2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament

The 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament (Spanish: Torneo Preolímpico Sudamericano, Portuguese: Torneio Pré-Olímpico Sul-Americano) will be 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 will be held in Venezuela from 20 January to 11 February 2024.[1][2]

2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament
CONMEBOL Preolímpico Venezuela 2024
Tournament details
Host countryVenezuela
Dates20 January – 11 February
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)

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

Teams

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

Team Appearance Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina (holders)11thWinners (1960, 1964, 1980, 2004, 2020)
 Bolivia8thThird place (1987)
 Brazil13thWinners (1968, 1971, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1996, 2000)
 Chile12thRunners-up (1984, 2000)
 Colombia13thRunners-up (1968, 1971, 1980, 1992)
 Ecuador10thFourth place (1984, 1992)
 Paraguay9thWinners (1992)
 Peru12thRunners-up (1960)
 Uruguay11thRunners-up (1976)
 Venezuela (hosts)10thFourth place (1980, 1996)

Venues

On 11 July 2022, CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez announced that Venezuela would host the next CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament.[1][5] Venezuela will host 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]

Estadio Brígido Iriarte in Caracas and Estadio Misael Delgado in Valencia will host the preliminary stage matches. The final stage matches will be played at Estadio Metropolitano in Barquisimeto.

Caracas Valencia
Location of host cities
 Barquisimeto
Estadio Brígido Iriarte Estadio Misael Delgado Estadio Metropolitano
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,400 Capacity: 47,913

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]

Draw

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).[7]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

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.[8]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[9]

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Venezuela
A2 Brazil
A3 Colombia
A4 Bolivia
A5 Ecuador
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Argentina
B2 Uruguay
B3 Chile
B4 Paraguay
B5 Peru

Preliminary stage

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

All match times are in VET (UTC−4), as listed by CONMEBOL.[10]

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final stage
2  Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 20 January 2024. Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Ecuador v Colombia
Venezuela v Bolivia
Bolivia v Brazil
Ecuador v Venezuela
Bolivia v Ecuador
Brazil v Colombia
Brazil v Ecuador
Colombia v Venezuela
Venezuela v Brazil
Colombia v Bolivia

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Final stage
2  Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 21 January 2024. Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Peru v Chile
Argentina v Paraguay
Paraguay v Uruguay
Peru v Argentina
Paraguay v Peru
Uruguay v Chile
Uruguay v Peru
Chile v Argentina
Argentina v Uruguay
Chile v Paraguay

Final stage

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]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Winners Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2024 Summer Olympics
2 Winners Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Runners-up Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Runners-up Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2024. Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
1Bv2A
1Av2B
1Bv2B
2Av1A
2Bv2A
1Av1B

References
  1. "Venezuela organizará el próximo Preolímpico, anuncia el presidente de Conmebol" [Venezuela to host the next Pre-Olympic Tournament, announces Conmebol president] (in Spanish). Caracas: Infobae. EFE. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. Lopez, Keysler (14 October 2023). "Estas serán las sedes del Preolímpico de CONMEBOL para París 2024 en suelo venezolano" (in Spanish). Diario Meridiano.
  3. "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. "Se sortearán los grupos para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  8. "Sorteo - Sorteio | CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (video) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 October 2023 – via YouTube.
  9. "Los grupos para el CONMEBOL Preolímpico 2024" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 October 2023.
  10. "Calendario de partidos" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
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