2013 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

2013 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Host country Argentina
Dates 10 – 17 February 2013
Teams 9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up  Paraguay
Third place  Brazil
Fourth place  Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 202 (8.42 per match)
Top scorer(s) Brazil Bruno Xavier (13 goals)
Best player Argentina Luciano Franceschini
Best goalkeeper Argentina Marcelo Salgueiro

The 2013 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship were the qualifiers for South America to determine the three teams that qualify for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup later this year. It took place from 10 - 17 February 2013 at a temporary stadium, at Parque Recreativo, in Merlo, a town in the San Luis Province of Argentina.[1]

Participating teams

The same nine nations who played in the 2011 qualifiers have entered into the tournament:[2]

Match officials

Here is the list of match officials for this tournament:[3]

Group stage

The draw to divide the nine teams into two groups (one will have five teams, the other will have four) was conducted on 8 January 2013.[4] The subsequent schedule seen here is the official schedule, which was finally released on 9 February 2013.[5]

All match times will be correct to that of local time in Merlo, being Argentina Time, (UTC-03:00).

Group A

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Argentina 4310135+811
 Paraguay 42021612+46
 Chile 42022019+16
 Peru 4103813-53
 Colombia 41031018-83
clinched Championship Playoff Stage berth

10 February 2013
13:00
Colombia  5 - 6  Chile
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

10 February 2013
14:15
Peru  1 - 2  Argentina
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

11 February 2013
14:15
Chile  5 - 2  Peru
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

11 February 2013
15:30
Colombia  3 - 2  Paraguay
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

12 February 2013
14:15
Paraguay  4 - 1  Peru
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

12 February 2013
16:45
Argentina  3 - 3 (a.e.t.)  Chile
Report
  Penalties  
1 - 0
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

13 February 2013
14:15
Colombia  2 - 4  Peru
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

13 February 2013
16:45
Argentina  2 - 1  Paraguay
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

14 February 2013
15:30
Paraguay  9 - 6  Chile
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

14 February 2013
16:45
Argentina  6 - 0  Colombia
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Group B

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Brazil 33002412+129
 Ecuador 3201131306
 Uruguay 3012913-42
 Venezuela 30031119-80
clinched Championship Playoff Stage berth

11 February 2013
13:00
Venezuela  2 - 3 (a.e.t.)  Uruguay
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

11 February 2013
16:45
Ecuador  4 - 6  Brazil
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

12 February 2013
13:00
Venezuela  4 - 5  Ecuador
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

12 February 2013
15:30
Brazil  7 - 3  Uruguay
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

13 February 2013
13:00
Uruguay  3 - 4  Ecuador
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

13 February 2013
15:30
Brazil  11 - 5  Venezuela
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Playoff Stage

Seventh place playoff

Since there are nine teams in the tournament, it was decided that a group stage-like playoff to determine the bottom three placements would be held. This group would involve the 4th and 5th-place finishers in Group A and the 4th-place finisher in Group B.

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA +/- Pts
 Colombia 220096+36
 Peru 21017703
 Venezuela 200269-30

15 February 2013
11:00
Peru  4 - 3  Venezuela
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

16 February 2013
15:30[6]
Venezuela  3 - 5  Colombia
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

17 February 2013
10:30
Colombia  4 - 3  Peru
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo


Fifth place playoff

16 February 2013
11:15
Chile  6 - 6 (a.e.t.)  Uruguay
Report
  Penalties  

2 - 1
Parque Recreativo, Merlo


Championship playoff

Semi-finals Final
16 February - Merlo
  Brazil  6 (0)  
  Paraguay (a.e.t.)  6 (1)  
 
17 February - Merlo
      Paraguay  2
    Argentina  6
Third place
16 February - Merlo 17 February - Merlo
  Argentina  5   Brazil  11
  Ecuador  3     Ecuador  5

Semifinals

16 February 2013
13:00
Brazil  6 - 6 (a.e.t.)  Paraguay
Report
  Penalties  
0 - 1
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

16 February 2013
14:15
Argentina  5 - 3  Ecuador
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Third place playoff

17 February 2013
13:00
Brazil  11 - 5  Ecuador
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Final

17 February 2013
14:15
Paraguay  2 - 6  Argentina
Report
Parque Recreativo, Merlo

Winners

 (2013) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Qualification (CONMEBOL) Winners: 

Argentina
First title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Argentina Luciano Franceschini
Top Scorer
Brazil Bruno Xavier
13 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Argentina Marcelo Salgueiro
FIFA Fair Play Award
 Peru

Teams Qualifying

Team
1st Place  Argentina
2nd Place  Paraguay
3rd Place  Brazil

Final Placement

Rank Team
1  Argentina
2  Paraguay
3  Brazil
4  Ecuador
5  Chile
6  Uruguay
7  Colombia
8  Peru
9  Venezuela

References

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