2019 South American Beach Soccer League

The 2019 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League is the third edition of the South American Beach Soccer League (named natively in Spanish as the CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa), a continental league competition for South American men's national beach soccer teams.

2019 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League
Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa 2019
North zone event,
Manta
South zone event, Rosario
Map showing the locations of the events of the 2019 season
Tournament details
Host countriesArgentina
Ecuador
TBA
DatesRegular season:
4 September – 5 October 2019
Finals:
TBA 2020[1]
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored395 (9.88 per match)

Organised by the governing body for South American football, CONMEBOL, as part of its Development Department's Evolution Program,[2] all ten members of the continental confederation take part, with both senior and under 20s national teams participating in the league events.[2]

The teams are first divided into two geographically based zones (North and South) to compete in a round robin tournament against other members of their own zone during the regular season; the points earned by both the senior and under 20s teams are combined.[3] This season, the make-up of the zones was changed for the first time.[4] The winners of each zone then proceeded to face each other in the finals to contest the title.[3]

Brazil are the defending champions.

Format
For more details, see South American Beach Soccer League § Competition structure.

The league operates under the same format established for the inaugural season.[5]

Calendar

The calendar was revealed on 7 August.[6]

Phase Dates Country City Event Zone
Regular
season		4–8 September 2019 ArgentinaRosarioSouth zoneS
1–5 October 2019 EcuadorMantaNorth zoneN
FinalsTBA 2020 TBATBAFinalsNS

Teams
Zone composition of the 2019 SABSL
  Nations in the North zone
  Nations in the South zone
  Not a member of CONMEBOL

The ten member nations of CONMEBOL enter two teams each: their respective senior and under 20s national teams. In total, 20 teams will compete.[3]

For this season, CONMEBOL have altered the existing composition of the two zones, deciding that Brazil and Peru of the north zone and Paraguay and Uruguay of the south zone, will swap conferences.[4] (This effectively makes Paraguay and Uruguay exclaves of the north zone as they are only bordered by nations of the south).

The numbers in parentheses show the South American ranking of each team prior to the start of the season (rankings only apply to the senior teams).[7]

North zone

South zone

South zone
The Paraná River at Caribe Canalla

The South zone regular season took place in the Argentinian city of Rosario.[6] All matches were hosted at the "Ángel Di María" beach soccer field, part of the Caribe Canalla sports and recreation complex on the banks of the Paraná River, home to Rosario Central Beach Soccer Club.[8][9] Stands were installed with a capacity of 600.[10]

The event was organised in cooperation with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and the Rosarina Football Association (ARF).[11]

The schedule was announced on 2 September.[12][13]

Matches are listed as local time in Rosario, ART (UTC–3).

Standings
Key:   Advance to the finals / (H) Hosts
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Team Brazil 870016027+3321
2 Team Argentina (H) 861015130+2120
3 Team Peru 830054144–39
4 Team Chile 830054048–89
5 Team Bolivia 800082871–430

Results

North zone
Playa el Murcielago (host stadium partially visible on far right).

The North zone regular season event took place in the Ecuadorian city of Manta.[6] All matches were hosted at the Arena Olimpica de Manta on Playa el Murcielago (El Murcielago Beach).[14] The event was organised in cooperation with the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF).[14]

Matches are listed as local time in Manta, ECT (UTC–5).

Standings
Key:   Advance to the finals / (H) Hosts
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Team Ecuador (H) 870014424+2021
2 Team Paraguay 860115031+1919
3 Team Colombia 840043135–412
4 Team Uruguay 810072438–143
5 Team Venezuela 810072646–203

Results

Finals

The zone winners play each other for the league title; their senior teams play each other over two legs, as do their under 20s representatives for a total of four matches comprising the finals. The winners are the nation which accumulates the most points from all four matches combined.[15]

The finals will take place in 2020.[1] Other details TBA.

Ecuador U20s – Brazil U20s
Ecuador – Brazil
Brazil U20s – Ecuador U20s
Brazil – Ecuador

References
  1. "Manta acogerá Liga Sudamericana de fútbol playa" (in Spanish). El Universo. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. "Planteles confirmados para disputar la Liga Sudamericana de fútbol playa" (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. "Argentina será sede de la Liga Sudamericana de Desarrollo" (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. "Liga Sudamericana – 3ra. Edición: ¡Ecuador, allá vamos!" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. "Liga Sudamericana de Futsal y Fútbol Playa Reglamento" (in Spanish). conmebol.com. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. "El calendario de la CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de Desarrollo" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  7. "OVERALL WORLD RANKING - CONMEBOL". beachsoccer.com. 4 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  8. "Nuevo entrenamiento de la Selección Mayor y Sub 20 de cara a la Liga Sudamericana" (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  9. "CARIBE CANALLA" (in Spanish). rosariocentral.com. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  10. "LigaSudamericana. Fixture confirmado" (in Spanish). Liga Sudamericana Facebook. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  11. "Reunión del Comité Organizador de la Liga Sudamericana" (in Spanish). Rosario Futbol. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  12. "Programación confirmada de la Liga Sudamericana de fútbol playa" (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  13. "El calendario completo de la #LigaSudamericana de Fútbol Playa Zona Sur" (in Spanish). Evolución es CONMEBOL Twitter. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  14. "MANTA ES ELEGIDA COMO SEDE DE LA LIGA SUDAMERICANA DE FÚTBOL PLAYA" (in Spanish). Modelo FM. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  15. "Arrancan las finales de la CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa y Futsal" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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