The Ecuador national team once again made its debut at the South American U-23 Pre-Olympic Games, but this time its opponent was a colleague from Colombia. The Tricolors beat the Cavaders with a score of 3-0 and thus won their first 3 points in the tournament.

La Tri thus achieved its fourth victory in the debut of the championship organized by Conmebol. Previously, they defeated Uruguay, once, and Colombia twice.

U-23 Olympic Pre-Olympic Games: this is how the order goes in Group A with the victory of Ecuador

Furthermore, with this result, the national team achieved its tenth victory in the tournament in 46 games played. La Tri is thus first in Group A with 3 points and a +3 goal difference.

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Ecuador 2-0 Colombia (1984)

The nation’s first pre-Olympic championship victory came on February 8, 1984 when Colombia lost 2-0 at Modelo Stadium with goals scored by Hamilton Cuvi and José Jacinto Vega.

Ecuador hosted the championship, which included Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia and Venezuela. In the first round, La Tri drew 0-0 with Brazil, who brought in Dunga (20 years old), Édson (he was at the 1986 World Cup) and centre-forward Mirandinho, the first Auriverde player to play in the English first division.

Ecuador 2-0 Uruguay (1992)

The first of two notable participations of Ecuador in the Pre-Olympic Championships took place in 1992 in Asunción, with Dusan Drašković as coach. The first phase was great.

The under-23 team beat Uruguay 2-0 (goals by Eduardo Hurtado and Patricijo Hurtado). However, in the last quarter, two defeats and a draw ended the dream of traveling to Barcelona in 1992. However, it was the pre-Olympic games where Ecuador scored the most goals, scoring twelve and conceding six.

Ecuador 1-0 Colombia (2004)

En route to Athens 2004, the Tricolori won their South American U-23 Group B opener 1-0, securing two spots at the Athens 2004 Olympics, with a 14th-minute goal from then-striker Roberto Mina. time of hurricane Argentina.

For that championship, La Tri finished undefeated (three wins and two draws), but that was not enough. Their zone was the second one, won by Argentina, and they met Colombia in a duel playoffs to enter the final home game, and after 0:0, the Kavadian team celebrated with a penalty shootout.

Ecuador 3-0 Colombia (2024)

Ecuador, led by Yaimar Medina’s double, beat Kavana 3-0 this Saturday, January 20, in the opening match of the South American U-23 Olympic qualifiers in Venezuela, which will share two spots at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The authors of the goals were Medina, twice, and Cristhoper Zambrano. Both players entered as substitutes in the team led by Miguel Bravo. (D)