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.
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| Organizing body | CONMEBOL |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Region | South America (CONMEBOL) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| 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]
Results
edit| Year | Location | Final | Third Place Play-off | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Runners-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2017 details |
 Montevideo, Uruguay
|
 Brazil |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–0 pen.) |
 Argentina |
 Paraguay |
8–1 |  Colombia | ||
| 2019 details |
Luque, Paraguay
|
Argentina |
5–3 | Brazil |
Paraguay |
5–4 |  Peru | ||
| 2021 | No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||
| 2023 details |
 Iquique, Chile
|
Paraguay |
5–3 | Brazil |
 Chile |
4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.) |
Colombia | ||
Performance
editSuccessful nations
edit| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
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1 (2017) | 2 (2019, 2023) | – | – |
| Argentina
|
1 (2019) | 1 (2017) | – | – |
| Paraguay
|
1 (2023 | – | 2 (2017, 2019) | – |
| Chile
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– | – | 1 (2023) | – |
 Colombia
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– | – | – | 2 (2017, 2023) |
 Peru
|
– | – | – | 1 (2019) |
Overall standings
edit| Pos | Team | App | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Avg. Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil
|
3 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 106 | 50 | +56 | 42 | 2.33 |
| 2 | Paraguay
|
3 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 57 | +49 | 39 | 2.29 |
| 3 | Argentina
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3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 58 | +9 | 36 | 2.12 |
| 4 | Peru
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3 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 55 | 68 | –13 | 18 | 1.2 |
| 5 | Chile
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3 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 59 | –12 | 17 | 1.06 |
| 6 | Colombia
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3 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 53 | 74 | –21 | 17 | 1.06 |
| 7 |  Ecuador
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3 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 58 | 63 | -5 | 15 | 1 |
| 8 |  Venezuela
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2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 48 | –10 | 12 | 1.2 |
| 9 | Uruguay
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3 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 46 | 79 | –33 | 12 | 0.86 |
| 10 |  Bolivia
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3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 68 | –24 | 9 | 0.64 |
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
edit- Key
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| Teams \ Years | 2017 (10) |
2019 (9) |
2023 (10) |
Apps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina
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2nd | 1st | 10th | 2 |
| Bolivia
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7th | 8th | 9th | 3 |
| Brazil
|
1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3 |
| Chile
|
10th | 7th | 3rd | 3 |
| Colombia
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4th | 6th | 4th | 3 |
| Ecuador
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9th | 5th | 8th | 3 |
| Paraguay
|
3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3 |
| Peru
|
8th | 4th | 5th | 3 |
| Uruguay
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5th | 9th | 6th | 3 |
| Venezuela
|
6th | × | 7th | 2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Beach soccer: CONMEBOL bets on its competitive expansion". CONMEBOL. 29 September 2015. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-20 headed for Uruguay". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ "Paraguay venció a Brasil para ganar el Sudamericano Sub 20 de Fútbol Playa" (in Spanish). DSPORTS. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
External links
edit- CONMEBOL, official website
- Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website