2019 Copa América Femenina de Futsal explained

Tourney Name:	Copa América de Futsal
Year:	2019
Other Titles:	Paraguay 2019
Country:	Paraguay
City:	Luque
Dates:	13–20 December
Num Teams:	10
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Count:	6
Matches:	27
Goals:	147
Prevseason:	2017
Nextseason:	2021

The 2019 CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina de Futsal was the 7th edition of the Copa América Femenina de Futsal, the international futsal championship under FIFA rules organised by CONMEBOL for the women's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Luque, near the capital city Asunción, in Paraguay, between 13 and 20 December 2019.^[1]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	data-sort-type="number"	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
	7th	(2011)
	3rd
(holders)	6th	(2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2017)
	4th	(2015)
	6th	(2015)
	5th	(2005)
(hosts)	5th	(2011)
	7th	(2009)
	7th	(2015)
	5th	(2007, 2009)

Venues

The matches were played at the Polideportivo del Comité Olímpico Paraguayo in Luque.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 19 November 2019, 18:00 PYST (UTC−3), at the Paraguayan Olympic Committee headquarters at Luque, Paraguay.^[2] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five. The hosts, Paraguay, and the title holders, Brazil, were seeded in Groups A and B respectively, while the other eight teams were divided into four pots based on their results in the 2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal, and were drawn to the remaining group positions.

Squads

Each team has to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

TiebreakersThe ranking of teams in the first stage is determined as follows (Regulations Article 8):^[3]

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
8. Drawing of lots.

All times local, PYST (UTC−3).^[4]

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the play-offs for third to tenth place).

Semi-finals

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Final

Final ranking

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4
5
6
7
8
9
10

External links

• Copa América Femenina de Futsal Paraguay 2019, CONMEBOL.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Dirección de Competiciones de Selecciones presentó su calendario de torneos del primer semestre 2020. CONMEBOL.com. 28 October 2019.
2. Web site: Se sorteó la CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina de Futsal. CONMEBOL.com. 19 November 2019.
3. Web site: Reglamento Copa América Femenina de Futsal Paraguay 2019. CONMEBOL.com.
4. Web site: PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS. CONMEBOL.com.