The 2023 Copa América de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa América de Futbol Playa) was the fourth edition of the Copa América de Beach Soccer, the international beach soccer competition organised by CONMEBOL for the men's national teams of South America. It was held in Rosario, Argentina between 11 and 19 March 2023.[1][2]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Argentina |
Dates | 11–19 March |
Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Brazil (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Argentina |
Third place | Colombia |
Fourth place | Paraguay |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 27 |
Goals scored | 226 (8.37 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Edson Hulk (14 goals) |
← 2022 2025 → |
For the first time, the tournament acted as the South American qualification for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup following CONMEBOL's decision to determine its representatives in the World Cup via the Copa America instead of its specific qualifying tournament that ran until 2021.[1] The top three teams qualified for the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup held in the United Arab Emirates.[3]
Brazil won their third Copa América Beach Soccer title by beating the hosts Argentina 13–5 in the final. The defending champions Paraguay was unable to retain their title after losing in the semi-finals to Brazil, leading them to play the third place match against Colombia, which they also lost by a 5–7 score. Champions Brazil, runners-up Argentina and third place Colombia qualified for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[4]
Teams
editTeams representing all 10 members of CONMEBOL will take part.[5]
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Argentina (hosts) | 4th | Fifth place (2018) |
Bolivia | 4th | Sixth place (2018) |
Brazil | 4th | Champions (2016, 2018) |
Chile | 4th | Third place (2022) |
Colombia | 4th | Eighth place (2016, 2022) |
Ecuador | 4th | Fourth place (2018) |
Paraguay (holders) | 4th | Champions (2022) |
Peru | 4th | Fifth place (2016, 2022) |
Uruguay | 4th | Third place (2018) |
Venezuela | 4th | Third place (2016) |
Venue
editArgentina was named as host country of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 30 September 2022.[2] Rosario was confirmed as host city by the Argentine Football Association on 14 February 2023,[5] with the Estadio Arena, located within the Predio Ferial Parque Independencia, as the venue for all the matches.[6]
Rosario | 2023 Copa América of Beach Soccer (Argentina) | |
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Predio Ferial Parque de la Independencia[7] | ||
32°57′49″S 60°39′37″W / 32.963504°S 60.660209°W |
Squads
editEach national team had to enter a squad of a maximum of 12 and a minimum of 10 players, including at least of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 47).[3]
Draw
editThe draw to split the ten teams into two groups of five took place at 12:00 PYST (UTC–3) on 16 February 2023 at CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay, under the following procedure:[8]
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the previous edition of the tournament in 2022 (shown in brackets).
Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to position one of the groups:
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. From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The draw resulted in the following groups:[9][10]
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Match officials
editOn 23 February 2023, CONMEBOL announced a total of 20 referees appointed for the tournament.[11]
Group stage
editThe 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.
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 (Regulations Article 19).
If two or more teams are equal on points, their rankings are determined as follows (Regulations Article 20):
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
- fewest red cards;
- fewest yellow cards;
- drawing of lots by CONMEBOL.
All match times are in local time, ART (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL in the schedule published after the draw.[12] 14 March is allocated as a rest day.
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 7 | +28 | 12 | Knockout stage |
2 | Argentina (H) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 8 | |
3 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 6 | Fifth place play-off |
4 | Peru | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 3 | Seventh place play-off |
5 | Ecuador | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 0 | Ninth place play-off |
Ecuador | 5–6 | Peru |
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Daniel Cedeño (pen.) 1P, (pen.) 1P José Rosales 1P Luis Omar Carrera 2P Jorge Ballón 2P |
Report | 1P Sócrates Vidal 2P Manuel Millares 2P, 3P, 3P Billyvardo Velezmoro 3P Irwing Acuña |
Argentina | 5–4 | Uruguay |
