CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded2006 (2006)
RegionSouth America
Number of teams10
Qualifier forFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champion(s) Brazil (8th title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (8 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com
2021 CONMEBOL qualifiers

The CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup (natively in Spanish: Eliminatorias CONMEBOL al Mundial de la FIFA de Fútbol Playa),[1][2] also previously known as the South American Beach Soccer Championship (Spanish: Sudamericano de Fútbol Playa),[3] was the main championship for beach soccer in South America,[4] contested between the senior men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL.

The tournament acted as the qualification route for South American nations to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] The winners of the championship were also crowned continental champions. Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2009; the World Cup then became biennial, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit.

The championship was established in 2006 after FIFA made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments to determine the best national team(s) in their region and hence those who would proceed to represent their continent in the upcoming World Cup (previously, nations were simply invited to play without having to earn their place).[5] The first edition was proceeded by a joint qualification tournament with CONMEBOL in 2005; a second and final joint event was held in 2007.[6][7] FIFA currently allocate South America three berths at the World Cup[8] and hence the top three teams (the winners, runners-up and third place play-off winner) qualify to the World Cup finals.

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) originally organized the competition[9] under the title FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier.[10] In 2013, CONMEBOL began reporting on the event using the aforementioned Sudamericano title[11] (which the tournament became informally known as) before taking organizational control under a new title in 2017.

In July 2022, CONMEBOL decided to interrupt the tournament since CONMEBOL's representatives in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup would be determined via the Copa América de Beach Soccer,[12] a tournament established by CONMEBOL in 2016 but which did not grant places for the World Cup.

Brazil were the last champions and the most successful nation with eight titles. They also won the 2005 joint event.

Results

  •   Joint championship with CONCACAF

For every edition, the top three nations qualified to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year Location Final Third place play-off
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
2005 Qualifying tournament held jointly with CONCACAF; see 2005 Americas Beach Soccer Championship
2006
details
Brazil Macaé, Brazil
Brazil
9–2
Uruguay

Argentina
2–0
Venezuela
2007 Qualifying tournament held jointly with CONCACAF; see 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
2008
details
Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
Brazil
6–1
Argentina

Uruguay
5–1
Venezuela
2009
details
Uruguay Montevideo, Uruguay
Brazil
10–1
Uruguay

Argentina
9–8
Ecuador
2011
details
Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazil
6–2
Argentina

Venezuela
5–2
Colombia
2013
details
Argentina Merlo, Argentina
Argentina
6–2
Paraguay

Brazil
11–5
Ecuador
2015
details
Ecuador Manta, Ecuador
Brazil
8–3
Paraguay

Argentina
4–4 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 p.)

Ecuador
2017
details
Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay
Brazil
7–5
Paraguay

Ecuador
4–4 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 p.)

Argentina
2019
details
Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazil
10–1
Uruguay

Paraguay
6–5
Argentina
2021
details
Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[13]
Brazil
3–1
Uruguay

Paraguay
4–2
Colombia

Performance

Successful nations

Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total top 4
 Brazil[a] 8 (2006*, 2008, 2009, 2011*, 2015, 2017, 2019*, 2021*) 1 (2013) 9
 Argentina[b] 1 (2013*) 2 (2008*, 2011) 3 (2006, 2009, 2015) 2 (2017, 2019) 8
 Uruguay[c] 4 (2006, 2009*, 2019, 2021) 1 (2008) 5
 Paraguay 3 (2013, 2015, 2017*) 2 (2019, 2021) 5
 Ecuador 1 (2017) 3 (2009, 2013, 2015*) 4
 Venezuela 1 (2011) 2 (2006, 2008) 3
 Colombia 2 (2011, 2021) 2
* Hosts
a. ^ Also winner of 2005 joint event.
b. ^ Also 4th in 2005 and 3rd in 2007 joint events.
c. ^ Also runners-up in 2005 and 2007 joint events.

