CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

The CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in South America. In both 2005 and 2007, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held joint championships.[1] In 2007, the successful teams of the competition qualified to play in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, whereas the 2005 tournament was unattached from the world cup. This was not the way teams qualified for the 2005 world cup.

In 2006, when FIFA introduced the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, the championship became the way to qualify for the World Cup, so CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held two separate championships. From 2008 onwards, due to the number of teams from each confederation trying to qualify, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL have decided to always have separate championships.

Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The top three teams from the tournament qualify to play in the next FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Joint Championships (with CONCACAF)

For both tournaments, the top four teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year Location Final Third place match
Champion Score Runner-Up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2005 Brazil Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazil		 5 – 2
Uruguay
United States		 4 – 2
Argentina
2007 Mexico Acapulco, Mexico
United States		 4 – 3
Uruguay
Argentina		 6 – 5
Mexico

Successful nations

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth place
 United States 1 (2007) – 1 (2005) –
 Brazil 1 (2005) – – –
 Uruguay – 2 (2005, 2007) – –
 Argentina – – 1 (2007) 1 (2005)
 Mexico – – – 1 (2007)

CONMEBOL Championships

For all tournaments, the top three teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year Location Final Third place match
Champion Score Runner-Up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2006 Brazil Macaé, Brazil
Brazil		 9 – 2
Uruguay
Argentina		 2 – 0
Venezuela
2008 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
Brazil		 6 – 1
Argentina
Uruguay		 5 – 1
Venezuela
2009 Uruguay Montevideo, Uruguay
Brazil		 10 – 1
Uruguay
Argentina		 9 – 8
Ecuador
2011 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazil		 6 – 2
Argentina
Venezuela		 5 – 2
Colombia
2013 Argentina Merlo, Argentina
Argentina		 6 – 2
Paraguay
Brazil		 11 – 5
Ecuador
2015 Ecuador Manta, Ecuador
Brazil		 8 – 3
Paraguay
Argentina		 4(1) – 4(0)
Ecuador
2017 Paraguay Asunción, Paraguay

Successful nations

Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth place
 Brazil 5 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015) – 1 (2013) –
 Argentina 1 (2013) 2 (2008, 2011) 3 (2006, 2009, 2015) –
 Uruguay – 2 (2006, 2009) 1 (2008) –
 Paraguay – 2 (2013, 2015) – –
 Venezuela – – 1 (2011) 2 (2006, 2008)
 Ecuador – – – 3 (2009, 2013, 2015)
 Colombia – – – 1 (2011)

Appearances table

2006
Brazil
(6)		 2008
Argentina
(7)		 2009
Uruguay
(8)		 2011
Brazil
(9)		 2013
Argentina
(9)		 2015
Ecuador
(10)		 Total Appearances
 Argentina 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 6
 Bolivia • • • • • R1 1
 Brazil 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 6
 Chile • R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 5
 Colombia • • • 4th R1 R1 3
 Ecuador • • 4th R1 4th 4th 4
 Paraguay R1 R1 R1 R1 2nd 2nd 6
 Peru R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 6
 Uruguay 2nd 3rd 2nd R1 R1 R1 6
 Venezuela 4th 4th R1 3rd R1 R1 6

World Cup performance

The following is a performance timeline of the CONMEBOL teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
  • q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •    – Hosts
Team Brazil
2005		 Brazil
2006		 Brazil
2007		 Brazil
2008		 United Arab Emirates
2009		 Italy
2011		 French Polynesia
2013		 Portugal
2015		 The Bahamas
2017		 Total
 Argentina QF QF R1 QF R1 R1 QF R1 8
 Brazil 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd QF 8
 Paraguay R1 R1 2
 Uruguay QF 2nd 3rd QF 4th 5
 Venezuela R1 1

References

  1. ↑ CONCACAF: Historical Stats

External links

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