2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier

2013 South American Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	10–17 February
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	202 (8.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bruno Xavier (13 goals)
Best player(s)	Luciano Franceschini
Best goalkeeper	Marcelo Salgueiro

The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also commonly known as the 2013 South American Beach Soccer Championship, was the fifth Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for South America, held from February 10–17 at Parque Recreativo, in Merlo, a town in the San Luis Province of Argentina.^[1]

The qualifiers were not coordinated by CONMEBOL at the time. The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), under the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier title.^[2][3] CONMEBOL first recognised the tournament this year, under the title South American Beach Soccer Championship, also acknowledging the 2006–11 events as historic editions of the championship.^[4] CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title.

Participating teams

The same nine nations who played in the 2011 qualifiers have entered into the tournament:^[5]

•  Argentina
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  Colombia
•  Ecuador
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

Match officials

Here is the list of match officials for this tournament:^[6]

• Cesar Figueredo (head official)
• Mario Jose Narciso Romo y Pablo Valentin Del Puerto Gudin
• Felipe Duarte Varejao
• Patricio Alberto Blanca Fuentes
• Jose Cortez Ortiz
• Gustavo Alberto Dominguez
• Micke Palomino Huamani
• Javier Roberto Betancor Porteiro y Carlos Ismael Aguirregaray
• Jose Miguel Misel Navarro

Group stage

The draw to divide the nine teams into two groups (one will have five teams, the other will have four) was conducted on 8 January 2013.^[7] The subsequent schedule seen here is the official schedule, which was finally released on 9 February 2013.^[8]

All match times will be correct to that of local time in Merlo, being Argentina Time, (UTC-03:00).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Argentina	4	3	1	0	13	5	+8	11
Paraguay	4	2	0	2	16	12	+4	6
Chile	4	2	0	2	20	19	+1	6
Peru	4	1	0	3	8	13	-5	3
Colombia	4	1	0	3	10	18	-8	3

clinched Championship Playoff Stage berth

10 February 2013

13:00

Colombia	5 - 6	Chile
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

10 February 2013

14:15

Peru	1 - 2	Argentina
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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11 February 2013

14:15

Chile	5 - 2	Peru
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

11 February 2013

15:30

Colombia	3 - 2	Paraguay
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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12 February 2013

14:15

Paraguay	4 - 1	Peru
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

12 February 2013

16:45

Argentina	3 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Chile
	Report
Penalties
	1 - 0

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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13 February 2013

14:15

Colombia	2 - 4	Peru
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

13 February 2013

16:45

Argentina	2 - 1	Paraguay
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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14 February 2013

15:30

Paraguay	9 - 6	Chile
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

14 February 2013

16:45

Argentina	6 - 0	Colombia
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	24	12	+12	9
Ecuador	3	2	0	1	13	13	0	6
Uruguay	3	0	1	2	9	13	-4	2
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	11	19	-8	0

clinched Championship Playoff Stage berth

11 February 2013

13:00

Venezuela	2 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

11 February 2013

16:45

Ecuador	4 - 6	Brazil
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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12 February 2013

13:00

Venezuela	4 - 5	Ecuador
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

12 February 2013

15:30

Brazil	7 - 3	Uruguay
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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13 February 2013

13:00

Uruguay	3 - 4	Ecuador
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

13 February 2013

15:30

Brazil	11 - 5	Venezuela
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Playoff Stage

Seventh place playoff

Since there are nine teams in the tournament, it was decided that a group stage-like playoff to determine the bottom three placements would be held. This group would involve the 4th and 5th-place finishers in Group A and the 4th-place finisher in Group B.

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Colombia	2	2	0	0	9	6	+3	6
Peru	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	3
Venezuela	2	0	0	2	6	9	-3	0

15 February 2013

11:00

Peru	4 - 3	Venezuela
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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16 February 2013

15:30^[9]

Venezuela	3 - 5	Colombia
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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17 February 2013

10:30

Colombia	4 - 3	Peru
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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Fifth place playoff

16 February 2013

11:15

Chile	6 - 6 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay
	Report
Penalties
	2 - 1

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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Championship playoff

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 February - Merlo
	Brazil	6 (0)
					17 February - Merlo
	Paraguay (a.e.t.)	6 (1)
					Paraguay	2
	16 February - Merlo
					Argentina	6
	Argentina	5
	Ecuador	3
					Third place
					17 February - Merlo
					Brazil	11
					Ecuador	5

Semifinals

16 February 2013

13:00

Brazil	6 - 6 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay
	Report
Penalties
	0 - 1

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

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16 February 2013

14:15

Argentina	5 - 3	Ecuador
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Third place playoff

17 February 2013

13:00

Brazil	11 - 5	Ecuador
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Final

17 February 2013

14:15

Paraguay	2 - 6	Argentina
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Winners

(2013) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONMEBOL) Winners:
Argentina First title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Luciano Franceschini
Top Scorer
Bruno Xavier
13 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Marcelo Salgueiro
FIFA Fair Play Award
Peru

Teams Qualifying

	Team
1st Place	Argentina
2nd Place	Paraguay
3rd Place	Brazil

Final Placement

Rank	Team
1	Argentina
2	Paraguay
3	Brazil
4	Ecuador
5	Chile
6	Uruguay
7	Colombia
8	Peru
9	Venezuela

References