2022 Copa América de Futsal
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The 2022 CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal was the 13th 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. It was held in Asunción, Paraguay from 29 January to 6 February 2022.[1]
| CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal Paraguay 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Paraguay |
| City | Asunción |
| Dates | 29 January – 6 February |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | SND Arena |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Paraguay |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Colombia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 125 (4.63 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Hugo Martínez Sebastián Obando(5 goals each) |
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The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2] However, on 27 December 2021 the Brazilian Football Confederation asked CONMEBOL to transfer the event to Paraguay because of the sanitary restrictions imposed in Brazil due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] CONMEBOL confirmed the change to Paraguay on 4 January 2022, maintaining the same dates.[4] Planned to be held in 2021,[5] the tournament was postponed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it marked the return of the Copa América de Futsal after four years as the 2019 edition ended up being cancelled.
Brazil were the defending champions, having won their tenth title in 2017, but were eliminated by Argentina in the semi-finals leading to the third place match against Colombia, which they won by 3–0 score. Argentina won their third title after defeating Paraguay 1–0 in the final.
Teams
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 13th | Champions (2003, 2015) |
 Bolivia | 6th | Fourth place (2000) |
| Brazil (holders) | 13th | Champions (1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2011, 2017) |
 Chile | 8th | None |
| Colombia | 7th | Fourth place (2011, 2015) |
 Ecuador | 7th | Fourth place (1992) |
| Paraguay (hosts) | 13th | Runners-up (1998, 1999, 2015) |
| Peru | 7th | None |
 Uruguay | 11th | Runners-up (1996, 2008) |
 Venezuela | 7th | None |
Venue
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was originally named as host city of the tournament at the CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 27 October 2021.[2][6] with the Barra Olympic Park as venue of the matches.[7] However, on 27 December 2021 the Brazilian Football Confederation sent a letter to CONMEBOL requesting to transfer the tournament to Paraguay because it could not obtain the exceptions to the sanitary measures adopted by the Brazilian government related to the COVID-19 pandemic for the participating delegations.[3][8] On 4 January 2022 CONMEBOL confirmed Asunción, Paraguay as the new host city through a note sent to its member associations.[9][10]
All matches took place at the SND Arena owned by the National Secretary of Sports of Paraguay and located in the Hipódromo neighbourhood in Asunción.[10][11]
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 20 December 2021, 14:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre in Luque, Paraguay.[12] The hosts (at that moment) and holders, Brazil, and the previous tournament's runners-up, Argentina were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups A and B respectively. The remaining eight teams were split into four "pairing pots" (Paraguay–Uruguay, Colombia–Venezuela, Bolivia–Ecuador, Peru–Chile) based on the final placement they reached in the previous edition of the tournament (shown in brackets).[13]
From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.[13]
The draw resulted in the following groups:[14]
Match officials
On 28 December 2021, CONMEBOL informed to its member associations the referees appointed for the tournament.[15][16]
| Association | Referees |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Darío Santamaría and Bettina Cingari |
 Bolivia | Henry Gutierrez |
| Brazil | Felipe Ventura, Gean Telles, and Ricardo Messa |
| Chile | Valeria Palma, Christian Espíndola, and Rodrigo Concha |
| Colombia | Yuri García |
| Ecuador | Jonathan Herbas |
| Paraguay | José Ocampo and Bill Villalba |
 Peru | Rolly Rojas and Mario Espichán |
| Uruguay | Andrés Martínez and Daniel Rodríguez |
| Venezuela | Junior Patiño |
Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of at least 10 and up to 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 29).[17]
Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in the group stage is determined as follows (Regulations article 19 and 20):[17]
- Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
- Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
- Fewer red cards received
- Fewer yellow cards received
- Drawing of lots.
