2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates 5–12 March 2006
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up  Uruguay
Third place  Argentina
Fourth place  Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played 19
Goals scored 163 (8.58 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jorginho
(14 goals)
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The 2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONMEBOL) was the first beach soccer championship for South America, held in May, in Macaé, Brazil. Hosts Brazil won the championship, with Uruguay finishing second. Argentina won the third place ply-off to claim third. The three nations moved on to play in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from November 2 - November 12.[1]

Contents

Competing nations

Group stage

Team Pts Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
 Brazil 15 5 5 0 0 47 12 +35
 Argentina 12 5 4 0 1 20 14 +6
 Uruguay 7 5 1 2 2 15 19 -4
 Venezuela 5 5 1 1 3 15 30 -15
 Paraguay 3 5 1 0 4 20 24 -4
 Peru 0 5 0 0 5 7 25 -18

Day 1

5 May 2006
 Uruguay  6 – 5
(extra-time)		  Paraguay Macaé, Brazil
5 May 2006
 Argentina  4 – 2  Peru Macaé, Brazil
5 May 2006
 Brazil  15 – 2  Venezuela Macaé, Brazil

Day 2

6 May 2006
 Peru  2 – 2
0-1 (pens.)		  Uruguay Macaé, Brazil
6 May 2006
 Argentina  6 – 3  Venezuela Macaé, Brazil
6 May 2006
 Brazil  9 – 5  Paraguay Macaé, Brazil

Day 3

7 May 2006
 Paraguay  4 – 4
3-4 (pens.)		  Venezuela Macaé, Brazil
7 May 2006
 Uruguay  1 – 4  Argentina Macaé, Brazil
7 May 2006
 Brazil  11 – 0  Peru Macaé, Brazil

Day 4

8 May 2006
 Peru  1 – 4  Paraguay Macaé, Brazil
8 May 2006
 Venezuela  2 – 3  Uruguay Macaé, Brazil
8 May 2006
 Brazil  6 – 1  Argentina Macaé, Brazil

Day 5

9 May 2006
 Paraguay  2 – 5  Argentina Macaé, Brazil
9 May 2006
 Venezuela  4 – 2  Peru Macaé, Brazil
9 May 2006
 Brazil  6 – 4  Uruguay Macaé, Brazil

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals Final
10 May 2006
  Argentina  4  
  Uruguay  5  
 
12 May 2006
      Brazil  9
    Uruguay  2
Third place
10 May 2006 11 May 2006
  Brazil  15   Argentina  2
  Venezuela  1     Venezuela  0

Winners

 (2006) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Qualification (CONMEBOL) Winners: 

Brazil
First title

Awards

Top Scorer
Jorginho
14 goals

Final standings

Rank Team
1  Brazil
2  Uruguay
3  Argentina
4  Venezuela
5  Paraguay
6  Peru

References

  1. ^ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesf/fifabeach06.html
International beach soccer
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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification
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OFC
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UEFA
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1Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League. 2CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship. 3No qualifiers took place as the Solomon Islands were automatically selected.