2019 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer

The 2019 CONMEBOL Libertadores de Beach Soccer was the fourth edition of the Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa Libertadores de Futbol Playa), an annual continental beach soccer club tournament contested primarily between the champions of the domestic leagues of South American nations who are members of CONMEBOL.

2019 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
CityLuque
Dates14 – 21 September
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsBrazil Vasco da Gama (3rd title)
Runners-upParaguay Cerro Porteño
Third placeArgentina Acassuso
Fourth placeVenezuela Fundación Monagas
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored262 (8.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)Paraguay Sergio Díaz (San Bernardino; 17 goals)[1]
2018
2022

The tournament took place in Luque, Paraguay, between 14 and 21 September 2019,[2] and was organised by CONMEBOL in cooperation with the host association, the Paraguayan Football Association (APF).[3] It was originally scheduled to take place from 13–20 October 2019 but a change of dates was announced on 13 June.[4]

Brazilians Vitória were the defending champions but were eliminated at the group stage, ultimately finishing 10th. The title was won by fellow Brazilian club Vasco da Gama, who claimed their third title at the fourth attempt.[5]

Format

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As per Regulations Article 15, the competition format consists of two phases: the Preliminary phase (Group phase) and the Final phase.[3]

  1. Group phase: The 12 teams are drawn into three groups of four teams; in each group all teams compete in a round robin format. The group winners, runners-up and two best third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals of the final stage.
  2. Final phase: The Final phase consists of three knockout rounds (the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) and consolations rounds (the nations knocked out of title winning contention play in a series of classification matches to decide fifth through twelfth place). All matches in the final stage are played in a knockout format.

Teams

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Twelve teams qualified to take part; each of the domestic league champions (or champions of specific Copa Libertadores qualification tournaments) from the ten South American nations which are members of CONMEBOL, plus an additional club from the host country and the defending champions.[3]

Association Representatives Qualification method
  Argentina Acassuso 2019 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa champions.[6]
  Bolivia Hamacas 2019 Torneo Nacional de Fútbol Playa champions.[7]
  Brazil[†] Vitória (Brazil 1) 2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer champions.
Vasco da Gama (Brazil 2) 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro de Beach Soccer champions.[8]
  Chile CODE Iquique
  Colombia Guaviare 2019 Pre-Libertadores de Fútbol Playa champions.[9]
  Ecuador Fluminense Blasa 2019 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa Torneo Apertura champions.[10]
  Paraguay[‡] San Bernardino (Paraguay 1) 2019 Superlga de Fútbol Playa champions.[11]
Cerro Porteño (Paraguay 2) 2019 Copa Paraguay de Fútbol Playa champions.[12]
  Peru Academia Tito Drago 2019 Liga de Fútbol Playa Primera División champions.[13]
  Uruguay Racing Club 2019 Liga Uruguaya de Fútbol Playa Pre-Libertadores champions.[14]
  Venezuela Fundación Monagas 2019 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa champions.[15]
Notes
  1. As the national association defending champions, Brazil entered two teams. Vitória qualify as reigning champions and Vasco da Gama qualify as the Brazilian league champions.
  2. As the host country, Paraguay received an extra berth and entered two teams. San Bernardino qualify as the Paraguayan Superliga champions and Cerro Porteño qualify as the Copa Paraguay champions.[16]

Venue

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Location of Luque in Paraguay

One venue was used in the city of Luque, Gran Asunción.

Squads

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Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 31).[3]

Draw

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The draw to split the twelve teams into three groups of four took place on 20 August 2019 at 12:00 PYT (UTC–3) in Luque, Paraguay at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association.[19] The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:[3][20]

Initially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Vitória automatically to Group A, the others via a draw from pot 1):

The remaining nine teams were split into three pots of three based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the championship, with the highest three (Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia) placed in Pot 2, the next three (Colombia, Peru and Chile) placed in Pot 3 and the lowest two (Venezuela and Ecuador) in pot 4, alongside the additional Paraguayan club. From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •   Acassuso
  •   Racing Club
  •   Hamacas
  •   Guaviare
  •   Academia Tito Drago
  •   CODE Iquique
  •   Fundación Monagas
  •   Fluminense Blasa
  •   Cerro Porteño

The draw resulted in the following groups:[19]

Group A
Pos Team
A1   Vitória
A2   Acassuso
A3   Guaviare
A4   Fundación Monagas
Group B
Pos Team
B1   Vasco da Gama
B2   Racing Club
B3   Academia Tito Drago
B4   Cerro Porteño
Group C
Pos Team
C1   San Bernardino
C2   Hamacas
C3   CODE Iquique
C4   Fluminense Blasa

Group stage

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Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams of each group, plus the two best ranked third-placed teams, advance to the quarter-finals.[3]

Tie-breakers

If two or more teams are equal on points, their rankings are determined as follows (Regulations Article 21):[3]

  1. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams concerned;
  2. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams concerned;
  3. Goal difference in all group matches;
  4. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  5. Drawing of lots by CONMEBOL.

