2019 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

The 2019 CONMEBOL Libertadores de Beach Soccer was the fourth edition of the Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa Libertadores de Futbol Playa), an annual continental beach soccer club tournament contested primarily between the champions of the domestic leagues of South American nations who are members of CONMEBOL.

2019 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
CityLuque
Dates14 – 21 September
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Vasco da Gama (3rd title)
Runners-up Cerro Porteño
Third place Acassuso
Fourth place Fundación Monagas
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored262 (8.45 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sergio Díaz (San Bernardino; 17 goals)[1]

The tournament took place in Luque, Paraguay, between 14 and 21 September 2019,[2] and was organised by CONMEBOL in cooperation with the host association, the Paraguayan Football Association (APF).[3] It was originally scheduled to take place from 13–20 October 2019 but a change of dates was announced on 13 June.[4]

Brazilians Vitória were the defending champions but were eliminated at the group stage, ultimately finishing 10th. The title was won by fellow Brazilian club Vasco da Gama, who claimed their third title at the fourth attempt.[5]

Format

As per Regulations Article 15, the competition format consists of two phases: the Preliminary phase (Group phase) and the Final phase.[3]

  1. Group phase: The 12 teams are drawn into three groups of four teams; in each group all teams compete in a round robin format. The group winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals of the final stage.
  2. Final phase: The Final phase consists of three knockout rounds (the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) and consolations rounds (the nations knocked out of title winning contention play in a series of classification matches to decide fifth through twelfth place). All matches in the final stage are played in a knockout format.

Teams

Twelve teams qualified to take part; each of the domestic league champions (or champions of specific Copa Libertadores qualification tournaments) from the ten South American nations which are members of CONMEBOL, plus an additional club from the host country and the defending champions.[3]

Association Representatives Qualification method
Argentina Acassuso 2019 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa champions.[6]
Bolivia Hamacas 2019 Torneo Nacional de Fútbol Playa champions.[7]
Brazil[†] Vitória (Brazil 1) 2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer champions.
Vasco da Gama (Brazil 2) 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro de Beach Soccer champions.[8]
Chile CODE Iquique
Colombia Guaviare 2019 Pre-Libertadores de Fútbol Playa champions.[9]
Ecuador Fluminense Blasa 2019 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa Torneo Apertura champions.[10]
Paraguay[‡] San Bernardino (Paraguay 1) 2019 Superlga de Fútbol Playa champions.[11]
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 2) 2019 Copa Paraguay de Fútbol Playa champions.[12]
Peru Academia Tito Drago 2019 Liga de Fútbol Playa Primera División champions.[13]
Uruguay Racing Club 2019 Liga Uruguaya de Fútbol Playa Pre-Libertadores champions.[14]
Venezuela Fundación Monagas 2019 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa champions.[15]
Notes
  1. † As the national association defending champions, Brazil entered two teams. Vitória qualify as reigning champions and Vasco da Gama qualify as the Brazilian league champions.
  2. ‡ As the host country, Paraguay received an extra berth and entered two teams. San Bernardino qualify as the Paraguayan Superliga champions and Cerro Porteño qualify as the Copa Paraguay champions.[16]

Venue
Location of Luque in Paraguay

One venue was used in the city of Luque, Gran Asunción.

Squads
See: "Official lists of participating teams confirmed", at CONMEBOL.com for squad lists

Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 31).[3]

Draw

The draw to split the twelve teams into three groups of four took place on 20 August 2019 at 12:00 PYT (UTC–3) in Luque, Paraguay at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association.[19] The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:[3][20]

Initially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Vitória automatically to Group A, the others via a draw from pot 1):

The remaining nine teams were split into three pots of three based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the championship, with the highest three (Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia) placed in Pot 2, the next three (Colombia, Peru and Chile) placed in Pot 3 and the lowest two (Venezuela and Ecuador) in pot 4, alongside the additional Paraguayan club. From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  • Acassuso
  • Racing Club
  • Hamacas
  • Guaviare
  • Academia Tito Drago
  • CODE Iquique
  • Fundación Monagas
  • Fluminense Blasa
  • Cerro Porteño

