The 2022 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup ( es, Sub-20 Intercontinental 2022) was the inaugural edition of the
UEFA–CONMEBOL Under-20 Intercontinental Cup, a
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
.
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
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in
Montevideo
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, Uruguay, between
Uruguayan
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team
Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
, the
2022 U-20 Copa Libertadores
The 2022 U-20 Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores ( es, Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores Sub-20 2022) 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 to ...
champions, and
Portuguese
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team
Benfica, the
2021–22 UEFA Youth League 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
1961 Intercontinental Cup; 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
Estadio Centenario is a stadium in the Parque Batlle of Montevideo, Uruguay, used primarily for football. The stadium was built between 1929 and 1930 to host the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup, as well as to commemorate the centenary of Uruguay ...
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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were eligible (Regulations articles 28 and 29).
On 12 August 2022, CONMEBOL announced the refereeing team with Paraguayan official
Derlis López as the referee for the match.
López had been a
FIFA referee
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Afghanistan
Men's
Referees
* Halim Shirzad (2019)
Assistant Referees
* Nangy ...
since 2019. He was joined by four of his fellow countrymen, including
assistant referees Roberto Cañete and José Villagra, with José Méndez serving as the fourth official,
Germán Delfino
Germán Delfino (born 4 May 1978) is an Argentine football referee, who officiates primarily in the Argentine Primera División since 2010, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee since 2012.
As international referee, he had ta ...
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 and
Brian Mansilla, midfielder
Nicolás Rossi and defender
Matías 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 final, but included defender
Tomás Araújo and winger
Pedro Santos, all of them being considered in the main team by coach
Roger Schmidt.
Match
Details
Notes
References
External links
Intercontinental Sub20 2022at CONMEBOL.com
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