All times are local, PYT (UTC–3).[21]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Fundación Monagas 3 2 0 1 0 13 11 +2 7 Knockout stage
2   Acassuso 3 2 0 0 1 13 9 +4 6
3   Guaviare 3 1 0 0 2 13 16 −3 3
4   Vitória 3 0 0 0 3 10 13 −3 0 9th–12th place play-offs
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
14 September 2019 Vitória   2–3   Acassuso
13:00
  • Savio  
  • André  
Report
  •   Rutterschmidt
  •   Sosa
  •   Benaducci
Referee: Gustavo Domínguez (Paraguay)
14 September 2019 Guaviare   4–5   Fundación Monagas
14:30
  • Perea  
  • Córdoba  
  • Ortega  
  • Bonilla  
Report
  •    Bacelar
  •   Prado
  •   García
  •   Narea
Referee: Alex Valdiviezo (Peru)

15 September 2019 Acassuso   3–3 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
  Fundación Monagas
13:00
  • Medero    
Report
  •    Prado
  •   Noriega
Referee: José Cortez (Ecuador)
Penalties
  • Medero  
  • Benaducci  
  • Ponzetti  
  • Sirico  
  •   Bacelar
  •   Narea
  •   Ramos
  •   Prado
15 September 2019 Vitória   4–5   Guaviare
14:30
  • Batista   
  • Rezende  
  • Moura  
Report
  •   Hernández
  •     Ortega
  •   Perea
Referee: Christian Altez (Uruguay)

16 September 2019 Acassuso   7–4   Guaviare
13:00
  • Medero    
  • Benaducci   
  • Sirico   
Report
  •    Perea
  •   Parra
  •   Bonilla
Referee: Gustavo Domínguez (Paraguay)
16 September 2019 Fundación Monagas   5–4   Vitória
14:30
  • Narea   
  • R. Ramos  
  • R. García  
  • E. Ramos  
Report
  •    Savio
  •    Batista
Referee: César Cabrera (Paraguay)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Vasco da Gama 3 3 0 0 0 22 9 +13 9 Knockout stage
2   Cerro Porteño 3 2 0 0 1 23 9 +14 6
3   Academia Tito Drago 3 1 0 0 2 7 20 −13 3 9th–12th place play-offs
4   Racing Club 3 0 0 0 3 7 21 −14 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
14 September 2019 Vasco da Gama   9–3   Racing Club
16:00
  • De Farias  
  • Da Silva    
  • Souza   
  • Soares  
  • Farias  
  • Franklin  
Report
  •   Pazos
  •   Capurro
  •   Miranda
Referee: Jesús Reyes (Venezuela)
14 September 2019 Academia Tito Drago   1–11   Cerro Porteño
17:30
  • Vidal  
Report
  •      Carballo
  •   J. Rolón
  •   Y. Rolón
  •    C. Benítez
  •    P. Benítez
  •   Barreto
Referee: José Cortez (Ecuador)

15 September 2019 Vasco da Gama   6–2   Academia Tito Drago
16:00
  • Souza  
  • De Farias  
  • Da Silva  
  • Franklin  
  • Soares   
Report
  •   Alcantara
  •   C.Gómez
Referee: Jaimito Suarez (  Bolivia)
15 September 2019 Racing Club   1–8   Cerro Porteño
17:30
  • Capurro  
Report
  •    C. Carballo
  •   J. Rolón
  •   G. Benítez
  •   Ovelar
  •   Barreto
  •   Y. Rolón
  •   J. Rodríguez
Referee: Darío Colombani (Argentina)

16 September 2019 Cerro Porteño   4–7   Vasco da Gama
16:00
  • E. Barreto  
  • C. Benítez   
  • J. Rodríguez  
Report
  •     Soares
  •   Souza
  •   Franklin
  •    Da Silva
Referee: Christian Altez (Ecuador)
16 September 2019 Racing Club   3–4   Academia Tito Drago
17:30
  • Quinta   
  • Capurro  
Report
  •   C. Gómez
  •    Vidal
  •   Ibáñez
Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   CODE Iquique 3 2 1 0 0 13 8 +5 8 Knockout stage
2   San Bernardino 3 2 0 0 1 16 7 +9 6
3   Hamacas 3 1 0 0 2 6 7 −1 3
4   Fluminense Blasa 3 0 0 0 3 6 19 −13 0 9th–12th place play-offs
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers
14 September 2019 San Bernardino   2–0   Hamacas
19:00
  • S. Díaz   
Report Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)
14 September 2019 CODE Iquique   4–3   Fluminense Blasa
20:30
  • S. Vega     
Report
  •    Moncada
  •   Pinto
Referee: José Romo (Argentina)

