2018 South American Beach Soccer League

2018 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League
Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa 2018
North zone event,
Santa Marta
South zone event, Santa Cruz
Map showing the locations of the events of the 2018 season
Tournament details
Host countries Colombia
Bolivia
TBA
Dates Regular season:
17 October – 4 November
Finals:
TBA
Teams 20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)

The 2018 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League, will be the second edition of the South American Beach Soccer League (named natively in Spanish as the CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa), a continental league competition for South American men's national beach soccer teams.

Organised by the governing body for South American football, CONMEBOL, as part of its Development Department's Evolution Program,[1] all ten members of the continental confederation take part, with both senior and under 20s national teams participating in the league events.[2]

The teams are first divided into two geographically based zones (North and South) to compete in a round robin tournament against other members of their own zone during the regular season; the points earned by both the senior and under 20s teams are combined.[3] The winners of each zone then proceed to face each other in the finals to contest the title.[2]

Brazil will be the defending champions.

Format

The league operates under the same format established for the inaugural season.[2]

Calendar

Phase Dates Country City Event Zone
Regular
season		17–21 October 2018[4] ColombiaSanta MartaNorth zoneN
31 October – 4 November 2018[5] BoliviaSanta CruzSouth zoneS
FinalsTBAnotavailable TBATBAFinalsNS

Teams

  Nations in the North zone
  Nations in the South zone
  Not a member of CONMEBOL

The ten member nations of CONMEBOL enter two teams each: their respective senior and under 20s national teams. In total, 20 teams will compete.[3]

The numbers in parentheses show the South American ranking of each team prior to the start of the season (rankings only apply to the senior teams).[6]

North zone

South zone

North zone

El Rodadero beach in Santa Marta, the venue of the North zone event

The North zone regular season event will take place just outside of the Colombian city of Santa Marta.[4] All matches will be hosted in a purpose built arena on the beach of El Rodadero resort[7] in the town of Gaira, organised in cooperation with the Colombian Football Federation.[8]

The match schedule was announced on 10 October.[9]

Matches are listed as local time in Santa Marta, COL (UTC-5).

Standings

Key:      Advance to the finals / (H) Hosts
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Team Brazil 000000000
2 Team Colombia (H) 000000000
3 Team Ecuador 000000000
4 Team Peru 000000000
5 Team Venezuela 000000000

Results

South zone

The South zone regular season event will take place in the largest city of Bolivia, Santa Cruz.[5]

Standings

Key:      Advance to the finals / (H) Hosts
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Team Argentina 000000000
2 Team Bolivia (H) 000000000
3 Team Chile 000000000
4 Team Paraguay 000000000
5 Team Uruguay 000000000

Results

Finals

The zone winners play each other for the league title; their senior teams play each other over two legs, as do their under 20s representatives for a total of four matches comprising the finals. The winners are the nation which accumulates the most points from all four matches combined.

Other details TBA.

North zone champions U20s notavailable – notavailable South zone champions U20s
North zone champions seniors notavailable – notavailable South zone champions seniors
North zone champions U20s notavailable – notavailable South zone champions U20s
North zone champions seniors notavailable – notavailable South zone champions seniors

References

  1. ↑ "En Lima se disputa la CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). conmebol.com. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Liga Sudamericana de Futsal y Fútbol Playa Reglamento" (in Spanish). conmebol.com. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Se confirmó la fecha para la Liga Sudamericana". Argentine Football Association . Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 "LISTA LA CONVOCATORIA DE COLOMBIA PARA LA LIGA SUDAMERICANA DE FÚTBOL PLAYA EN SANTA MARTA" (in Spanish). ColombiaSports.net. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Convocados para el fútbol playa" (in Spanish). El Derribador. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "OVERALL WORLD RANKING - CONMEBOL". beachsoccer.com. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Cuatro samarios fueron convocados a selecciones Colombia de fútbol playa" (in Spanish). seguimiento.co. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Acreditaciones de prensa para Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Definido el fixture de la CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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