2017 South American Beach Soccer League

The 2017 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League was the first 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, all ten members of the continental confederation took part, with both senior and Under 20s teams participating in the league events.[1]

2017 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League
Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa
2017 South American Beach Soccer League is located in South America
North zone event,Lima
North zone event,
Lima
South zone event, Lambare
South zone event, Lambare
Finals,Rio de Janeiro
Map showing the locations of the events of the 2017 season
Tournament details
Host countriesPeru
Paraguay
Brazil
DatesRegular season:
12–23 September 2017
Finals:
5–6 October 2018
Teams20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played44
Goals scored347 (7.89 per match)

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. The winners of each zone then proceeded to face each other in the Finals to contest the title.

The regular season events took place in September 2017, whilst, due to delays, the finals did not take place until October 2018.

Brazil won the league after, as North zone champions, they defeated South zone champions Paraguay in the finals.

Format

The league operates under the following format:[1][2]

  • The ten nations have been split into two zones, North and South, comprising five nations each.
  • Each zone hosts one round of fixtures involving all five nations of said zone, split into two categories of matches; a set of matches contested between the senior representative teams and a set of matches contested between the Under 20s teams.
  • Teams compete in round robin format exclusively against other teams in their own category.
  • Points earned by the nations in both the senior and the Under 20s matches are combined into one single cumulative table.
  • The nation top of the table with the most points after all matches are completed are deemed zone champions. The winning nations of each zone's event proceed to the Finals.
  • In the Finals, the North zone champion will face the South zone champion in both senior team fixtures and Under 20s team fixtures.
  • The victors of these matches will be crowned league champions.

Calendar
Dates Country City Event
12–16 September 2017 PeruLimaNorth zone
19–23 September 2017 ParaguayLambareSouth zone
5–6 October 2018 BrazilRio de JaneiroFinals (both zones)

Teams
  Nations in the North zone
  Nations in the South zone
  Not a member of CONMEBOL

Ten nations have sent two teams each, a senior representative squad and an Under 20s representative squad. In total, 20 teams will compete.[3]

North zone

South zone

North zone
Agua Dulce Beach in Lima, the venue of the North zone event

The North zone regular season event took place in the Peruvian capital of Lima. All matches were hosted in a purpose built arena on Agua Dulce Beach in the district of Chorrillos, organised in cooperation with the Peruvian Football Federation.[4]

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

Standings
     Advance to the Finals
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Team Brazil 880005120+3124
2 Team Ecuador 841033229+314
3 Team Venezuela 830052937–89
4 Team Peru 811242838–107
5 Team Colombia 800082137–160

Results

South zone

The South zone regular season event took place in the Paraguayan city of Lambare, Gran Asunción. All matches were hosted at the Central Court of the Resort Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo on the banks of Paraguay River, organised in cooperation with the Paraguayan Football Association. The matches were originally scheduled to take place at Ñu Guasú Park in Luque.[5]

Matches are listed as local time in Lambare, PYT (UTC-4).

Standings
     Advance to the Finals
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1 Team Paraguay 870014322+2121
2 Team Chile 840043832+612
3 Team Argentina 840042524+112
4 Team Uruguay 830143026+410
5 Team Bolivia 800171547–321

Results

Finals
Barra Olympic Park; the Olympic Tennis Centre is shown bottom right.

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.[6]

Originally, the finals were scheduled for May 2018 in Xiamen, China.[7] However, due to a last minute decision by the organisers, the finals were postponed on April 30 until after the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[8]

After considering the Bahamas as the new venue, and Rosario, Argentina,[9] the finals were eventually scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 5–6 October.[10]

All matches took place at a purpose built arena at Barra Olympic Park,[6] just outside the Olympic Tennis Centre.[11]

Matches are listed as local time in Rio de Janeiro, BRT (UTC-3).

Matches
Brazil U20s 6–2 Paraguay U20s
  • Paulinho
  • Alejandro
  • Sávio
  • Josep
Report
  • Medina
  • J. Benítez

Brazil earn three points; Brazil lead the series 3–0

Brazil 7–4 Paraguay
  • Rodrigo
  • Filipe
  • Bruno Xavier
  • Mauricinho
  • Bokinha
Report
  • Moran
  • G. Benítez

Brazil earn three points; Brazil lead the series 6–0

Brazil U20s 5–4 Paraguay U20s
  • Paulinho
  • Sávio
  • Alejandro
  • Josep
Report
  • C. Benítez
  • Medina
  • J. Benítez

Brazil earn three points; Brazil lead the series an unassailable 9–0

Brazil 6–1 Paraguay
  • Datinha
  • Mauricinho
  • Rodrigo
Report
  • Moran

Brazil earn three points; Brazil win the series 12–0

Winners

Brazil claimed a clean sweep in the finals, winning all four matches to win the series 12 points to nil.

With an unassailable lead after match three, the final match was played as a dead rubber.

 2017 South American Beach Soccer League
champions 

Brazil
First title

Awards

Two individual awards were presented after the last match:

Best player
Brazil Mauricinho
Best goalkeeper
Paraguay Rolando González

Source

References
  1. "En Lima se disputa la CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). conmebol.com. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  2. "Liga Sudamericana de Futsal y Fútbol Playa Reglamento" (in Spanish). conmebol.com. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. "Liga Sudamericana set for kick-off". beachsoccer.com. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. "INICIARÁ LIGA SUDAMERICANA DE FÚTBOL PLAYA EN PERÚ" (in Spanish). fpf.org.pe. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. "Liga Sudamericana de Playa en el Yacht" (in Spanish). apf.org.py. 29 August 2017. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. "Brasil y Paraguay protagonizan la gran final de la CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  7. "En China será la gran definición" (in Spanish). apf.org.py. April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  8. "José Cortez viajará a China a final de liga Sudamericana" (in Spanish). lahora.com.ec. 1 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  9. "Paraguay-Argentina en Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). apf.org.py. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  10. "En Río, finales de Sudamericana Playa" (in Spanish). apf.org.py. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  11. "Brasil é campeão da Liga Sul-Americana de futebol de areia no Rio de Janeiro" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.globo.com. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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