Beach soccer has been an event at the Bolivarian Beach Games since the first edition of the games in 2012 in Lima, Peru. One event is held, the men's competition.
The event is contested between the members of ODEBO (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela) who choose to enter, plus other invited neighbouring nations who are not ODEBO members.
Paraguay are the most successful team, having claimed two gold medals and are the only nation to have claimed any medal at all three games to date.
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2012 Details [1] | Lima | Paraguay | 6–5 ( a.e.t. ) | Venezuela | Peru | 5–3 | El Salvador | ||
2014 Details [2] | Huanchaco | Paraguay | 6–5 | El Salvador | Ecuador | 5–5 ( a.e.t. ) (5–4 pen.) | Chile | ||
2016 Details [3] | Iquique | El Salvador | 5–3 | Paraguay | Chile | 6–4 | Ecuador | ||
2018 Details |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paraguay | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 nations) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Nation | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | Years |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bolivia | – | 7th | – | 1 |
Chile | – | 4th | 3rd | 2 |
Colombia | GS | – | – | 1 |
Dominican Republic | GS | 8th | – | 2 |
Ecuador | GS | 3rd | 4th | 3 |
El Salvador | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 3 |
Guatemala | GS | – | – | 1 |
Panama | – | – | 7th | 1 |
Paraguay | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3 |
Peru | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 3 |
Venezuela | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 3 |
Number of teams | 8 | 8 | 7 |
The Bolivarian Games are a regional multi-sport event held in honor of Simón Bolívar, and organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization. The event is open to athletes from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. In 2010, the ODEBO decided to include Chile as seventh member of ODEBO. Except Panama, all other participating countries are Andean states.
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The II Bolivarian Games were a multi-sport event held between December 25, 1947, and January 8, 1948, at the Estadio Nacional de Perú in Lima, Perú. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO).
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