2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Host country	Ecuador
City	Manta
Dates	19–26 April 2015
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Paraguay
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Ecuador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	268 (9.24 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" (12 goals)
Best player	Segundo Moreira
Best goalkeeper	Ivan Fernández

The 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Manta, Ecuador on 19–26 April 2015.^[1] This was the first time that the CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship was held in Ecuador. All matches were played at the Playa del Murciélago.

The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from South America which are members of CONMEBOL, where the top three teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal. In the final, Brazil defeated Paraguay to be crowned champions, and both teams together with third place Argentina qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[2]

Participating teams and draw

A total of 10 teams entered the tournament. This was the first time in the history of the CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship that all ten CONMEBOL teams participated in the competition.^[3]

Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador (hosts)
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 March 2015 at Luque.^[4] The 10 teams were drawn into two groups of five teams.

Group stage

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.

Legend
The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals

All times are local, Ecuador Time (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WE	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	4	4	0	0	29	14	+15	12	Knockout stage
2	Ecuador (H)	4	3	0	1	16	18	−2	9	Knockout stage
3	Chile	4	2	0	2	17	17	0	6	Classification stage (5th place)
4	Colombia	4	0	1	3	10	16	−6	2	Classification stage (5th place)
5	Bolivia	4	0	0	4	10	17	−7	0	Classification stage (9th place)

Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Host.

Paraguay v Colombia

19 April 2015
14:15

Paraguay	5–4	Colombia
Orlando Zayas 8' Jesús Amado Rolón 13', 23' Juan López 30' Pedro Morán 32'	Report 1 Report 2	Jorge Andrés Saavedra Brache 6' Omar Julián Ortega González 11' Jorge Luis Cabrera Ropero 11' Camilo Ernesto González Hernández 14'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Bolivia v Ecuador

19 April 2015
16:45

Bolivia	3–4	Ecuador
Pablo Alejandro Zapata Molina 1' Carlos Guardia Gutiérrez 23' Alan Enzo Aguilar Torrico 24'	Report 1 Report 2	Segundo Moreira 18' Cristian Gallegos 23', 30' Jorge Bailón 32'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Colombia v Bolivia

20 April 2015
14:15

Colombia	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Bolivia
Camilo Ernesto González Hernández 38'	Report 1 Report 2

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Paraguay v Chile

20 April 2015
16:45

Paraguay	7–3	Chile
Pedro Morán 2', 27', 31' Juan López 3', 30' Sebastián Amarilla 11' Jesús Amado Rolón 25'	Report 1 Report 2	Arnold Hernán Durán Mancilla 2', 25' Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz 33'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Chile v Bolivia

21 April 2015
14:15

Chile	4–2	Bolivia
Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz 21' Ignacio Javier Ponce Pizarro 21' Juan Roberto Barraza Pacheco 23' Cristian Medalla Esquer 33'	Report 1 Report 2	Pedro Luis López Moreno 19' Iver Eduardo Castedo 31'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Ecuador v Colombia

21 April 2015
16:45

Ecuador	5–2	Colombia
Hugo Ceballos 2' Cristian Gallegos 8' Segundo Moreira 16', 33' Virley Conforme 35'	Report 1 Report 2	Omar Julián Ortega González 21' Camilo Ernesto González Hernández 35'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Paraguay v Bolivia

22 April 2015
13:00

Paraguay	8–5	Bolivia
Sebastián Amarilla 1' Roberto Acuña 1' Jesús Amado Rolón 10', 27' Juan López 13' Pedro Morán 16', 33' Orlando Zayas 21'	Report 1 Report 2	Carlos Guardia Gutiérrez 20' Berthy Alpire 21' Iver Eduardo Castedo 24' Pedro Luis López Moreno 27' Roberto Acuña 27' (o.g.)

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Ecuador v Chile

22 April 2015
16:45

Ecuador	5–4	Chile
Segundo Moreira 3', 34' Daniel Cedeño 20' Virley Conforme 29' Hugo Ceballos 36'	Report 1 Report 2	Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría 5', 24' Sergio Javier Argote Navarrete 21' Sebastián Bolívar 31'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Chile v Colombia

23 April 2015
14:15

Chile	6–3	Colombia
Diego Estay Lama 12' Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz 13', 14' Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría 18', 23' Abel Valenzuela 34'	Report 1 Report 2	Sergio Javier Argote Navarrete 7' (o.g.) Marcos Henrique Prado León 24' Omar Julián Ortega González 29'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Ecuador v Paraguay

23 April 2015
16:45

Ecuador	2–9	Paraguay
Jorge Bailón 4' Cristian Gallegos 33'	Report 1 Report 2	Pedro Morán 1', 27' Edgar Barreto 4' Jesús Amado Rolón 16', 27' Juan López 28' Marcos Benítez 33', 33', 34'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	3	0	1	26	14	+12	9	Knockout stage
2	Argentina	4	2	1	1	23	22	+1	7	Knockout stage
3	Peru	4	2	0	2	24	21	+3	6	Classification stage (5th place)
4	Uruguay	4	2	0	2	17	21	−4	6	Classification stage (5th place)
5	Venezuela	4	0	0	4	15	27	−12	0	Classification stage (9th place)

