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
City	Asunción
Dates	5–13 February 2016
Teams	10 (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 played	27
Goals scored	154 (5.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dione Veroneze Jonathan Giraldo (6 goals each)
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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

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

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

Group stage

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

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

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)

21:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Daniel Rodríguez, Federico Cardozo, Dario Santamaria

Brazil	2–1	Venezuela
Jean Pierre Guisel (Pito) Diego Fonseca	Report	Rafael Morillo

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)

22:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Cristian Espindola, Herry Gutierrez, Yuri Garcia

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Venezuela	2–6	Paraguay
Wilfredo Figueroa Teran Greydelvid	Report	Javier Salas Richard Rejala Francisco Martínez Fabio Alcaraz Rodrígo Ayala

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)

21:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Dario Santamaria, Marcelo Bais, Christian Espindola

Peru	1–3	Ecuador
Martín Herrera	Report	Erick Miranda Paul Santamaria Jorge Portocarrero

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)

22:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Oswaldo Gómez, Yuri García, Federico Cardozo

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Ecuador	3–4	Venezuela
Jorge Portocarrero Carlos Galarza	Report	Jorge Preciado Carlos Méndez

8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)

17:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Cristian Espíndola, Daniel Rodríguez, Henry Gutiérrez

Paraguay	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Daniel Rollemberg

8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)

21:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Yuri Garcia, Oswaldo Gomez, Marcelo Bais

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Brazil	14–0	Ecuador
Dione Veroneze Luis Jeferson Fernando Nascimiento Jean Pierre Guisel (Pito) Rodrigo Hardy Diego Fonseca Ari Santos	Report

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

17:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Federico Cardozo, Dario Santamaria, Daniel Rodríguez

Venezuela	4–2	Peru
Alfredo Vidal Carlos Méndez Rafael Morillo Wilfredo Figueroa	Report	Luis Ramos Martín Herrera

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

21:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Marcelo Bais, Henry Gutiérrez, Oswaldo Gómez

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Peru	0–6	Brazil
	Report	Ari Santos Daniel Rollemberg Diego Fonseca Jean Pierre Guisel (Pito)

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

19:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Oswaldo Gomez, Cristian Espinola, Federico Cardozo

Ecuador	1–3	Paraguay
Carlos Galarza	Report	Juan Salas Francisco Martínez Fabio Alcaraz

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

21:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Daniel Rodriguez, Yuri García, Dario Santamaria

Group B

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

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)

17:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Cesar Malga, Mario Espichan, José Hernández

Argentina	4–2	Uruguay
Leandro Cuzzolino Cristian Borruto Maximiliano Rescia	Report	Nicolás Ordoqui

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)

19:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Gean Telles, Flavio Marques, Elvis Peña

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Uruguay	2–2	Bolivia
Federico Fedele Nicolás Ordoqui	Report	Donald Montero Iván Quisbert

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)

17:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Manuel Benítez, José Hernandez, Mario Espichan

Chile	0–3	Argentina
	Report	Maximiliano Rescia Cristian Borruto Leandro Cuzzolino

6 February 2016 (2016-02-06)

19:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Elvis Peña, Jorge Galeano, Flavio Marques

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Bolivia	3–3	Chile
Diego Montero Ivan Quisbert Carlos Fernández	Report	Bernardo Araya Nilson Concha Carlos Arriola

8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)

19:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Mario Espichan, Gear Telles, Manuel Benítez

Argentina	2–0	Colombia
Constantino Vaporaki Taffarel Mauro	Report

8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)

22:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Flavio Marques, Cesar Malaga, Jorge Galeano

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Colombia	4–1	Bolivia
Jonathan Giraldo Luis Poveda Angellot Caro	Report	Ivan Quisbert

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

19:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: José Hernández, Manuel Benítez, Cesar Malga

Chile	0–5	Uruguay
	Report	Sebastián Castro Leandro Ataides Ignacio Buggiano Gabriel Palleiro

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

22:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Jorge Galeano, Elvis Peña, Gean Telles

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Bolivia	0–11	Argentina
	Report	Almiro Vaporaki Lucas Volo Leandro Cuzzolino Pablo Taborda Maximiliano Rescia Santiago Basile Alan Brandi

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

17:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Elvis Peña, Flavio Marques, Jorge Galeano

Uruguay	4–0	Colombia
Federico Fedele Gabriel Palleiro Ignacio Salgues	Report

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

22:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Gean Telles, Mario Espichan, José Hernandez

Knockout stage

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

	Semi-finals				Final
	Brazil	4
	Uruguay	1
					Brazil	4
					Argentina	0
	Argentina (p)	3 (3)
	Paraguay	3 (2)
					Third place
					Uruguay	2
					Paraguay	7

	Fifth Place
	Venezuela	6
	Colombia	4

	Seventh Place
	Ecuador	1
	Bolivia	3

	Ninth Place
	Peru	2 (1)
	Chile (p)	2 (2)

Ninth place play-off

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

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

09:00

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Seventh place play-off

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

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

10:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Fifth place play-off

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

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

18:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Brazil	4–1	Uruguay
Rafael Bezerra Fernando Nascimiento Dione Veroneze Marcenio Ribeiro	Report	Nicolás Ordoqui

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

20:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Cristian Espinola, Jose Hernández, Manuel Benítez

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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

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

22:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Yuri García, Cesar Malaga, Henry Gutiérrez

Third place play-off

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Uruguay	2–7	Paraguay
Sebatián Castro	Report	Juan Salas Richard Rejala Francisco Martínez René Villalba

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

20:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Dario Santamaria, Gean Telles, Marcelos Bais

Final

Brazil	4–0	Argentina
Luis Jeferson Fernando Nascimiento Rodrigo Hardy Dione Veroneze	Report

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

22:30

Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Referee: Daniel Rodríguez, Elvis Peña, Mario Espichan

Final ranking

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

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

1. "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
2. "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. "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. "Reglamento – Eliminatorias Futsal Paraguay 2016" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
7. "Fixture Eliminatorias de Futsal" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.

External links

• Eliminatorias de Futsal, CONMEBOL.com