The draw resulted in the following groups:[19]

Group A
PosTeam
A1 Vitória
A2 Acassuso
A3 Guaviare
A4 Fundación Monagas
Group B
PosTeam
B1 Vasco da Gama
B2 Racing Club
B3 Academia Tito Drago
B4 Cerro Porteño
Group C
PosTeam
C1 San Bernardino
C2 Hamacas
C3 CODE Iquique
C4 Fluminense Blasa

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 two teams of each group, plus the two best ranked third-placed teams, advance to the quarter-finals.[3]

Tie-breakers

If two or more teams are equal on points, their rankings are determined as follows (Regulations Article 21):[3]

  1. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams concerned;
  2. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams concerned;
  3. Goal difference in all group matches;
  4. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  5. Drawing of lots by CONMEBOL.

All times are local, PYT (UTC–3).[21]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fundación Monagas 3 2 0 1 0 13 11 +2 7 Knockout stage
2 Acassuso 3 2 0 0 1 13 9 +4 6
3 Guaviare 3 1 0 0 2 13 16 −3 3
4 Vitória 3 0 0 0 3 10 13 −3 0 9th–12th place play-offs
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
14 September 2019 Vitória 2–3 Acassuso
13:00
  • Savio
  • André
Report
  • Rutterschmidt
  • Sosa
  • Benaducci
 Referee: Gustavo Domínguez (Paraguay)
14 September 2019 Guaviare 4–5 Fundación Monagas
14:30
  • Perea
  • Córdoba
  • Ortega
  • Bonilla
Report
  • Bacelar
  • Prado
  • García
  • Narea
 Referee: Alex Valdiviezo (Peru)
15 September 2019 Acassuso 3–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 Fundación Monagas
13:00
  • Medero
Report
  • Prado
  • Noriega
 Referee: José Cortez (Ecuador)
Penalties
  • Medero
  • Benaducci
  • Ponzetti
  • Sirico
  • Bacelar
  • Narea
  • Ramos
  • Prado
15 September 2019 Vitória 4–5 Guaviare
14:30
  • Batista
  • Rezende
  • Moura
Report
  • Hernández
  • Ortega
  • Perea
 Referee: Christian Altez (Uruguay)
16 September 2019 Acassuso 7–4 Guaviare
13:00
  • Medero
  • Benaducci
  • Sirico
Report
  • Perea
  • Parra
  • Bonilla
 Referee: Gustavo Domínguez (Paraguay)
16 September 2019 Fundación Monagas 5–4 Vitória
14:30
  • Narea
  • R. Ramos
  • R. García
  • E. Ramos
Report
  • Savio
  • Batista
 Referee: César Cabrera (Paraguay)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vasco da Gama 3 3 0 0 0 22 9 +13 9 Knockout stage
2 Cerro Porteño 3 2 0 0 1 23 9 +14 6
3 Academia Tito Drago 3 1 0 0 2 7 20 −13 3 9th–12th place play-offs
4 Racing Club 3 0 0 0 3 7 21 −14 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
14 September 2019 Vasco da Gama 9–3 Racing Club
16:00
  • De Farias
  • Da Silva
  • Souza
  • Soares
  • Farias
  • Franklin
Report
  • Pazos
  • Capurro
  • Miranda
 Referee: Jesús Reyes (Venezuela)
14 September 2019 Academia Tito Drago 1–11 Cerro Porteño
17:30
  • Vidal
Report
  • Carballo
  • J. Rolón
  • Y. Rolón
  • C. Benítez
  • P. Benítez
  • Barreto
 Referee: José Cortez (Ecuador)
15 September 2019 Vasco da Gama 6–2 Academia Tito Drago
16:00
  • Souza
  • De Farias
  • Da Silva
  • Franklin
  • Soares
Report
  • Alcantara
  • C.Gómez
 Referee: Jaimito Suarez ( Bolivia)
15 September 2019 Racing Club 1–8 Cerro Porteño
17:30
  • Capurro
Report
  • C. Carballo
  • J. Rolón
  • G. Benítez
  • Ovelar
  • Barreto
  • Y. Rolón
  • J. Rodríguez
 Referee: Darío Colombani (Argentina)
16 September 2019 Cerro Porteño 4–7 Vasco da Gama
16:00
  • E. Barreto
  • C. Benítez
  • J. Rodríguez
Report
  • Soares
  • Souza
  • Franklin
  • Da Silva
 Referee: Christian Altez (Ecuador)
16 September 2019 Racing Club 3–4 Academia Tito Drago
17:30
  • Quinta
  • Capurro
Report
  • C. Gómez
  • Vidal
  • Ibáñez
 Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)

