2017 Copa América de Futsal
# 2017 Copa América de Futsal

The 2017 CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal was the 12th edition of the Copa América de Futsal, the international futsal championship under FIFA rules organised by CONMEBOL for the men's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in San Juan, Argentina between 5–12 April 2017.

## Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
| - | - | - |
| Argentina (hosts and holders) | 12th | Champions (2003, 2015) |
| Bolivia | 5th | Fourth place (2000) |
| Brazil | 12th | Champions (1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2011) |
| Chile | 7th | None |
| Colombia | 5th | Fourth place (2011, 2015) |
| Ecuador | 6th | Fourth place (1992) |
| Paraguay | 12th | Runners-up (1998, 1999, 2015) |
| Peru | 6th | None |
| Uruguay | 11th | Runners-up (1996, 2008) |
| Venezuela | 7th | None |

## Venues

All matches are played in one venue: Estadio Aldo Cantoni in San Juan.

## Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 30 March 2017, 14:30 ART (UTC−3), at the Sports Secretariat of the city of San Juan. The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts and defending champions Argentina and the defending runners-up Paraguay were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2015 Copa América de Futsal: Brazil–Colombia, Chile–Uruguay, Venezuela–Peru, Ecuador–Bolivia.

## Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).

## Match officials

A total of 16 referees were appointed for the tournament.

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals, while the teams in third, fourth and fifth advance to the fifth place, seventh place, and ninth place play-offs respectively. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 6.2):

* Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored);
* Goal difference in all matches;
* Goals scored in all matches;
* Drawing of lots.

All times are local, ART (UTC−3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | +20 | 10 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Argentina (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 10 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Venezuela | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 6 | Fifth place play-off |
| 4 | Bolivia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 19 | −15 | 3 | Seventh place play-off |
| 5 | Chile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 | Ninth place play-off |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 8 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 5 | Fifth place play-off |
| 4 | Ecuador | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 4 | Seventh place play-off |
| 5 | Peru | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 3 | Ninth place play-off |

## Knockout stage

In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 11 April | 11 April |
| Argentina | 3 |
| Argentina | 3 | 12 April | 12 April |
| Uruguay | 1 | 12 April | 12 April |
| Uruguay | 1 | Argentina | 2 |
| 11 April | 11 April | | Argentina | 2 |
| 11 April | 11 April | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 4 |
| Brazil | 5 | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 4 |
| Paraguay | 2 | | |
| Paraguay | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 April | 12 April |
| | | Uruguay | 3 |
| | | Paraguay | 4 |
| Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 11 April | 11 April |
| Venezuela | 4 |
| Colombia | 6 |
| Seventh place | Seventh place |
| 11 April | 11 April |
| Bolivia | 3 |
| Ecuador | 1 |
| Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 11 April | 11 April |
| Chile | 1 |
| Peru | 5 |

## Final ranking

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