The Copa América of Beach Soccer (named natively in
Spanish as the ''Copa América de Fútbol Playa'') is a
biennial international
beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football, sand football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand.
Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
tournament contested between the senior men's national teams of
the 10 members of CONMEBOL. It is beach soccer's version of the better known ''
Copa América
The Copa América ( en, America Cup) or CONMEBOL Copa América, known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship (''Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol'' in Spanish and ''Campeonato Sul-Americano de Futebol'' in Portuguese), is the t ...
'' in its parent sport,
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
.
The tournament is organized by the governing body for football in South America,
CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL, , or CSF; es, Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol; pt, Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol) is the continental governing body of football in South America (apart from Guyana, Suri ...
, who established the event in 2016 following their declaration of commitment a year prior, to develop beach soccer on the continent. Exhibition-style events also held under the ''Copa América'' title took place in 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14, but this fully competitive incarnation of the Copa América is the first to be officially sanctioned and organized by CONMEBOL, who also organize the other official Copa América events in
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
and
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
.
Since 2023, it has been the main beach soccer championship disputed exclusively by
South American national teams. It was previously one of two main championships along with the longer running
World Cup qualification tournament, established in 2006. However, CONMEBOL announced the abolishment of the latter in 2022, in favour of having the Copa América double-up as its qualifiers for the
World Cup instead. At this time, the tournament was also switched from taking place in even years to odd years.
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
are the current champions.
Results
Performance
Successful nations
All-time top goalscorers
''As of 2023''
The following table shows the all-time top 15 goalscorers.
Sources:''
20162018
Match reports: 2022, 2023.
Overall standings
''As of 2023''
Key:
Appearances App / Won in Normal Time W = 3 Points / Won in Extra Time W+ = 2 Points / Won in Penalty shoot-out W
P = 1 Point / Lost L = 0 Points /
Points per game
Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by nu ...
PPG
Appearances & performance timeline
;Key
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
* – Fourth place
*5th–10th — Fifth to tenth place
* – Did not participate
* – Hosts
*Apps — Total appearances
See also
*
Copa América de Futsal
The CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal is the main national futsal competition of the CONMEBOL nations organized by the FIFA. It was first held in 1964 and was organized by Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF) as "Sudamericano". The tournament was als ...
References
External links
CONMEBOL official website
Beach Soccer Worldwide official website
Copa América at Beach Soccer Russia (in Russian)
{{South American Championships
International beach soccer competitions
CONMEBOL competitions for national teams
Biennial sporting events
Recurring sporting events established in 2016
2016 establishments in South America