2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

14th edition of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic TournamentCONMEBOL Preolímpico Venezuela 2024

Tournament details
Host country| Venezuela
Dates| 20 January – 11 February
Teams| 10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)| 2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 23
Goals scored| 68 (2.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Thiago Almada
Luciano Rodríguez
(5 goals each)

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All statistics correct as of 8 February 2024.

International football competition

The 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament (Spanish: Torneo Preolímpico Sudamericano, Portuguese: Torneio Pré-Olímpico Sul-Americano) is the 14th edition of the CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the South American region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. It is currently being held in Venezuela from 20 January to 11 February 2024.[1][2]

The top two teams will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in France as the CONMEBOL representatives.[3][4]

## Teams[edit]

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams are expected to enter the tournament.

Team  | Appearance  | Previous best top-4 performance

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Argentina (holders) | 11th | Winners (1960, 1964, 1980, 2004, 2020)
Bolivia | 8th | Third place (1987)
Brazil | 13th | Winners (1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000)
Chile | 12th | Runners-up (1984, 2000)
Colombia | 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 (hosts) | 10th | Fourth place (1980, 1996)

### Squads[edit]

Main article: 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 23 and a minimum of 19 players, including at least 3 goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 45 and 48).[3]

## Venues[edit]

On 11 July 2022, CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez announced that Venezuela would host the next CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[1][5] Venezuela is hosting the tournament for the first time, becoming the ninth CONMEBOL nation to do so.[6] On 14 October 2023, CONMEBOL announced Caracas, Valencia and Barquisimeto as the host cities.[2] On 28 January 2024, Barquisimeto was withdrawn as host city because the playing field of the Metropolitano stadium was not fit to host the games it had scheduled.[7]

Estadio Brígido Iriarte in Caracas and Estadio Misael Delgado in Valencia will host the preliminary stage matches. The final stage matches, originally scheduled to be held at Estadio Metropolitano in Barquisimeto, were moved to Estadio Brígido Iriarte in Caracas.[8]

Caracas | Valencia |

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Location of host cities

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Estadio Brígido Iriarte | Estadio Misael Delgado
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 10,400

## Draw[edit]

The draw was held on 20 October 2023 at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. Hosts Venezuela and defending champions Argentina were seeded into Group A and Group B, respectively, and assigned to position 1 in their group. The remaining eight teams were placed into four "pairing pots" based on their final ranking in the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament (shown in brackets).[9]

Seeded  | Pot 1  | Pot 2  | Pot 3  | Pot 4

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* Venezuela (Hosts, assigned to A1)
* Argentina (Defending champions, assigned to B1)

* Brazil (2)
* Uruguay (3)

* Colombia (4)
* Chile (5)

* Bolivia (6)
* Paraguay (7)

* Peru (9)
* Ecuador (10)

From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.[10]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[11]

Group A | Pos | Team

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A1 |  Venezuela
A2 |  Brazil
A3 |  Colombia
A4 |  Bolivia
A5 |  Ecuador
Group B | Pos | Team

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B1 |  Argentina
B2 |  Uruguay
B3 |  Chile
B4 |  Paraguay
B5 |  Peru

## Match officials[edit]

On 14 December 2023, the CONMEBOL Referee Commission announced 11 referees and 22 assistant referees appointed for the tournament.[12]

* Yael Falcón Pérez
* Assistants: Cristian Navarro and Facundo Rodríguez
* Gery Vargas
* Assistants: José Antelo, Edwar Saavedra and Carlos Tapia
* Flávio de Souza
* Assistants: Nailton Sousa and Luanderson De Lima
* Cristian Garay and Felipe González
* Assistants: Miguel Rocha and Juan Serrano
* Jhon Ospina
* Assistants: John León and Jhon Gallego

* Augusto Aragón
* Assistants: Ricardo Baren and Andrés Tola
* Derlis López
* Assistants: Roberto Cañete and José Cuevas
* Roberto Pérez
* Assistants: Enrique Pinto and Stephen Atoche
* Gustavo Tejera
* Assistants: Carlos Barreiro, Andrés Nievas and Pablo Llarena
* Alexis Herrera
* Assistants: Lubin Torrealba and Alberto Ponte

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## Preliminary stage[edit]

The top two teams of each group advance to the final stage.

