2018 Copa América of Beach Soccer explained

Tourney Name:Copa América de Beach Soccer
Year:2018
Other Titles:Copa América de Fútbol Playa Peru 2018
Country:Peru
Dates:3–10 March
Num Teams:10
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:27
Goals:271
Top Scorer: Billivardo Velezmoro
Player: Rodrigo
Goalkeeper: Rolando González
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2022

The 2018 Copa América of Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa América de Futbol Playa) was the second edition of the Copa América de Beach Soccer, an international beach soccer competition in South America, contested between the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL.

The competition was organised by South American football's governing body, CONMEBOL; other beach soccer events under the "Copa América" title took place during 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14,[1] however this incarnation is the first to be officially organised and sanctioned by CONMEBOL.

The tournament was hosted by Peru in the Asia District, around 100 km south of the capital, Lima, between 3 and 10 March.[2] The event was held in cooperation with the local organisers, the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF).[3]

The matches were watched by over 3.5 million people through the FPF's use of Facebook Live to transmit the games worldwide, to the delight of CONMEBOL who claimed the figures demonstrated beach soccer's continued growth under its investment.[4]

Brazil were the defending champions[5] and successfully reclaimed the title, beating Paraguay in the final in what was a repeat of the concluding match in the last edition.[6]

Teams

Teams representing all 10 members of CONMEBOL took part.[2]

Venue

One venue was used in the Asia District, Cañete Province.

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).[8]

Draw

The draw to split the ten teams into two groups of five took place on February 15 in the Asia District of Peru at the Centro Deportivo del Boulevard Asia, (Sports Centre of Boulevard Asia).[9]

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the previous edition of the Copa América de Beach Soccer in 2016.[10]

Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to the groups:[10]

The remaining eight teams were split into four pots of two based on their seeding, in order from the highest seeds placed in Pot 1, down to the lowest seeds placed in Pot 4.[10] From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B.

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Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams finishing in third through fifth proceeded to play in consolation matches against the teams finishing in the same position in the other group to determine their final rank.[9]

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (Regulations Article 6.2):[8] If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above criterion, their rankings are determined as follows:

Matches are listed as local time in Lima, PET (UTC-5).

Group A

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Group B

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Placement matches

Fifth place play-off

Knockout stage

Final

Awards

The following were presented immediately following the conclusion of the final.

Individual awards

width=380 colspan=2Top scorer(s)
Billivardo Velezmoro Daniel Cedeño
15 goals
Best player
Rodrigo
Best goalkeeper
Rolando González
Fair Play Award

Top goalscorers

Players with 6 or more goals

15 goals
12 goals
11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Copa America . cbsb.com.br . 25 November 2017 . Portuguese .
  2. Web site: Copa America confirmed for March . . 6 February 2018 . 16 January 2018 .
  3. Web site: FPF ORGANIZARÁ COPA AMÉRICA DE FÚTBOL PLAYA 2018 . . 15 January 2018 . 6 February 2018 . Spanish . 16 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180216085802/http://www.fpf.org.pe/fpf-organizara-copa-america-de-futbol-playa-2018/ . dead .
  4. Web site: Imágenes de una Copa América de Fútbol Playa con una audiencia que superó los 3 millones . . 13 March 2018 . 15 March 2018 . Spanish .
  5. Web site: Brasil, campeón invicto de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa 2016 . . 6 February 2018 . 18 December 2016 . Spanish .
  6. Web site: Brasil campeón de la Copa América de Fútbol playa . . 11 March 2018 . 11 March 2018 . Spanish .
  7. Web site: Calendario de partidos de la Copa América de Fútbol Playa . CONMEBOL . 1 March 2018 . 1 March 2018 . Spanish .
  8. Web site: Copa América de Fútbol Playa Perú 2018 Reglamento . CONMEBOL . 1 March 2018 . 1 March 2018 . Spanish .
  9. Web site: Definidos los grupos de la CONMEBOL Copa América de Fútbol Playa . CONMEBOL . 15 February 2018 . 15 February 2018 . Spanish .
  10. Web site: Lima, sede del sorteo del CONMEBOL Copa América de Fútbol Playa . CONMEBOL . 7 February 2018 . 15 February 2018 . Spanish .