2018 South American Beach Soccer League

2018 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League

Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa 2018
North zone event, Santa Marta South zone event, Santa Cruz Finals, Encarnación Map showing the locations of the events of the 2018 season
Tournament details
Host countries	Colombia Bolivia Paraguay
Dates	Regular season: 17 October – 3 November 2018 Finals: 14–16 March 2019
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	44
Goals scored	410 (9.32 per match)
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The 2018 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League was the second 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.

Organised by the governing body for South American football, CONMEBOL, as part of its Development Department's Evolution Program,^[1] all ten members of the continental confederation took part, with both senior and under 20s national teams participating in the league events.^[2]

The teams were 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] The winners of each zone then proceeded to face each other in the finals to contest the title.^[2]

Brazil were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Paraguay in what was a repeat of the finals of the previous edition.^[4]

Format

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

The league operates under the same format established for the inaugural season.^[2]

Calendar

Phase	Dates	Country	City	Event	Zone
Regular season	17–21 October 2018[5]	Colombia	Santa Marta	North zone	N
	30 October – 3 November 2018	Bolivia	Santa Cruz	South zone		S
Finals	14–16 March 2019	Paraguay	Encarnación	Finals	N	S

Teams

  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]

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).^[6]

North zone

Brazil (1st)  Colombia (9th)  Ecuador (3rd)  Peru (7th)  Venezuela (8th)

Brazil U20s  Colombia U20s  Ecuador U20s  Peru U20s  Venezuela U20s

South zone

Argentina (4th)  Bolivia (10th)  Chile (5th)  Paraguay (2nd)  Uruguay (6th)

Argentina U20s  Bolivia U20s  Chile U20s  Paraguay U20s  Uruguay U20s

North zone

El Rodadero beach in Santa Marta, the venue of the North zone event

The North zone regular season event took place just outside of the Colombian city of Santa Marta.^[5] All matches were hosted in a purpose built arena on the beach of El Rodadero resort^[7] with a capacity of 1,500,^[8] in the town of Gaira, organised in cooperation with the Colombian Football Federation.^[9]

The match schedule was announced on 10 October.^[10]

The event was attended by a total of 12,500 people (avg. of 625 per match).^[11]

Matches are listed as local time in Santa Marta, COL (UTC-5).

Standings

Key:		Advance to the finals /	(H)	Hosts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Team Brazil	8	8	0	0	0	65	21	+44	24
2	Team Colombia (H)	8	4	0	1	3	37	37	0	13
3	Team Venezuela	8	2	1	0	5	25	47	–22	8
4	Team Peru	8	2	0	0	6	27	34	–7	6
5	Team Ecuador	8	2	0	0	6	27	42	–15	6

Results

Senior category Brazil  v  Peru 17 October 2018 Brazil  8–1  Peru 11:00 Report Colombia  v  Ecuador 17 October 2018 Colombia  6–7  Ecuador 16:30 Report Ecuador  v  Peru 18 October 2018 Ecuador  2–12  Peru 11:00 Report Colombia  v  Venezuela 18 October 2018 Colombia  4–1  Venezuela 16:30 Report Peru  v  Venezuela 19 October 2018 Peru  4–5  Venezuela 11:00 Report Brazil  v  Ecuador 19 October 2018 Brazil  8–4  Ecuador 16:30 Report Venezuela  v  Brazil 20 October 2018 Venezuela  1–16  Brazil 11:00 Report Colombia  v  Peru 20 October 2018 Colombia  5–2  Peru 16:30 Report Ecuador  v  Venezuela 21 October 2018 Ecuador  5–7 (a.e.t.)  Venezuela 11:00 Report Colombia  v  Brazil 21 October 2018 Colombia  5–13  Brazil 16:30 Report

Under 20s category Brazil U20s  v  Peru U20s 17 October 2018 Brazil U20s  5–3  Peru U20s 09:30 Report Colombia U20s  v  Ecuador U20s 17 October 2018 Colombia U20s  4–4 (a.e.t.) (2–0 p)  Ecuador U20s 15:00 Report Ecuador U20s  v  Peru U20s 18 October 2018 Ecuador U20s  0–1  Peru U20s 09:30 Report Colombia U20s  v  Venezuela U20s 18 October 2018 Colombia U20s  6–4  Venezuela U20s 15:00 Report Peru U20s  v  Venezuela U20s 19 October 2018 Peru U20s  1–3  Venezuela U20s 09:30 Report Brazil U20s  v  Ecuador U20s 19 October 2018 Brazil U20s  4–2  Ecuador U20s 15:00 Report Venezuela U20s  v  Brazil U20s 20 October 2018 Venezuela U20s  4–8  Brazil U20s 09:30 Report Colombia U20s  v  Peru U20s 20 October 2018 Colombia U20s  6–3  Peru U20s 15:00 Report Ecuador U20s  v  Venezuela U20s 21 October 2018 Ecuador U20s  3–0  Venezuela U20s 09:30 Report Colombia U20s  v  Brazil U20s 21 October 2018 Colombia U20s  1–3  Brazil U20s 15:00 Report

South zone

The South zone regular season event took place in the largest city of Bolivia, Santa Cruz,^[12] in cooperation with the Bolivian Football Federation. All matches took place at a purpose built stadium at Villa Olimpica Abraham Telchi.^[13]

The match schedule was announced on 26 October.^[14]

Matches are listed as local time in Santa Cruz, BOL (UTC-4).

