2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

The 2018 CONMEBOL Libertadores de Beach Soccer was the third 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 primarily between the champions of the domestic leagues of South American nations who are members of CONMEBOL. A total of 12 clubs took part.

2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	26 November – 2 December
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Vitória (1st title)
Runners-up	Vasco da Gama
Third place	Sampaio Corrêa
Fourth place	Acassuso
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	274 (10.54 per match)

Announced on 31 May, the tournament took place between 26 November and 2 December in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] It was organised by CONMEBOL in cooperation will local entities: the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and Brazil Beach Soccer Confederation (CBSB)[2] The event was originally due to take place in Belém, Pará State, Brazil[2] but a change of venue was announced on 23 October.[3]

Brazilians Vasco da Gama were the defending champions but finished as runners-up to fellow Brazilian club Vitória who claimed their first title.[4]

Format

As per Regulations Article 15,[5] the tournament starts with a group stage, played in a round robin format. The winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams from each group advance to the knockout stage, in which the teams then compete in single-elimination matches, beginning with the quarter-finals and ending with the final. A third-place deciding match is also contested by the losing semi-finalists.

Unlike the two previous editions, there are no consolation matches to decide 5th to 12th place; these placements are instead decided statistically (Regulations Articles 22 & 23).[5]

Teams

Twelve teams qualified; each domestic league champion from the ten South American nations which are members of CONMEBOL, plus an additional club from the host country and the defending champions.[5]

Association Representatives Argentina Acassuso Bolivia Hamacas Brazil^1 Vasco da Gama Sampaio Corrêa Vitória Chile Code Iquique

Association Representatives Colombia La 25 Export Ecuador Delfin Sporting Paraguay Náutico Puerta del Lago Peru Tito Drago Uruguay Bella Vista Venezuela Monagas Dífalo

1. Brazil entered three clubs: a. Vasco da Gama qualify as reigning champions, b. the Brazilian league champions, Sampaio Corrêa, c. the host country is also awarded an additional berth which went to the league runners-up, Vitória.[2]

Venue

Barra Olympic Park; the Olympic Tennis Centre is shown bottom right.

Rio de Janeiro Location of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil

One venue was used in the city of Rio de Janeiro.

• All matches took place at a purpose built arena at Barra Olympic Park,[1] just outside the Olympic Tennis Centre.[6]

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 33).[5]

Draw

The draw to split the twelve teams into three groups of four took place on 19 November at 19:00 local time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation.[1][7] The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:[5]

Initially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Vasco da Gama automatically, the others via a draw):

• to Group A: 2017 Copa Libertadores champions, Vasco da Gama
• to Group B: champions of the host association, Sampaio Corrêa
• to Group C: club of the runner-up national association of the 2017 Copa Libertadores, Bella Vista

The remaining nine teams were split into three pots of three based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the championship, with the highest seeds placed in Pot 1 down to the lowest placed in Pot 3 (the additional Brazilian team was also placed in Pot 3). From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Náutico Puerta del Lago Monagas Dífalo Hamacas	Acassuso Delfin Sporting Code Iquique	Vitória Tito Drago La 25 Export

Group stage

The match schedule was revealed on the day of the draw.[8]

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, plus the two best ranked third-placed teams, advance to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (Regulations Article 21):[5]

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:

2. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in all group matches;
6. number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. drawing of lots by CONMEBOL.

All times are local, BRST (UTC–2)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vasco da Gama	3	3	0	0	0	26	12	+14	9	Knockout stage
2	La 25 Export	3	2	0	0	1	14	18	−4	6
3	Náutico Puerta del Lago	3	1	0	0	2	21	20	+1	3
4	Delfin Sporting	3	0	0	0	3	13	24	−11	0

Source: CONMEBOL

Vasco da Gama v Náutico Puerta del Lago

26 November 2018	Vasco da Gama	10–7	Náutico Puerta del Lago
15:45		Report

Delfin Sporting v La 25 Export

26 November 2018	Delfin Sporting	5–7	La 25 Export
17:00		Report

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Vasco da Gama v Delfin Sporting

27 November 2018	Vasco da Gama	7–3	Delfin Sporting
15:45		Report

Náutico Puerta del Lago v La 25 Export

27 November 2018	Náutico Puerta del Lago	4–5	La 25 Export
17:00		Report

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La 25 Export v Vasco da Gama

28 November 2018	La 25 Export	2–9	Vasco da Gama
11:15		Report

Náutico Puerta del Lago v Delfin Sporting

28 November 2018	Náutico Puerta del Lago	10–5	Delfin Sporting
14:30		Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sampaio Corrêa	3	3	0	0	0	31	6	+25	9	Knockout stage
2	Hamacas	3	1	0	0	2	11	15	−4	3
3	Tito Drago	3	1	0	0	2	11	18	−7	3
4	Code Iquique	3	1	0	0	2	11	25	−14	3

Source: CONMEBOL

Sampaio Corrêa v Hamacas

26 November 2018	Sampaio Corrêa	7–0	Hamacas
11:15		Report

Code Iquique v Tito Drago

26 November 2018	Code Iquique	5–3	Tito Drago
14:30		Report

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Sampaio Corrêa v Code Iquique

