2024 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup Explained

2024 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
Team1:	Flamengo
Team1association:
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Olympiacos
Team2score:	1
Date:	24 August 2024
Stadium:	Maracanã
City:	Rio de Janeiro
Referee:	Yender Herrera (Venezuela)
Attendance:	31,237
Weather:	Sunny 26°C
Previous:	2023
Next:	2025

The 2024 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup (es|Sub-20 Intercontinental 2024) was the third edition of the UEFA–CONMEBOL Under-20 Intercontinental Cup, a one-off football match organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA between the winners of the U-20 Copa Libertadores and UEFA Youth League. As host confederation, CONMEBOL was in charge of the main organization of this edition.

At club Flamengo's initiative,^[1] the match was played on 24 August 2024 at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between the Brazilian team Flamengo, the 2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions, and Greek team Olympiacos, the 2023–24 UEFA Youth League champions.^{[2] [3]}

Teams

Team	Qualification
Flamengo	2024 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions
Olympiacos	2023–24 UEFA Youth League champions

Pre-match

Officials

The officiating team was appointed by the CONMEBOL Referee Commission;^[4] only referees in the FIFA International Referees List were eligible. On 19 August 2024, CONMEBOL announced the refereeing team with Venezuelan official Yender Herrera as the referee for the match.^[5] Herrera is a FIFA referee since 2021.^[6] He was joined by his fellow Venezuelans Alberto Ponte and Migdalia Rodríguez as assistant referees, while Ecuadorian Bryan Loayza was the fourth official. Carlos Orbe acted as the video assistant referee (VAR) and Mónica Amboya was the assistant VAR official (AVAR), both also from Ecuador.^[7]

Squads

Each team had to submit their list of 22 players (including at least two goalkeepers) to its respective confederation by 20 August 2024, (BRT) or, as appropriate. Only players born on or after 1 January 2004 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, provided that it was approved by the CONMEBOL Chief Medical Officer and the team doctor concerned.

On 20 August 2024, Olympiacos announced a squad of 23 players with whom they travelled to Brazil.^{[8] [9]} Flamengo also announced a 23-man squad on 21 August 2024.^{[10] [11]}

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Dyogo Alves RB 2 Daniel Sales CB 3 Iago (c) CB 4 João Victor LB 6 Zé Welinton DM 5 Rayan Lucas CM 17 João Alves CM 7 Guilherme Gomes RF 10 Matheus Gonçalves CF 9 Wallace Yan LF 11 Shola Ogundana Substitutes: GK 20 Lucas Furtado GK 22 Caio Barone DF 13 Gusttavo DF 14 Da Mata DF 15 Carbone DF 23 Lucyan MF 8 Caio Garcia MF 16 Jean Carlos FW 18 Adriel FW 23 Victor Silva FW 21 Felipe Teresa Manager: Filipe Luís

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Nikolaos Botis CB 24 CB 4 Isidoros Koutsidis (c) CB 21 Vasilios Prekates RM 6 Argyrios Liatsikouras CM 23 Theofanis Bakoulas CM 8 Christos Mouzakitis LM 3 Nektarios Alafakis RF 10 Antonis Papakanellos CF 9 Charalampos Kostoulas LF 11 Stavros Pnevmonidis Substitutes: GK 15 Alexandros Exarchos GK 28 Georgios Kouraklis DF 2 Georgios Koutsopoulos DF 5 Vasilios Karkatsalis DF 17 Paraskevas Plionis DF 25 Ilias Panagakos DF 26 Giannis Rolakis MF 7 Konstantin Plish MF 12 Paschalis Toufakis MF 18 Christos Ligdas MF 20 Nikolaos Lolis FW 14 Alexandros Tzamalis Manager: Sotiris Silaidopoulos

Assistant referees Alberto Ponte (Venezuela) Migdalia Rodríguez (Venezuela) Fourth official Bryan Loayza (Ecuador) Video assistant referee Carlos Orbe (Ecuador) Assistant video assistant referee Mónica Amboya (Ecuador)

Match rules: 90 minutes Extra time would not be played Penalty shoot-out if tied after 90 minutes Eleven named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions

External links

• Intercontinental Sub20 at CONMEBOL.com
• Under-20 Intercontinental at UEFA.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Finalista, Flamengo trabalha para Maracanã receber Mundial sub-20 em agosto. Finalist Flamengo works for Maracanã to host U-20 World Cup in August. Grupo Globo. ge.globo.com. Letícia. Marques. Rio de Janeiro. 27 April 2024. pt-br.
2. Web site: Flamengo terá oportunidade única para vencer o Mundial sub-20. Flamengo will have a unique opportunity to win the U-20 World Cup. Trivela. Guilherme Xavier. 27 May 2024. pt-br.
3. Web site: Olympiacos face Flamengo at Maracanã in Under-20 Intercontinental Cup. UEFA. 13 June 2024.
4. Web site: Copa Intercontinental Sub-20: Flamengo - Olympiacos en Maracanã. Under-20 Intercontinental Cup: Flamengo - Olympiacos at Maracanã. UEFA. 13 June 2024.
5. Web site: Árbitros designados para la Intercontinental Sub20 2024. Referees appointed for the 2024 Under-20 Intercontinental. CONMEBOL. 19 August 2024. 19 August 2024. es.
6. Web site: FIFA 2023 Refereeing International Lists. FIFA. 3 January 2022. 8 September 2023.
7. Web site: Arbitros Intercontinental Sub20. CONMEBOL. 19 August 2024. 19 August 2024. es.
8. Web site: Στη Βραζιλία οι Νέοι του Θρύλου. In Brazil the legendary youth. Olympiacos F.C.. www.olympiacos.org. 20 August 2024. 20 August 2024. el.
9. Web site: Ολυμπιακός: Αυτή είναι η αποστολή της Κ19 για τον τελικό με την Φλαμένγκο. Olympiacos: Here's the U19's mission for the final against Flamengo. SportDay. Alexandros. Christakos. sportday.gr. 20 August 2024. 20 August 2024. el.
10. Web site: Confira a lista de inscritos do Mengão para o Intercontinental Sub-20!. Check out Mengão's entry list for the U-20 Intercontinental!. CR Flamengo. 20 August 2024. 21 August 2024. pt-br. Facebook.
11. Web site: Com Lorran e Matheus Gonçalves, Flamengo define lista de inscritos para o Mundial Sub-20. With Lorran and Matheus Gonçalves, Flamengo draws up the entry list for the U-20 World Cup. Globo Esporte. Letícia. Marques. ge.globo.com/. 21 August 2024. 22 August 2024. pt-br.