Source: CONMEBOL

Brazil v Peru

19 April 2015
13:00

Brazil	7–3	Peru
Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 8', 33' Anderson Dias Lima 10' Rodrigo da Costa 13' Sidney Ribeiro Souto 16', 32' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 35'	Report 1 Report 2	Billyvardo Velezmoro Cortez 15' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 27' Javier Zagaceta Isla 35'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Venezuela v Argentina

19 April 2015
15:30

Venezuela	6–7	Argentina
Kevin Camargo 2' Alexander Vaamonde 3', 7' Winder Muñoz 27' Antonio Ramírez 28' Francisco Landaeta 36'	Report 1 Report 2	Federico Hilaire 7' Jonathan Levi 8', 9' César Leguizamón 11' Rodrigo López 16' Luciano Sirico 25' Lucas Medero 34'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Peru v Venezuela

20 April 2015
13:00

Peru	7–4	Venezuela
Javier Zagaceta Isla 1' Angelo Castro Gordillo 7' Andy Wladimir Moscoso Reyes 8' José Andrés Rey Sandoval 17' Enzon Delgado Martínez 18' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 33' Billyvardo Velezmoro Cortez 36'	Report 1 Report 2	Francisco Landaeta 13' Alexander Vaamonde 24', 33' Alberto Rodríguez 29'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Brazil v Uruguay

20 April 2015
15:30

Brazil	6–3	Uruguay
Daniel Nogueira Lima 8' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 13' Bruno da Silva Xavier 14', 15' Rodrigo da Costa 27' Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 32'	Report 1 Report 2	Martín Díaz 11' Matías Cabrera 15' Richard Catardo Olivera 32'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Uruguay v Venezuela

21 April 2015
13:00

Uruguay	5–4	Venezuela
Matías Cabrera 4' Marcelo Capurro 9' Martín Díaz 15', 29' Richard Catardo Olivera 20'	Report 1 Report 2	Winder Muñoz 2', 15' Alberto Rodríguez 22' Kevin Camargo 25'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Argentina v Peru

21 April 2015
15:30

Argentina	6–6 (a.e.t.)	Peru
Federico Costas 8', 28' Lucas Medero 28', 31', 32' Luciano Sirico 38'	Report 1 Report 2	Javier Zagaceta Isla 1', 39' Yomar Pérez Panana 9', 26' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 23', 35'
	Penalties
Luciano Franceschini Lucas Medero	1–0	Javier Zagaceta Isla Angelo Castro Gordillo Sócrates Vidal Moscoso

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Brazil v Venezuela

22 April 2015
14:15

Brazil	8–1	Venezuela
Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 8' Mauricio Pereira Braz de Oliveira 10' Bruno da Silva Xavier 19', 21', 29' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 23' Daniel Nogueira Lima 26' Fernando Valença 29'	Report 1 Report 2	Alberto Rodríguez 13'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Argentina v Uruguay

22 April 2015
15:30

Argentina	3–5	Uruguay
Federico Costas 7' Lucas Medero 19' Jonathan Levi 30'	Report 1 Report 2	Gonzalo Rosa 12' Fabricio Vallarino 20' Matías Cabrera 27' Sarandi Sobral Benítez 32', 35'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Uruguay v Peru

23 April 2015
13:00

Uruguay	4–8	Peru
Marcelo Capurro 11' Sarandi Sobral Benítez 31', 35' Gonzalo Rosa 33'	Report 1 Report 2	Billyvardo Velezmoro Cortez 3' Angelo Castro Gordillo 7', 17', 35' Javier Zagaceta Isla 17' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 29', 36' Andy Wladimir Moscoso Reyes 32'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Argentina v Brazil

23 April 2015
15:30

Argentina	7–5	Brazil
Lucas Medero 2', 25' César Leguizamón 19', 29' Federico Costas 25' Luciano Sirico 36' Santiago Hilaire 36'	Report 1 Report 2	Rodrigo da Costa 4', 7', 30' Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 24' Mauricio Pereira Braz de Oliveira 34'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

25 April

Brazil	14
		26 April
Ecuador	1
		Brazil	8
25 April
		Paraguay	3
Paraguay	4

Argentina	1
		Third Place

		26 April

		Ecuador	4 (0)

		Argentina (p)	4 (1)

Fifth Place Semi-finals		Fifth Place

24 April

Colombia	4
		26 April
Peru (a.e.t.)	5
		Peru	2
24 April
		Uruguay	3
Chile	2

Uruguay	5
		Seventh Place

		25 April

		Colombia	3

		Chile	9

					Ninth Place




					24 April

					Bolivia	5

					Venezuela	4

Fifth place semi-finals

Colombia v Peru

24 April 2015
15:30

Colombia	4–5 (a.e.t.)	Peru
Erich Emilio Moshamer Moreno 1', 28' Yeison Andrés Larrahondo Cortes 22' Jeisson Levid Sánchez Escobar 35'	Report 1 Report 2	José Andrés Rey Sandoval 15' Sócrates Vidal Moscoso 20' Angelo Castro Gordillo 28' Gustavo Acuña Vilela 31' Andy Wladimir Moscoso Reyes 38'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Chile v Uruguay