Standings

Key:		Advance to the finals /	(H)	Hosts

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Team Paraguay	8	6	0	0	2	54	44	+10	18
2	Team Uruguay	8	4	0	1	3	40	34	+6	13
3	Team Argentina	8	4	0	1	3	37	32	+5	13
4	Team Chile	8	2	0	0	6	39	45	–6	6
5	Team Bolivia (H)	8	1	0	1	6	31	46	–15	4

Results

Senior category Argentina  v  Uruguay 30 October 2018 Argentina  4–5  Uruguay 19:20 Report Bolivia  v  Paraguay 30 October 2018 Bolivia  3–4  Paraguay 20:40 Report Chile  v  Argentina 31 October 2018 Chile  3–4  Argentina 17:30 Report Bolivia  v  Uruguay 31 October 2018 Bolivia  3–5  Uruguay 20:30 Report Uruguay  v  Chile 1 November 2018 Uruguay  6–5  Chile 17:30 Report Paraguay  v  Argentina 1 November 2018 Paraguay  7–6  Argentina 20:30 Report Paraguay  v  Uruguay 2 November 2018 Paraguay  4–10  Uruguay 17:30 Report Bolivia  v  Chile 2 November 2018 Bolivia  3–5  Chile 20:30 Report Chile  v  Paraguay 3 November 2018 Chile  7–8  Paraguay 16:30 Report Bolivia  v  Argentina 3 November 2018 Bolivia  3–8  Argentina 19:30 Report

Under 20s category Argentina U20s  v  Uruguay U20s 30 October 2018 Argentina U20s  2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)  Uruguay U20s 16:00 Report Bolivia U20s  v  Paraguay U20s 30 October 2018 Bolivia U20s  4–9  Paraguay U20s 17:20 Report Chile U20s  v  Argentina U20s 31 October 2018 Chile U20s  2–5  Argentina U20s 16:00 Report Bolivia U20s  v  Uruguay U20s 31 October 2018 Bolivia U20s  5–3  Uruguay U20s 19:00 Report Uruguay U20s  v  Chile U20s 1 November 2018 Uruguay U20s  3–5  Chile U20s 16:00 Report Paraguay U20s  v  Argentina U20s 1 November 2018 Paraguay U20s  7–3  Argentina U20s 19:00 Report Paraguay U20s  v  Uruguay U20s 2 November 2018 Paraguay U20s  6–6 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)  Uruguay U20s 16:00 Report Bolivia U20s  v  Chile U20s 2 November 2018 Bolivia U20s  7–7 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)  Chile U20s 19:00 Report Chile U20s  v  Paraguay U20s 3 November 2018 Chile U20s  5–9  Paraguay U20s 15:00 Report Bolivia U20s  v  Argentina U20s 3 November 2018 Bolivia U20s  3–5  Argentina U20s 18:00 Report

Finals

San José Beach in Encarnación

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 were organised to take place in Encarnación, Paraguay from 14–16 March 2019,^[16] in cooperation with the Paraguayan Football Association.^[17]

All matches took place at the Arena Playa de San José adjacent to San José Beach.^[16]

Matches are listed as local time in Encarnación, PYST (UTC-3).

Matches

14 March 2019

19:00

Paraguay U20s	2–1	Brazil U20s
Areco C. Benítez	Report	Paulinho

Paraguay earn three points; Paraguay lead the series 3–0.

14 March 2019

20:30

Paraguay	5–6	Brazil
Carballo Barreto A. Rolón	Report	Mauricinho Rafa Padilha Datinha Bruno Xavier

Brazil earn three points; series tied at 3–3.

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16 March 2019

19:00

Paraguay U20s	5–3	Brazil U20s
J. Benítez Medina C. Benítez	Report	Alejandro Thales Lucas Xavier

Paraguay earn three points; Paraguay lead the series 6–3.

16 March 2019

20:30

Paraguay	2–4	Brazil
Barreto	Report	Bruno Xavier Thales Rodrigo

Brazil earn three points; series tied at 6–6.

Tiebreaker

With the series tied after all four matches were complete, a penalty shootout was contested by the senior teams to decide the winners.^[4]

16 March 2019

21:45

Paraguay	v	Brazil
	Replay
Penalties
Carballo Barreto	1–3	Bruno Xavier Filipe Antônio

Brazil earn one point; Brazil win the series 7–6.

Winners

Brazil won the league to claim back-to-back titles.

2018 South American Beach Soccer League champions
Brazil Second title

References

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External links

• Liga Sudamericana de Futsal y Fútbol Playa – Regulations, at CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)
• South American League 2018, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)