2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Host country  Brazil
Dates 31 July – 7 August 2011
Teams 9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Brazil (4th title)
Runners-up  Argentina
Third place  Venezuela
Fourth place  Colombia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 183 (9.15 per match)
Top scorer(s) Bruno Malias
(12 goals)
Best player Bruno Malias
← 2009
2013 →

The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for CONMEBOL will be the qualifiers for South America to determine the three teams that qualify for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup later this year. It will take place from 31 July to 7 August 2011 at a temporary stadium on the Praia de Copacabana (or Copacabana beach)[1] in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] The tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 7 – 14 May 2011.[3]

Contents

Participating teams

A tournament-record nine teams, an increase of one team from the previous CONMEBOL qualifier, have confirmed their participation in the competition.[4]

Group stage

The draw to decide the groups was conducted on June 29, 2011.

All match times will be correct to that of local time in Rio de Janeiro, being Brasilia Time, (UTC-03:00).[5]

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Brazil 4 4 0 0 44 6 +38 12
 Venezuela 4 2 0 2 15 19 −4 6
 Paraguay 4 1 1 2 21 32 −11 5
 Chile 4 1 0 3 17 21 −4 3
 Peru 4 0 1 3 13 32 −19 2
clinched Knockout Stage berth
31 July 2011
11:00
 Venezuela  5 – 2  Peru Praia de Copacabana
Report
31 July 2011
12:15
 Paraguay  1 – 14  Brazil Praia de Copacabana
Report
1 August 2011
13:15
 Chile  6 – 3  Paraguay Praia de Copacabana
Report
1 August 2011
15:45
 Brazil  13 – 1  Peru Praia de Copacabana
Report
2 August 2011
13:15
 Peru  5 – 9  Paraguay Praia de Copacabana
Report
2 August 2011
15:45
 Venezuela  3 – 2  Chile Praia de Copacabana
Report
3 August 2011
13:15
 Venezuela  7 – 8 (a.e.t.)  Paraguay Praia de Copacabana
Report
3 August 2011
15:45
 Brazil  10 – 4  Chile Praia de Copacabana
Report
4 August 2011
14:30
 Chile  5 – 5 (a.e.t.)  Peru Praia de Copacabana
Report
  Penalties  
0 – 1
4 August 2011
15:45
 Brazil  7 – 0  Venezuela Praia de Copacabana
Report

Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 11 6 +5 9
 Colombia 3 1 1 1 12 9 +3 5
 Uruguay 3 1 0 2 14 10 +4 3
 Ecuador 3 0 0 3 9 21 −12 0
clinched Knockout Stage berth
1 August 2011
12:00
 Argentina  4 – 3  Ecuador Praia de Copacabana
Report
1 August 2011
14:30
 Colombia  3 – 3 (a.e.t.)  Uruguay Praia de Copacabana
Report
  Penalties  
1 – 0
2 August 2011
12:00
 Argentina  2 – 0  Colombia Praia de Copacabana
Report
2 August 2011
14:30
 Uruguay  8 – 2  Ecuador Praia de Copacabana
Report
3 August 2011
12:00
 Ecuador  4 – 9  Colombia Praia de Copacabana
Report
3 August 2011
14:30
 Uruguay  3 – 5  Argentina Praia de Copacabana
Report

Knockout stage

  Semifinals Final
                 
B1   Argentina 3  
A2   Venezuela 2  
    SF1   Argentina 2
  SF2   Brazil 6
A1   Brazil 6
B2   Colombia 2  
  Third place play off
SF1   Venezuela 5
SF2   Colombia 2

Semi finals

6 August 2011
11:15
 Argentina  3 – 2  Venezuela Praia de Copacabana
Report
6 August 2011
12:30
 Brazil  6 – 2  Colombia Praia de Copacabana
Report

Third place play off

7 August 2011
11:15
 Venezuela  5 – 2  Colombia Praia de Copacabana
Report

Final

7 August 2011
12:30
 Argentina  2 – 6  Brazil Praia de Copacabana
Report

Winners

 (2011) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Qualification (CONMEBOL) Winners: 

Brazil
4th title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Bruno Malias
Top Scorer
Bruno Malias
12 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Mão

Teams Qualifying

Team
1st Place  Brazil
2nd Place  Argentina
3rd Place  Venezuela

Final Placement

Rank Team
1  Brazil
2  Argentina
3  Venezuela
4  Colombia
5  Uruguay
6  Paraguay
7  Chile
8  Ecuador
9  Peru

References

  1. ^ Copacabana to host the CONMEBOL Qualifier!
  2. ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011 - CONMEBOL Qualifier Rio de Janeiro
  3. ^ "Calendar 2010/2011". cbbsbrasil.com. http://www.cbbsbrasil.com.br/site/index.php?cat_id=25. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  4. ^ ‘Alea iacta est’ for the CONMEBOL Qualifier
  5. ^ Eliminatórias Conmebol
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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.