CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

The CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in South America. In both 2005 and 2007, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held joint championships.^[1] In 2007, the successful teams of the competition qualified to play in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, whereas the 2005 tournament was unattached from the world cup. This was not the way teams qualified for the 2005 world cup.

In 2006, when FIFA introduced the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, the championship became the way to qualify for the World Cup, so CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held two separate championships. From 2008 onwards, due to the number of teams from each confederation trying to qualify, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL have decided to always have separate championships.

Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The top three teams from the tournament qualify to play in the next FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Joint Championships (with CONCACAF)

For both tournaments, the top four teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2005	Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	5 – 2	Uruguay	United States	4 – 2	Argentina
2007	Acapulco, Mexico	United States	4 – 3	Uruguay	Argentina	6 – 5	Mexico

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
United States	1 (2007)	–	1 (2005)	–
Brazil	1 (2005)	–	–	–
Uruguay	–	2 (2005, 2007)	–	–
Argentina	–	–	1 (2007)	1 (2005)
Mexico	–	–	–	1 (2007)

CONMEBOL Championships

For all tournaments, the top three teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2006	Macaé, Brazil	Brazil	9 – 2	Uruguay	Argentina	2 – 0	Venezuela
2008	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Brazil	6 – 1	Argentina	Uruguay	5 – 1	Venezuela
2009	Montevideo, Uruguay	Brazil	10 – 1	Uruguay	Argentina	9 – 8	Ecuador
2011	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	6 – 2	Argentina	Venezuela	5 – 2	Colombia
2013	Merlo, Argentina	Argentina	6 – 2	Paraguay	Brazil	11 – 5	Ecuador
2015	Manta, Ecuador	Brazil	8 – 3	Paraguay	Argentina	4(1) – 4(0)	Ecuador
2017	Asunción, Paraguay

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
Brazil	5 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015)	–	1 (2013)	–
Argentina	1 (2013)	2 (2008, 2011)	3 (2006, 2009, 2015)	–
Uruguay	–	2 (2006, 2009)	1 (2008)	–
Paraguay	–	2 (2013, 2015)	–	–
Venezuela	–	–	1 (2011)	2 (2006, 2008)
Ecuador	–	–	–	3 (2009, 2013, 2015)
Colombia	–	–	–	1 (2011)

Appearances table

	2006 (6)	2008 (7)	2009 (8)	2011 (9)	2013 (9)	2015 (10)	Total Appearances
Argentina	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	6
Bolivia	•	•	•	•	•	R1	1
Brazil	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	6
Chile	•	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	5
Colombia	•	•	•	4th	R1	R1	3
Ecuador	•	•	4th	R1	4th	4th	4
Paraguay	R1	R1	R1	R1	2nd	2nd	6
Peru	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	6
Uruguay	2nd	3rd	2nd	R1	R1	R1	6
Venezuela	4th	4th	R1	3rd	R1	R1	6

World Cup performance

The following is a performance timeline of the CONMEBOL teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    – Hosts

Team	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Total
Argentina	QF	QF	R1	QF	R1	R1	QF	R1		8
Brazil	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	QF		8
Paraguay							R1	R1		2
Uruguay	QF	2nd	3rd	QF	4th					5
Venezuela						R1				1

References

1. CONCACAF: Historical Stats

External links

• CONMEBOL.com