2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
CONMEBOL Preolímpico Colombia 2020
Tournament details
Host countryColombia
Dates18 January – 9 February 2020
Teams10 (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 played26
Goals scored75 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Matheus Cunha
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Bruno Guimarães
2004
2024

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.

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.

  1. ^ "Colombia será sede del Campeonato Sudamericano Preolímpico Sub-23 del 2020". CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish). 14 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Novedades del Sudamericano Sub 15 y el Preolímpico 2020". apf.org.py (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 13 June 2019.
  3. ^ "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.