2018 Copa América of Beach Soccer

The 2018 Copa América of Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa América de Futbol Playa) was the second edition of the Copa América de Beach Soccer, an international beach soccer competition in South America, contested between the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL.

2018 Copa América de Beach Soccer

Copa América de Fútbol Playa Peru 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Peru
Dates	3–10 March
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Uruguay
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	271 (10.04 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Billivardo Velezmoro Daniel Cedeño (15 goals)
Best player(s)	Rodrigo
Best goalkeeper	Rolando González
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The competition was organised by South American football's governing body, CONMEBOL; other beach soccer events under the "Copa América" title took place during 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14,^[1] however this incarnation is the first to be officially organised and sanctioned by CONMEBOL.

The tournament was hosted by Peru in the Asia District, around 100 km south of the capital, Lima, between 3 and 10 March.^[2] The event was held in cooperation with the local organisers, the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF).^[3]

The matches were watched by over 3.5 million people through the FPF's use of Facebook Live to transmit the games worldwide, to the delight of CONMEBOL who claimed the figures demonstrated beach soccer's continued growth under its investment.^[4]

Brazil were the defending champions^[5] and successfully reclaimed the title, beating Paraguay in the final in what was a repeat of the concluding match in the last edition.^[6]

Teams

Teams representing all 10 members of CONMEBOL took part.^[2]

Argentina  Bolivia  Brazil  Chile  Colombia

Ecuador  Paraguay  Peru  Venezuela  Uruguay

Venue

Boulevard de Asia

Location of Boulevard de Asia in Peru

One venue was used in the Asia District, Cañete Province.

• A purpose built arena was erected at the Sports Centre of the tourist location, El Boulevard de Asia, hosting all matches,^[3] with a capacity of 1,000.^[7]

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).^[8]

Draw

The draw to split the ten teams into two groups of five took place on February 15 in the Asia District of Peru at the Centro Deportivo del Boulevard Asia, (Sports Centre of Boulevard Asia).^[9]

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the previous edition of the Copa América de Beach Soccer in 2016.^[10]

Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to the groups:^[10]

• to Group A: as the hosts,  Peru
• to Group B: as the top seeds,  Brazil

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.^[10] From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Paraguay  Venezuela	Uruguay  Chile	Bolivia  Colombia	Ecuador  Argentina

Group stage

The 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.^[9]

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. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (Regulations Article 6.2):^[8]

1. points obtained in all group matches;

If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings are determined as follows:

2. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. goal difference in all group matches;
6. number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. fewest red cards;
8. fewest yellow cards;
9. drawing of lots by CONMEBOL.

Matches are listed as local time in Lima, PET (UTC-5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uruguay	4	2	0	1	1	16	14	+2	7	Knockout stage
2	Ecuador	4	1	1	1	1	25	18	+7	6
3	Bolivia	4	1	1	0	2	24	23	+1	5	Fifth place play-off
4	Peru (H)	4	1	0	0	3	23	22	+1	3	Seventh place play-off
5	Venezuela	4	1	0	0	3	13	24	−11	3	Ninth place play-off

Source: BSWW
(H) Host

Uruguay	3–1	Venezuela
Laduche 3', 15' Cazet 28'	Report(ru)	2' Muñoz

3 March 2018

18:15

Peru	7–8 (a.e.t.)	Bolivia
Velezmoro 3', 21', 36' Valera 6' Moscosco 17' Cominges 9', 11' (p)	Report(ru)	6' Huanca 7' Garzon 7' Poiqui 11' Castedo 29' Gutierrez 30', 35', 37' (p) Eiffel

3 March 2018

20:45

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Uruguay	2–5	Bolivia
Nico 11', 16' (p)	Report(ru)	1' Eiffel 12' (o.g.) Quinta 26' Castedo 31' Garzón 34' Miranda

4 March 2018

16:15

Peru	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Ecuador
Velezmoro 29', 39' Reyes 29' Valera 31'	Report(ru)	7' Loor 9' Gallego 31' Villigua 37' Bailon
Penalties
Cominges Reyes Moscoso Valera	3–4	Loor Gallego Bailon Leon

4 March 2018

18:45

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Venezuela	6–4	Bolivia
Semprun 2', 22' Ramos 10' Millan 12' Rodriguez 21' Prado 26'	Report(ru)	3' Eiffel 27' (p), 30' Miranda 27' Gutiérrez

