Copa América de Beach Soccer

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.

Copa América de Beach Soccer
Organising bodyCONMEBOL
Founded2016 (2016)
RegionSouth America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams10
Current champions Brazil (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (2 titles)
WebsiteBeach Soccer Worldwide
2018 Copa América de Beach Soccer

Along with the longer running World Cup qualification tournament, it is one of the main two beach soccer championships disputed exclusively by South American national teams.

The tournament is organised 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 organised by CONMEBOL,[6] who also organise the other official Copa América events in association football and futsal.

Brazil are the current champions.

Results
Year Location Final Third Place Play-off
Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2016
details		 Santos, Brazil
Brazil		 12–2
Paraguay
Venezuela		 7–6
Uruguay
2018
details		 Asia District, Peru
Brazil		 7–3
Paraguay
Uruguay		 7–4
Ecuador
2020 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[7] Originally scheduled for 10–17 May. Initially postponed[8] and subsequently cancelled due to the 2019–20 COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Performance

Successful nations
Team Titles Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
 Brazil 2 (2016, 2018) – – –
 Paraguay – 2 (2016, 2018) – –
 Uruguay – – 1 (2018) 1 (2016)
 Venezuela – – 1 (2016) –
 Ecuador – – – 1 (2018)

Overall standings

As of 2018

Pos Team App Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Avg. Pts
1  Brazil 211110009124+67333
2  Uruguay 21150244649–3171.55
3  Paraguay 21150156258+4161.45
4  Ecuador 21131255954+5131.18
5  Peru 21040154745+2131.3
6  Venezuela 21040064050–10121.2
7  Argentina 21040063553–18121.2
8  Bolivia 21031064456–12111.1
9  Colombia 21020173445–1170.7
10  Chile 21020083458–2460.6

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
Key
Teams \ Years 2016

(10)		 2018

(10)		 Apps
 Argentina 10th 5th 2
 Bolivia 7th 6th 2
 Brazil 1st 1st 2
 Chile 6th 8th 2
 Colombia 8th 9th 2
 Ecuador 9th 4th 2
 Paraguay 2nd 2nd 2
 Peru 5th 7th 2
 Uruguay 4th 3rd 2
 Venezuela 3rd 10th 2
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See also

References
  1. "Copa America confirmed for March". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Beach soccer: CONMEBOL bets on its competitive expansion". CONMEBOL. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. "Copa America" (in Portuguese). cbsb.com.br. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. "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.
  7. "Selección Colombia de fútbol playa se prepara en Medellín para la Copa América de Río". Indeportes Antioquia. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. "COVID-19 Se pospuso el Sudamericano Sub-17 de Fútbol Femenino Uruguay 2020". Uruguayan Football Association. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. "Lista de torneos cancelados en la edición 2020". CONMEBOL. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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