2013 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

2013 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONMEBOL)

Tournament details
Host country	Argentina
Dates	10 – 17 February 2013
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	202 (8.42 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bruno Xavier (13 goals)
Best player	Luciano Franceschini
Best goalkeeper	Marcelo Salgueiro

The 2013 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship were the qualifiers for South America to determine the three teams that qualify for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup later this year. It took place from 10 - 17 February 2013 at a temporary stadium, at Parque Recreativo, in Merlo, a town in the San Luis Province of Argentina.^[1]

Participating teams

The same nine nations who played in the 2011 qualifiers have entered into the tournament:^[2]

Match officials

Here is the list of match officials for this tournament:^[3]

Cesar Figueredo (head official)
Mario Jose Narciso Romo y Pablo Valentin Del Puerto Gudin
Felipe Duarte Varejao
Patricio Alberto Blanca Fuentes
Jose Cortez Ortiz
Gustavo Alberto Dominguez
Micke Palomino Huamani
Javier Roberto Betancor Porteiro y Carlos Ismael Aguirregaray
Jose Miguel Misel Navarro

Group stage

The draw to divide the nine teams into two groups (one will have five teams, the other will have four) was conducted on 8 January 2013.^[4] The subsequent schedule seen here is the official schedule, which was finally released on 9 February 2013.^[5]

All match times will be correct to that of local time in Merlo, being Argentina Time, (UTC-03:00).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Argentina	4	3	1	0	13	5	+8	11
Paraguay	4	2	0	2	16	12	+4	6
Chile	4	2	0	2	20	19	+1	6
Peru	4	1	0	3	8	13	-5	3
Colombia	4	1	0	3	10	18	-8	3

clinched Championship Playoff Stage berth

Colombia v Chile

10 February 2013
13:00

Colombia	5 - 6	Chile
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Peru v Argentina

10 February 2013
14:15

Peru	1 - 2	Argentina
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Chile v Peru

11 February 2013
14:15

Chile	5 - 2	Peru
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Colombia v Paraguay

11 February 2013
15:30

Colombia	3 - 2	Paraguay
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Paraguay v Peru

12 February 2013
14:15

Paraguay	4 - 1	Peru
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Argentina v Chile

12 February 2013
16:45

Argentina	3 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Chile
	Report
	Penalties
	1 - 0

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Colombia v Peru

13 February 2013
14:15

Colombia	2 - 4	Peru
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Argentina v Paraguay

13 February 2013
16:45

Argentina	2 - 1	Paraguay
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Paraguay v Chile

14 February 2013
15:30

Paraguay	9 - 6	Chile
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Argentina v Colombia

14 February 2013
16:45

Argentina	6 - 0	Colombia
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	24	12	+12	9
Ecuador	3	2	0	1	13	13	0	6
Uruguay	3	0	1	2	9	13	-4	2
Venezuela	3	0	0	3	11	19	-8	0

clinched Championship Playoff Stage berth

Venezuela v Uruguay

11 February 2013
13:00

Venezuela	2 - 3 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Ecuador v Brazil

11 February 2013
16:45

Ecuador	4 - 6	Brazil
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Venezuela v Ecuador

12 February 2013
13:00

Venezuela	4 - 5	Ecuador
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Brazil v Uruguay

12 February 2013
15:30

Brazil	7 - 3	Uruguay
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Uruguay v Ecuador

13 February 2013
13:00

Uruguay	3 - 4	Ecuador
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Brazil v Venezuela

13 February 2013
15:30

Brazil	11 - 5	Venezuela
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Playoff Stage

Seventh place playoff

Since there are nine teams in the tournament, it was decided that a group stage-like playoff to determine the bottom three placements would be held. This group would involve the 4th and 5th-place finishers in Group A and the 4th-place finisher in Group B.

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
Colombia	2	2	0	9	6	+3	6
Peru	2	1	1	7	7	0	3
Venezuela	2	0	2	6	9	-3	0

Peru v Venezuela

15 February 2013
11:00

Peru	4 - 3	Venezuela
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Venezuela v Colombia

16 February 2013
15:30^[6]

Venezuela	3 - 5	Colombia
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Colombia v Peru

17 February 2013
10:30

Colombia	4 - 3	Peru
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Fifth place playoff

Chile v Uruguay

16 February 2013
11:15

Chile	6 - 6 (a.e.t.)	Uruguay
	Report
	Penalties
	2 - 1

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Championship playoff

Semi-finals			Final

16 February - Merlo
Brazil	6 (0)
Paraguay (a.e.t.)	6 (1)

			17 February - Merlo
			Paraguay	2
			Argentina	6


			Third place
16 February - Merlo		17 February - Merlo
Argentina	5	Brazil	11
Ecuador	3		Ecuador	5

Semifinals

Brazil v Paraguay

16 February 2013
13:00

Brazil	6 - 6 (a.e.t.)	Paraguay
	Report
	Penalties
	0 - 1

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Argentina v Ecuador

16 February 2013
14:15

Argentina	5 - 3	Ecuador
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Third place playoff

Brazil v Ecuador

17 February 2013
13:00

Brazil	11 - 5	Ecuador
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Final

Paraguay v Argentina

17 February 2013
14:15

Paraguay	2 - 6	Argentina
	Report

Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Winners

(2013) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONMEBOL) Winners:
Argentina First title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Luciano Franceschini
Top Scorer
Bruno Xavier
13 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Marcelo Salgueiro
FIFA Fair Play Award
Peru

Teams Qualifying

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

Final Placement

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

References

International beach soccer

FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide World Cup Mundialito (clubs) Pro Beach Soccer Tour Intercontinental Cup Copa Latina Rankings Asian Beach Games European Games

Asia	AFC – Championship Cup

Africa	CAF – Championship

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Championship

Oceania	OFC – Championship

Europe	UEFA – FIFA Qualifiers Cup League Winners Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Beach Soccer World Championship	Brazil 1995 Brazil 1996 Brazil 1997 Brazil 1998 Brazil 1999 Brazil 2000 Brazil 2001 Brazil 2002 Brazil 2003 Brazil 2004

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Brazil 2005 Brazil 2006 Brazil 2007 France 2008 UAE 2009 Italy 2011 Tahiti 2013 Portugal 2015 Bahamas 2017

Finals	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

List of finals Team appearances

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification

AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹

UEFA	2005¹ 2006³ 2007³ 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League.

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