All match times are in VET (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[13]

Tiebreakers

In the preliminary stage, the teams were ranked according to points earned (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 20):[3]

1. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
* Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Goals scored in all group matches;
4. Fewer red cards;
5. Fewer yellow cards;
6. Drawing of lots.

### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Brazil | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 4  | +2  | 9  | Final stage
2  |  Venezuela (H) | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 8
3  |  Ecuador | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 3  | +4  | 7  |
4  |  Bolivia | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 5  | 6  | −1  | 4
5  |  Colombia | 4  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 8  | −8  | 0

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 January 2024 (2024-01-20)

16:00

Ecuador | 3–0|  Colombia

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* Medina 71', 88'
* Zambrano 86'

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Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

20 January 2024 (2024-01-20)

19:00

Venezuela | 3–3|  Bolivia

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* Lacava 37'
* Bolívar 42'
* Rivas 63'

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* Briceño 31'
* Chávez 83'
* Villamíl 90+6'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)

* * *

23 January 2024 (2024-01-23)

16:00

Bolivia | 0–1|  Brazil

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| Report |

* Endrick 4'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

23 January 2024 (2024-01-23)

19:00

Ecuador | 1–1|  Venezuela

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* Medina 70'

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* Kelsy 20'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

* * *

26 January 2024 (2024-01-26)

16:00

Bolivia | 0–2|  Ecuador

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* J. Mercado 22'
* Obando 90+3'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Yael Falcón Pérez (Argentina)

26 January 2024 (2024-01-26)

19:00

Brazil | 2–0|  Colombia

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* Endrick 25'
* John Kennedy 83'

| Report |

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

* * *

29 January 2024 (2024-01-29)

16:00

Brazil | 2–1|  Ecuador

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* Marlon Gomes 65'
* Gabriel Pirani 75'

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* P. Mercado 59'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

29 January 2024 (2024-01-29)

19:00

Colombia | 0–1|  Venezuela

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| Report |

* Bolívar 34'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)

* * *

1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)

19:00

Venezuela | 3–1|  Brazil

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* Segovia 10', 31'
* Rikelme 55' (o.g.)

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* Alexsander 90'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Cristian Garay (Chile)

1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)

19:00

Colombia | 0–2|  Bolivia

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| Report |

* Briceño 9', 29'

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Derlis López (Paraguay)

### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Argentina | 4  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 11  | 4  | +7  | 8  | Final stage
2  |  Paraguay | 4  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 6  | +1  | 7
3  |  Chile | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 6  |
4  |  Uruguay | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 9  | 8  | +1  | 4
5  |  Peru | 4  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 6  | −5  | 3

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 January 2024 (2024-01-21)

16:00

Peru | 1–0|  Chile

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* Flores 67'

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Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

21 January 2024 (2024-01-21)

19:00

Argentina | 1–1|  Paraguay

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* Gondou 90'

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* D. Gómez 67' (pen.)

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Flávio de Souza (Brazil)

* * *

24 January 2024 (2024-01-24)

16:00

Paraguay | 4–3|  Uruguay

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* De Jesús 30'
* D. Gómez 44', 72'
* Fernández 54'

| Report |

* L. Rodríguez 8', 11', 34'

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

24 January 2024 (2024-01-24)

19:00

Peru | 0–2|  Argentina

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* Almada 53' (pen.)
* Gondou 87'

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

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27 January 2024 (2024-01-27)

16:00

Paraguay | 1–0|  Peru

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* Fernández 18'

| Report |

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

27 January 2024 (2024-01-27)

19:00

Uruguay | 0–1|  Chile

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| Report |

* Montes 64'

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Flávio de Souza (Brazil)

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30 January 2024 (2024-01-30)

16:00

Uruguay | 3–0|  Peru

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* L. Rodríguez 44' (pen.)
* Homenchenko 45+1'
* Sánchez 48'

| Report |

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

30 January 2024 (2024-01-30)

19:00

Chile | 0–5|  Argentina

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| Report |

* Almada 45', 57' (pen.)
* Castro 61'
* Quirós 79'
* Gondou 90+1'