Group C
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CODE Iquique 3 2 1 0 0 13 8 +5 8 Knockout stage
2 San Bernardino 3 2 0 0 1 16 7 +9 6
3 Hamacas 3 1 0 0 2 6 7 −1 3
4 Fluminense Blasa 3 0 0 0 3 6 19 −13 0 9th–12th place play-offs
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
14 September 2019 San Bernardino 2–0 Hamacas
19:00
  • S. Díaz
Report Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)
14 September 2019 CODE Iquique 4–3 Fluminense Blasa
20:30
  • S. Vega
Report
  • Moncada
  • Pinto
 Referee: José Romo (Argentina)
15 September 2019 San Bernardino 4–5 (a.e.t.) CODE Iquique
19:00
  • S. Díaz
  • Medina
Report
  • S. Vega
  • Oyarzun
  • Bolivar
  • Papic
 Referee: Alex Valdiviezo (Peru)
15 September 2019 Hamacas 5–1 Fluminense Blasa
20:30
  • Barrios
  • Portales
  • Zambrano
  • Chávez
Report
  • Santana
 Referee: Ramón Blanco (Peru)
16 September 2019 Fluminense Blasa 2–10 San Bernardino
19:00
  • Vera
  • Fajardo
Report
  • Fretes
  • Medina
  • S. Díaz
  • Agüero
  • R. Carballo
 Referee: Renato De Carlos (Brazil)
16 September 2019 Hamacas 1–4 CODE Iquique
20:30
  • Sotelo
Report
  • Abarca
  • Papic
  • Peso
 Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)

Ranking of third-placed teams
Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C Hamacas 3 1 0 0 2 6 7 −1 3 Knockout stage
2 A Guaviare 3 1 0 0 2 13 16 −3 3
3 B Academia Tito Drago 3 1 0 0 2 7 20 −13 3
Source: CONMEBOL

As per Regulations Article 17, it was decided the third place teams would take the following berths in the quarter-final draw:[3]

  • 1st Group A vs 2nd best third place team
  • 1st Group B vs Best third place team
  • 1st Group C vs 2nd Group A
  • 2nd Group B vs 2nd Group C

9th–12th place play-offs

The worst third placed team plays the best fourth placed team for 9th place; the second best fourth placed team plays the worst fourth placed team for 11th place.[3]

11th place match
Fluminense Blasa 2–3 (a.e.t.) Racing Club
  • N. Naranjo
  • A. Fajardo
Report
  • Capurro
  • Cordero
Referee: Juan Gutiérrez (Bolivia)

9th place match
Academia Tito Drago 2–0 w/o[lower-alpha 1] Vitória
Report
Referee: Jaimito Suarez (Bolivia)