All match times listed are in PYST (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[18][19][20]
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Colombia |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | Uruguay |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Fifth place play-off |
| 4 | Ecuador |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 3 | Seventh place play-off |
| 5 | Chile |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 0 | Ninth place play-off |
| Chile | 1–3 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
Cristian Arredondo  23' |
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Brayan Zapata 29', 32' Yulian Diaz 38' |
| Brazil | 5–1 | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Bruno 8' Pito 9'João Victor 15'Daniel 18'Bruno Taffy 34' |
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Bryan Montaño 33' |
| Ecuador | 4–2 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Mercado 16' Dálember Segura 25'Sindulfo Estacio 26'Jimmy Espinales 39' |
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Nicolás Lagos 32' Joel González 39' |
| Uruguay | 0–4 | Colombia |
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Felipe Echavarría 2' José Tangarife 16'Angellot Caro 24'Brayan Zapata 34' |
| Ecuador | 0–6 | Uruguay |
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Brandon Diaz 14' Juan Custodio 23'Nicolás Ordoqui 25'Mathías Fernández 29'Luciano Cosentino 34'Agustín Sosa 38' |
| Chile | 2–4 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Renato Martínez-Conde 17' Alan Morán 28' |
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Ferrão 16' Marlon Araújo 19', 34'Pito 21' |
| Uruguay | 2–0 | Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Catardo 11' Juan Custodio 12' |
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| Colombia | 0–3 | Brazil |
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Ferrão 17' Felipe Valério 34'Rafa Santos 37' |
| Colombia | 5–3 | Ecuador |
|---|---|---|
| Felipe Echavarría 3', 19', 32' Angellot Caro 5'Harrison Santos 9' |
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Jordan Mercado 4', 10' Dálember Segura 11' |
| Brazil | 2–0 | Uruguay |
|---|---|---|
| Pito 7', 17' |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay (H) |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 10 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Argentina |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | |
| 3 | Venezuela |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | Fifth place play-off |
| 4 | Bolivia |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | Seventh place play-off |
| 5 | Peru |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 0 | Ninth place play-off |
| Peru | 2–3 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Angulo 24' Jordi Rivera 37' |
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Wilson Francia 8' Andrés Terán 30'Carlos Sanz 34' |
| Argentina | 2–1 | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Pablo Taborda 1', 27' |
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Miguel Padilla 3' |
| Bolivia | 4–3 | Peru |
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| Miguel Padilla 3' Raúl Ardaya 14'Carlos Ramos 34'José Herrera 38' |
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Sebastián Obando 17' Hugo Barrantes 21'Xavier Tavera 25' |
| Paraguay | 4–3 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Gómez 12' Hugo Martínez 23', 28'Francisco Martínez 39' |
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Rafael Morillo 13', 37', 40' |
| Bolivia | 0–4 | Paraguay |
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Hugo Martínez 2' Damián Mareco 5'Francisco Martínez 21'Vander Méndez 28' |
| Peru | 1–4 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastián Obando 40' |
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Andrés Geraghty 7' Sebastián Corso 8'Maximiliano Rescia 11'Constantino Vaporaki 35' |
| Paraguay | 5–1 | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| Arnaldo Báez 10' Richard Rejala 13'Juan Gómez Salas 19'Hugo Martínez 21'Javier Salas 34' |
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Sebastián Obando 2' |
| Venezuela | 1–3 | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Wilson Francia 22' |
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Constantino Vaporaki 15' Pablo Taborda 17'Matías Edelstein 18' |
| Venezuela | 3–1 | Bolivia |
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| Henry Gutiérrez 19', 35' Oscar Fernández 28' |
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Miguel Padilla 31' |
| Argentina | 3–3 | Paraguay |
|---|---|---|
| Matías Edelstein 18', 27' Sebastián Corso 33' |
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Arnaldo Báez 4' Hugo Martínez 14'Francisco Martínez 19' |
Final stage
In the final stage, if a match is tied after the regular playing time (Regulations article 21):[17]
- In the semi-finals and final, extra time would be played (two periods of five minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
- In the play-offs for third to tenth place, extra time would not be played, and the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.
All match times listed are in PYST (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[21]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 5 February | ||||||
| Brazil | 3 (1) | |||||
| 6 February | ||||||
| Argentina (p) | 3 (2) | |||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||
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| Paraguay | 0 | |||||
| Paraguay | 4 | |||||
| Colombia | 2 | |||||
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| 6 February | ||||||
| Brazil | 3 | |||||
| Colombia | 0 | |||||
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Semi-finals
| Paraguay | 4–2 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Arnaldo Báez 17' Francisco Martínez 29'Damián Mareco 34'Juan Gómez Salas 39' |
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Camilo Sánchez 12', 37' |
| Brazil | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | Argentina |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrão 11' (pen.) Matheus Rodrigues 27'Cristian Borruto  36' (o.g.) |
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Lucas Bolo 7' Ángel Claudino 30'Leandro Cuzzolino 34' |
| Penalties | ||
Ferrão  Pito Rafa Santos  Bruno Taffy Marcênio |
1–2 | Lucas Bolo Matías Edelstein Ángel Claudino Pablo Taborda |
Ninth place play-off
| Chile | 2–3 | Peru |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolás Chacón 1' Joel González 27' |
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Sebastián Obando 6', 39' Manuel Millares 32' |
Seventh place play-off
| Ecuador | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Bolivia |
|---|---|---|
| Jerson Nazareno 35' Dálember Segura 39' |
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Rómer Herrera 13' Saúl Gareca 29' |
| Penalties | ||
| 7–6 | ||
Fifth place play-off
| Uruguay | 1–1 | Venezuela |
|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Aunchayna 22' |
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Alfredo Vidal 39' |
| Penalties | ||
| Nicolás Ordoqui Richard Catardo Juan Custodio Luciano Cosentino Ignacio Salgués Federico Fedele Mathías Fernández Alejandro Aunchayna |
7–6 | Carlos Sanz Jesús Viamonte Jean Trujillo Henry Gutiérrez Rafael Morillo Wilson Escalona Alexander Moreno Andrés Terán |
Third place play-off
| Brazil | 3–0 | Colombia |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrão 14' Bruno Ramos 17'João Victor 31' |
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