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

* * *

2 February 2024 (2024-02-02)

19:00

Argentina | 3–3|  Uruguay

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* Rodríguez 7'
* Quirós 11'
* González 25'

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* L. Rodríguez 19'
* Araújo 41'
* Abaldo 61'

Estadio Misael Delgado, Valencia

Referee: Jhon Ospina (Colombia)

2 February 2024 (2024-02-02)

19:00

Chile | 2–1|  Paraguay

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* Tapia 31'
* Assadi 70'

| Report |

* Leguizamón 33'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

## Final stage[edit]

The ranking of teams in the final stage is determined using the same criteria as the first stage, taking into account only matches in the final stage, with the exception of red and yellow card counts which carry over from the first stage (Regulations Article 21).[3]

All match times are in VET (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[14]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Paraguay | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 3  | +1  | 4  | 2024 Summer Olympics
2  |  Argentina | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 2
3  |  Venezuela (H) | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 0  | 1  |
4  |  Brazil | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | −1  | 0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2024. Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

5 February 2024 (2024-02-05)

16:00

Brazil | 0–1|  Paraguay

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| Report |

* Peralta 45+2'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)

5 February 2024 (2024-02-05)

19:00

Argentina | 2–2|  Venezuela

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* Vivas 39' (o.g.)
* Almada 61'

| Report |

* Brey 16' (o.g.)
* Kelsy 90+10' (pen.)

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Augusto Aragón (Ecuador)

* * *

8 February 2024 (2024-02-08)

16:00

Argentina | 3–3|  Paraguay

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* Solari 3'
* Almada 84' (pen.)
* Redondo 90+7'

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* Núñez 70'
* D. Gómez 42'
* E. González 90'

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay)

8 February 2024 (2024-02-08)

19:00

Venezuela | Match 24|  Brazil

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| Report |

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

* * *

11 February 2024 (2024-02-11)

Paraguay | Match 25|  Venezuela

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| Report |

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

11 February 2024 (2024-02-11)

Brazil | Match 26|  Argentina

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| Report |

Estadio Brígido Iriarte, Caracas

## Goalscorers[edit]

There have been 68 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match (as of 8 February 2024).

5 goals

* Thiago Almada
* Luciano Rodríguez

4 goals

* Diego Gómez

3 goals

* Luciano Gondou
* José Miguel Briceño
* Yaimar Medina

2 goals

* Aaron Quirós
* Endrick
* Marcelo Fernández
* Jovanny Bolívar
* Kevin Kelsy
* Telasco Segovia

1 goal

* Santiago Castro
* Francisco González
* Federico Redondo
* Baltasar Rodríguez
* Pablo Solari
* Lucas Chávez
* Gabriel Villamíl
* Alexsander
* Marlon Gomes
* John Kennedy
* Gabriel Pirani
* Lucas Assadi
* Clemente Montes
* Gonzalo Tapia
* John Mercado
* Patrik Mercado
* Allen Obando
* Cristhoper Zambrano
* Ronaldo De Jesús
* Enso González
* Iván Leguizamón
* Alan Núñez
* Fabrizio Peralta
* Franchesco Flores
* Matías Abaldo
* César Araújo
* Santiago Homenchenko
* Renzo Sánchez
* Matías Lacava
* Renné Rivas

1 own goal

* Leandro Brey (against Venezuela)
* Rikelme (against Venezuela)
* Carlos Vivas (against Argentina)

## References[edit]

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2. ^ a b Lopez, Keysler (14 October 2023). "Estas serán las sedes del Preolímpico de CONMEBOL para París 2024 en suelo venezolano" (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano.
3. ^ a b c d "Reglamento CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
4. ^ "Circular no. 1792 Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024 – information on preliminary competitions" (PDF). FIFA. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
5. ^ "Conmebol oficializó a Venezuela como sede del Preolímpico" (in Spanish). Caracas: Correo del Caroní. 11 July 2022.
6. ^ Polar, Santiago (20 October 2023). "Preolímpico Sudamericano de fútbol 2024". olympics.com (in Spanish). International Olympic Committee.
7. ^ "Cambio de Fase Final – CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 28 January 2024.
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14. ^ "Calendario de partidos" (PDF) (in Spanish). 28 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

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