5 March 2018

16:15

Ecuador	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay
Loor 4' Cedeño 22' Bailon 24' Cevallos 38'	Report(ru)	16', 39' (p) Laens 22' Quinta 33' Nico
Penalties
Loor Gallegos Bailon	1–2	Nico Laduche

5 March 2018

18:45

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Ecuador	9–3	Venezuela
Cedeño 10', 17', 28' Loor 14', 15' Bailon 18', 32', 34' Cevallos 33'	Report(ru)	8' Prado 14', 31' Vaamonde

6 March 2018

16:15

Peru	4–7	Uruguay
Velezmoro 7', 14' Cominges 21', 23'	Report(ru)	7', 15', 17' Miranda 22' Quinta 24', 30' Laens 27' (o.g.) Palas

6 March 2018

18:45

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Ecuador	8–7 (a.e.t.)	Bolivia
Cedeño 6', 17', 23', 28', 36', 39' Loor 28', 35'	Report(ru)	6', 18' (p), 18' Castedo 17', 32' Garzón 30' Rocha 33' Gutiérrez

7 March 2018

16:15

Peru	8–3	Venezuela
Velezmoro 5', 20', 21' (p), 24', 34' Valera 12' Paulino 29' Ramos 29' (o.g.)	Report(ru)	3' Semprun 11' Muñoz 15' Prado

7 March 2018

18:45

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	0	0	34	9	+25	12	Knockout stage
2	Paraguay	4	2	0	1	1	29	22	+7	7
3	Argentina	4	2	0	0	2	13	17	−4	6	Fifth place play-off
4	Chile	4	1	0	0	3	13	34	−21	3	Seventh place play-off
5	Colombia	4	0	0	0	4	14	21	−7	0	Ninth place play-off

Source: BSWW

Brazil	7–2	Colombia
Felipe 1' Lucao 6' Datinha 20' Nelito 21' Rafinha 27' (p) Rodrigo 29' Antonio 36'	Report(ru)	5' Zuluaga 24' Morilla

3 March 2018

17:00

Paraguay	10–1	Chile
Moran 4', 16' C. Benitez 5' Ojeda 7', 14', 31' Barreto 14', 24', 32' Gonzalez 17'	Report(ru)	33' Abarca

3 March 2018

19:30

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Brazil	4–0	Argentina
Felipe 15' Fernando DDI 16' Zé Lucas 24' Datinha 25'	Report(ru)

4 March 2018

15:00

Colombia	5–6	Chile
Hurtado 18' Bonilla 22', 27', 32' Sánchez 30'	Report(ru)	3', 18', 33' Cabezas 24', 36' Vega 27' Belaunde

4 March 2018

17:30

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Argentina	6–5	Chile
Benaducci 9', 28' Hilaire 19' Marino 34' Medero 25' Ponzetti 34' (p)	Report(ru)	14' Vega 17' Flores 25' Barraza 28' Belaunde 29' Cabezas

5 March 2018

15:00

Paraguay	6–6 (a.e.t.)	Colombia
Barreto 7' Ojeda 10', 32' Moran 15' (p), 36' Carballo 28'	Report(ru)	3' (o.g.) Villaverde 15', 22', 26', 29' Hurtado 20' Zuluaga
Penalties
Carballo Zayas Moran Rolón	4–3	Bonilla Rojas Mejía Arzuza Fonseca

5 March 2018

17:30

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Brazil	13–1	Chile
Rodrigo 6', 17', 31' Nelito 16', 22', 30' Zé Lucas 19', 27' Datinha 25', 32' Felipe 25', 27' Mao 35'	Report(ru)	27' Durán

6 March 2018

15:00

Argentina	5–7	Paraguay
Cardozo 1' Hilaire 12', 27' Rutterschmidt 22' Holmedilla 25'	Report(ru)	1' (p), 30' Morán 5', 23' Villaverde 14', 28' Carballo 27' Zayas

6 March 2018

17:30

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Brazil	10–6	Paraguay
Felipe 3' Rodrigo 6', 11', 19', 27', 33' Nelito 7' (p), 15' Fernando DDI 7', 9'	Report(ru)	4' Carballo 5', 6', 14' Moran 20' Villaverde 23' Zayas

7 March 2018

15:00

Argentina	2–1	Colombia
Holmedilla 26' Medero 28'	Report(ru)	28' Hurtado

7 March 2018

17:30

Placement matches

Ninth place play-off

Venezuela	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Colombia
Iriarte 5' Vaamonde 10' Rodríguez 14' Muñoz 22'	Report(ru)	1' Bonilla 8' Rojas 19' Henao 22' Hurtado
Penalties
Semprún Muñoz Rodríguez	1–2	Bonilla Henao Rojas

