U-23 standings: see the classification of the final phase of the 2024 South American Pre-Olympic Tournament. Paraguay was crowned this Sunday as champion of the U-23 South American Championship and with Argentina, the runner-up, the Paris Olympic Games were classified, an event that Brazil and Venezuela will be lost, which excited their followers with a surprising campaign.
On the last date of the final quadrangular of the Pre-Olympic held in Venezuela, Brazil lost 0-1 to Argentina and Paraguay defeated Venezuela 2-0 at the Brígido Iriarte stadium in Caracas.
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MATCHES AND RESULTS DATE 3 FINAL PHASE
- END | Brazil 0-1 Argentina
- FINAL | Paraguay 2-0 Venezuela
U-23 POSITION TABLE PRE-OLYMPIC FINAL PHASE 2024
COUNTRYSPJGEPGFGCDGPPOINTS1. PARAGUAY321063272. ARGENTINA312065153. BRAZIL310223-134. VENEZUELA301224-21
Paraguay only lost one match in the first phase against Chile, they had one of the tournament’s scorers, Diego Gómez, who scored the same five goals as the Uruguayan Luciano Rodríguez, and in their last appearance they defeated the local Venezuela.
Those led by Carlos Jara Saguier added 14 points in total between the first phase and the final quadrangular and became champions of the tournament and qualified for Paris 2024, 20 years after their appearance in the Olympic Games.
In that year of 2004, Paraguay was also led by Jara and won the Olympic silver medal in Athens.
In the first of the two matches this Sunday, the Albiceleste, led by a controversial Javier Mascherano, shook off the criticism. A goal in the 78th minute by Luciano Gondou put Brazil in the gutter and qualified for the Olympics.
On the other side of the Río de la Plata, Uruguay, which came to the tournament with the confidence of being led by the coach of the senior team, the Argentine Marcelo Bielsa, disappointed, did not reach the final home run and only gave a positive note to one of the championship scorers, Luciano Rodríguez who scored five, the same as Paraguayan Diego Gómez.
Thus, the classification of the final quadrangular was with Paraguay first and champion with seven points. Argentina followed with five points, Brazil third with three and Venezuela eliminated with one.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place between July 26 and August 11.