15 September 2019 San Bernardino   4–5 (a.e.t.)   CODE Iquique
19:00
  • S. Díaz    
  • Medina  
Report
  •    S. Vega
  •   Oyarzun
  •   Bolivar
  •   Papic
Referee: Alex Valdiviezo (Peru)
15 September 2019 Hamacas   5–1   Fluminense Blasa
20:30
  • Barrios  
  • Portales  
  • Zambrano   
  • Chávez  
Report
  •   Santana
Referee: Ramón Blanco (Peru)

16 September 2019 Fluminense Blasa   2–10   San Bernardino
19:00
  • Vera  
  • Fajardo  
Report
  •   Fretes
  •      Medina
  •     S. Díaz
  •   Agüero
  •   R. Carballo
Referee: Renato De Carlos (Brazil)
16 September 2019 Hamacas   1–4   CODE Iquique
20:30
  • Sotelo  
Report
  •    Abarca
  •   Papic
  •   Peso
Referee: Aecio Fernández (Uruguay)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C   Hamacas 3 1 0 0 2 6 7 −1 3 Knockout stage
2 A   Guaviare 3 1 0 0 2 13 16 −3 3
3 B   Academia Tito Drago 3 1 0 0 2 7 20 −13 3
Source: CONMEBOL

As per Regulations Article 17, it was decided the third place teams would take the following berths in the quarter-final draw:[3]

  • 1st Group A vs 2nd best third place team
  • 1st Group B vs Best third place team
  • 1st Group C vs 2nd Group A
  • 2nd Group B vs 2nd Group C

9th–12th place play-offs

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The worst third placed team plays the best fourth placed team for 9th place; the second best fourth placed team plays the worst fourth placed team for 11th place.[3]

11th place match

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Fluminense Blasa  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Racing Club
  • N. Naranjo  
  • A. Fajardo  
Report
  •    Capurro
  •   Cordero
Referee: Juan Gutiérrez (Bolivia)

9th place match

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Academia Tito Drago  2–0 w/o[a]  Vitória
Report
Referee: Jaimito Suarez (Bolivia)

Knockout stage

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5th place match5th–8th place semi-finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
18 September
  Fundación Monagas (p)2 (3)
19 September  Guaviare2 (2)20 September
  Guaviare5  Fundación Monagas1
  San Bernardino418 September  Cerro Porteño3
  Cerro Porteño8
20 September  San Bernardino421 September
  Guaviare5  Cerro Porteño5
  CODE Iquique318 September  Vasco da Gama7
  Vasco da Gama7
19 September  Hamacas320 September
7th place match  Hamacas3  Vasco da Gama (p)2 (2)3rd place match
20 September  CODE Iquique818 September  Acassuso2 (0)21 September
  San Bernardino5  CODE Iquique4  Fundación Monagas6
  Hamacas7  Acassuso5  Acassuso7

Quarter-finals

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Fundación Monagas  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Guaviare
  • R. García  
  • E. Ramos  
Report
  •   Córdoba
  •   Perea
Penalties
  • Bacelar  
  • Narea  
  • R. Ramos  
3–2
  •   Ortega
  •   Córdoba
  •   Perea
Referee: Renato De Carlos (Brazil)

Vasco da Gama  7–3  Hamacas
  • De Farias    
  • Soares   
  • M. Da Silva   
Report
  •   Chávez
  •   Portales
  •   Barrios
Referee: Ramón Blanco (Peru)

CODE Iquique  4–5  Acassuso
  • Oyarzún   
  • Vega  
  • Silva  
Report
  •   Bordón
  •   Sirico
  •   Medero
  •   Benaducci
  •   De Sosa
Referee: César Cabrera (Paraguay)

Cerro Porteño  8–4  San Bernardino
  • Carballo     
  • P. Benítez  
  • Barreto   
  • González  
Report
  •   Roa
  •     S. Díaz
Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)

Semi-finals

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5th–8th place

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Guaviare  5–4  San Bernardino
  • Santamaria  
  • Bonilla  
  • Perea  
  • Ortega  
  • Córdoba  
Report
  •   Medina
  •   Enciao
  •    S. Díaz
Referee: José Cortez (Ecuador)

Hamacas  3–8  CODE Iquique
  • Beltrán  
  • Cabrera  
  • G. Barrios  
Report
  •    Vega
  •   (o.g.) G. Barrios
  •    Peso
  •   Papic
  •   Bolivar
  •   Abarca
Referee: Jorge Gómez (Colombia)

1st–4th place

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Fundación Monagas  1–3  Cerro Porteño
  • García  
Report
  •   P. Benítez
  •   Barreto
  •   C. Benítez
Referee: Christian Altez (Uruguay)