24 April 2015
16:45

Chile	2–5	Uruguay
Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría 27' Sebastián Bolívar 32'	Report 1 Report 2	Marcelo Capurro 10' Matías Cabrera 26' Fabricio Vallarino 27' Sarandi Sobral Benítez 27' Gonzalo Rosa 32'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Semi-finals

Brazil v Ecuador

25 April 2015
15:30

Brazil	14–1	Ecuador
Fernando Valença 1', 4', 20' Sidney Ribeiro Souto 2' Daniel Nogueira Lima 10', 30' Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 11', 28', 28' Mauricio Pereira Braz de Oliveira 14' Bruno da Silva Xavier 24' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 28', 29' Roberto Luis de Araújo "Betinho" 30'	Report 1 Report 2	José "Macula" Vera 24'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Paraguay v Argentina

25 April 2015
16:45

Paraguay	4–1	Argentina
Jesús Amado Rolón 2' Juan López 3' Pedro Morán 18' Marcos Benítez 24'	Report 1 Report 2	Santiago Hilaire 18'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Ninth place match

Bolivia v Venezuela

24 April 2015
14:15

Bolivia	5–4	Venezuela
Pablo Alejandro Zapata Molina 11' Berthy Alpire 14' Julio César Zambrano 16' Robert Yimmi Guzmán 18' Pedro Luis López Moreno 34'	Report 1 Report 2	Winder Muñoz 8' Hector Muñoz 14', 22' Jonathan Moreno 19'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Seventh place match

Colombia v Chile

25 April 2015
14:15

Colombia	3–9	Chile
John Santiago Riascos Hurtado 3' Omar Julián Ortega González 6' Jorge Luis Cabrera Ropero 22'	Report 1 Report 2	Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría 4', 6' Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz 5', 6', 34' Arnold Hernán Durán Mancilla 23' Cristian Medalla Esquer 28', 29' Pablo Alejandro Rodríguez Vega 34'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Fifth place match

Peru v Uruguay

26 April 2015
14:15

Peru	2–3	Uruguay
Angelo Castro Gordillo 22', 24'	Report 1 Report 2	Fabricio Vallarino 12' Diego Pastoriza 21', 24'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Third place match

Ecuador v Argentina

26 April 2015
15:30

Ecuador	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Segundo Moreira 24', 32', 33' Virley Conforme 30'	Report 1 Report 2	Federico Costas 19', 25' Lucas Medero 19', 28'
	Penalties
Jorge Bailón Segundo Moreira Virley Conforme	0–1	Lucas Medero Luciano Franceschini

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Final

Brazil v Paraguay

26 April 2015
16:45

Brazil	8–3	Paraguay
Rodrigo da Costa 5' Bruno da Silva Xavier 8', 21' Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha" 10', 19', 26', 28' Gabriel Novaes de Moura 16'	Report 1 Report 2	Pedro Morán 10' Edgar Barreto 21' Juan López 34'

Playa del Murciélago, Manta

Final ranking

Brazil's team celebrating winning the tournament.

Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Rank	Team
01 !	Brazil
02 !	Paraguay
03 !	Argentina
4	Ecuador
5	Uruguay
6	Peru
7	Chile
8	Colombia
9	Bolivia
10	Venezuela

Awards

Best Player (MVP)^[2]	Top Scorer(s)^[2]	Best Goalkeeper^[2]
Segundo Moreira	Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha"	Ivan Fernández

Top goalscorers

12 goals

Luis Do Nacimiento "Datinha"

10 goals

Pedro Morán

9 goals

Lucas Medero

8 goals

Bruno da Silva Xavier
Segundo Moreira
Jesús Amado Rolón

7 goals

Victor Manuel Alejandro Belaunde Muñoz
Alberto Andrés Echeverría Alegría
Juan López
Angelo Castro Gordillo
Sócrates Vidal Moscoso

References

↑ "Twitter @CONMEBOL_CSF". CONMEBOL. 10 March 2015.
1 2 3 4 "Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina headed to World Cup from CONMEBOL". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 26 April 2015.
↑ "Twitter @CONMEBOL_CSF". CONMEBOL. 10 March 2015.
↑ "Fútbol playa: fueron sorteados los grupos para el sudamericano de Manta (Ecuador) 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 27 March 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2015 - CONMEBOL Qualifier Manta-Ecuador, beachsoccer.com
Sudamericano Fútbol Playa Ecuador 2015, CONMEBOL.com (Spanish)
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Portugal 2015 – Qualifiers – South America, FIFA.com

International beach soccer

FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide World Cup Mundialito (clubs) Pro Beach Soccer Tour Intercontinental Cup Copa Latina Rankings Asian Beach Games European Games

Asia	AFC – Championship AFF Championship

Africa	CAF – Cup of Nations

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Europe	UEFA – League World Cup Qualifiers Cup Club: Winners Cup

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Finals	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

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List of finals Team appearances

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification

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CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

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OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹

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¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League.

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