FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Founded	2006; 13 years ago
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	2019 event: conmebol.com
	2019 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
Year	Location	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2005	Qualifying tournament held jointly with CONCACAF; see 2005 Americas Beach Soccer Championship
2006 details	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	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	6 – 1	Argentina	Uruguay	5 – 1	Venezuela
2009 details	Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	10 – 1	Uruguay	Argentina	9 – 8	Ecuador
2011 details	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	6 – 2	Argentina	Venezuela	5 – 2	Colombia
2013 details	Merlo, Argentina	Argentina	6 – 2	Paraguay	Brazil	11 – 5	Ecuador
2015 details	Manta, Ecuador	Brazil	8 – 3	Paraguay	Argentina	4 – 4 (a.e.t.) 1–0 (p)	Ecuador
2017 details	Asunción, Paraguay	Brazil	7 – 5	Paraguay	Ecuador	4 – 4 (a.e.t.) 1–0 (p)	Argentina
2019 details	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	10 – 1	Uruguay	Paraguay	6 – 5	Argentina

Performance

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place	Total top 4
Brazil^{^[A]}	7 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019*)	–	1 (2013)	–	8
Argentina^{^[B]}	1 (2013*)	2 (2008*, 2011)	3 (2006, 2009, 2015)	2 (2017, 2019)	8
Paraguay	–	3 (2013, 2015, 2017*)	1 (2019)	–	4
Uruguay^{^[C]}	–	3 (2006, 2009*, 2019)	1 (2008)	–	4
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 2019

Joint event results not included

Pos	Team	App	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Avg. Pts
1	Brazil	8	45	43	0	0	2	393	110	+283	129	2.87
2	Argentina	8	46	26	2	4	14	197	172	+25	86	1.87
3	Paraguay	8	38	18	3	1	16	185	167	+18	59	1.55
4	Uruguay	8	41	17	2	3	19	161	181	–20	58	1.41
5	Chile	7	32	14	0	1	17	157	155	+2	43	1.34
6	Ecuador	6	30	10	0	2	18	117	178	–61	32	1.07
7	Colombia	5	28	8	1	1	18	111	137	–26	27	0.91
8	Peru	8	36	6	3	1	26	129	205	–76	25	0.69
9	Venezuela	8	41	7	0	1	33	134	229	–95	22	0.54
10	Bolivia	3	15	2	0	0	13	39	85	–46	6	0.3

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

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place

5th–10th – Fifth to tenth place
• – Did not enter
– Hosts
Apps – No. of appearances

Team \ Years	2006 (6)	2008 (7)	2009 (8)	2011 (9)	2013 (9)	2015 (10)	2017 (10)	2019 (10)	Apps
Argentina	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	4th	8
Bolivia	•	•	•	•	•	9th	10th	9th	3
Brazil	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	8
Chile	•	5th	5th	7th	5th	7th	5th	7th	7
Colombia	•	•	•	4th	7th	8th	6th	6th	5
Ecuador	•	•	4th	8th	4th	4th	3rd	8th	6
Paraguay	5th	6th	6th	6th	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	8
Peru	6th	7th	7th	9th	8th	6th	7th	5th	8
Uruguay	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	6th	5th	8th	2nd	8
Venezuela	4th	4th	8th	3rd	9th	10th	9th	10th	8

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

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
– Hosts

QF – Quarterfinals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Total – Total times qualified for World Cup

Team \ Years	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	Total
Argentina	QF	QF	R1	QF	R1	R1	QF	R1			8
Brazil	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	QF	1st	q	10
Ecuador									R1		1
Paraguay							R1	R1	QF	q	4
Uruguay	QF	2nd	3rd	QF	4th					q	6
Venezuela						R1					1
Total no. of unique qualifiers											6

References

^ ^a ^b "Eliminatorias de Fútbol Playa - Paraguay 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "First points fly to Paraguay, Ecuador, Brazil and Argentina". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "Sudamericano de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "En Conferencia de Prensa dieron detalles de las Eliminatorias de Playa" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March". FIFA. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "En Conmebol lanzan Eliminatorias del Mundial de Fútbol Playa Bahamas 2017" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "About the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "World Cup gets bigger". FIFA. 25 August 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "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.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
^ Gaich, Rémi (11 January 2016). BSWW competitions / National teams. Barcelona: Beach Soccer Worldwide. pp. 14, 15, 19.
^ "Argentina and their first beach soccer title". CONMEBOL. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

External links

CONMEBOL, official website
Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website

[eliminatorias-1] "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.

[history-6] "En Conmebol lanzan Eliminatorias del Mundial de Fútbol Playa Bahamas 2017" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[7] "About the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. 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.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)

[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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International beach soccer
FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) World Cup World Beach Games Intercontinental Cup Mundialito (de Clubes) BSWW Tour World Rankings Stars Awards
Asia	AFC – Championship
Africa	CAF – Cup of Nations
North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Championship
South America	CONMEBOL – World Cup qualifiers Copa América U-20 League Club Copa Libertadores
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup
Europe	UEFA – League World Cup qualifiers Cup Club Winners Cup Men's Women's
Games	Asian Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games European Games Mediterranean Beach Games South American Beach Games

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019
UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³(p) 2007³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019
¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League. (p) This indicates an additional play-off round, supplement to the main qualification event.