| Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa | |
|---|---|
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| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | Peru Paraguay Brazil |
| Dates | Regular season: 12–23 September 2017 Finals: 5–6 October 2018 |
| Teams | 20 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 44 |
| Goals scored | 347 (7.89 per match) |
The 2017 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League, named natively in Spanish as the CONMEBOL Liga Sudamericana de Fútbol Playa, was the first edition of the continental league competition for South American men's national beach soccer teams. 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 teams participating in the league events. [1]
Beach Soccer, also known as beach football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.
The South American Football Confederation is the continental governing body of football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, near Asunción. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member football associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA.
Contents
- Format
- Calendar
- Teams
- North zone
- South zone
- North zone 2
- Standings
- Results
- South zone 2
- Standings 2
- Results 2
- Finals
- References
- External Links
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. The winners of each zone then proceeded to face each other in the Finals to contest the title.
A round-robin tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants are eliminated after a certain number of losses.
The regular season events took place in September 2017, whilst, due to delays, the finals did not take place until October of 2018.
Brazil won the league after, as North zone champions, they defeated South zone champions Paraguay in the finals.
The Brazil national beach soccer team represents Brazil in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the CBF, the governing body for football in Brazil. Portugal, Russia and Spain are the only squads to have eliminated Brazil out of the World Cup. Brazil are ranked 1st in the BSWW World Rankings. They are, alongside Portugal, the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide.
The Paraguay national beach soccer team represents Paraguay in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the APF, the governing body for football in Paraguay. The team debuted in 2013 at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and has been classified since then in all editions as of 2017.
They are locally known as Pynandi, which is translated as 'barefoot' from guarani language.
