2019 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship
The 2019 CONMEBOL South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship was the second edition of the South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship[1] (known natively in Spanish as the Sudamericano Sub-20 Futbol Playa), an international youth beach soccer tournament for South American national teams of men under the age of 20.
| Sudamericano Sub-20 Futbol Playa Paraguay 2019 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Paraguay |
| Dates | 8–15 December |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 194 (8.82 per match) |
The championship was organised by CONMEBOL, the governing body for football in South America, in cooperation with the local organisers, the Paraguayan Football Association (APF). The event took place between 8 and 15 December in Luque, Gran Asuncion, Paraguay.[2]
Brazil were the defending champions but lost to Argentina in the final who claimed their first title in what was a repeat of the final of the previous edition, but with the reverse outcome.[3]
Teams
Under 20s teams representing nine of the 10 members of CONMEBOL took part.
Due to "force majeure", Venezuela were the only team not participating.[4]
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Venue
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One venue was used in the city of Luque, Gran Asunción.
- All matches took place at Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium,[4] newly built to primarily host the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, located on the grounds of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee with a capacity of 2,820.[5]
Squads
Each team must have submit a squad consisting of 12 players, of individuals no older than 20 years.[1]
Draw
The draw to split the ten teams into two groups, one of five and one of four, took place on 19 November at 17:00 PYST (UTC–3) in Asunción, Paraguay at the headquarters of the APF.[2]
Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to the groups:[6]
- to Group A: as the host association,
Paraguay - to Group B: the champions of the previous edition,
Brazil
The remaining seven teams were split into four pots, three of two and one of one, shown in the below table.[2]
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the previous edition of the South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship;[2] the highest ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, next highest in Pot 2 and so on, down to the lowest ranked team placed in Pot 4. From each pot, one team was drawn into Group A and the other team was drawn into Group B. The single team in Pot 4 was drawn into one of the groups at random.[2]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Group stage
The match schedule was announced on 27 November.[7]
All times are local, PYST (UTC–3).[8]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 6 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 5 | Fifth place play-off | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 0 | Seventh place play-off |
| 8 December 2019 | Colombia | 6–2 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
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Referee: José Cortez (Ecuador) |
| 8 December 2019 | Paraguay | 7–5 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 21:30 |
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Referee: Pablo Cadenasso (Uruguay) |
| 10 December 2019 | Colombia | 2–5 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 20:00 |
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Referee: Mariano Defelippi (Argentina) |
| 10 December 2019 | Paraguay | 10–2 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 21:30 |
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Referee: Lucas Estevão (Brazil) |
| 12 December 2019 | Bolivia | 1–2 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 20:00 |
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Referee: Brandon Amay (Ecuador) |
| 12 December 2019 | Paraguay | 4–5 (a.e.t.) | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 21:30 |
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Referee: José Cortez (Ecuador) |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 12 | Knockout stage | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 16 | +10 | 6 | Fifth place play-off | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 26 | −8 | 3 | Seventh place play-off | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 27 | −19 | 0 |
| 8 December 2019 | Argentina | 5–4 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 17:00 |
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| 8 December 2019 | Brazil | 5–4 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 18:30 |
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Referee: Silvio Coronel (Paraguay) |
| 9 December 2019 | Ecuador | 8–4 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 18:30 |
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Referee: Jesús Reyes (Venezuela) |
| 9 December 2019 | Brazil | 4–0 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 20:00 |
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Report | Referee: Ramón Blanco (Peru) |
| 10 December 2019 | Argentina | 4–2 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 17:00 |
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Referee: Micke Palomino (Peru) |
| 10 December 2019 | Uruguay | 3–6 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 18:30 |
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Referee: Jorge Martínez (Paraguay) |
| 11 December 2019 | Argentina | 5–2 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 18:30 |
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Referee: Ramón Blanco (Peru) |
| 11 December 2019 | Brazil | 10–4 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 20:00 |
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Referee: Luis Coy (Venezuela) |
| 12 December 2019 | Uruguay | 3–12 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 17:00 |
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Referee: Marlon Dos Reis (Brazil) |
| 12 December 2019 | Brazil | 2–4 | | Los Pynandi World Cup Stadium, Luque |
| 18:30 |
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Referee: Silvio Coronel (Paraguay) |
Placement matches
The teams finishing in third, fourth and fifth place in the groups are knocked out of title-winning contention; the four teams in the former two positions recede to play in consolatory placement matches to determine 5th through 8th place in the final standings.[7]
Seventh place play-off
Knockout stage
The group winners and runners-up progress to the knockout stage to continue to compete for the title.[7]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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Semi-finals
| Argentina | 7–4 | |
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Third place play-off
Awards
Immediately following the conclusion of the final, the following awards were presented.
Winners trophy
| Sudamericano Sub-20 Futbol Playa 2019 champions |
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Argentina First title |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Result |
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| 1 | Champions | |
| 2 | Runners-up | |
| 3 | Third place | |
| 4 | ||
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| 8 | ||
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References
- "Lista confirmada para el Sudamericano Sub 20 de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "Sorteo del Sudamericano Sub 20 de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "Triunfazo ante Brasil y fiesta en la arena" (in Spanish). Olé (sports newspaper). 15 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Conformaron los grupos para el Sudamericano Sub 20 de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ""Los Pynandi" World Cup Stadium". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on November 22, 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
- "Los Grupos del CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub 20 de Futbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "Programa de partidos del CONMEBOL Sudamericano Sub 20 de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- "PROGRAMA DE PARTIDOS" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 27 November 2019.
- "El Fair Play es para @FBF_BO" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com Twitter. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
- "Argentina alcanza la gloria en la arena paraguaya" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 15 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
External links
- CONMEBOL, official website



