The 2022 Copa América of Beach Soccer (known natively in

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as the ''Copa América de Futbol Playa'') was the third edition of the

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, an international

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competition in

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, contested between the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL. The competition was organised by South American football's governing body,

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; other beach soccer events under the "''Copa América''" title took place during 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14, however this incarnation is the first to be officially organised and sanctioned by CONMEBOL. The tournament was hosted by

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(

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), between 21 and 29 May. The tournament returned for the first time in four years after the last scheduled edition in 2020 was cancelled due to the effects of the

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were the two-time defending champions, but lost in the final to hosts

who won their first ever title, and claimed the first CONMEBOL competition victory by any senior Paraguayan team since the

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Teams

Teams representing all 10 members of CONMEBOL took part. * * * * * * * * * *

Venue

One venue was used in the city of

, part of the

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area, on the grounds of the

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headquarters.

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of no less than 10 and no more than 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 28). In consideration of the ongoing

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, any of these registered players who become afflicted by the disease could be freely replaced before the tournament began (Regulations Article 33).

Draw

The draw to split the ten teams into two groups of five took place at 12:00 PYT ( UTC−4) on 4 May at CONMEBOL headquarters in

, under the following procedure: The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the previous edition of the tournament in 2018. Initially, two teams were automatically assigned to position one of the groups: * to Group A: as the hosts, * to Group B: as the top seeds, The remaining eight teams were split into four pots of two based on their seeding, in order from the highest seeds placed in Pot 1, down to the lowest seeds placed in Pot 4. From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The teams finishing in third through fifth proceeded to play in consolation matches against the teams finishing in the same position in the other group to determine their final rank. Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat (Regulations Article 19). If two or more teams are equal on points, their rankings are determined as follows (Regulations Article 20): ''Matches are listed as local time in Luque, PYT ( UTC−4).'' The schedule was published after the draw. 24 May is allocated as a rest day.

Group A

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Group B

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Placement matches

27 May is allocated as a rest day.

Ninth place play-off

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Knockout stage

27 May is allocated as a rest day.

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Winners

Final standings

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References

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External links

Copa América de Fútbol Playa
at CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)
CONMEBOL Copa América de Fútbol Playa Paraguay 2022
at the

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(in Spanish)

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