FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
The CONMEBOL qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, previously known as the South American Beach Soccer Championship, was the main championship for beach soccer in South America, contested between the senior men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL.
The tournament acted as the qualification route for South American nations to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The winners of the championship were also crowned continental champions. Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2009; the World Cup then became biennial, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit.
The championship was established in 2006 after FIFA made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments to determine the best national team in their region and hence those who would proceed to represent their continent in the upcoming World Cup. The first edition was preceded by a joint qualification tournament between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF in 2005; a second and final joint event was held in 2007. FIFA currently allocate South America three berths at the World Cup and hence the top three teams qualify to the World Cup finals.
Beach Soccer Worldwide originally organized the competition under the title FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier. In 2013, CONMEBOL began reporting on the event using the aforementioned Sudamericano title before taking organizational control under a new title in 2017.
In July 2022, CONMEBOL decided to interrupt the tournament since CONMEBOL's representatives in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup would be determined via the Copa América de Beach Soccer, a tournament established by CONMEBOL in 2016 but which did not grant places for the World Cup.
Brazil were the last champions and the most successful nation with eight titles. They also won the 2005 joint event.
Results
- Joint championship with CONCACAF
Performance
Successful nations
Awards
All-time table
As of 2021Joint event results not included
| Pos | Team | App | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Win % |
| 1 | 9 | 51 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 428 | 123 | +305 | 147 | 2.88 | 96.1 | |
| 2 | 9 | 51 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 211 | 186 | +25 | 90 | 1.76 | 66.7 | |
| 3 | 9 | 44 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 210 | 186 | +24 | 73 | 1.66 | 59.1 | |
| 4 | 9 | 47 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 178 | 193 | –15 | 72 | 1.53 | 57.4 | |
| 5 | 8 | 37 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 172 | 165 | +7 | 49 | 1.32 | 45.9 | |
| 6 | 6 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 128 | 155 | –27 | 36 | 1.06 | 38.2 | |
| 7 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 126 | 207 | –81 | 32 | 0.91 | 34.3 | |
| 8 | 9 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 153 | 252 | –99 | 29 | 0.63 | 23.9 | |
| 9 | 9 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 142 | 224 | –82 | 28 | 0.68 | 26.8 | |
| 10 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 49 | 102 | –53 | 9 | 0.45 | 15.0 |
Key:
Appearances App / Won in normal time W = 3 points / Won in extra-time W+ = 2 points / Won on penalty shoot-out WP = 1 point / Lost L = 0 points / Points per game '''PPG'''
Appearances & performance timeline
The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the CONMEBOL qualifiers and how many appearances they each have made.;Legend
- – Champions
- – Runners-up
- – Third place
- – Fourth place
- 5th–10th – Fifth to tenth place
- × − Did not enter
- •• – Entered but withdrew
- – Hosts
- Apps – No. of appearances
2006 Performance of qualifiers at the World CupThe following is a performance timeline of the CONMEBOL teams who have gone on to appear in the World Cup, having qualified from the above events.;Legend
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