| Tourney Name: | CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Other Titles: | Liga Evolucion Fútbol Playa 2023 |
| Size: | 180px |
| Country: | Paraguay |
| Country2: | Ecuador |
| Country3: | Brazil |
| Dates: | Regular season: Finals: |
| Num Teams: | 20 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 3 |
| Cities: | 3 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Matches: | 43 |
| Goals: | 325 |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 South American Beach Soccer Evolution League (officially, CONMEBOL Liga Evolución de Fútbol Playa (CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Evolution League)) was the fifth edition of the South American Beach Soccer League, a continental league competition for South American men's national beach soccer teams. It was held from 11 October to 19 November 2023 in its regular season (zones round) with the finals being held on 27 and 28 April 2024.
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 national teams participating in the league events.[1]
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 during the regular season; the points earned by both the senior and under 20s teams are combined. The winners of each zone then proceed to face each other in the finals to contest the title.
Brazil and Paraguay, who had shared the title the previous season, again contested the finals and this time Paraguay beat the Brazilians to win their second title.[2]
The league operated under the same format established for the inaugural season.
| width=80 | Phase | Dates | Country | City | Event | Zone | |||
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| Regular season | 11–15 October 2023[3] | South zone | bgcolor=#b4dced align=center width=25 | S | |||||
| 15–19 November 2023 | North zone | bgcolor=#ffdd96 align=center width=25 | N | ||||||
| 27–28 April 2024[4] | Finals | bgcolor=#ffdd96 align=center | N | bgcolor=#b4dced align=center | S |
The ten member nations of CONMEBOL entered two teams each: their respective senior and under 20s national teams. In total, 20 teams competed.
For this season, CONMEBOL maintained the composition of the two zones regarding the previous 2022 edition.
The numbers in parentheses show the South American ranking of each team, based on the Beach Soccer Worldwide Rankings (as of 28 August 2023), prior to the start of the season (rankings only apply to the senior teams).[5]
The south zone regular season event took place in Luque. Paraguay. All matches were hosted at the Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, located within the Paraguayan Olympic Park.[6] It was organised in cooperation with the Paraguayan Football Association (APF). Paraguay won the South zone title for the fourth time.[7]
All match times are local, PYST (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[8]
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The north zone regular season event took place in Salinas. Ecuador. All matches were hosted at Cancha Las Palmeras.[9] It was organised in cooperation with the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF). Brazil won their fourth North zone title undefeated and with one matchday to spare.[10]
All match times are local, ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.
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The zone winners faced each other for the league title with their senior teams playing each other over two legs, as do their under 20s representatives for a total of four matches comprising the finals. The winners are the national team which accumulates the most points from all four matches combined.
The finals were organised to take place in São Luís (MA), Brazil on 27 and 28 April 2024. All matches were played at the Arena Domingos Leal.[11]
All match times are local, BRT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[12]
The second match of the finals between the senior teams was initially suspended and then cancelled due to inclement weather (heavy rains).[13] [14] ----In order to avoid further cancellations due to weather conditions, the kick-off of the second day's matches was moved forward from 16:00 and 18:00 to 11:00 and 13:00, respectively.[15]
After the cancellation of the second match on the first day, CONMEBOL decided to take into account only the points accumulated in the three remaining matches to define the champions. Paraguay came from behind in the second day to win the series 6 points to 3 and claimed their second title, thus breaking the streak of 4 consecutive titles won by Brazil.