2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer

The 2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa América de Futbol Playa) was the first edition of the Copa América de Beach Soccer,[1] the premier international beach soccer competition in South America, contested between the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL.

2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer
Copa América de Fútbol Playa Brasil 2016
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates13 December – 18 December
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Third place Venezuela
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played25
Goals scored221 (8.84 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alexander Vaamonde (12 goals)
Best player(s) Bruno Xavier
Best goalkeeper Mão

The competition was organised by CONMEBOL; other beach soccer exhibition events held under the Copa América title took place during 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14,[2] however this was the first edition to be officially organised by the governing body for South American football who also organise the other official Copa América events in association football and futsal.

The tournament was hosted by Brazil in the city of Santos between 13 and 18 December.[3]

Brazil beat Paraguay 12–2 in the final to claim the inaugural crown.[4][5]

Teams

Teams representing all 10 members of CONMEBOL took part.

Venue
Location of Santos in Brazil

One venue was used in the city of Santos, Brazil.

  • An arena built on the Praia do Gonzaga (Gonzaga beach) hosted all the matches.

Referees

Fourteen officials were appointed by CONMEBOL on 17 November, instructed to arrive in Santos by 11 December.[6]

Draw

The draw to split the ten teams into two groups of five took place on 26 November in Luque, Paraguay at the Auditorio de la Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol.[7]

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the most recent previous CONMEBOL beach soccer tournament, the 2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship.[7]

Initially, the top two seeds were automatically assigned to the groups:[8]

  • to Group A: as the top seeds,  Brazil
  • to Group B: as the second seeds,  Paraguay

The remaining eight teams were split into four pots of two based on their seeding, in order from the highest seeds placed in Pot 1, down to the lowest seeds placed in Pot 4. From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.[8]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

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 team of each group, advance to the final. The teams finishing in second through fifth proceed to play in consolation matches against the teams finishing in the same position in the other group to determine their final rank.

All times are local, BRST (UTC–2).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 4 0 0 0 32 8 +24 12 Advance to the Final
2  Uruguay 4 2 0 1 1 14 13 +1 7 Third place play-off
3  Chile 4 1 0 0 3 14 16 −2 3 Fifth place play-off
4  Bolivia 4 1 0 0 3 12 23 −11 3 Seventh place play-off
5  Argentina 4 1 0 0 3 11 23 −12 3 Ninth place play-off
Source: BSWW
13 December 2016 Argentina  2–6  Chile Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
15:00 Report(ru)
13 December 2016 Bolivia  1–9  Brazil Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
17:30 Report(ru)
14 December 2016 Chile  2–3  Bolivia Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
15:00 Report(ru)
14 December 2016 Argentina  1–3  Uruguay Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
17:30 Report(ru)
15 December 2016 Uruguay  6–3  Bolivia Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
15:00 Report(ru)
15 December 2016 Brazil  8–3  Chile Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
17:30 Report(ru)
16 December 2016 Argentina  6–5  Bolivia Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
15:00 Report(ru)
16 December 2016 Brazil  6–2  Uruguay Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
17:30 Report(ru)
17 December 2016 Brazil  9–2  Argentina Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
11:45 Report(ru)
17 December 2016 Uruguay  3–3 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 p)		  Chile Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
13:00 Report(ru)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Paraguay 4 2 0 0 2 17 14 +3 6 Advance to the Final
2  Venezuela 4 2 0 0 2 16 16 0 6 Third place play-off
3  Peru 4 2 0 0 2 16 16 0 6 Fifth place play-off
4  Colombia 4 2 0 0 2 12 14 −2 6 Seventh place play-off
5  Ecuador 4 1 0 1 2 17 18 −1 4 Ninth place play-off
Source: BSWW
13 December 2016 Ecuador  2–3  Colombia Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
13:45 Report(ru)
13 December 2016 Venezuela  3–5  Paraguay Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
16:15 Report(ru)
14 December 2016 Colombia  1–5  Venezuela Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
13:45 Report(ru)
14 December 2016 Ecuador  3–6  Peru Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
16:15 Report(ru)
15 December 2016 Peru  2–3  Venezuela Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
13:45 Report(ru)
15 December 2016 Paraguay  2–4  Colombia Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
16:15 Report(ru)
16 December 2016 Ecuador  8–5  Venezuela Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
13:45 Report(ru)
16 December 2016 Paraguay  6–3  Peru Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
16:15 Report(ru)
17 December 2016 Peru  5–4  Colombia Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
09:00 Report(ru)
17 December 2016 Paraguay  4–4 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		  Ecuador Praia do Gonzaga, Santos
11:45 Report(ru)

Final stage

Ninth place play-off
Argentina 5–11 Ecuador
Report(ru)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Seventh place play-off
Bolivia 6–4 Colombia
Report(ru)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Fifth place play-off
Chile 3–4 Peru
Report(ru)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Third place play-off
Uruguay 6–7 Venezuela
Report(ru)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Final
Brazil 12–2 Paraguay
Report(ru)
Praia do Gonzaga, Santos

Awards

Winners trophy
 2016 Copa América de Beach Soccer
Champions 

Brazil
First title

Individual awards
Top scorer
Alexander Vaamonde
12 goals
Best player
Bruno Xavier
Best goalkeeper
Mão
Source

Final standings
Rank Team Result
1 BrazilChampions
2 ParaguayRunners-up
3 VenezuelaThird place
4 Uruguay
5 Peru
6 Chile
7 Bolivia
8 Colombia
9 Ecuador
10 Argentina

Source

References
  1. "Paraguay juega hoy ante Venezuela por Copa América de Playa" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 13 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  2. "Copa America" (in Portuguese). cbsb.com.br. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. "South American events head to Santos". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  4. "Brasil, campeón invicto de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa 2016" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. "Paraguay es medalla de Plata en primera Copa América de Playa" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 December 2016. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  6. "Árbitros convocados para la Copa América de Fútbol Playa en Santos" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  7. "Se realizaron los sorteos de los torneos de fútbol playa del 2016" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  8. "SORTEO de la Copa América..." (in Spanish). CONMEBOL on Periscope. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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