The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also commonly known as the ''2013 South American Beach Soccer Championship'', was the fifth Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for

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, held from February 10–17 at Parque Recreativo, in Merlo, a town in the

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. The qualifiers were not coordinated by

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at the time. The event was organised by

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(BSWW), under the ''FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier'' title. CONMEBOL first recognised the tournament this year, under the title ''South American Beach Soccer Championship'', also acknowledging the 2006–11 events as historic editions of the championship. CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title.

Participating teams

The same nine nations who played in the 2011 qualifiers have entered into the tournament: * * * * * * * * *

Match officials

Here is the list of match officials for this tournament: * Cesar Figueredo (head official) * Mario Jose Narciso Romo y Pablo Valentin Del Puerto Gudin * Felipe Duarte Varejao * Patricio Alberto Blanca Fuentes * Jose Cortez Ortiz * Gustavo Alberto Dominguez * Micke Palomino Huamani * Javier Roberto Betancor Porteiro y Carlos Ismael Aguirregaray * Jose Miguel Misel Navarro

Group stage

The draw to divide the nine teams into two groups (one will have five teams, the other will have four) was conducted on 8 January 2013. The subsequent schedule seen here is the official schedule, which was finally released on 9 February 2013. All match times will be correct to that of local time in Merlo, being Argentina Time, ( UTC-03:00).

Group A

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Group B

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Playoff Stage

Seventh place playoff

Since there are nine teams in the tournament, it was decided that a group stage-like playoff to determine the bottom three placements would be held. This group would involve the 4th and 5th-place finishers in Group A and the 4th-place finisher in Group B. ---- ---- ---- ----

Fifth place playoff

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Championship playoff

Semifinals

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Third place playoff

Final

Winners

Awards

Teams Qualifying

Final Placement

References

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