2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The 2016 South American Futsal World Cup qualifiers was a men's futsal tournament that was used as the South American qualifying tournament to determine three of the four CONMEBOL teams in the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup final tournament in Colombia.[1] The tournament was held in Asunción, Paraguay between 5–13 February 2016.[2]

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Eliminatorias Sudamericanas de Futsal
Paraguay 2016
Tournament details
Host country Paraguay
CityAsunción
Dates5–13 February 2016
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored154 (5.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Dione Veroneze
Colombia Jonathan Giraldo
(6 goals each)
2012
2020

Champions Brazil, runners-up Argentina and third-placed Paraguay qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts.[3]

Teams edit

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams participated in the tournament.[4]

Team Previous best top-4 performance
  Argentina (holders) Champions (2012)
  Bolivia None
  Brazil Third place (2012)
  Chile None
  Colombia Fourth place (2012)
  Ecuador None
  Paraguay (hosts) Runners-up (2012)
  Peru None
  Uruguay None
  Venezuela None

Note: Statistics start from 2012 when a separate qualifying tournament was held. Prior to 2012, the Copa América de Futsal was used as the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Venues edit

The matches were played at the Polideportivo del Club Sol de América in Asunción.[2]

Group stage edit

The draw of the tournament was held on 23 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Futsal Committee meeting at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[4] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Argentina–Paraguay, Brazil–Colombia, Chile–Venezuela, Peru–Uruguay, Bolivia–Ecuador. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 8 January 2016.[5]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the remaining teams proceeded to the classification play-offs for fifth to tenth place. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:[6]

  1. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all games;
  3. Goals scored in all games;
  4. Drawing of lots.

All times local, PYST (UTC−3).[7]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Brazil 4 4 0 0 23 1 +22 12 Knockout stage
2   Paraguay (H) 4 2 1 1 11 6 +5 7
3   Venezuela 4 2 0 2 11 13 −2 6 Fifth place play-off
4   Ecuador 4 1 0 3 7 22 −15 3 Seventh place play-off
5   Peru 4 0 1 3 5 15 −10 1 Ninth place play-off
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Paraguay  2–2  Peru
Richard Rejala     Report Martín Herrera  
Milton Saldarriaga  
Referee: Daniel Rodríguez, Federico Cardozo, Dario Santamaria
Brazil  2–1  Venezuela
Jean Pierre Guisel (Pito)  
Diego Fonseca  
Report Rafael Morillo  
Referee: Cristian Espindola, Herry Gutierrez, Yuri Garcia

Venezuela  2–6  Paraguay
Wilfredo Figueroa  
Teran Greydelvid  
Report Javier Salas    
Richard Rejala  
Francisco Martínez  
Fabio Alcaraz  
Rodrígo Ayala  
Referee: Dario Santamaria, Marcelo Bais, Christian Espindola
Peru  1–3  Ecuador
Martín Herrera   Report Erick Miranda  
Paul Santamaria  
Jorge Portocarrero  
Referee: Oswaldo Gómez, Yuri García, Federico Cardozo

Ecuador  3–4  Venezuela
Jorge Portocarrero    
Carlos Galarza  
Report Jorge Preciado    
Carlos Méndez    
Referee: Cristian Espindola, Daniel Rodríguez, Henry Gutiérrez
Paraguay  0–1  Brazil
Report Daniel Rollemberg  
Referee: Yuri Garcia, Oswaldo Gomez, Marcelo Bais

Brazil  14–0  Ecuador
Dione Veroneze        
Luis Jeferson    
Fernando Nascimiento    
Jean Pierre Guisel (Pito)    
Rodrígo Hardy    
Diego Fonseca  
Ari Santos  
Report
Referee: Federico Cardozo, Dario Santamaria, Daniel Rodríguez
Venezuela  4–2  Peru
Alfredo Vidal  
Carlos Méndez  
Rafael Morillo  
Wilfredo Figueroa  
Report Luis Ramos  
Martín Herrera  
Referee: Marcelo Bais, Henry Gutiérrez, Oswaldo Gómez

Peru  0–6  Brazil
Report Ari Santos    
Daniel Rollemberg    
Diego Fonseca  
Jean Pierre Guisel (Pito)  
Referee: Oswaldo Gomez, Cristian Espinola, Federico Cardozo
Ecuador  1–3  Paraguay
Carlos Galarza   Report Juan Salas  
Francisco Martínez  
Fabio Alcaraz  
Referee: Daniel Rodriguez, Yuri García, Dario Santamaria

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Argentina 4 4 0 0 20 2 +18 12 Knockout stage
2   Uruguay 4 2 1 1 13 6 +7 7
3   Colombia 4 2 0 2 10 10 0 6 Fifth place play-off
4   Bolivia 4 0 2 2 6 20 −14 2 Seventh place play-off
5   Chile 4 0 1 3 6 17 −11 1 Ninth place play-off
Source: CONMEBOL
Colombia  6–3  Chile
Wilmar Ramírez  
Jonathan Giraldo      
Yeison Fornera  
Julián Díaz  
Report Juan Carrasco      
Referee: Cesar Malga, Mario Espichan, José Hernández
Argentina  4–2  Uruguay
Leandro Cuzzolino    
Cristian Borruto  
Maximiliano Rescia  
Report Nicolás Ordoqui    
Referee: Gean Telles, Flavio Marques, Elvis Peña