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Lautaro Benaducci 1P Naguel Gigena 2P Emiliano Holmedilla 2P, 3P Luciano Sirico 2P |
Report | 1P Ignacio Di Bello 3P Santiago Miranda 3P Gonzalo Cazet 3P Luis Quinta |
Uruguay | 2–6 | Brazil |
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2P, 3P Santiago Miranda | Report | 1P Benjinha 1P Mauricinho 1P Ze Lucas 1P, 3P Brendo 2P Edson Hulk |
Ecuador | 4–5 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
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Jorge Ballón 1P, 3P, 3P José Rosales 1P |
Report | 1P, (pen.) 2P Lucas Medero Lautaro Benaducci 2P Emiliano Holmedilla 2P Carlos Nevarez (o.g.) ET |
Uruguay | 6–5 | Ecuador |
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Santiago Miranda 1P, 1P, 2P, 3P Gastón Laduche 2P Gonzalo Cazet 3P |
Report | 1P, 3P Daniel Cedeño 1P Oswaldo Farías 2P Jorge Senge (pen.) 3P Carlos Nevarez |
Brazil | 8–3 | Peru |
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Zé Lucas 1P, 3P Benjinha 1P, 3P Edson Hulk 1P, 2P Diogo Catarino 2P, 2P |
Report | 1P Billyvardo Velezmoro 2P Sócrates Vidal 2P Diego Alcántara |
Brazil | 13–0 | Ecuador |
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Datinha 1P Edson Hulk 1P, 2P, 2P, 3P Diogo Catarino 1P Mauricinho 2P, 3P Brendo 2P Filipe Silva 2P Bobô 3P Mão 3P Jordan 3P |
Report |
Peru | 1–2 | Argentina |
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Sócrates Vidal 2P | Report | 2P Lucas Ponzetti 3P Lucas Medero |
Peru | 1–2 | Uruguay |
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Enzo Delgado 1P' | Report | Richard Catardo 1P' Luis Quinta 3P' |
Argentina | 2–8 | Brazil |
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Lautaro Benaducci 2P, 3P | Report | 1P, 1P, 1P Edson Hulk 1P Filipe Silva 2P, 3P Mauricinho 2P Benjinha 3P Jordan Soares |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Colombia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 9[a] | Knockout stage |
2 | Paraguay | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 9[a] | |
3 | Chile | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 6[b] | Fifth place play-off |
4 | Bolivia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 6[b] | Seventh place play-off |
5 | Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 0 | Ninth place play-off |
Notes:
Bolivia | 4–2 | Venezuela |
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Erick López 1' Darlon Zárate 5' Pablo Zapata 24' Berthy Alpiri 26' |
Report CONMEBOL Report FVF |
9' Hengelbert Prado 21' Fausto Escobar |
Paraguay | 4–5 | Colombia |
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Néstor Medina 20', 35' Valentín Benítez 27' Milcíades Medina 29' |
Report CONMEBOL Report APF |
10' Wilson Córdoba 16' Esleider de Ávila 17' Rafael Acosta 23' Victor Morales 33' Juan Ossa |
Colombia | 3–2 | Chile |
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Victor Morales 2P Juan Ossa 2P Eduardo López 2P |
Report | 1P Alberto Echeverria 3P Daniel Papic |
Bolivia | 1–10 | Paraguay |
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Dudy Chávez 3P | Report CONMEBOL Report APF |
1', 9' Mathías Martínez 3' Néstor Medina 6', 19' Milciades Medina 14', 34' Carlos Ovelar 33', 34' Thiago Barrios 35' Sixto Cantero |
Colombia | 2–3 | Bolivia |
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Esleider de Ávila 1P Victor Morales 3P |
Report | 2P Dárlon Zárate 3P Berthy Alpiri 3P Jhon Hurtado |
Chile | 4–3 | Venezuela |
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Daniel Papic 11' Héctor Tobar 12', 28' Benjamín Arce 26' (pen.) |
Report CONMEBOL Report FVF |
2' Rosdel Ramos 17' José Semprun 35' Hengelbert Prado |
Chile | 4–2 | Bolivia |
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Ariel Peso 1P Pablo Rodríguez 2P Héctor Tobar 3P Diego San Martín 3P |
Report | 1P Berthy Alpiri 2P Dahulon Zárate |
Venezuela | 4–5 | Paraguay |
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Edgar Castellanos 1' Fausto Escobar 11' Enderson Ramos 27' Wuinder Muñoz 34' |
Report CONMEBOL Report APF |
11' Thiago Barrios 11' Sixto Cantero 15' Jhovanny Benítez 17', 29' Milciades Medina |
Venezuela | 0–4 | Colombia |
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Report CONMEBOL Report FVF |
8' Andrés Rueda 16' Sebastián Hernández 18' Eduardo López 34' Wilson Córdoba |
Paraguay | 10–2 | Chile |
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Yoao Rolón 10' Jhovanny Benítez 13' Milcíades Medina 14', 31' Thiago Barrios 18' Mathías Martínez 25' Néstor Medina 26', 28', 35' Valentín Benítez 30' |
Report CONMEBOL Report APF |
31', 35' Andrés Albuerno |
Final stages
editAll match times are in local time, ART (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[13]
Bracket
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
18 March | ||||||
Brazil | 7 | |||||
19 March | ||||||
Paraguay | 4 | |||||
Brazil | 13 | |||||
18 March | ||||||
Argentina | 5 | |||||
Colombia | 0 | |||||
Argentina | 2 | |||||
Third place play-off | ||||||
19 March | ||||||
Paraguay | 5 | |||||
Colombia | 7 |
