FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Founded 2006 (2006)
Region South America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams 10
Qualifier for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champions  Brazil (6th title)
Most successful team(s)  Brazil (6 titles)
Website 2017 event: conmebol.com
2017 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] is 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 acts as the qualification route for South American nations to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] The winners of the championship are 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 organised 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 organisational control under a new title in 2017.

Since 2016, the Copa América has also been staged by CONMEBOL; however it is not used a qualification tournament to the World Cup.

Brazil are current champions and the most successful nation with six titles. They also won the 2005 joint event.

Results

  •      Joint championship with CONCACAF

There have been seven editions of the championship as of 2017.[6] For every edition, the top three nations qualified to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year Location Final Third place match
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

Performance

Successful nations

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth place Total top 4
 Brazil[A] 6 (2006*, 2008, 2009, 2011*, 2015, 2017) 1 (2013) 7
 Argentina[B] 1 (2013*) 2 (2008*, 2011) 3 (2006, 2009, 2015) 1 (2017) 7
 Paraguay 3 (2013, 2015, 2017*) 3
 Uruguay[C] 2 (2006, 2009*) 1 (2008) 3
 Ecuador 1 (2017) 3 (2009, 2013, 2015*) 4
 Venezuela 1 (2011) 2 (2006, 2008) 3
 Colombia 1 (2011) 1
* = Hosts

Notes:

A ^ Also winner of 2005 joint event title
B ^ Also 4th in 2005, 3rd in 2007 joint events
C ^ Also runners-up in 2005 and 2007 joint events

Overall statistics

As of 2017

Joint event results not included

Pos Team App Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Avg. Pts
1  Brazil 7393700233497+2271112.85
2  Argentina 740251311172136+36802
3  Uruguay 735132317138150–12461.31
4  Paraguay 732142115150146+4451.41
5  Chile 627120114136131+5371.37
6  Ecuador 5259021497146–49291.16
7  Venezuela 73670128115203–88220.61
8  Colombia 4236111582106–24210.91
9  Peru 73142124102178–76170.55
10  Bolivia 21010092453–2930.3

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

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

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
Team \ Years Brazil
2005
Brazil
2006
Brazil
2007
France
2008
United Arab Emirates
2009
Italy
2011
French Polynesia
2013
Portugal
2015
The Bahamas
2017
notavailable
2019
Total
 ArgentinaQFQFR1QFR1R1QFR18
 Brazil3rd1st1st1st1st2nd3rdQF1st9
 EcuadorR11
 ParaguayR1R1QF3
 UruguayQF2nd3rdQF4th5
 VenezuelaR11
Total no. 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. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. 1 2 "En Conmebol lanzan Eliminatorias del Mundial de Fútbol Playa Bahamas 2017" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. "About the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. "World Cup gets bigger". FIFA. 25 August 2005. 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.
  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.
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