2023 South American Beach Soccer Evolution League Explained

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]

Format

The league operated under the same format established for the inaugural season.

Calendar

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Regular
season
11–15 October 2023[3] South zone bgcolor=#b4dced align=center width=25S
15–19 November 2023 North zone bgcolor=#ffdd96 align=center width=25N
27–28 April 2024[4] Finals bgcolor=#ffdd96 align=centerNbgcolor=#b4dced align=centerS

Teams

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]

North zone
South zone

South zone

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]

Standings

Under 20s category

Results

All match times are local, PYST (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[8]

Senior category

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Under 20s category

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North zone

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]

Standings

Under 20s category

Results

All match times are local, ECT (UTC−5), as listed by CONMEBOL.

Senior category

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Under 20s category

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Finals

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]

Matches

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]

Winners

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 30 June 2023 . Reglamento CONMEBOL Liga Evolución de Futsal y CONMEBOL Liga Evolución de Fútbol Playa Edición 2.023 . 26 April 2024 . . es.
  2. Web site: 28 April 2024 . Paraguay, el mejor del Fútbol Playa . Paraguay, the best in Beach Soccer . 28 April 2024 . CONMEBOL . es.
  3. Web site: 22 September 2023 . Sede y fecha confirmadas para la Liga Evolución de Fútbol Playa Zona Sur 2023 . Host and dates confirmed for the Beach Soccer Evolution League South Zone 2023 . 26 April 2024 . . es.
  4. Web site: 26 April 2024 . Brasil y Paraguay disputan el título en Fútbol Playa . Brazil and Paraguay compete for the Beach Soccer title . 27 April 2024 . CONMEBOL . es.
  5. Web site: 28 August 2023 . Rankings - Men's National Teamswork . 26 April 2024 . Beach Soccer Worldwide.
  6. Web site: 10 October 2023 . La quinta edición se disputa en Luque – Paraguay . The fifth edition is contested in Luque – Paraguay . 26 April 2024 . CONMEBOL . es.
  7. Web site: 16 October 2023 . Los Pynandi se coronaron en la Liga Zona Sur 2023 . Los Pynandi crowned in the 2023 South Zone League . 26 April 2024 . . es.
  8. Web site: 26 September 2023 . Fixture confirmado para zona sur de la Liga Evolución de Fútbol Playa 2023 . 26 April 2024 . Argentine Football Association . es.
  9. Web site: 13 November 2023 . Arranca la CONMEBOL Liga Evolución Fútbol Playa Zona Norte 2023 . The CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Evolution League North Zone 2023 starts . 26 April 2024 . CONMEBOL . es.
  10. Web site: Oliveira . Roberta . 19 November 2023 . Brasil é campeão invicto do grupo Zona Norte da CONMEBOL Liga Evolución 2023 . Brazil are undefeated champions in the North Zone group of the CONMEBOL Evolution League 2023 . 26 April 2024 . Circuito Brasil de Beach Soccer . es.
  11. Web site: 23 April 2024 . Brasil entra em campo após o hexa para buscar mais um título sul-americano . Brazil takes the field after the hexa to win another South American title . 27 April 2024 . Confederação de Beach Soccer do Brasil . es.
  12. Web site: 26 September 2023 . Fixture confirmado para zona sur de la Liga Evolución de Fútbol Playa 2023 . 26 April 2024 . Argentine Football Association . es.
  13. Web site: 27 April 2024 . Brasil Sub-20 vence Paraguai e coloca país na briga pelo pentacampeonato da Liga Evolución . Brazil U-20 beat Paraguay and put the country in contention for a fifth Evolution League title . 28 April 2024 . Confederação de Beach Soccer do Brasil . es.
  14. Web site: 27 April 2024 . Chuva forte em São Luís altera programação nas finais da Liga Evolución de futebol de areia . Heavy rain in São Luís alters the schedule for the Evolución sand soccer league finals . 27 April 2024 . ge.globo.com . . pt-br.
  15. C6SQHuEMh99 . brbeachsoccer . INFORMATIVO . 27 April 2024 . pt-br.