South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship

The CONMEBOL South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship (named natively in Spanish as the Sudamericano Sub-20 Futbol Playa) is a biennial international youth beach soccer tournament contested between the national teams of men aged under 20 years of the 10 members of CONMEBOL. It is the under-20s version of the Copa América de Beach Soccer and beach soccer's version of the better known South American Youth Football Championship in its parent sport, association football.

South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship
Organizing bodyCONMEBOL
Founded2017 (2017)
RegionSouth America (CONMEBOL)
Number of teams10
Current champion(s) Paraguay (1st title)
Most successful team(s) Argentina
 Brazil
 Paraguay
(1 title each)
2023 South American Under-20 Beach Soccer Championship

The tournament is organized by the governing body for football in South America, CONMEBOL, who commissioned the event in 2015 as part of a declaration of commitment to develop beach soccer on the continent which involved establishing new tournaments, including an under-20s championship.[1][2] The first edition subsequently took place in 2017.[3]

Paraguay are the current champions.[4]

Results
Year Location Final Third Place Play-off
Winners Score Runners-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2017
details		 Uruguay Montevideo, Uruguay
Brazil		 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 pen.)
Argentina
Paraguay		 8–1
Colombia
2019
details		 Paraguay Luque, Paraguay
Argentina		 5–3
Brazil
Paraguay		 5–4
Peru
2021 No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023
details		 Chile Iquique, Chile
Paraguay		 5–3
Brazil
Chile		 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 pen.)
Colombia

Performance

Successful nations
Team Titles Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
 Brazil 1 (2017) 2 (2019, 2023) – –
 Argentina 1 (2019) 1 (2017) – –
 Paraguay 1 (2023 – 2 (2017, 2019) –
 Chile – – 1 (2023) –
 Colombia – – – 2 (2017, 2023)
 Peru – – – 1 (2019)

Overall standings
Pos Team App Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Avg. Pts
1  Brazil 3181311310650+56422.33
2  Paraguay 3171300410657+49392.29
3  Argentina 317120056758+9362.12
4  Peru 31560095568–13181.2
5  Chile 31650294759–12171.06
6  Colombia 316510105374–21171.06
7  Ecuador 315500105863-5151
8  Venezuela 21040063848–10121.2
9  Uruguay 31431194679–33120.86
10  Bolivia 314300114468–2490.64

Updated on 13 August 2023.
Key: Appearances App / Won in Normal Time W = 3 Points / Won in Extra Time W+ = 2 Points / Won in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Lost L = 0 Points

Appearances & performance timeline
Key
Teams \ Years 2017
Uruguay
(10)		 2019
Paraguay
(9)		 2023
Chile
(10)		 Apps
 Argentina 2nd 1st 10th 2
 Bolivia 7th 8th 9th 3
 Brazil 1st 2nd 2nd 3
 Chile 10th 7th 3rd 3
 Colombia 4th 6th 4th 3
 Ecuador 9th 5th 8th 3
 Paraguay 3rd 3rd 1st 3
 Peru 8th 4th 5th 3
 Uruguay 5th 9th 6th 3
 Venezuela 6th × 7th 2

See also

References
  1. "Beach soccer: CONMEBOL bets on its competitive expansion". CONMEBOL. 29 September 2015. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. "Apoio da CONMEBOL eleva visibilidade do beach soccer na América do Sul" (in Portuguese). CBSB - Confederação de Beach Soccer do Brasil. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 headed for Uruguay". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. "Paraguay venció a Brasil para ganar el Sudamericano Sub 20 de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). DSPORTS. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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