Vasco da Gama  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Acassuso
  • Soares  
  • De Farias  
Report
  •    Medero
Penalties
  • B. Da Silva  
  • Souza  
2–0
  •   Medero
  •   Benaducci
Referee: Alex Valdiviezo (Peru)

Finals

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7th place match

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Hamacas  7–5  San Bernardino
  • Zambrano   
  • Chávez   
  • Zapata  
  • Portales  
  • G. Barrios  
Report
  •       S. Díaz
Referee: Renato De Carlos (Brazil)

5th place match

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Guaviare  5–3  CODE Iquique
  • Perea   
  • Bonilla  
  • Ortega  
  • Córdoba  
Report
  •   Bolivar
  •   Vega
  •   Papic
Referee: César Cabrera (Paraguay)

3rd place match

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Fundación Monagas  6–7  Acassuso
  • Bacelar    
  • García  
  • R. Ramos  
  • Noriega  
Report
  •    Sirico
  •   Medero
  •    Ponzetti
  •   Benaducci
  •   López
Referee: Ivo De Moraes (Brazil)

Final

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Cerro Porteño  5–7  Vasco da Gama
  • Barreto  
  • Carballo   
  • Ojeda  
  • G. Benítez  
Report
  •    De Farias
  •    Soares
  •    Oliveira
  •   Souza
Referee: José Romo (Argentina)

Final standings

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Rank Team Result
1   Vasco da Gama Champions (3rd title)
2   Cerro Porteño Runners-up
3   Acassuso Third place
4   Fundación Monagas
5   Guaviare
6   CODE Iquique
7   Hamacas
8   San Bernardino
9   Academia Tito Drago
10   Vitória
11   Racing Club
12   Fluminense Blasa

Notes

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  1. ^ Vitória were forced to forfeit the match due to a lack of available players. As per Regulations Article 85,[3] Academia Tito Drago were awarded with a 2–0 walkover victory.[22]

References

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  7. ^ "Hamacas FC es el flamante campeón del fútbol playa" [Hammocks FC is the brand new beach soccer champion]. www.fbf.com.bo (in Spanish). Bolivian Football Federation. 7 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Arena Verão: Vasco é o campeão do Brasileiro de Beach Soccer 2019, em Guarujá" [Vasco are the champions of the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro de Beach Soccer, in Guarujá]. www.cbsb.com.br/ (in Portuguese). Beach Soccer Confederation of Brazil. 3 February 2019.
  9. ^ "GUAVIARE BEACH SOCCER CAMPEÓN DE LA PRE-LIBERTADORES DE FÚTBOL PLAYA" [Guaviare Beach Soccer champions of the Pre-Libertadores de Beach Soccer]. fcf.com.co/ (in Spanish). Colombian Football Federation. 17 August 2019.
  10. ^ "FLUMINENSE BLASA REPRESENTARÁ A ECUADOR EN COPA LIBERTADORES DE FÚTBOL PLAYA 2019" [FLUMINENSE BLASA WILL REPRESENT ECUADOR AT PLAYA SOCCER LIBERATORS 'CUP 2019]. ecuafutbol.org (in Spanish). Ecuadorian Football Federation. 23 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "San Bernardino es el gran campeón de la Superliga de Playa" [San Bernardino is the great champion of the Superliga de Beach Soccer]. www.apf.org.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 3 March 2019.
  12. ^ "El Ciclón sopló con fuerza en la arena". www.apf.org.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 16 June 2019.
  13. ^ "CLAUSURA DEL TORNEO DE FÚTBOL PLAYA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN Y SUB 20" [Closing of the beach soccer tournament Primera División and Under 20.]. www.fpf.org.pe/ (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 18 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Racing campeón de la temporada 2019" [Racing champions of the 2019 season.]. www.auf.org.uy/ (in Spanish). Uruguayan Football Association. 18 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Fundación Monagas FS es campeón de Venezuela y clasificó a la Libertadores de Fútbol Playa en Paraguay" [Fundación Monagas FS is champion of Venezuela and qualified for the Beach Soccer Libertadores in Paraguay]. federacionvenezolanadefutbol.org (in Spanish). Venezuelan Football Federation. 4 August 2019.
  16. ^ "Empieza a jugarse". www.apf.org.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Empieza a jugarse" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Por primera vez Paraguay será sede de un Mundial de la FIFA" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Vuelve el fútbol en la arena con la CONMEBOL Libertadores de Fútbol Playa". CONMEBOL. 20 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Sorteo de la CONMEBOL Libertadores de Fútbol Playa 2019". CONMEBOL. 16 August 2019.
  21. ^ "PROGRAMACION DE PARTIDOS" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  22. ^ "San Bernardino cede ante Guaviare de Colombia" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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