2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
# 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The 2017 CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, (natively in Spanish: Eliminatorias CONMEBOL al Mundial de la FIFA de Fútbol Playa Asunción 2017) was the seventh edition of the Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship contested by the men's national teams of South America to determine the best beach soccer nation on the continent, organised by CONMEBOL. The tournament acted as a qualifying event to the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, with the top three finishing nations progressing to the finals in the Bahamas.

The competition took place from 5 to 12 February 2017 in Lambaré, Gran Asunción, Paraguay, with ten nations taking part. Brazil were the defending champions.

## Participating teams and draw

The following ten teams entered the tournament.

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

The draw of the tournament was held on 20 January 2017, 12:00 UTC−3, at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The teams were seeded according to their results in the 2015 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship.

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraguay (hosts; assigned to A1)  Brazil (title holders; assigned to B1) | Argentina  Ecuador | Uruguay  Peru | Chile  Colombia | Bolivia  Venezuela |

## 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. The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals, while the bottom three teams from each group enter the placement stage for 5th to 10th place.

All times are local, PYST (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paraguay (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 12 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 6 | Placement stage (5th–10th place) |
| 4 | Chile | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 3 | Placement stage (5th–10th place) |
| 5 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 0 | Placement stage (5th–10th place) |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 8 | +29 | 12 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Ecuador | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Peru | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 6 | Placement stage (5th–10th place) |
| 4 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 3 | Placement stage (5th–10th place) |
| 5 | Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | −12 | 0 | Placement stage (5th–10th place) |

## Placement stage (5th–10th place)

### Bracket (5th–10th place)

| 5th place semi-finals | 5th place semi-finals | 5th place | 5th place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 February | 10 February |
| Chile | 10 |
| Chile | 10 | 12 February | 12 February |
| Peru | 4 | 12 February | 12 February |
| Peru | 4 | Chile | 8 |
| 10 February | 10 February | | Chile | 8 |
| 10 February | 10 February | Colombia | 7 |
| Uruguay | 4 | Colombia | 7 |
| Colombia | 7 | | |
| Colombia | 7 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 11 February | 11 February |
| | | Peru (a.e.t.) | 4 |
| | | Uruguay | 3 |
| 9th place | 9th place |
| 10 February | 10 February |
| Bolivia | 0 |
| Venezuela | 6 |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket (1st–4th place)

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11 February | 11 February |
| Brazil | 7 |
| Brazil | 7 | 12 February | 12 February |
| Argentina | 1 | 12 February | 12 February |
| Argentina | 1 | Brazil | 7 |
| 11 February | 11 February | | Brazil | 7 |
| 11 February | 11 February | Paraguay | 5 |
| Paraguay (a.e.t.) | 5 | Paraguay | 5 |
| Ecuador | 3 | | |
| Ecuador | 3 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 12 February | 12 February |
| | | Argentina | 4 (0) |
| | | Ecuador (p) | 4 (1) |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

### 3rd place match

Winner qualifies for 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

## Awards

### Winners

* 2017 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship champions
* Brazil Sixth title

### Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

* Most valuable player
* Carlos Carballo
* Top scorer
* Víctor Belaunde (11 goals)
* Best goalkeeper
* Mão

## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | Brazil |
| | Paraguay |
| | Ecuador |
| 4 | Argentina |
| 5 | Chile |
| 6 | Colombia |
| 7 | Peru |
| 8 | Uruguay |
| 9 | Venezuela |
| 10 | Bolivia |

### Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005) |
| - | - | - |
| Brazil | 11 February 2017 | 8 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Paraguay | 11 February 2017 | 2 (2013, 2015) |
| Ecuador | 12 February 2017 | 0 (Debut) |

    $^1$ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
