2018 South American Under-18 Futsal Championship
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| CONMEBOL Sudamericano de Futsal Sub-18 Paraguay 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Paraguay |
| City | Luque |
| Dates | 22–29 March |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  Argentina |
| Third place |  Colombia |
| Fourth place |  Venezuela |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 201 (7.44 per match) |
← 2016 2020 → | |
The 2018 South American Under-18 Futsal Championship was the 2nd edition of the South American Under-18 Futsal Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano de Futsal Sub-18), the biennial international youth futsal championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-18 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Luque, Paraguay between 22 and 29 March 2018.[1] Different from the first edition, it was played as an under-18 tournament instead of an under-17 tournament.
The tournament served as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, with the winner qualifying for the boys' tournament together with hosts Argentina which qualified automatically (if Argentina were to win the tournament, the runner-up would qualify)[2]
Venues
All matches are played in one venue: Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico in Luque.
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 19 March 2018, 11:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association in Asunción.[4] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Paraguay and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2016 South American Under-17 Futsal Championship: Argentina–Venezuela, Peru–Ecuador, Uruguay–Bolivia, Chile–Colombia.
Squads
Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).[5] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Group stage
Knockout stage
In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[5]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 28 November | ||||||
| Brazil (p) | 2 (2) | |||||
| 29 November | ||||||
| Colombia | 2 (0) | |||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||
| 28 November | ||||||
| Argentina | 2 | |||||
| Argentina (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||
| Venezuela | 2 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 29 November | ||||||
| Colombia | 5 | |||||
| Venezuela | 3 | |||||
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Ninth place play-off
Seventh place play-off
Fifth place play-off
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winner qualifies for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.
