Copa América de Beach Soccer
Organising bodyCONMEBOL
Founded2016 (2016)
RegionSouth America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams10
Current champions Brazil (3rd title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (3 titles)
Websiteconmebol.com
2023 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.

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

Year Location Final Third Place Play-off
Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2016
details		 Brazil Santos, Brazil
Brazil		 12–2
Paraguay
Venezuela		 7–6
Uruguay
2018
details		 Peru Asia District, Peru
Brazil		 7–3
Paraguay
Uruguay		 7–4
Ecuador
2020 Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[8] Originally scheduled for 10–17 May. Initially postponed[9] and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
2022
details		 Paraguay Luque, Paraguay
Paraguay		 3–2
Brazil
Chile		 3–2
Venezuela
2023
details		 Argentina Rosario, Argentina[11][12]
Brazil		 13–5
Argentina
Colombia		 7–5
Paraguay

Performance

Successful nations

Team Titles Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place Total top 4
 Brazil 3 (2016, 2018, 2023) 1 (2022) – – 4
 Paraguay 1 (2022) 2 (2016, 2018) – 1 (2023) 4
 Argentina – 1 (2023) – – 1
 Uruguay – – 1 (2018) 1 (2016) 2
 Venezuela – – 1 (2016) 1 (2022) 2
 Chile – – 1 (2022) – 1
 Colombia – – 1 (2023) – 1
 Ecuador – – – 1 (2018) 1

All-time top goalscorers

As of 2023

The following table shows the all-time top 15 goalscorers.

Rank Player Team Goals
1Daniel Cedeño Ecuador27
2Billy Velezmoro Peru24
Jorge Bailon Ecuador
4Rodrigo Brazil16
5Carlos Carballo Paraguay15
6Alejander Vaamonde Venezuela14
Carlos Valentín Benítez Paraguay
Edson Hulk Brazil
Lautaro Benaducci Argentina
Pedro Moran Paraguay
11Filipe da Silva Brazil13
Mauricinho Brazil
13Datinha Brazil12
Lucas Medero Argentina
Milciades Medina Paraguay
Néstor Medina Paraguay
Sócrates Vidal Peru

Sources: 2016, 2018; Match reports: 2022, 2023.

Overall standings

As of 2023

Pos Team App Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts PPG Win %
1  Brazil 4232200117754+123662.8795.7% (22–1)
2  Paraguay 4231401812897+31431.8765.2% (15–8)
3  Uruguay 421100298388–5321.5257.1% (12–9)
4  Peru 420901108278+4281.4050.0% (10–10)
5  Argentina 421810127199–28261.2442.9% (9–12)
6  Colombia 421603126784–17211.0042.9% (9–12)
7  Venezuela 421700146690–24211.0033.3% (7–14)
8  Chile 4217001469101–32211.0033.3% (7–14)
9  Ecuador 4215131294106–12200.9542.9% (9–12)
10  Bolivia 4205101467107–40170.8530.0% (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

Key
Year
Team
 2016
Brazil
(10)		 2018
Peru
(10)		 2022
Paraguay
(10)		 2023
Argentina
(10)		 Apps
⁄4
 Argentina 10th 5th 6th 2nd 4
 Bolivia 7th 6th 10th 8th 4
 Brazil 1st 1st 2nd 1st 4
 Chile 6th 8th 3rd 6th 4
 Colombia 8th 9th 8th 3rd 4
 Ecuador 9th 4th 9th 9th 4
 Paraguay 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 4
 Peru 5th 7th 5th 7th 4
 Uruguay 4th 3rd 7th 5th 4
 Venezuela 3rd 10th 4th 10th 4

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. ↑ "Calendario de torneos de la CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Selección Colombia de fútbol playa se prepara en Medellín para la Copa América de Río". Indeportes Antioquia. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ↑ "COVID-19 Se pospuso el Sudamericano Sub-17 de Fútbol Femenino Uruguay 2020". Uruguayan Football Association. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ↑ "Lista de torneos cancelados en la edición 2020". CONMEBOL. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  11. ↑ Fechas y Sedes de los Torneos CONMEBOL 2023
  12. ↑ Rosario fue confirmada como la sede de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa
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