2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Eliminatorias Sudamericanas de Futsal
Paraguay 2016
Tournament details
Host country Paraguay
CityAsunción
Dates5–13 February 2016
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored154 (5.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Dione Veroneze
Colombia Jonathan Giraldo
(6 goals each)
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The 2016 South American Futsal World Cup qualifiers was a men's futsal tournament that was used as the South American qualifying tournament to determine three of the four CONMEBOL teams in the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup final tournament in Colombia.[1] The tournament was held in Asunción, Paraguay between 5–13 February 2016.[2]

Champions Brazil, runners-up Argentina and third-placed Paraguay qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts.[3]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams participated in the tournament.[4]

Team Previous best top-4 performance
 Argentina (holders) Champions (2012)
 Bolivia None
 Brazil Third place (2012)
 Chile None
 Colombia Fourth place (2012)
 Ecuador None
 Paraguay (hosts) Runners-up (2012)
 Peru None
 Uruguay None
 Venezuela None

Note: Statistics start from 2012 when a separate qualifying tournament was held. Prior to 2012, the Copa América de Futsal was used as the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Venues

The matches were played at the Polideportivo del Club Sol de América in Asunción.[2]

Group stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 23 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Futsal Committee meeting at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[4] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Argentina–Paraguay, Brazil–Colombia, Chile–Venezuela, Peru–Uruguay, Bolivia–Ecuador. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 8 January 2016.[5]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the remaining teams proceeded to the classification play-offs for fifth to tenth place. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:[6]

  1. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in all games;
  3. Goals scored in all games;
  4. Drawing of lots.

All times local, PYST (UTC−3).[7]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 4 0 0 23 1 +22 12 Knockout stage
2  Paraguay (H) 4 2 1 1 11 6 +5 7
3  Venezuela 4 2 0 2 11 13 −2 6 Fifth place play-off
4  Ecuador 4 1 0 3 7 22 −15 3 Seventh place play-off
5  Peru 4 0 1 3 5 15 −10 1 Ninth place play-off
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Paraguay 2–2 Peru
Richard Rejala Report Martín Herrera
Milton Saldarriaga
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Daniel Rodríguez, Federico Cardozo, Dario Santamaria
Brazil 2–1 Venezuela
Jean Pierre Guisel (Pito)
Diego Fonseca 		Report Rafael Morillo
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Cristian Espindola, Herry Gutierrez, Yuri Garcia
Venezuela 2–6 Paraguay
Wilfredo Figueroa
Teran Greydelvid 		Report Javier Salas
Richard Rejala
Francisco Martínez
Fabio Alcaraz
Rodrígo Ayala
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Dario Santamaria, Marcelo Bais, Christian Espindola
Peru 1–3 Ecuador
Martín Herrera Report Erick Miranda
Paul Santamaria
Jorge Portocarrero
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Oswaldo Gómez, Yuri García, Federico Cardozo
Ecuador 3–4 Venezuela
Jorge Portocarrero
Carlos Galarza 		Report Jorge Preciado
Carlos Méndez
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Cristian Espindola, Daniel Rodríguez, Henry Gutiérrez
Paraguay 0–1 Brazil
Report Daniel Rollemberg
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Yuri Garcia, Oswaldo Gomez, Marcelo Bais
Brazil 14–0 Ecuador
Dione Veroneze
Luis Jeferson
Fernando Nascimiento
Jean Pierre Guisel (Pito)
Rodrígo Hardy
Diego Fonseca
Ari Santos 		Report
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Federico Cardozo, Dario Santamaria, Daniel Rodríguez
Venezuela 4–2 Peru
Alfredo Vidal
Carlos Méndez
Rafael Morillo
Wilfredo Figueroa 		Report Luis Ramos
Martín Herrera
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Marcelo Bais, Henry Gutiérrez, Oswaldo Gómez
Peru 0–6 Brazil
Report Ari Santos
Daniel Rollemberg
Diego Fonseca
Jean Pierre Guisel (Pito)
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Oswaldo Gomez, Cristian Espinola, Federico Cardozo
Ecuador 1–3 Paraguay
Carlos Galarza Report Juan Salas
Francisco Martínez
Fabio Alcaraz
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Daniel Rodriguez, Yuri García, Dario Santamaria

