Bolivia national beach soccer team explained

Nickname:La Verde (The Green)[1]
Badge Size:150px
Fifa Trigramme:BOL
Confederation:CONMEBOL (South America)
Coach:Antonio Gigliotti
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First Game: 7–3
(Huanchaco, Peru; 7 December 2014)
Largest Win: 6–3
(Huanchaco, Peru; 12 December 2014)
5–2
(Santa Cruz de Asia, Peru; 4 March 2018)
Largest Loss: 11–1
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 28 April 2019)
Regional Name:World Cup
Regional Cup Apps:0
Regional Cup Best:none

The Bolivia national beach soccer team represents Bolivia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol (Bolivian Football Federation), the governing body for football in Bolivia.

Bolivia first fielded a beach soccer team at the 2014 Bolivarian Beach Games in Huanchaco, Peru.[2] Subsequently, in 2015, La Verde became the final of the 10 members of CONMEBOL to start competing in the Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, meaning all 10 were contesting the event together for the first time.[3] Since then, Bolivia have remained an active team, becoming regulars at the major CONMEBOL events of the World Cup qualifiers, Copa América and Liga Sudamericana, however have yet to achieve a podium finish.

Current squad

As of February 2017[4] [5]

Coach: Antonio Gigliotti

Achievements

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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1995 to 2013did not enter
2015 to 2017did not qualify
2019did not qualify
Total0/1900000000

CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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2005did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2011
2013
20159th place of 10510041521–6
201710th place of 1050005932–23
Total2/91010092453–29

– Note: 2005 and 2007 were held in a joint championship with CONCACAF

Copa América de Beach Soccer

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20167th place of 10520031827–9
20186th place of 10 5 1 1 0 3 26 29 –3
Total2/21031064456–12

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Famous Bolivian Footballers. Your Spanish Translation. 22 June 2014.
  2. http://www.conmebol.com/es/21092015-1447/bolivia-integro-su-seleccion-de-futbol-playa-anunciaron Bolivia integrated its beach soccer team, announced – CONMEBOL
  3. http://www.conmebol.com/es/21092015-1447/todo-esta-previsto-para-el-campeonato-sudamericano-de-futbol-playa Everything is planned for the South American Beach Soccer Championship – CONMEBOL
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20170608003653/http://beachsoccer.com/events/fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-2017-conmebol-qualifier-asuncion BSWW
  5. Web site: APF . 2018-02-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180219093756/http://www.apf.org.py/venezuela-se-quedo-con-el-noveno-puesto-de-eliminatorias-conmebol-de-playa.html . 2018-02-19 . dead .