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Semi-finals
editBrazil | 7–4 | Paraguay |
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Brendo 10' Igor Melo 1P' Benjinha 16', 26' Zé Lucas 2P' Jordan Soares 23', 29' |
Report CONMEBOL Report APF |
Valentín Benítez 9', 22' Mathías Martínez 17', 29' |
Colombia | 0–2 | Argentina |
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Report | 3P' Emiliano Holmedilla 3P' Lucas Ponzetti |
Ninth place play-off
editEcuador | 2–1 | Venezuela |
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Daniel Cedeño 3' Moisés Dender 16' |
Report CONMEBOL Report FVF |
Renny García 21' |
Seventh place play-off
editPeru | 6–3 | Bolivia |
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Manuel Millares 1P' Irwing Acuña 2P', 2P' Diego Alcántara 2P', 3P' Enzon Delgado 3P' |
Report | 1P' Dudy Chávez 2P' Darlon Zárate 3P' (pen.) Berthy Alpiri |
Fifth place play-off
editUruguay | 5–4 | Chile |
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Ignacio di Bello 2P' Andrés Laens 2P', 2P' Gonzalo Cazet 3P' Luis Quinta 3P' |
Report | Héctor Tobar 1P', 2P', 2P', 3P' |
Third place play-off
editParaguay | 5–7 | Colombia |
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Mathías Martínez 17', 20' Sixto Cantero 27' Jesús Rolón 33' Valentín Benítez 35' |
Report CONMEBOL Report APF |
5', 17' Juan Ossa 17', 18' Wilson Córdoba 21', 32' Rafael Acosta 35' Kevin Clavijo |
Final
editBrazil | 13–5 | Argentina |
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Zé Lucas 1' Jordan Soares 1P', 3P' Edson Hulk 1P', 3P', 3P', 3P' Filipe Silva 1P', 1P' Igor Melo 2P' Brendo Chagas 3P' Datinha 3P', 3P' |
Report CONMEBOL Report AFA |
Lucas Ponzetti 2P' Manuel Pomar 3P' Mathías Rivadeneira 3P' Lucas Medero 3P' Emanuel De Sosa 3P' |
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
editThe following three teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1 only FIFA era (since 2005) |
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Brazil | 18 March 2023[14] | 11 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
Argentina | 18 March 2023[14] | 8 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
Colombia | 19 March 2023 | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Final ranking
editPos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Brazil | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 16 | +39 | 18 | |
Argentina (H) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 11 | |
Colombia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 12 | |
4 | Paraguay | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 9 |
5 | Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 9 |
6 | Chile | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 6 |
7 | Peru | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 6 |
8 | Bolivia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 6 |
9 | Ecuador | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 3 |
10 | Venezuela | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Calendario de torneos de la CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Fechas y Sedes de los Torneos CONMEBOL 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 October 2022.
- ^ a b Jannuzzi, Thiago (11 February 2023). "Reglamento CONMEBOL Copa America Fútbol Playa 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
- ^ "Brasil, Argentina y Colombia estarán Mundial de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Copa América de Fútbol Playa: fecha y sede confirmadas para el máximo torneo Sudamericano" (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Rosario fue confirmada como la sede de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). Rosario Noticias. 15 February 2023.
- ^ Rosario fue confirmada como la sede de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa
- ^ "La CONMEBOL Copa América Fútbol Playa va tomando forma con la conformación de grupos". copaamerica.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Definidos los grupos para la CONMEBOL Copa América Fútbol Playa 2023" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 16 February 2023.
- ^ "La Conmebol celebra el sorteo de los grupos de la Copa América Fútbol Playa 2023" (in Spanish). Asunción: Qué Pasa. EFE. 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Convocatoria de árbitros para la CONMEBOL Copa América Fútbol Playa 2023". copaamerica.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 23 February 2023.
- ^ "CONMEBOL COPA AMERICA FÚTBOL PLAYA 2023 Calendario de partidos" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 February 2023.
- ^ CONMEBOL [@CopaAmerica] (16 March 2023). "¡El fixture de la Fase Final de la CONMEBOL #CopaAmérica Playa 2023!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Argentina and Brazil have qualified for the World Cup as finalists of the Copa América". beachsoccer.com. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 18 March 2023.
External links
edit- Official website at copaamerica.com