The 2020 South American Futsal World Cup qualifiers was a men's futsal tournament that was used as the South American qualifying tournament to determine the four CONMEBOL teams playing in the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania. The tournament was held in Carlos Barbosa, Brazil between 1–9 February 2020.
Brazil were the defending champions.
Champions Argentina, runners-up Brazil, third-placed Paraguay and fourth-placed Venezuela qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONMEBOL representatives.
Teams All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
Team Previous best top-4 performance (2012) (holders and hosts) (2016) (2012) (2012) (2016)
Note: Statistics start from 2012 when a separate qualifying tournament was held. Prior to 2012, the Copa América de Futsal was used as the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Venues The matches were played at the Centro de Eventos Sérgio Luiz Guerra in Carlos Barbosa.
Draw The draw of the tournament was held on 15 January 2020, 12:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The hosts and holders, Brazil, and the previous tournament's runners-up, Argentina, were seeded in Groups A and B respectively, while the other eight teams were divided into four pots based on their results in the 2016 qualifiers, and were drawn to the remaining group positions.
SeededPot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Group stage The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage and qualify for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Tiebreakers The ranking of teams in the first stage is determined as follows (Regulations Article 8): Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat); Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches; Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question; Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question; Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match): Drawing of lots.
All times local, BRT (UTC−3).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the play-offs for third to tenth place).
Bracket
Semi-finals
Ninth place play-off
Seventh place play-off
Fifth place play-off
Third place play-off
Final
Final ranking Teams qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup Rank Team 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1 8 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) 0 (Debut) 8 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) 6 (1989, 1992, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links CONMEBOL Eliminatorias de Futsal Brasil 2020, CONMEBOL.com