2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Tournament details
Host country Brazil
Dates 9 January – 15 January 2017
Teams 9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil Vasco da Gama (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina Rosario Central
Third place Chile Deportes Iquique
Fourth place Punta Hermosa
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 234 (9.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Bokinha (12 goals)
Best player Brazil Mauricinho
Best goalkeeper Brazil Rafael Padilha

The 2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer was the first edition of the Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa Libertadores de Futbol Playa), an annual continental beach soccer club tournament contested between the champions of the domestic leagues of South American nations who are members of CONMEBOL.

Organised by CONMEBOL and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW),[1] the competition took place in Santos, Brazil, hosted on the Praia do Gonzaga.[2] Originally organised to take place from 6 to 11 December 2016, the event was postponed at the request of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in response to the Chapecoense plane disaster, and eventually took place in January 2017, despite being the 2016 edition of the event.[3]

Brazilian champions Vasco da Gama won the inaugural title after beating Argentinean team Rosario Central 8–1 in the final.[4]

Format

The tournament started with a group stage, played in a round robin format. The winners and runners-up from each group advanced to the knockout stage, in which the teams then competed in single-elimination matches, beginning with the semi-finals and ending with the final. A third-place deciding match was also contested by the losing semi-finalists. The third and fourth placed nations from each group played in a series of consolation matches to decide fifth through eighth place.[1][2]

Teams

A total of nine teams entered the competition, the winners of each of the respective domestic beach soccer leagues of the members of CONMEBOL, bar Ecuador who did not submit a team.[1]

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers, at least 2 weeks before the start of the event (Regulations Article II.A).[1]

Referees

Ten officials were appointed by CONMEBOL on 17 November 2016.[5]

Draw

The draw to split the nine teams into two groups, one of five and one of four, took place on November 26 in Luque, Paraguay at the Auditorio de la Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol. The teams were seeded based on their national teams' final placement in the 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship.[6] The representative team of the host nation, Brazil, were allocated to Group A.[1]

Group stage

The host beach, Praia do Gonzaga, at night (2009)

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article XII.B):[1]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings are determined as follows:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. goal difference in all group matches;
  5. number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. fewer number of red cards received;
  7. fewer number of yellow cards received;
  8. drawing of lots by CONMEBOL and BSWW.

All times were local, BRST (UTC−2)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Brazil Vasco da Gama 4 4 0 0 0 33 9 +24 12 Knockout stage
2 Chile Deportes Iquique 4 3 0 0 1 22 18 +4 9
3 Uruguay Malvin 4 1 1 0 2 22 26 −4 5 Consolation matches
4 Bolivia Hamacas FC 4 0 0 1 3 15 25 −10 1
5 Venezuela Reales Miranda 4 0 0 0 4 11 25 −14 0
Source: BSWW

Group B

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Argentina Rosario Central 3 2 0 0 1 14 12 +2 6 Knockout stage
2 Peru Punta Hermosa 3 1 0 1 1 12 13 −1 4
3 Colombia Santa Marta 3 1 0 0 2 9 9 0 3 Consolation matches
4 Paraguay Náutico Puerta del Lago 3 1 0 0 2 13 14 −1 3
Source: BSWW

Consolation matches

The teams finishing in third and fourth place were knocked out of title-winning contention, receding to play in consolation matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.

  5th–8th place semi-finals     Fifth place play-off
                 
  B3 Colombia Santa Marta 6  
  A4 Bolivia Hamacas FC 4    
      B3 Colombia Santa Marta 2
      B4 Paraguay Náutico Puerta del Lago 5
  A3 Uruguay Malvin 6    
  B4 Paraguay Náutico Puerta del Lago 8   Seventh place play-off
 
A4 Bolivia Hamacas FC 8
  A3 Uruguay Malvin 10

5th–8th place semi-finals

Santa Marta Colombia 6–4 Bolivia Hamacas FC
Report(es)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
Malvin Uruguay 6–8 Paraguay Náutico Puerta del Lago
Report(es)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Seventh place play-off

Hamacas FC Bolivia 8–10 Uruguay Malvin
Report
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Fifth place play-off

Santa Marta Colombia 2–5 Paraguay Náutico Puerta del Lago
Report
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Knockout stage

The group winners and runners-up progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

  Semi-finals     Final
                 
  B1 Argentina Rosario Central (p)  4 (3)   
  A2 Chile Deportes Iquique 4 (2)    
      B1 Argentina Rosario Central 1
      A1 Brazil Vasco da Gama 8
  A1 Brazil Vasco da Gama 11    
  B2 Peru Punta Hermosa 1   Third place play-off
 
A2 Chile Deportes Iquique 4
  B2 Peru Punta Hermosa 1

Semi-finals

Rosario Central Argentina 4–4 (a.e.t.) Chile Deportes Iquique
Report(es)
Penalties
3–2
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
Vasco da Gama Brazil 11–1 Peru Punta Hermosa
Report(es)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Third place play-off

Deportes Iquique Chile 4–1 Peru Punta Hermosa
Report
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Final

Rosario Central Argentina 1–8 Brazil Vasco da Gama
Report(es)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Awards

Top scorer
Brazil Bokinha (Vasco da Gama)
12 goals
Best player
Brazil Mauricinho (Vasco da Gama)
Best goalkeeper
Brazil Rafael Padilha (Vasco da Gama)
Source

Final standings

Rank Team Result
1Brazil Vasco da Gama Champions (1st title)
2Argentina Rosario CentralRunners-up
3Chile Deportes IquiqueThird place
4 Punta Hermosa
5 Náutico Puerta del Lago
6 Santa Marta
7 Malvin
8 Hamacas FC
9 Reales Miranda

Source

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa 2016 – REGLAMENTO DEL TORNEO" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 "La Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa 2016 va tomando forma" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "La Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa se disputará en enero de 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Vasco da Gama, South American kings!". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jueces designados para la Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa en Santos" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Se realizaron los sorteos de los torneos de fútbol playa del 2016" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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