27 November 2018	Sampaio Corrêa	14–2	Code Iquique
11:15		Report

Hamacas v Tito Drago

27 November 2018	Hamacas	3–4	Tito Drago
14:30		Report

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Tito Drago v Sampaio Corrêa

28 November 2018	Tito Drago	4–10	Sampaio Corrêa
08:30		Report

Hamacas v Code Iquique

28 November 2018	Hamacas	8–4	Code Iquique
09:45		Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vitória	3	2	0	1	0	16	9	+7	7	Knockout stage
2	Acassuso	3	1	0	0	2	11	14	−3	3
3	Bella Vista	3	1	0	0	2	15	16	−1	3
4	Monagas Dífalo	3	0	0	1	2	16	19	−3	1

Source: CONMEBOL

Bella Vista v Monagas Dífalo

26 November 2018	Bella Vista	9–7	Monagas Dífalo
08:30		Report

Acassuso v Vitória

26 November 2018	Acassuso	1–7	Vitória
09:45		Report

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Bella Vista v Acassuso

27 November 2018	Bella Vista	1–4	Acassuso
08:30		Report

Monagas Dífalo v Vitória

27 November 2018	Monagas Dífalo	3–4	Vitória
09:45		Report

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Vitória v Bella Vista

28 November 2018	Vitória	5–5 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Bella Vista
15:45		Report

Monagas Dífalo v Acassuso

28 November 2018	Monagas Dífalo	6–6 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Acassuso
17:00		Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	Náutico Puerta del Lago	3	1	0	0	2	21	20	+1	3	Knockout stage
2	C	Bella Vista	3	1	0	0	2	15	16	−1	3
3	B	Tito Drago	3	1	0	0	2	11	18	−7	3

Source:

As per Regulations Article 17, it was decided the third place teams would take the following berths in the quarter-final draw:[5]

• 1st Group A vs 2nd best third place team
• 1st Group B vs Best third place team
• 1st Group C vs 2nd Group A
• 2nd Group B vs 2nd Group C

Knockout stage

The group winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams progressed to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 November
	Vasco da Gama	6
					1 December
	Bella Vista	4
					Vasco da Gama	5
	30 November
					Acassuso	4
	Hamacas	2
									2 December
	Acassuso	5
									Vasco da Gama	8 (2)
	30 November
									Vitória (p)	8 (3)
	Sampaio Corrêa	7
					1 December
	Náutico Puerta del Lago	2
					Sampaio Corrêa	6 (2)
	30 November
					Vitória (p)	6 (3)			Third place
	Vitória	6
									2 December
	La 25 Export	0
									Acassuso	4
									Sampaio Corrêa	5

Quarter-finals

30 November 2018

09:45

Hamacas	2–5	Acassuso
	Report

30 November 2018

11:15

Sampaio Corrêa	7–2	Náutico Puerta del Lago
	Report

30 November 2018

15:45

Vitória	6–0	La 25 Export
	Report

30 November 2018

17:00

Vasco da Gama	6–4	Bella Vista
	Report

Semi-finals

1 December 2018

10:30

Sampaio Corrêa	6–6 (a.e.t.)	Vitória
	Report
Penalties
	2–3

1 December 2018

11:45

Vasco da Gama	5–4	Acassuso
	Report

Third place play-off

2 December 2018

09:45

Acassuso	4–5	Sampaio Corrêa
Bordon Tarabini	Report	Eudin Rodrigo Felipe

Final

2 December 2018

11:00

Vasco da Gama	8–8 (a.e.t.)	Vitória
Jordan Antônio Mauricinho Benjinha	Report	Nelito Reyder Thiago  (o.g.) Mauricinho
Penalties
Antonio Rafinha Bokinha	2–3	Anderson Sidney Nelito

Final standings

Rank	Team	Result
1	Vitória	Champions (1st title)
2	Vasco da Gama	Runners-up
3	Sampaio Corrêa	Third place
4	Acassuso
5	Bella Vista	^[Note1]
6	Hamacas
7	Náutico Puerta del Lago
8	La 25 Export
9	Tito Drago	^[Note2]
10	Code Iquique
11	Monagas Dífalo
12	Delfin Sporting

Note1 ^ Regulations Article 22 outlines the criteria for defining the teams that finish in 5th–8th place[5]

Note2 ^ Regulations Article 23 outlines the criteria for defining the teams that finish in 9th–12th place[5]

References

1. "El 19 de noviembre se sortea la CONMEBOL Libertadores de Fútbol Playa". CONMEBOL. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
2. "Belém sediará Copa Libertadores da América de Futebol de Areia". O Globo. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
3. "Cambio de sede en la Libertadores de Fútbol Playa 2018". CONMEBOL. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
4. "Libertadores final sees Vitoria take title on penalties". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
5. "CONMEBOL Libertadores de Fútbol Playa Brasil 2018. Reglamento" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
6. "Brasil é campeão da Liga Sul-Americana de futebol de areia no Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
7. "Definidos os grupos da Taça Libertadores 2018". cbsb.com.br. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
8. "PROGRAMACION DE PARTIDOS" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

External links

• CONMEBOL Libertadores Fútbol Playa Brasil 2018, at CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)