Copa América de Beach Soccer

Copa América de Beach Soccer
Organising bodyCONMEBOL
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
RegionSouth America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams10
Current champions Brazil (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)Brazil Brazil (3 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com
2023 Copa América de Beach Soccer

The Copa América of Beach Soccer (named natively in Spanish as the Copa América de Fútbol Playa) is a biennial international beach soccer tournament contested between the senior men's national teams of the 10 members of CONMEBOL.[1] It is beach soccer's version of the better known Copa América in its parent sport, association football.

The tournament is organized by the governing body for football in South America, CONMEBOL,[2] who established the event in 2016[3] following their declaration of commitment a year prior, to develop beach soccer on the continent.[4] Exhibition-style events also held under the Copa América title took place in 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14,[5] but this fully competitive incarnation of the Copa América is the first to be officially sanctioned and organized by CONMEBOL,[6] who also organize the other official Copa América events in association football and futsal.

Since 2023, it has been the main beach soccer championship disputed exclusively by South American national teams. It was previously one of two main championships along with the longer running World Cup qualification tournament, established in 2006. However, CONMEBOL announced the abolishment of the latter in 2022, in favour of having the Copa América double-up as its qualifiers for the World Cup instead. At this time, the tournament was also switched from taking place in even years to odd years.[7]

Brazil are the current champions.

Results

Year Location Final Third Place Play-off
Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2016
details 		Brazil Santos, Brazil
Brazil 		12–2
Paraguay
Venezuela 		7–6
Uruguay
2018
details 		Peru Asia District, Peru
Brazil 		7–3
Paraguay
Uruguay 		7–4
Ecuador
2020 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[8] Originally scheduled for 10–17 May. Initially postponed[9] and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
2022
details 		Paraguay Luque, Paraguay
Paraguay 		3–2
Brazil
Chile 		3–2
Venezuela
2023
details 		Argentina Rosario, Argentina[11][12]
Brazil 		13–5
Argentina
Colombia 		7–5
Paraguay

Performance

Successful nations

Team Titles Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place Total top 4
 Brazil 3 (2016, 2018, 2023) 1 (2022) – – 4
 Paraguay 1 (2022) 2 (2016, 2018) – 1 (2023) 4
 Argentina – 1 (2023) – – 1
 Uruguay – – 1 (2018) 1 (2016) 2
 Venezuela – – 1 (2016) 1 (2022) 2
 Chile – – 1 (2022) – 1
 Colombia – – 1 (2023) – 1
 Ecuador – – – 1 (2018) 1

All-time top goalscorers

As of 2023

The following table shows the all-time top 15 goalscorers.

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Daniel Cedeño  Ecuador 27
2 Billy Velezmoro  Peru 24
Jorge Bailon  Ecuador
4 Rodrigo  Brazil 16
5 Carlos Carballo  Paraguay 15
6 Alejander Vaamonde  Venezuela 14
Carlos Valentín Benítez  Paraguay
Edson Hulk  Brazil
Lautaro Benaducci  Argentina
Pedro Moran  Paraguay
11 Filipe da Silva  Brazil 13
Mauricinho  Brazil
13 Datinha  Brazil 12
Lucas Medero  Argentina
Milciades Medina  Paraguay
Néstor Medina  Paraguay
Sócrates Vidal  Peru

Sources: 2016, 2018; Match reports: 2022, 2023.

Overall standings

As of 2023

Pos Team App Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts PPG Win %
1  Brazil 4 23 22 0 0 1 177 54 +123 66 2.87 95.7% (22–1)
2  Paraguay 4 23 14 0 1 8 128 97 +31 43 1.87 65.2% (15–8)
3  Uruguay 4 21 10 0 2 9 83 88 –5 32 1.52 57.1% (12–9)
4  Peru 4 20 9 0 1 10 82 78 +4 28 1.40 50.0% (10–10)
5  Argentina 4 21 8 1 0 12 71 99 –28 26 1.24 42.9% (9–12)
6  Colombia 4 21 6 0 3 12 67 84 –17 21 1.00 42.9% (9–12)
7  Venezuela 4 21 7 0 0 14 66 90 –24 21 1.00 33.3% (7–14)
8  Chile 4 21 7 0 0 14 69 101 –32 21 1.00 33.3% (7–14)
9  Ecuador 4 21 5 1 3 12 94 106 –12 20 0.95 42.9% (9–12)
10  Bolivia 4 20 5 1 0 14 67 107 –40 17 0.85 30.0% (6–14)

Key: Appearances App / Won in Normal Time W = 3 Points / Won in Extra Time W+ = 2 Points / Won in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Lost L = 0 Points / Points per game PPG

Appearances & performance timeline

Key
Year
Team
 2016
Brazil
(10) 		2018
Peru
(10) 		2022
Paraguay
(10) 		2023
Argentina
(10) 		Apps
⁄4
 Argentina 10th 5th 6th 2nd 4
 Bolivia 7th 6th 10th 8th 4
 Brazil 1st 1st 2nd 1st 4
 Chile 6th 8th 3rd 6th 4
 Colombia 8th 9th 8th 3rd 4
 Ecuador 9th 4th 9th 9th 4
 Paraguay 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 4
 Peru 5th 7th 5th 7th 4
 Uruguay 4th 3rd 7th 5th 4
 Venezuela 3rd 10th 4th 10th 4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Copa America confirmed for March". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Intensas actividades en el calendario de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Histórica primera Copa América de Playa, Paraguay pelea el título con Brasil" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Beach soccer: CONMEBOL bets on its competitive expansion". CONMEBOL. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Copa America" (in Portuguese). cbsb.com.br. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Apoio da CONMEBOL eleva visibilidade do beach soccer na América do Sul" (in Portuguese). CBSB - Confederação de Beach Soccer do Brasil. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Calendario de torneos de la CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Selección Colombia de fútbol playa se prepara en Medellín para la Copa América de Río". Indeportes Antioquia. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ^ "COVID-19 Se pospuso el Sudamericano Sub-17 de Fútbol Femenino Uruguay 2020". Uruguayan Football Association. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Lista de torneos cancelados en la edición 2020". CONMEBOL. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  11. ^ Fechas y Sedes de los Torneos CONMEBOL 2023
  12. ^ Rosario fue confirmada como la sede de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa

External links

  • CONMEBOL, official website
  • Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website
  • Copa América, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
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