Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

The CONMEBOL Libertadores Fútbol Playa is an annual continental beach soccer club competition, organized by the governing body for football in South America, CONMEBOL, founded in 2016.

Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

Organizing body	CONMEBOL
Founded	2016
Region	South America
Number of teams	12
Current champion(s)	Vasco da Gama (3rd title)
Most successful club(s)	Vasco da Gama (3 titles)
Website	CONMEBOL.com
2019 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

Since 2017, the tournament is contested between the top-level domestic league/championship champions from each of the ten South American nations which are members of CONMEBOL. The reigning champions and an additional club from the host country also take part, taking the total number of participants to twelve.^[1] It is therefore the premier club beach soccer championship in South America, the winners becoming continental champions.^[2]

It is beach soccer's version of the better known Copa Libertadores in association football. Comparatively, in beach soccer, it is South America's version of Europe's Euro Winners Cup.

Brazilian club Vasco da Gama are the current champions and most successful team with three titles.^[3]

Results

Year	Location	№ of clubs		Final				Third place match
				Champion	Result	Runners-up		Third place	Result	Fourth place
2016^[A]	Santos, Brazil	9		Vasco da Gama	8–1	Rosario Central		Deportes Iquique	4–1	Punta Hermosa
2017	Lambare, Paraguay	12		Vasco da Gama	8–5	Malvin		Universidad Autonoma	9–7	Garden Club
2018	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12		Vitória	8–8 (a.e.t.)^[B]	Vasco da Gama		Sampaio Corrêa	5–4	Acassuso
2019	Luque, Paraguay	12		Vasco da Gama	7–5	Cerro Porteño		Acassuso	7–6	Fundación Monagas
2020	Rosario, Argentina^[4]	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]
2021	Rosario, Argentina^[6]	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]
2022^[C]	Iquique, Chile^[8]	12
2023	TBD^[9]

A. ^{^} The 2016 edition took place in January 2017;^[10] CONMEBOL jointly organized the 2016 edition with Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).^[2]

B. ^{^} Vitória won the penalty shootout 3–2.

C. ^{^} The 2022 edition will take place in May 2023.^[9]

Performance

By club

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
Vasco da Gama	3 (2016, 2017, 2019)	1 (2018)	–
Vitória	1 (2018)	–	–
Rosario Central	–	1 (2016)	–
Malvin	–	1 (2017)	–
Cerro Porteño	–	1 (2019)	–
Deportes Iquique	–	–	1 (2016)
Universidad Autonoma	–	–	1 (2017)
Sampaio Corrêa	–	–	1 (2018)
Acassuso	–	–	1 (2019)

By nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
Brazil	4	1	1
Argentina	0	1	1
Paraguay	0	1	1
Uruguay	0	1	0
Chile	0	0	1

See also

• Copa Libertadores de Futsal
• Mundialito de Clubes

References

1. "CONMEBOL Libertadores de Fútbol Playa – REGLAMENTO" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
2. . Beach Soccer Worldwide. Archived from the original on 12 January 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
3. "Vasco da Gama conquista su tercera CONMEBOL Libertadores playera". CONMEBOL. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
4. Что? Где? Когда? Открываем все «чёрные ящики» сезона-2020!. Beach Soccer Russia. 21 January 2020. (in Russian).
5. "Lista de torneos cancelados en la edición 2020". CONMEBOL. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
6. Futbol Playa 2020: un año de desarrollo, aún sin competencia (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
7. "Se cancelan la CONMEBOL Libertadores Futsal Femenino y Fútbol Playa 2021" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
8. "Iquique será sede de la Conmebol Libertadores Fútbol Playa 2022". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). 7 November 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
9. ¡La CONMEBOL #LibertadoresFP 2022 tiene nueva fecha..., Tweet from CONMEBOL Libertadores de Fútbol Playa. 13 July 2022.
10. "La Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa se disputará en enero de 2017" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2017.

External links

• CONMEBOL, official website (in Spanish)
• Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website
• , at beachsoccerrussia.ru (in Russian)