The CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal is the main national
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...
competition of the
CONMEBOL nations organized by the
FIFA. It was first held in 1964 and was organized by
as "Sudamericano". The tournament was also a qualifier for the
AMF Futsal World Cup
The AMF Futsal World Championships (previously called the FIFUSA Futsal World Championships) is the international championships for futsal, the indoor version of football organized by FIFUSA (1971–2002) and AMF (2003–present).
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. The AMF organised the championship until 1989.
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In 1992 Conmebol organized its first South American in Aracaju
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under the name "Campeonato Conmebol de Futsal (FIFA)". In that tournament only 4 national teams participated (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Ecuador) and it was used as a World Cup qualifier as well than the tournaments of 1996 and 2000 that were called with the same name.
The other tournaments played between 1995 and 1999 were played in Brazil and were called Taça América de Futsal FIFA. The dominance was always of the local team although those tournaments were only competitive without prior classification to any contest.
As of the 2003 edition, it began to be called the "Copa América de Futsal", and the venue of the tournament began to rotate, just as it is done with the traditional Copa América. The first two editions were World Cup qualifying. However, Conmebol created the South American Futsal Qualifiers in 2012, which were repeated in 2016 and 2020.Eliminatoria Sudamericana al Mundial de Futsal FIFA Tailandia 2012: fixture y reglamento del torneo
on Conmebol, 9 Apr 2012 (archived) Starting in 2024, the Copa América was used again to determine qualification for the World Cup.
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Results
AMF Futsal tournament
''Not considered official by Conmebol/FIFA''
;Notes:
Copa América de Futsal
''Official tournament''
;Notes
Performance by nations
:''* = hosts''
Medals
Participating nations
;Legend
*1st – Champions
*2nd – Runners-up
*3rd – Third place
*4th – Fourth place
*5th-6th – Fifth to Sixth place
*7th-10th – Seventh to Tenth place
*GS – Group stage
* × – Did not enter
* – Hosts
Summary (1992 - 2017)
* http://www.futsalplanet.com/
* https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-sam.html
* http://old.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=19137
* http://old.futsalplanet.com/old/turniri/turniri.htm
* http://old.futsalplanet.com/old/Statistics/statistics.htm
* http://old.futsalplanet.com/old/Statistics/data/CONMEBOL.txt
* http://old.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=20882
FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualifiers
;Legend
*1st – Champions
*2nd – Runners-up
*3rd – Third place
*4th – Fourth place
*QF – Quarterfinals
*R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
*R1 – Round 1
* – Hosts
*Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
See also
* FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
References
External links
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* 1992: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-sam.html#92
* 1996: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-sam.html#96
* 2000: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-sam.html#00
* 1995: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-sam.html#95
* 1997: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-sam.html#97
* 1998: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-sam.html#98
* 1999: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-sam.html#99
* 1965-2010: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futsal-sam.html
* 1992,1996,2000: http://old.futsalplanet.com/old/Statistics/data/CONMEBOL.txt
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International futsal competitions
CONMEBOL competitions
Futsal competitions in South America