The Copa América of Beach Soccer (named natively in Spanish as the Copa América de Fútbol Playa) is a biennial international beach soccer tournament contested between the senior men's national teams of the 10 members of CONMEBOL.[1] It is beach soccer's version of the better known Copa América in its parent sport, association football.
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| Organising body | CONMEBOL |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Region | South America (CONMEBOL) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Current champions |  Brazil (3rd title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Brazil (3 titles) |
| Website | conmebol.com |
 2023 Copa América de Beach Soccer | |
The tournament is organized by the governing body for football in South America, CONMEBOL,[2] who established the event in 2016[3] following their declaration of commitment a year prior, to develop beach soccer on the continent.[4] Exhibition-style events also held under the Copa América title took place in 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14,[5] but this fully competitive incarnation of the Copa América is the first to be officially sanctioned and organized by CONMEBOL,[6] who also organize the other official Copa América events in association football and futsal.
Since 2023, it has been the main beach soccer championship disputed exclusively by South American national teams. It was previously one of two main championships along with the longer running World Cup qualification tournament, established in 2006. However, CONMEBOL announced the abolishment of the latter in 2022, in favour of having the Copa América double-up as its qualifiers for the World Cup instead. At this time, the tournament was also switched from taking place in even years to odd years.[7]
Brazil are the current champions.
Results
edit| Year | Location | Final | Third Place Play-off | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||||
| 2016 details |
Santos, Brazil
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 Brazil |
12–2 |  Paraguay |
 Venezuela |
7–6 |  Uruguay | ||||
| 2018 details |
 Asia District, Peru
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Brazil |
7–3 | Paraguay |
Uruguay |
7–4 |  Ecuador | ||||
| 2020 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[8]
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Originally scheduled for 10–17 May. Initially postponed[9] and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] | |||||||||
| 2022 details |
 Luque, Paraguay
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Paraguay |
3–2 | Brazil |
 Chile |
3–2 | Venezuela | ||||
| 2023 details |
 Rosario, Argentina[11][12]
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Brazil |
13–5 |  Argentina |
 Colombia |
7–5 | Paraguay | ||||
| 2025 details |
 Chile
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Performance
editSuccessful nations
edit| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Total top 4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
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3 (2016, 2018, 2023) | 1 (2022) | – | – | 4 | |
| Paraguay
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1 (2022) | 2 (2016, 2018) | – | 1 (2023) | 4 | |
| Argentina
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– | 1 (2023) | – | – | 1 | |
 Uruguay
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– | – | 1 (2018) | 1 (2016) | 2 | |
 Venezuela
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– | – | 1 (2016) | 1 (2022) | 2 | |
| Chile
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– | – | 1 (2022) | – | 1 | |
 Colombia
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– | – | 1 (2023) | – | 1 | |
 Ecuador
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– | – | – | 1 (2018) | 1 |
All-time top goalscorers
editAs of 2023
The following table shows the all-time top 15 goalscorers.
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Cedeño | Ecuador |
27 |
| 2 | Billy Velezmoro | Peru |
24 |
| Jorge Bailon | Ecuador
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| 4 | Rodrigo | Brazil |
16 |
| 5 | Carlos Carballo | Paraguay |
15 |
| 6 | Alejander Vaamonde | Venezuela |
14 |
| Carlos Valentín Benítez | Paraguay
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| Edson Hulk | Brazil
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| Lautaro Benaducci | Argentina
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| Pedro Moran | Paraguay
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| 11 | Filipe da Silva | Brazil |
13 |
| Mauricinho | Brazil
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| 13 | Datinha | Brazil |
12 |
| Lucas Medero | Argentina
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| Milciades Medina | Paraguay
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| Néstor Medina | Paraguay
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| Sócrates Vidal | Peru
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Sources: 2016, 2018; Match reports: 2022, 2023.
Overall standings
editAs of 2023
| Pos | Team | App | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil
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4 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 177 | 54 | +123 | 66 | 2.87 | 95.7% (22–1) |
| 2 | Paraguay
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4 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 128 | 97 | +31 | 43 | 1.87 | 65.2% (15–8) |
| 3 | Uruguay
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4 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 83 | 88 | –5 | 32 | 1.52 | 57.1% (12–9) |
| 4 | Peru
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4 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 82 | 78 | +4 | 28 | 1.40 | 50.0% (10–10) |
| 5 | Argentina
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4 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 71 | 99 | –28 | 26 | 1.24 | 42.9% (9–12) |
| 6 | Colombia
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4 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 67 | 84 | –17 | 21 | 1.00 | 42.9% (9–12) |
| 7 | Venezuela
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4 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 66 | 90 | –24 | 21 | 1.00 | 33.3% (7–14) |
| 8 | Chile
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4 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 69 | 101 | –32 | 21 | 1.00 | 33.3% (7–14) |
| 9 | Ecuador
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4 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 94 | 106 | –12 | 20 | 0.95 | 42.9% (9–12) |
| 10 |  Bolivia
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4 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 67 | 107 | –40 | 17 | 0.85 | 30.0% (6–14) |
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 / Points per game PPG
Appearances & performance timeline
edit- Key
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Year Team
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2016 (10) |
2018 (10) |
2022 (10) |
2023 (10) |
2025 (10) |
Apps ⁄4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
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10th | 5th | 6th | 2nd | TBD | 5 | |
| Bolivia
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7th | 6th | 10th | 8th | TBD | 5 | |
| Brazil
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1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | TBD | 5 | |
| Chile
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6th | 8th | 3rd | 6th | TBD | 5 | |
| Colombia
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8th | 9th | 8th | 3rd | TBD | 5 | |
| Ecuador
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9th | 4th | 9th | 9th | TBD | 5 | |
| Paraguay
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2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | TBD | 5 | |
| Peru
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5th | 7th | 5th | 7th | TBD | 5 | |
| Uruguay
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4th | 3rd | 7th | 5th | TBD | 5 | |
| Venezuela
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3rd | 10th | 4th | 10th | TBD | 5 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Copa America confirmed for March". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Intensas actividades en el calendario de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 16 September 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Histórica primera Copa América de Playa, Paraguay pelea el título con Brasil" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Beach soccer: CONMEBOL bets on its competitive expansion". CONMEBOL. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Copa America" (in Portuguese). cbsb.com.br. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ "Apoio da CONMEBOL eleva visibilidade do beach soccer na América do Sul" (in Portuguese). CBSB - Confederação de Beach Soccer do Brasil. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Calendario de torneos de la CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Selección Colombia de fútbol playa se prepara en Medellín para la Copa América de Río". Indeportes Antioquia. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "COVID-19 Se pospuso el Sudamericano Sub-17 de Fútbol Femenino Uruguay 2020". Uruguayan Football Association. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Lista de torneos cancelados en la edición 2020". CONMEBOL. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ Fechas y Sedes de los Torneos CONMEBOL 2023
- ^ Rosario fue confirmada como la sede de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa
External links
edit- CONMEBOL, official website
- Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website
- Copa América, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)