2018 Copa América de Beach Soccer

The 2018 Copa América de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa América de Futbol Playa) was the second edition of the Copa América de Beach Soccer, an international beach soccer competition in South America, contested between the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL.

2018 Copa América de Beach Soccer
Copa América de Fútbol Playa Peru 2018
Tournament details
Host countryPeru
Dates3 March – 10 March
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Third place Uruguay
Fourth place Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored271 (10.04 per match)
Top scorer(s) Billivardo Velezmoro
Daniel Cedeño (15 goals)
Best player(s) Rodrigo
Best goalkeeper Rolando González

The competition was organised by South American football's governing body, CONMEBOL; other beach soccer events under the "Copa América" title took place during 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14,[1] however this incarnation is the first to be officially organised and sanctioned by CONMEBOL.

The tournament was hosted by Peru in the Asia District, around 100 km south of the capital, Lima, between 3 and 10 March.[2] The event was held in cooperation with the local organisers, the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF).[3]

The matches were watched by over 3.5 million people through the FPF's use of Facebook Live to transmit the games worldwide, to the delight of CONMEBOL who claimed the figures demonstrated beach soccer's continued growth under its investment.[4]

Brazil were the defending champions[5] and successfully reclaimed the title, beating Paraguay in the final in what was a repeat of the concluding match in the last edition.[6]

Teams

Teams representing all 10 members of CONMEBOL took part.[2]

Venue
Boulevard de Asia
Location of Boulevard de Asia in Peru

One venue was used in the Asia District, Cañete Province.

  • A purpose built arena was erected at the Sports Centre of the tourist location, El Boulevard de Asia, hosting all matches,[3] with a capacity of 1,000.[7]

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).[8]

Draw

The draw to split the ten teams into two groups of five took place on February 15 in the Asia District of Peru at the Centro Deportivo del Boulevard Asia, (Sports Centre of Boulevard Asia).[9]

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the previous edition of the Copa América de Beach Soccer in 2016.[10]

Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to the groups:[10]

  • to Group A: as the hosts,  Peru
  • to Group B: as the top seeds,  Brazil

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.[10] From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi finals. The teams finishing in third through fifth proceeded to play in consolation matches against the teams finishing in the same position in the other group to determine their final rank.[9]

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 rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (Regulations Article 6.2):[8]

  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:

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

Matches are listed as local time in Lima, PET (UTC-5).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uruguay 4 2 0 1 1 16 14 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  Ecuador 4 1 1 1 1 25 18 +7 6
3  Bolivia 4 1 1 0 2 24 23 +1 5 Fifth place play-off
4  Peru (H) 4 1 0 0 3 23 22 +1 3 Seventh place play-off
5  Venezuela 4 1 0 0 3 13 24 −11 3 Ninth place play-off
Source: BSWW
(H) Host.
Uruguay 3–1 Venezuela
Laduche  3', 15'
Cazet  28'		 Report(ru)  2' Muñoz
Peru 7–8 (a.e.t.) Bolivia
Velezmoro  3', 21', 36'
Valera  6'
Moscosco  17'
Cominges  9', 11' (p)		 Report(ru)  6' Huanca
 7' Garzon
 7' Poiqui
 11' Castedo
 29' Gutierrez
 30', 35', 37' (p) Eiffel
Uruguay 2–5 Bolivia
Nico  11', 16' (p) Report(ru)  1' Eiffel
 12' (o.g.) Quinta
 26' Castedo
 31' Garzón
 34' Miranda
Peru 4–4 (a.e.t.) Ecuador
Velezmoro  29', 39'
Reyes  29'
Valera  31'		 Report(ru)  7' Loor
 9' Gallego
 31' Villigua
 37' Bailon
Penalties
Cominges
Reyes
Moscoso
Valera 		3–4 Loor
Gallego
Bailon
Leon
Venezuela 6–4 Bolivia
Semprun  2', 22'
Ramos  10'
Millan  12'
Rodriguez  21'
Prado  26'		 Report(ru)  3' Eiffel
 27' (p), 30' Miranda
 27' Gutiérrez
Ecuador 4–4 (a.e.t.) Uruguay
Loor  4'
Cedeño  22'
Bailon  24'
Cevallos  38'		 Report(ru)  16', 39' (p) Laens
 22' Quinta
 33' Nico
Penalties
Loor
Gallegos
Bailon 		1–2 Nico
Laduche
Ecuador 9–3 Venezuela
Cedeño  10', 17', 28'
Loor  14', 15'
Bailon  18', 32', 34'
Cevallos  33'		 Report(ru)  8' Prado
 14', 31' Vaamonde
Peru 4–7 Uruguay
Velezmoro  7', 14'
Cominges  21', 23'		 Report(ru)  7', 15', 17' Miranda
 22' Quinta
 24', 30' Laens
 27' (o.g.) Palas
Ecuador 8–7 (a.e.t.) Bolivia
Cedeño  6', 17', 23', 28', 36', 39'
Loor  28', 35'		 Report(ru)  6', 18' (p), 18' Castedo
 17', 32' Garzón
 30' Rocha
 33' Gutiérrez
Peru 8–3 Venezuela
Velezmoro  5', 20', 21' (p), 24', 34'
Valera  12'
Paulino  29'
Ramos  29' (o.g.)		 Report(ru)  3' Semprun
 11' Muñoz
 15' Prado

