2008 South American Beach Soccer Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier
Year:	2008
Other Titles:	2008 South American Beach Soccer Championship
Country:	Argentina
Dates:	23–27 April
Num Teams:	7
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	2
Matches:	13
Goals:	118
Prevseason:	2007
Nextseason:	2009

The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also later and commonly known as the 2008 South American Beach Soccer Championship, was the second Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for South America, held from 23–27 April in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The qualifiers were not coordinated by CONMEBOL at the time. The event was organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), under the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier title.^{[1] [2]} CONMEBOL began recognising the tournaments in 2013, under the title South American Beach Soccer Championship, also acknowledging the 2006–11 events as historic editions of the championship.^[3] CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title.

Brazil won the championship for a second consecutive time, with Argentina finishing second and Uruguay winning the third place play of to finish third. The three nations moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France, from 17–27 July.^[4]

Group stage

Group A

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	9	3	3	0	0	26	10	16
	6	3	2	0	1	13	11	2
	3	3	1	0	2	17	16	1
	0	3	0	0	3	10	23	-13

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Group B

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	6	2	2	0	0	14	7	7
	3	2	1	0	1	8	12	-4
	0	2	0	0	2	8	11	-3

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Third Place Play Off

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Final

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Awards

width=40% colspan="3"	Best Player
André
Top Scorer
Ezequiel Hilaire
7 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Diego

Final standings

Rank	Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Notes and References

1. Book: Gaich, Rémi . 11 January 2016 . BSWW competitions / National teams . Barcelona . Beach Soccer Worldwide . 15 .
2. Web site: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 - Qualifier (Conmebol) . . https://web.archive.org/web/20170822142217/http://beachsoccer.com/events/fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-2006-qualifier-conmebol . 2017-08-22 .
3. Web site: Sudamericano de Fútbol Playa . . 8 February 2018 . 2013 . Spanish .
4. Web site: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2008.