Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer
 Base logo introduced in 2017 | |
| Founded | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Region | CONMEBOL (South America) |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Current champions |  Vasco da Gama (3rd title) |
| Most successful club(s) | Vasco da Gama (3 titles) |
| Website | CONMEBOL.com |
 2019 Copa Libertadores de Beach Soccer | |
The CONMEBOL Libertadores de Beach Soccer, named originally and natively in Spanish as the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa, is an annual continental beach soccer club competition, organised by the governing body for football in South America, CONMEBOL, founded in 2016.
Since 2017, the tournament is contested between the top-level domestic league/championship champions from each of the ten South American nations which are members of CONMEBOL. The reigning champions and an additional club from the host country also take part, taking the total number of participants to twelve.[1] It is therefore the premier club beach soccer championship in South America, the winners becoming continental champions.[2]
It is beach soccer's version of the better known Copa Libertadores in association football. Comparatively, in beach soccer, it is South America's version of Europe's Euro Winners Cup.
Brazilian club Vasco da Gama are the current champions and most successful team with three titles.[3]
Results[edit]
| Year | Location | № of clubs | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Result | Runners-up | Third place | Result | Fourth place | |||||
| 2016 | Santos, Brazil
|
9 | Vasco da Gama
|
8–1 |  Rosario Central
|
Deportes Iquique 
|
4–1 |  Punta Hermosa
| ||
| 2017 |  Lambare, Paraguay
|
12 | Vasco da Gama
|
8–5 |  Malvin
|
Universidad Autonoma
|
9–7 | Garden Club
| ||
| 2018 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
12 | Vitória
|
8–8 (a.e.t.)[A] | Vasco da Gama
|
Sampaio Corrêa
|
5–4 | Acassuso
| ||
| 2019 | Luque, Paraguay
|
12 | Vasco da Gama
|
7–5 | Cerro Porteño
|
Acassuso
|
7–6 |  Fundación Monagas
| ||
- A. ^ Vitória won the penalty shootout 3–2.
- CONMEBOL jointly organised the 2016 edition with Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).[2]
Performance[edit]
By club[edit]
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vasco da Gama
|
3 (2016, 2017, 2019) | 1 (2018) | – |
| Vitória
|
1 (2018) | – | – |
| Rosario Central
|
– | 1 (2016) | – |
| Malvin
|
– | 1 (2017) | – |
| Cerro Porteño
|
– | 1 (2019) | – |
| Deportes Iquique
|
– | – | 1 (2016) |
| Universidad Autonoma
|
– | – | 1 (2017) |
| Sampaio Corrêa
|
– | – | 1 (2018) |
| Acassuso
|
– | – | 1 (2019) |
By nation[edit]
| Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil
|
4 | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paraguay
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
| Uruguay
|
0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chile
|
0 | 0 | 1 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "CONMEBOL Libertadores de Fútbol Playa – REGLAMENTO" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Copa Libertadores Futbol Playa 2016". Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Vasco da Gama conquista su tercera CONMEBOL Libertadores playera". CONMEBOL. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
External links[edit]
- CONMEBOL, official website (in Spanish)
- Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website
- Copa Libertadores, at beachsoccerrussia.ru (in Russian)
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