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.
The tournament took place in Luque, Paraguay, between 14 and 21 September 2019, and was organised by CONMEBOL in cooperation with the host association, the Paraguayan Football Association (APF). It was originally scheduled to take place from 13–20 October 2019 but a change of dates was announced on 13 June.
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.
Format As per Regulations Article 15, the competition format consists of two phases: the Preliminary phase (Group phase) and the Final phase.
Teams 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.
AssociationRepresentativesQualification method Argentina Acassuso 2019 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa champions. Bolivia Hamacas 2019 Torneo Nacional de Fútbol Playa champions. Brazil Vitória () 2018 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer champions. Vasco da Gama () 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro de Beach Soccer champions. Chile CODE Iquique Colombia Guaviare 2019 Pre-Libertadores de Fútbol Playa champions. Ecuador Fluminense Blasa 2019 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa Torneo Apertura champions. Paraguay San Bernardino () 2019 Superlga de Fútbol Playa champions. Cerro Porteño () 2019 Copa Paraguay de Fútbol Playa champions. Peru Academia Tito Drago 2019 Liga de Fútbol Playa Primera División champions. Uruguay Racing Club 2019 Liga Uruguaya de Fútbol Playa Pre-Libertadores champions. Venezuela Fundación Monagas 2019 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Playa champions. Notes
Venue
One venue was used in the city of Luque, Gran Asunción. All matches took place at the Estadio de Fútbol de Playa, newly built to primarily host the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, located on the grounds of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee with a capacity of 3,150.
Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 31).
Draw 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. The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:
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):
To Group A: as 2018 Copa Libertadores champions, Vitória To Group B: as the club of the runner-up national association of the 2018 Copa Libertadores, Vasco da Gama To Group C: as champions of the host association, San Bernardino
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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
The draw resulted in the following groups:
+ Group ATeamA1 VitóriaA2 AcassusoA3 GuaviareA4 Fundación Monagas+ Group B TeamB1 Vasco da GamaB2 Racing ClubB3 Academia Tito DragoB4 Cerro Porteño+ Group C TeamC1 San BernardinoC2 HamacasC3 CODE IquiqueC4 Fluminense Blasa
Group stage 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.
Tie-breakers If two or more teams are equal on points, their rankings are determined as follows (Regulations Article 21): Goal difference in the matches played between the teams concerned; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams concerned; Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Drawing of lots by CONMEBOL.
All times are local, PYT (UTC–3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
As per Regulations Article 17, it was decided the third place teams would take the following berths in the quarter-final draw:
9th–12th place play-offs 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.
11th place match
9th place match
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals 5th–8th place
1st–4th place
Finals 7th place match
5th place match
3rd place match
Final
Final standings RankTeamResult 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
References
External links CONMEBOL Libertadores de Fútbol Playa Paraguay 2019, at CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish) CONMEBOL Libertadores Paraguay 2019, at Paraguayan Football Association (in Spanish) CONMEBOL Libertadores de Fútbol Playa Paraguay 2019 , at Beach Soccer Worldwide