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2017 South American Beach Soccer League

May 11, 2024

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
North zone event,
Lima
South zone event, Lambare
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)
2018 →

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 edit

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 edit

Dates Country City Event
12–16 September 2017   Peru Lima North zone
19–23 September 2017   Paraguay Lambare South zone
5–6 October 2018   Brazil Rio de Janeiro Finals (both zones)

Teams edit

 
  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 edit

South zone edit

North zone edit

 
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 edit

     Advance to the Finals
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Team Brazil 8 8 0 0 0 51 20 +31 24
2   Team Ecuador 8 4 1 0 3 32 29 +3 14
3   Team Venezuela 8 3 0 0 5 29 37 –8 9
4   Team Peru 8 1 1 2 4 28 38 –10 7
5   Team Colombia 8 0 0 0 8 21 37 –16 0

Results edit

South zone edit

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 edit

     Advance to the Finals
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts
1   Team Paraguay 8 7 0 0 1 43 22 +21 21
2   Team Chile 8 4 0 0 4 38 32 +6 12
3   Team Argentina 8 4 0 0 4 25 24 +1 12
4   Team Uruguay 8 3 0 1 4 30 26 +4 10
5   Team Bolivia 8 0 0 1 7 15 47 –32 1

Results edit