Copa Latina (beach soccer)

The Copa Latina (English: Latin Cup) is an invitational four-team beach soccer international tournament that takes place in Brazil. The teams taking part in this competition are nations from Latin Europe or Latin America, with the exception of 2003 participant Canada, who nevertheless has a substantial Latin-speaking region. First played in 1998 in Vitória, the competition rotates between several Brazilian cities. After the knockout format in the inaugural tournament, all the subsequent editions feature a round-robin configuration. Few nations have won the tournament, those being only Brazil, Chile, Portugal and Uruguay.

Copa Latina
Founded1998
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams4
Current champions Uruguay (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Brazil (9 titles)
WebsiteMundialito

Venues

The following is a table showing when and where the Copa Latina has been held:

Year(s) City
1998Vitória
1999São Paulo
2000Salvador
2001–2004Vitória
2005Fortaleza
2006Florianópolis
2009–2010Rio Quente
2011Rio de Janeiro

Tournaments
No Year Winners Runner-up Third place Fourth place MVP
1 1998 Brazil Portugal Spain France Neném[1]
2 1999 Brazil Portugal Argentina Spain Madjer[2]
3 2000[3] Portugal Spain Brazil Uruguay Madjer[2]
4 2001 Brazil Portugal Uruguay Argentina Juninho[4]
5 2002 Brazil Portugal Uruguay Argentina –
6 2003 Brazil Portugal Argentina Canada Jorginho[5]
7 2004 Brazil Spain Uruguay Argentina –
8 2005 Brazil Uruguay Portugal Argentina Buru[6]
9 2006 Brazil Argentina Uruguay Spain Amarelle[7]
10 2009 Brazil Chile Argentina Uruguay –
11 2010 Chile Brazil Argentina Uruguay Sanhueza[8]
12 2011 Uruguay Brazil Mexico Argentina –

Medal summary
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil92112
2 Portugal1517
3 Uruguay1146
4 Chile1102
5 Spain0213
6 Argentina0145
7 Mexico0011
Totals (7 nations)12121236

References
  1. Brasil ganha a I Copa Latina (in Portuguese)
  2. "Portugal vence com méritos a Copa Latina" (in Portuguese). 16 October 2000. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. "Portugal vence Taça Latina". Record (in Portuguese). 16 October 2000. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. Brasil é o campeão da IV Copa Latina Archived 24 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  5. Brasil goleia Portugal e conquista o penta da Copa Latina (in Portuguese)
  6. De virada, Brasil é Heptacampeão (in Portuguese)
  7. Agência Placar (17 December 2006). "Beach Soccer: Campeão antecipado, Brasil goleia e fecha Copa Latina" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  8. "Chile é campeão da Copa Latina e Corinthians comemora na Copa Brasil" (in Portuguese). Confederação Brasileira de Beach Soccer. 2 January 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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