8 March 2018

15:00

Seventh place play-off

Peru	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Chile
Valera 6' (p) Velezmoro 35', 36', 39'	Report(ru)	1', 1', 25' Vega 39' Durán
Penalties
Reyes Valera Velezmoro	2–1	Barraza Flores Durán

8 March 2018

16:15

Fifth place play-off

Bolivia	2–6	Argentina
Eiffel 6', 35'	Report(ru)	6' Benaducci 11' Hilaire 16' Medero 23' Ponzetti 31' Cardozo 35' Marino

8 March 2018

17:30

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 March
	Brazil	6
					10 March
	Ecuador	2
					Brazil	7
	9 March
					Paraguay	3
	Uruguay	3
	Paraguay	11
					Third place play-off
					10 March
					Ecuador	4
					Uruguay	7

Semi-finals

Brazil	6–2	Ecuador
Datinha 1' Felipe 2', 3' Nelito 4' Fernando DDI 19' Antonio 29'	Report(ru)	29', 31' Cedeño

9 March 2018

19:00

Uruguay	3–11	Paraguay
Capurro 31' Laduche 32' Laens 35'	Report(ru)	1', 18' González 10' Morán 10' (p), 31', 33' Carballo 13', 21', 36' C. Benítez 17' Ojeda 31' Rolón

9 March 2018

20:15

Third place play-off

Ecuador	4–7	Uruguay
Cedeño 10', 16', 23' Bailon 33'	Report(ru)	6', 13', 28' Laens 16', 17' Laduche 33' Martínez 36' Capurro

10 March 2018

19:00

Final

Brazil	7–3	Paraguay
Felipe 1', 36' Rodrigo 6', 19', 34' Rafinha 16' Antonio 35'	Report(ru)	6' (p) Morán 22' González 25' Zayas

10 March 2018

20:15

Awards

The following were presented immediately following the conclusion of the final.

Winners trophy

2018 Copa América de Beach Soccer champions
Brazil Second title

Individual awards

Top scorer(s)
Billivardo Velezmoro	Daniel Cedeño
15 goals
Best player
Rodrigo
Best goalkeeper
Rolando González
Fair Play Award
Brazil

Source

Top goalscorers

Players with 6 or more goals

15 goals

• Billivardo Velezmoro
• Daniel Cedeño

12 goals

• Rodrigo

11 goals

• Pedro Moran

9 goals

• Felipe

8 goals

• Andres Laens

7 goals

• Nelito
• Oscar Hurtado
• Mauricio Eiffel
• Carlos Carballo

6 goals

• Jorge Bailón
• Sebastián Vega
• Michael Loor
• Luis Ojeda

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Brazil	6	6	0	0	0	47	14	+33	18	Champions
2	B	Paraguay	6	3	0	1	2	43	32	+11	10	Runners-up
3	A	Uruguay	6	3	0	1	2	26	29	−3	10	Third place
4	A	Ecuador	6	1	1	1	3	31	31	0	6	Fourth place
5	B	Argentina	5	3	0	0	2	19	19	0	9	Eliminated in Group stage
6	A	Bolivia	5	1	1	0	3	26	29	−3	5
7	A	Peru (H)	5	1	0	1	3	27	26	+1	4
8	B	Chile	5	1	0	0	4	17	38	−21	3
9	B	Colombia	5	0	0	1	4	18	25	−7	1
10	A	Venezuela	5	1	0	0	4	17	28	−11	3

Source: BSWW
(H) Host

References

1. "Copa America" (in Portuguese). cbsb.com.br. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
2. "Copa America confirmed for March". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
3. "FPF ORGANIZARÁ COPA AMÉRICA DE FÚTBOL PLAYA 2018" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
4. "Imágenes de una Copa América de Fútbol Playa con una audiencia que superó los 3 millones" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 15 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
5. "Brasil, campeón invicto de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa 2016" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
6. "Brasil campeón de la Copa América de Fútbol playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
7. "Calendario de partidos de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
8. "Copa América de Fútbol Playa Perú 2018 Reglamento" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
9. "Definidos los grupos de la CONMEBOL Copa América de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
10. "Lima, sede del sorteo del CONMEBOL Copa América de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

External links

• Copa America Futbol Playa Peru 2018, at CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)
• Copa America de Futbol Playa 2018 Archived 2018-02-24 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Worldwide
• Copa America 2018 Archived 2018-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)