Knockout stage
  5th place match 5th–8th place semi-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                               
      Fundación Monagas (p)   2 (3)   
      Guaviare   2 (2)   
    Guaviare   5     18 September     Fundación Monagas   1   
    San Bernardino   4        Cerro Porteño   3   
   19 September    Cerro Porteño   8   20 September 
      San Bernardino   4   
    Guaviare   5     18 September    Cerro Porteño   5 
    CODE Iquique   3          Vasco da Gama   7 
 20 September      Vasco da Gama   7     21 September 
      Hamacas   3   
  Hamacas   3     18 September      Vasco da Gama (p)   2 (2) 
  7th place match       CODE Iquique   8        Acassuso   2 (0)      3rd place match
    San Bernardino   5   19 September    CODE Iquique   4   20 September    Fundación Monagas   6 
    Hamacas   7        Acassuso   5        Acassuso   7 
 20 September   18 September   21 September 

Quarter-finals
Fundación Monagas 2–2 (a.e.t.) Guaviare
  • R. García
  • E. Ramos
Report
  • Córdoba
  • Perea
Penalties
  • Bacelar
  • Narea
  • R. Ramos
3–2
  • Ortega
  • Córdoba
  • Perea
Referee: Renato De Carlos (Brazil)
Vasco da Gama 7–3 Hamacas
  • De Farias
  • Soares
  • M. Da Silva
Report
  • Chávez
  • Portales
  • Barrios
Referee: Ramón Blanco (Peru)
CODE Iquique 4–5 Acassuso
  • Oyarzún
  • Vega
  • Silva
Report
  • Bordón
  • Sirico
  • Medero
  • Benaducci
  • De Sosa
Referee: César Cabrera (Paraguay)
Cerro Porteño 8–4 San Bernardino
  • Carballo
  • P. Benítez
  • Barreto
  • González
Report
  • Roa
  • S. Díaz
Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)

5th–8th place
Guaviare 5–4 San Bernardino
  • Santamaria
  • Bonilla
  • Perea
  • Ortega
  • Córdoba
Report
  • Medina
  • Enciao
  • S. Díaz
Referee: José Cortez (Ecuador)
Hamacas 3–8 CODE Iquique
  • Beltrán
  • Cabrera
  • G. Barrios
Report
  • Vega
  •  (o.g.) G. Barrios
  • Peso
  • Papic
  • Bolivar
  • Abarca
Referee: Jorge Gómez (Colombia)

1st–4th place
Fundación Monagas 1–3 Cerro Porteño
  • García
Report
  • P. Benítez
  • Barreto
  • C. Benítez
Referee: Christian Altez (Uruguay)
Vasco da Gama 2–2 (a.e.t.) Acassuso
  • Soares
  • De Farias
Report
  • Medero
Penalties
  • B. Da Silva
  • Souza
2–0
  • Medero
  • Benaducci
Referee: Alex Valdiviezo (Peru)

7th place match
Hamacas 7–5 San Bernardino
  • Zambrano
  • Chávez
  • Zapata
  • Portales
  • G. Barrios
Report
  • S. Díaz
Referee: Renato De Carlos (Brazil)

5th place match
Guaviare 5–3 CODE Iquique
  • Perea
  • Bonilla
  • Ortega
  • Córdoba
Report
  • Bolivar
  • Vega
  • Papic
Referee: César Cabrera (Paraguay)

3rd place match
Fundación Monagas 6–7 Acassuso
  • Bacelar
  • García
  • R. Ramos
  • Noriega
Report
  • Sirico
  • Medero
  • Ponzetti
  • Benaducci
  • López
Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)

Final
Cerro Porteño 5–7 Vasco da Gama
  • Barreto
  • Carballo
  • Ojeda
  • G. Benítez
Report
  • De Farias
  • Soares
  • Oliveira
  • Souza
Referee: José Romo (Argentina)

Final standings
Rank Team Result
1 Vasco da GamaChampions (3rd title)
2 Cerro PorteñoRunners-up
3 AcassusoThird place
4 Fundación Monagas
5 Guaviare
6 CODE Iquique
7 Hamacas
8 San Bernardino
9 Academia Tito Drago
10 Vitória
11 Racing Club
12 Fluminense Blasa

Notes
  1. Vitória were forced to forfeit the match due to a lack of available players. As per Regulations Article 85,[3] Academia Tito Drago were awarded with a 2–0 walkover victory.[22]

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