méndez
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**Assistants: Juan Pablo Montaño and Ariel Guizada
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Rodolpho Toski
**Assistants: Kleber Lúcio Gil and Fabrício Vilarinho
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Piero Maza
Piero Daniel Maza Gómez (born 25 October 1984) is a Chilean football referee who officiates in the Chilean Primera División. He has been a FIFA referee since 2018.
Refereeing career
Maza began officiating in the Chilean Primera División ...
**Assistants: Alejandro Molina and Claudio Urrutia
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Nicolás Gallo
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He also served as president of ...
**Assistants: Dionisio Ruiz and Sebastián Vela
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Franklin Congo and
Guillermo Guerrero
**Assistants: Juan Carlos Macías, Ricardo Baren and Byron Romero
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Eber Aquino
**Assistants: Juan Zorrilla and Darío Gaona
*
Kevin Ortega
**Assistants: Jonny Bossio and Jesús Sánchez
*
Esteban Ostojich
Esteban Daniel Ostojich Vega (born 12 April 1982) is a Uruguayan football referee. He has been a FIFA international referee since 2016.
Refereeing career
Ostojich began officiating in the Primera División in Uruguay in 2013. In 2016, he was ...
and
Andrés Matonte
**Assistants: Carlos Barreiro and Horacio Ferreiro
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Ángel Arteaga
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Biography
Arteaga was born in Campo de Criptana, (Ciudad Real), and his musica ...
and
Alexis Herrera
**Assistants: Lubin Torrealba and Tulio Moreno
First stage
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):
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Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
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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):
# Drawing of lots.
All times are local,
COT (
UTC−5).
Group A
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Group B
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Final stage
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).
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Winners
Goalscorers
Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the
2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.
:
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links
CONMEBOL Preolímpico Colombia 2020 CONMEBOL.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Conmebol Pre-Olympic Tournament 2020
2020
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Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification
International association football competitions hosted by Colombia
2020 in South American football
January 2020 sports events in South America
February 2020 sports events in South America
2020 in Colombian football