The 2017 CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal was the 12th edition of the

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, the international

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championship under

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rules organised by

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for the men's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in

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between 5–12 April 2017.

Teams

All ten

member national teams entered the tournament.

Venues

All matches are played in one venue:

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Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 30 March 2017, 14:30

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( UTC−3), at the Sports Secretariat of the city of San Juan. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts and defending champions Argentina and the defending runners-up Paraguay were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the

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: Brazil–Colombia, Chile–Uruguay, Venezuela–Peru, Ecuador–Bolivia.

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).

Match officials

A total of 16 referees were appointed for the tournament.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals, while the teams in third, fourth and fifth advance to the fifth place, seventh place, and ninth place play-offs respectively. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 6.2): #Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored); #

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in all matches; #Goals scored in all matches; #Drawing of lots. All times are local,

( UTC−3).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the semi-finals and final,

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and

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are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Ninth place play-off

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Final ranking

References

External links

Copa América Futsal Argentina 2017
CONMEBOL.com
CONMEBOL Copa América Futsal 2017 San Juan Argentina
Government of San Juan {{DEFAULTSORT:Copa America Futsal 2017

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