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 4 0 0 0 34 9 +25 12 Knockout stage
2  Paraguay 4 2 0 1 1 29 22 +7 7
3  Argentina 4 2 0 0 2 13 17 −4 6 Fifth place play-off
4  Chile 4 1 0 0 3 13 34 −21 3 Seventh place play-off
5  Colombia 4 0 0 0 4 14 21 −7 0 Ninth place play-off
Source: BSWW
Brazil 7–2 Colombia
Felipe  1'
Lucao  6'
Datinha  20'
Nelito  21'
Rafinha  27' (p)
Rodrigo  29'
Antonio  36'		 Report(ru)  5' Zuluaga
 24' Morilla
Paraguay 10–1 Chile
Moran  4', 16'
C. Benitez  5'
Ojeda  7', 14', 31'
Barreto  14', 24', 32'
Gonzalez  17'		 Report(ru)  33' Abarca
Brazil 4–0 Argentina
Felipe  15'
Fernando DDI  16'
Zé Lucas  24'
Datinha  25'		 Report(ru)
Colombia 5–6 Chile
Hurtado  18'
Bonilla  22', 27', 32'
Sánchez  30'		 Report(ru)  3', 18', 33' Cabezas
 24', 36' Vega
 27' Belaunde
Argentina 6–5 Chile
Benaducci  9', 28'
Hilaire  19'
Marino  34'
Medero  25'
Ponzetti  34' (p)		 Report(ru)  14' Vega
 17' Flores
 25' Barraza
 28' Belaunde
 29' Cabezas
Paraguay 6–6 (a.e.t.) Colombia
Barreto  7'
Ojeda  10', 32'
Moran  15' (p), 36'
Carballo  28'		 Report(ru)  3' (o.g.) Villaverde
 15', 22', 26', 29' Hurtado
 20' Zuluaga
Penalties
Carballo
Zayas
Moran
Rolón 		4–3 Bonilla
Rojas
Mejía
Arzuza Fonseca
Brazil 13–1 Chile
Rodrigo  6', 17', 31'
Nelito  16', 22', 30'
Zé Lucas  19', 27'
Datinha  25', 32'
Felipe  25', 27'
Mao  35'		 Report(ru)  27' Durán
Argentina 5–7 Paraguay
Cardozo  1'
Hilaire  12', 27'
Rutterschmidt  22'
Holmedilla  25'		 Report(ru)  1' (p), 30' Morán
 5', 23' Villaverde
 14', 28' Carballo
 27' Zayas
Brazil 10–6 Paraguay
Felipe  3'
Rodrigo  6', 11', 19', 27', 33'
Nelito  7' (p), 15'
Fernando DDI  7', 9'		 Report(ru)  4' Carballo
 5', 6', 14' Moran
 20' Villaverde
 23' Zayas
Argentina 2–1 Colombia
Holmedilla  26'
Medero  28'		 Report(ru)  28' Hurtado