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 4 4 0 0 20 2 +18 12 Knockout stage
2  Uruguay 4 2 1 1 13 6 +7 7
3  Colombia 4 2 0 2 10 10 0 6 Fifth place play-off
4  Bolivia 4 0 2 2 6 20 −14 2 Seventh place play-off
5  Chile 4 0 1 3 6 17 −11 1 Ninth place play-off
Source: CONMEBOL
Colombia 6–3 Chile
Wilmar Ramírez
Jonathan Giraldo
Yeison Fornera
Julián Díaz 		Report Juan Carrasco
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Cesar Malga, Mario Espichan, José Hernández
Argentina 4–2 Uruguay
Leandro Cuzzolino
Cristian Borruto
Maximiliano Rescia 		Report Nicolás Ordoqui
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Gean Telles, Flavio Marques, Elvis Peña
Uruguay 2–2 Bolivia
Federico Fedele
Nicolás Ordoqui 		Report Donald Montero
Iván Quisbert
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Manuel Benítez, José Hernandez, Mario Espichan
Chile 0–3 Argentina
Report Maximiliano Rescia
Cristian Borruto
Leandro Cuzzolino
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Elvis Peña, Jorge Galeano, Flavio Marques
Bolivia 3–3 Chile
Diego Montero
Ivan Quisbert
Carlos Fernández 		Report Bernardo Araya
Nilson Concha
Carlos Arriola
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Mario Espichan, Gear Telles, Manuel Benítez
Argentina 2–0 Colombia
Constantino Vaporaki
Taffarel Mauro 		Report
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Flavio Marques, Cesar Malaga, Jorge Galeano
Colombia 4–1 Bolivia
Jonathan Giraldo
Luis Poveda
Angellot Caro 		Report Ivan Quisbert
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: José Hernández, Manuel Benítez, Cesar Malga
Chile 0–5 Uruguay
Report Sebastián Castro
Leandro Ataides
Ignacio Buggiano
Gabriel Palleiro
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Jorge Galeano, Elvis Peña, Gean Telles
Bolivia 0–11 Argentina
Report Almiro Vaporaki
Lucas Volo
Leandro Cuzzolino
Pablo Taborda
Maximiliano Rescia
Santiago Basile
Alan Brandi
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Elvis Peña, Flavio Marques, Jorge Galeano
Uruguay 4–0 Colombia
Federico Fedele
Gabriel Palleiro
Ignacio Salgues 		Report
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Gean Telles, Mario Espichan, José Hernandez

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was used in the classification play-offs for fifth to tenth place).[6]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Brazil4
 
 
 
 Uruguay1
 
 Brazil4
 
 
 
 Argentina0
 
 Argentina (p)3 (3)
 
 
 Paraguay3 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Uruguay2
 
 
 Paraguay7
 
Fifth Place
 
  
 
 
 
 
 Venezuela6
 
 
 Colombia4
 
 
Seventh Place
 
  
 
 
 
 
 Ecuador1
 
 
 Bolivia3
 
 
Ninth Place
 
  
 
 
 
 
 Peru2 (1)
 
 
 Chile (p)2 (2)
 

Ninth place play-off

Peru 2–2 Chile
Martín Herrera
Milton Saldarriaga 		Carlos Arriola
Yerko García
Penalties
Renzo Ramírez soccer ball with check mark
Xavier Tavera soccer ball with red X
Luis Salerno soccer ball with red X		 1–2 soccer ball with check mark Juan Carrasco
soccer ball with check mark Gasaldy Pavez
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Seventh place play-off

Ecuador 1–3 Bolivia
Milton Nazate Iber Paz
Mauricio Portocarrero
Robin Galvis
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Fifth place play-off

Venezuela 6–4 Colombia
Wilmer Cabarcas
Carlos Méndez
Lully Parada
Rafael Morillo
Greydelvid Terán
Johan Quintero 		Richard Gutiérrez
James Castillo
Wilmar Ramírez
Jonathan Giraldo
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Brazil 4–1 Uruguay
Rafael Bezerra
Fernando Nascimiento
Dione Veroneze
Marcenio Ribeiro 		Report Nicolás Ordoqui
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Cristian Espinola, Jose Hernández, Manuel Benítez
Argentina 3–3 (a.e.t.) Paraguay
Alamiro Vaporaki
Maximiliano Rescia
Cristian Borruto 		Report José Luis Santander
Richard Rejala
Rene Villalba
Penalties
Santiago Basile soccer ball with check mark
Pablo Taborda soccer ball with red X
Leandro Cuzzolino soccer ball with check mark
Maximiliano Rescia soccer ball with red X
Alan Brandi soccer ball with check mark		 3–2 soccer ball with red X René Villalba
soccer ball with check mark Javier Salas
soccer ball with check mark Juan Salas
soccer ball with red X Francisco Martínez
soccer ball with red X Richard Rejala
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Yuri García, Cesar Malaga, Henry Gutiérrez

Third place play-off

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Uruguay 2–7 Paraguay
Sebatián Castro Report Juan Salas
Richard Rejala
Francisco Martínez
René Villalba
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Dario Santamaria, Gean Telles, Marcelos Bais

Final

Brazil 4–0 Argentina
Luis Jeferson
Fernando Nascimiento
Rodrigo Hardy
Dione Veroneze 		Report
Polideportivo del Club Sol de América, Asunción
Referee: Daniel Rodríguez, Elvis Peña, Mario Espichan

Final ranking

Teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Paraguay
4  Uruguay
5  Venezuela
6  Colombia
7  Bolivia
8  Ecuador
9  Chile
10  Peru

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Colombia 28 May 2013 1 (2012)
 Brazil 12 February 2016 7 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Argentina 12 February 2016 7 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 Paraguay 14 February 2016 5 (1989, 1992, 2004, 2008, 2012)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ^ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Confirmación de fecha para las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas de Futsal" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 5 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Paraguay progress to Colombia". FIFA.com. 14 February 2016. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Se sortearon los grupos de las Eliminatorias Futsal y Futsal Femenino" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 23 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Se presentó el fixture de las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas de Futsal". CONMEBOL.com. 8 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Reglamento – Eliminatorias Futsal Paraguay 2016" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  7. ^ "Fixture Eliminatorias de Futsal" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.

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