Uruguay  2–2  Bolivia
Federico Fedele  
Nicolás Ordoqui  
Report Donald Montero  
Iván Quisbert  
Referee: Manuel Benítez, José Hernandez, Mario Espichan
Chile  0–3  Argentina
Report Maximiliano Rescia  
Cristian Borruto  
Leandro Cuzzolino  
Referee: Elvis Peña, Jorge Galeano, Flavio Marques

Bolivia  3–3  Chile
Diego Montero  
Ivan Quisbert  
Carlos Fernández  
Report Bernardo Araya  
Nilson Concha  
Carlos Arriola  
Referee: Mario Espichan, Gear Telles, Manuel Benítez
Argentina  2–0  Colombia
Constantino Vaporaki  
Taffarel Mauro  
Report
Referee: Flavio Marques, Cesar Malaga, Jorge Galeano

Colombia  4–1  Bolivia
Jonathan Giraldo    
Luis Poveda  
Angellot Caro  
Report Ivan Quisbert  
Referee: José Hernández, Manuel Benítez, Cesar Malga
Chile  0–5  Uruguay
Report Sebastián Castro  
Leandro Ataides    
Ignacio Buggiano  
Gabriel Palleiro  
Referee: Jorge Galeano, Elvis Peña, Gean Telles

Bolivia  0–11  Argentina
Report Almiro Vaporaki      
Lucas Volo    
Leandro Cuzzolino    
Pablo Taborda  
Maximiliano Rescia  
Santiago Basile  
Alan Brandi  
Referee: Elvis Peña, Flavio Marques, Jorge Galeano
Uruguay  4–0  Colombia
Federico Fedele    
Gabriel Palleiro  
Ignacio Salgues  
Report
Referee: Gean Telles, Mario Espichan, José Hernandez

Knockout stage edit

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was used in the classification play-offs for fifth to tenth place).[6]

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Brazil4
 
 
 
  Uruguay1
 
  Brazil4
 
 
 
  Argentina0
 
  Argentina (p)3 (3)
 
 
  Paraguay3 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Uruguay2
 
 
  Paraguay7
 
Fifth Place
 
  
 
 
 
 
  Venezuela6
 
 
  Colombia4
 
 
Seventh Place
 
  
 
 
 
 
  Ecuador1
 
 
  Bolivia3
 
 
Ninth Place
 
  
 
 
 
 
  Peru2 (1)
 
 
  Chile (p)2 (2)
 

Ninth place play-off edit

Peru  2–2  Chile
Martín Herrera  
Milton Saldarriaga  
Carlos Arriola  
Yerko García  
Penalties
Renzo Ramírez  
Xavier Tavera  
Luis Salerno  
1–2   Juan Carrasco
  Gasaldy Pavez

Seventh place play-off edit

Ecuador  1–3  Bolivia
Milton Nazate   Iber Paz  
Mauricio Portocarrero  
Robin Galvis  

Fifth place play-off edit

Venezuela  6–4  Colombia
Wilmer Cabarcas  
Carlos Méndez  
Lully Parada  
Rafael Morillo  
Greydelvid Terán  
Johan Quintero  
Richard Gutiérrez  
James Castillo  
Wilmar Ramírez  
Jonathan Giraldo  

Semi-finals edit

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Brazil  4–1  Uruguay
Rafael Bezerra  
Fernando Nascimiento  
Dione Veroneze  
Marcenio Ribeiro  
Report Nicolás Ordoqui  
Referee: Cristian Espinola, Jose Hernández, Manuel Benítez

Argentina  3–3 (a.e.t.)  Paraguay
Alamiro Vaporaki  
Maximiliano Rescia  
Cristian Borruto  
Report José Luis Santander  
Richard Rejala  
Rene Villalba  
Penalties
Santiago Basile  
Pablo Taborda  
Leandro Cuzzolino  
Maximiliano Rescia  
Alan Brandi  
3–2   René Villalba
  Javier Salas
  Juan Salas
  Francisco Martínez
  Richard Rejala
Referee: Yuri García, Cesar Malaga, Henry Gutiérrez

Third place play-off edit

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Uruguay  2–7  Paraguay
Sebatián Castro     Report Juan Salas        
Richard Rejala  
Francisco Martínez  
René Villalba  
Referee: Dario Santamaria, Gean Telles, Marcelos Bais

Final edit

Brazil  4–0  Argentina
Luis Jeferson  
Fernando Nascimiento  
Rodrigo Hardy  
Dione Veroneze  
Report
Referee: Daniel Rodríguez, Elvis Peña, Mario Espichan

Final ranking edit

Teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Rank Team
    Brazil
    Argentina
    Paraguay
4   Uruguay
5   Venezuela
6   Colombia
7   Bolivia
8   Ecuador
9   Chile
10   Peru

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup edit

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Colombia 28 May 2013 1 (2012)
  Brazil 12 February 2016 7 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
  Argentina 12 February 2016 7 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
  Paraguay 14 February 2016 5 (1989, 1992, 2004, 2008, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References edit

  1. ^ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Confirmación de fecha para las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas de Futsal" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 5 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Paraguay progress to Colombia". FIFA.com. 14 February 2016. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Se sortearon los grupos de las Eliminatorias Futsal y Futsal Femenino" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 23 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Se presentó el fixture de las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas de Futsal". CONMEBOL.com. 8 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Reglamento – Eliminatorias Futsal Paraguay 2016" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  7. ^ "Fixture Eliminatorias de Futsal" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.

External links edit