2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

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.

2016 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates9 January – 15 January 2017
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Vasco da Gama (1st title)
Runners-up Rosario Central
Third place Deportes Iquique
Fourth place Punta Hermosa
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored234 (9.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Bokinha (12 goals)
Best player(s) Mauricinho
Best goalkeeper Rafael Padilha

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 Vasco da Gama 4 4 0 0 0 33 9 +24 12 Knockout stage
2 Deportes Iquique 4 3 0 0 1 22 18 +4 9
3 Malvin 4 1 1 0 2 22 26 −4 5 Consolation matches
4 Hamacas FC 4 0 0 1 3 15 25 −10 1
5 Reales Miranda 4 0 0 0 4 11 25 −14 0
Source: BSWW
9 January 2017 Malvin 8–6 (a.e.t.) Hamacas FCPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
16:15 Report(es)
9 January 2017 Reales Miranda 1–7 Vasco da GamaPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
17:30 Report(es)
10 January 2017 Hamacas FC 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(3–2 p)		 Reales MirandaPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
15:00 Report(es)
10 January 2017 Malvin 4–6 Deportes IquiquePraia do Gonzaga, Santos
17:30 Report(es)
11 January 2017 Deportes Iquique 6–3 Reales MirandaPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
15:00 Report(es)
11 January 2017 Vasco da Gama 8–1 Hamacas FCPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
17:30 Report(es)
12 January 2017 Malvin 8–3 Reales MirandaPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
16:15 Report(es)
12 January 2017 Vasco da Gama 7–5 Deportes IquiquePraia do Gonzaga, Santos
17:30 Report(es)
13 January 2017 Deportes Iquique 5–4 Hamacas FCPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
15:00 Report(es)
13 January 2017 Vasco da Gama 11–2 MalvinPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
17:30 Report(es)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rosario Central 3 2 0 0 1 14 12 +2 6 Knockout stage
2 Punta Hermosa 3 1 0 1 1 12 13 −1 4
3 Santa Marta 3 1 0 0 2 9 9 0 3 Consolation matches
4 Náutico Puerta del Lago 3 1 0 0 2 13 14 −1 3
Source: BSWW
10 January 2017 Rosario Central 4–5 Punta HermosaPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
13:45 Report(es)
10 January 2017 Santa Marta 4–2 Náutico Puerta del LagoPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
16:15 Report(es)
11 January 2017 Rosario Central 4–2 Santa MartaPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
13:45 Report(es)
11 January 2017 Náutico Puerta del Lago 6–4 Punta HermosaPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
16:15 Report(es)
13 January 2017 Punta Hermosa 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(2–0 p)		 Santa MartaPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
13:45 Report(es)
13 January 2017 Náutico Puerta del Lago 5–6 Rosario CentralPraia do Gonzaga, Santos
16:15 Report(es)

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 Santa Marta 6  
  A4 Hamacas FC 4    
      B3 Santa Marta 2
      B4 Náutico Puerta del Lago 5
  A3 Malvin 6    
  B4 Náutico Puerta del Lago 8   Seventh place play-off
 
A4 Hamacas FC 8
  A3 Malvin 10

5th–8th place semi-finals
Santa Marta 6–4 Hamacas FC
Report(es)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
Malvin 6–8 Náutico Puerta del Lago
Report(es)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Seventh place play-off
Hamacas FC 8–10 Malvin
Report
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Fifth place play-off
Santa Marta 2–5 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 Rosario Central (p)  4 (3)   
  A2 Deportes Iquique 4 (2)    
      B1 Rosario Central 1
      A1 Vasco da Gama 8
  A1 Vasco da Gama 11    
  B2 Punta Hermosa 1   Third place play-off
 
A2 Deportes Iquique 4
  B2 Punta Hermosa 1

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

Third place play-off
Deportes Iquique 4–1 Punta Hermosa
Report
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

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

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

Final standings
Rank Team Result
1 Vasco da GamaChampions (1st title)
2 Rosario CentralRunners-up
3 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. "Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa 2016 – REGLAMENTO DEL TORNEO" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  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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