Placement matches

Ninth place play-off
Venezuela 4–4 (a.e.t.) Colombia
Iriarte  5'
Vaamonde  10'
Rodríguez  14'
Muñoz  22'		 Report(ru)  1' Bonilla
 8' Rojas
 19' Henao
 22' Hurtado
Penalties
Semprún
Muñoz
Rodríguez 		1–2 Bonilla
Henao
Rojas

Seventh place play-off
Peru 4–4 (a.e.t.) Chile
Valera  6' (p)
Velezmoro  35', 36', 39'		 Report(ru)  1', 1', 25' Vega
 39' Durán
Penalties
Reyes
Valera
Velezmoro 		2–1 Barraza
Flores
Durán

Fifth place play-off
Bolivia 2–6 Argentina
Eiffel  6', 35' Report(ru)  6' Benaducci
 11' Hilaire
 16' Medero
 23' Ponzetti
 31' Cardozo
 35' Marino

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 March
 
 
 Brazil 6
 
10 March
 
 Ecuador 2
 
 Brazil 7
 
9 March
 
 Paraguay 3
 
 Uruguay 3
 
 
 Paraguay 11
 
Third place play-off
 
 
10 March
 
 
 Ecuador 4
 
 
 Uruguay 7

Semi-finals
Brazil 6–2 Ecuador
Datinha  1'
Felipe  2', 3'
Nelito  4'
Fernando DDI  19'
Antonio  29'		 Report(ru)  29', 31' Cedeño
Uruguay 3–11 Paraguay
Capurro  31'
Laduche  32'
Laens  35'		 Report(ru)  1', 18' González
 10' Morán
 10' (p), 31', 33' Carballo
 13', 21', 36' C. Benítez
 17' Ojeda
 31' Rolón

Third place play-off
Ecuador 4–7 Uruguay
Cedeño  10', 16', 23'
Bailon  33'		 Report(ru)  6', 13', 28' Laens
 16', 17' Laduche
 33' Martínez
 36' Capurro

Final
Brazil 7–3 Paraguay
Felipe  1', 36'
Rodrigo  6', 19', 34'
Rafinha  16'
Antonio  35'		 Report(ru)  6' (p) Morán
 22' González
 25' Zayas

Awards

The following were presented immediately following the conclusion of the final.

Winners trophy
 2018 Copa América de Beach Soccer
Champions 

Brazil
Second title

Individual awards
Top scorer(s)
Billivardo Velezmoro Daniel Cedeño
15 goals
Best player
Rodrigo
Best goalkeeper
Rolando González
Fair Play Award
 Brazil
Source

Top goalscorers

Players with 6 or more goals

15 goals
  • Billivardo Velezmoro
  • Daniel Cedeño
12 goals
  • Rodrigo
11 goals
  • Pedro Moran
9 goals
  • Felipe
8 goals
  • Andres Laens
7 goals
  • Nelito
  • Oscar Hurtado
  • Mauricio Eiffel
  • Carlos Carballo
6 goals
  • Jorge Bailón
  • Sebastián Vega
  • Michael Loor
  • Luis Ojeda

Final standings
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Brazil 6 6 0 0 0 47 14 +33 18 Champions
2 B  Paraguay 6 3 0 1 2 43 32 +11 10 Runners-up
3 A  Uruguay 6 3 0 1 2 26 29 −3 10 Third place
4 A  Ecuador 6 1 1 1 3 31 31 0 6 Fourth place
5 B  Argentina 5 3 0 0 2 19 19 0 9 Eliminated in
Group stage
6 A  Bolivia 5 1 1 0 3 26 29 −3 5
7 A  Peru (H) 5 1 0 1 3 27 26 +1 4
8 B  Chile 5 1 0 0 4 17 38 −21 3
9 B  Colombia 5 0 0 1 4 18 25 −7 1
10 A  Venezuela 5 1 0 0 4 17 28 −11 3
Source: BSWW
(H) Host.

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