Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa

The CONMEBOL Libertadores Fútbol Playa is an annual continental beach soccer club competition, organized by the governing body for football in South America, CONMEBOL, founded in 2016.

Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa

Organizing body	CONMEBOL
Founded	2016; 9 years ago (2016)
Region	South America
Number of teams	12
Current champion(s)	Vasco da Gama (4th title)
Most successful club(s)	Vasco da Gama (4 titles)
Website	CONMEBOL.com
2024 Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Playa

Since 2017, the tournament is contested between the top-level domestic league/championship champions from each of the ten South American nations which are members of CONMEBOL. The reigning champions and an additional club from the host country also take part, taking the total number of participants to twelve.^[1] It is therefore the premier club beach soccer championship in South America, the winners becoming continental champions.^[2]

It is beach soccer's version of the better known Copa Libertadores in association football. Comparatively, in beach soccer, it is South America's version of Europe's Euro Winners Cup.

Paraguayan club San Antonio are the current champions, while Brazilian club Vasco da Gama are the most successful team with four titles.^[3]

Results

Year	Location	No. of clubs		Final				Third place match
				Champion	Result	Runners-up		Third place	Result	Fourth place
2016[A]	Santos, Brazil	9		Vasco da Gama	8–1	Rosario Central		Deportes Iquique	4–1	Punta Hermosa
2017	Lambare, Paraguay	12		Vasco da Gama	8–5	Malvin		Universidad Autonoma	9–7	Garden Club
2018	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12		Vitória	8–8 (a.e.t.)[B]	Vasco da Gama		Sampaio Corrêa	5–4	Acassuso
2019	Luque, Paraguay	12		Vasco da Gama	7–5	Cerro Porteño		Acassuso	7–6	Fundación Monagas
2020	Rosario, Argentina[4]	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
2021	Rosario, Argentina[6]	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
2022[C]	Iquique, Chile	12		Presidente Hayes	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Sampaio Corrêa		Acassuso	4–3	Alto Hospicio
2023	Luque, Paraguay	12		San Antonio	3–1	Presidente Hayes		Libertad	8–5	Unión Lurín
2024	Luque, Paraguay	12		Vasco da Gama	5–2	Sportivo Luqueño		Centauros	4–3	24 de Setiembre

A. ^{^} The 2016 edition took place in January 2017;^[8] CONMEBOL jointly organized the inaugural edition with Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).^[2]

B. ^{^} Vitória won the penalty shootout 3–2.

C. ^{^} The 2022 edition took place in June 2023.^[9]

Performance

By club

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
Vasco da Gama	4 (2016, 2017, 2019, 2024)	1 (2018)	–
Presidente Hayes	1 (2022)	1 (2023)	–
Vitória	1 (2018)	–	–
San Antonio	1 (2023)	–	–
Sampaio Corrêa	–	1 (2022)	1 (2018)
Rosario Central	–	1 (2016)	–
Malvin	–	1 (2017)	–
Cerro Porteño	–	1 (2019)	–
Sportivo Luqueño	–	1 (2024)	–
Acassuso	–	–	2 (2019, 2022)
Deportes Iquique	–	–	1 (2016)
Universidad Autonoma	–	–	1 (2017)
Libertad	–	–	1 (2023)

By nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
Brazil	5	2	1
Paraguay	2	3	2
Argentina	0	1	2
Uruguay	0	1	0
Chile	0	0	1
Venezuela	0	0	1

See also

• Copa Libertadores de Futsal
• Mundialito de Clubes