Awards

Year Top goalscorer(s) Gls Best player Best goalkeeper Ref.
Brazil 2006 Brazil Jorginho 14 Brazil Jorginho Uruguay Diego Monserrat
Argentina 2008 Argentina Ezequiel Hilaire 7 Brazil André Uruguay Diego Monserrat
Uruguay 2009 Brazil André 13 Ecuador Virley Conformé Brazil Mão
Brazil 2011 Brazil Bruno 12 Brazil Bruno Brazil Mão
Argentina 2013 Brazil Bruno Xavier 13 Argentina Luciano Franceschini Argentina Marcelo Salgueiro
Ecuador 2015 Brazil Datinha 12 Ecuador Segundo Moreira Paraguay Ivan Fernandez
Paraguay 2017 Chile Víctor Belaunde 11 Paraguay Carlos Carballo Brazil Mão
Brazil 2019 Brazil Rodrigo 14 not awarded not awarded
Brazil 2021 Paraguay Carlos Carballo
Brazil Edson Hulk
9 Venezuela Alberto Prado

All-time table

As of 2021

Joint event results not included

Pos Team App Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts PPG Win %
1  Brazil 95149002428123+3051472.8896.1
2  Argentina 951272517211186+25901.7666.7
3  Paraguay 944223118210186+24731.6659.1
4  Uruguay 947213320178193–15721.5357.4
5  Chile 837160120172165+7491.3245.9
6  Colombia 634111121128155–27361.0638.2
7  Ecuador 735100223126207–81320.9134.3
8  Venezuela 94682135153252–99290.6323.9
9  Peru 94173130142224–82280.6826.8
10  Bolivia 4203001749102–5390.4515.0

Key: Appearances App / Won in normal time W = 3 points / Won in extra-time W+ = 2 points / Won on penalty shoot-out WP = 1 point / Lost L = 0 points / Points per game PPG

Appearances & performance timeline

The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the CONMEBOL qualifiers and how many appearances they each have made.

Legend
Timeline
Year
Team
2006
Brazil
(6)
2008
Argentina
(7)
2009
Uruguay
(8)
2011
Brazil
(9)
2013
Argentina
(9)
2015
Ecuador
(10)
2017
Paraguay
(10)
2019
Brazil
(10)
2021
Brazil
(10)
Apps
9
 Argentina 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 4th 4th 6th 9
 Bolivia × × × × × 9th 10th 9th 9th 4
 Brazil 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 9
 Chile × 5th 5th 7th 5th 7th 5th 7th 7th 8
 Colombia × × × 4th 7th 8th 6th 6th 4th 6
 Ecuador × × 4th 8th 4th 4th 3rd 8th 10th 7
 Paraguay 5th 6th 6th 6th 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 9
 Peru 6th 7th 7th 9th 8th 6th 7th 5th 8th 9
 Uruguay 2nd 3rd 2nd 5th 6th 5th 8th 2nd 2nd 9
 Venezuela 4th 4th 8th 3rd 9th 10th 9th 10th 5th 9

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

The following is a performance timeline of the CONMEBOL teams who have gone on to appear in the World Cup, having successfully qualified from the above events.

Legend
Timeline
Year
Team
Brazil
2005
Brazil
2006
Brazil
2007
France
2008
United Arab Emirates
2009
Italy
2011
French Polynesia
2013
Portugal
2015
The Bahamas
2017
Paraguay
2019
Russia
2021
United Arab Emirates
2023
Seychelles
2025
Total
 ArgentinaQFQFR1QFR1R1QFR18
 Brazil3rd1st1st1st1st2nd3rdQF1stQFQF11
 EcuadorR11
 ParaguayR1R1QFR1R15
 UruguayQF2nd3rdQF4thQFQF7
 VenezuelaR11
Total number of unique qualifiers6

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Eliminatorias de Fútbol Playa - Paraguay 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  2. "First points fly to Paraguay, Ecuador, Brazil and Argentina". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  3. "Sudamericano de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. "En Conferencia de Prensa dieron detalles de las Eliminatorias de Playa" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  5. "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March". FIFA. 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. "En Conmebol lanzan Eliminatorias del Mundial de Fútbol Playa Bahamas 2017" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. "About the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "World Cup gets bigger". FIFA. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  9. "Regulations FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Rio de Janeiro 2006" (PDF). fifa.com. Archived from the original on January 7, 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. Gaich, Rémi (11 January 2016). BSWW competitions / National teams. Barcelona: Beach Soccer Worldwide. pp. 14, 15, 19.
  11. "Argentina and their first beach soccer title". CONMEBOL. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  12. "Calendario de torneos de la CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2022.
  13. "¡La suerte ha dado su veredicto en las Eliminatorias Fútbol Playa!" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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