2006 South American Beach Soccer Championship

The 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier, also later and commonly known as the 2006 South American Beach Soccer Championship, was the first Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for South America, held from 5–12 March in Macaé, Brazil.

2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONMEBOL qualifier

2006 South American Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
Dates	5–12 March
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Uruguay
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	163 (8.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jorginho (14 goals)
← 2005 2007 →

The qualifiers were not coordinated by CONMEBOL at the time. The event was instead organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), under the title of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifier.^[1][2] CONMEBOL first recognised the tournament in 2013, under the title South American Beach Soccer Championship, also acknowledging the 2006–11 events as historic editions of the championship.^[3] CONMEBOL eventually began organising the qualifiers in 2017, under a new title.

Hosts Brazil won the championship, with Uruguay finishing second. Argentina won the third place play-off to claim third. These three nations moved on to play in the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2–12 November.^[4]

Competing nations

•  Argentina
•  Brazil (hosts)
•  Paraguay
•  Peru
•  Uruguay
•  Venezuela

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	5	5	0	0	47	12	+35	15
Argentina	5	4	0	1	20	14	+6	12
Uruguay	5	1	2	2	16	19	-3	7
Venezuela	5	1	1	3	15	30	-15	5
Paraguay	5	1	0	4	20	24	-4	3
Peru	5	0	0	5	7	25	-18	0

Day 1

5 March 2006

Uruguay	6 – 5 (extra-time)	Paraguay

Macaé, Brazil

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5 March 2006

Argentina	4 – 2	Peru

Macaé, Brazil

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5 March 2006

Brazil	15 – 2	Venezuela

Macaé, Brazil

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Day 2

6 March 2006

Peru	2 – 2 0-1 (pens.)	Uruguay

Macaé, Brazil

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6 March 2006

Argentina	6 – 3	Venezuela

Macaé, Brazil

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6 March 2006

Brazil	9 – 5	Paraguay

Macaé, Brazil

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Day 3

7 March 2006

Paraguay	4 – 4 3-4 (pens.)	Venezuela

Macaé, Brazil

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7 March 2006

Uruguay	1 – 4	Argentina

Macaé, Brazil

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7 March 2006

Brazil	11 – 0	Peru

Macaé, Brazil

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Day 4

8 March 2006

Peru	1 – 4	Paraguay

Macaé, Brazil

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8 March 2006

Venezuela	2 – 3	Uruguay

Macaé, Brazil

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8 March 2006

Brazil	6 – 1	Argentina

Macaé, Brazil

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Day 5

9 March 2006

Paraguay	2 – 5	Argentina

Macaé, Brazil

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9 March 2006

Venezuela	4 – 2	Peru

Macaé, Brazil

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9 March 2006

Brazil	6 – 4	Uruguay

Macaé, Brazil

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 March 2006
	Argentina	4
					12 March 2006
	Uruguay	5 (AET)
					Brazil	9
	10 March 2006
					Uruguay	2
	Brazil	15
	Venezuela	1
					Third place
					11 March 2006
					Argentina	2
					Venezuela	0

Winners

(2006) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONMEBOL) Winners:
Brazil First title

Awards

Top Scorer
Jorginho
14 goals

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Brazil
2	Uruguay
3	Argentina
4	Venezuela
5	Paraguay
6	Peru