# 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

The 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for CONMEBOL was the ninth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for South American men's national teams, and the third edition organized by CONMEBOL. Originally scheduled to be played in May 2021, it was eventually rescheduled to be held from 26 June to 4 July 2021 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The tournament served to determine the three nations from CONMEBOL that qualified for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Russia.
Hosts Brazil were the defending champions.

## Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Argentina | 9th | Champions (2013) |
| Bolivia | 4th | Ninth place (2015, 2019) |
| Brazil (hosts and holders) | 9th | Champions (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Chile | 8th | Fifth place (2008, 2009, 2013, 2017) |
| Colombia | 6th | Fourth place (2011) |
| Ecuador | 7th | Third place (2017) |
| Paraguay | 9th | Runners-up (2013, 2015, 2017) |
| Peru | 9th | Fifth place (2019) |
| Uruguay | 9th | Runners-up (2006, 2009, 2019) |
| Venezuela | 9th | Third place (2011) |

## Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 4 June 2021, 18:00 PYT (UTC−4), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay. The hosts and holders, Brazil, and the previous tournament's runners-up, Uruguay 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–Argentina, Peru–Colombia, Chile–Ecuador, Bolivia–Venezuela) based on the final placement they reached in the previous edition of the tournament (shown in brackets).
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Paraguay (3) Argentina (4) | Peru (5) Colombia (6) | Chile (7) Ecuador (8) | Bolivia (9) Venezuela (10) |
From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and then its position within the group was drawn; the second team drawn was placed into Group B and its position within the group was also defined by draw.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Brazil A2 Paraguay A3 Ecuador A4 Peru A5 Venezuela | Group B PosTeam B1 Uruguay B2 Colombia B3 Chile B4 Argentina B5 Bolivia |

## Match officials

On 8 June 2021, CONMEBOL announced a total of 18 referees appointed for the tournament.
* Mariano Romo
* Pablo Defelippi
* Jaimito Suárez
* José Luis Mendoza
* Lucas Estevão
* Luciano Andrade
* Jorge Darío Cortés
* Jorge Iván Gómez
* Erney Gonzalo Ramos
* Brando Luis Amay
* Silvio Coronel
* Gustavo Domínguez
* Alex Valdivieso
* Micke Palomino
* Christian Altez
* Aecio Fernández
* Jesús Leandro Reyes
* Luis Coy

## Group stage

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals, while the teams in third, fourth and fifth advance to the fifth place, seventh place, and ninth place matches respectively.
All times are local, BRT (UTC−3); match reports are in Spanish.
29 June was allocated as a rest day.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 12 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 13 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Venezuela | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 20 | −5 | 5 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Peru | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 14 | −3 | 3 | Seventh place match |
| 5 | Ecuador | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 0 | Ninth place match |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uruguay | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Colombia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 4 | Fifth place match |
| 4 | Chile | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 3 | Seventh place match |
| 5 | Bolivia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 | Ninth place match |

## Placement matches

| Ninth place match | Ninth place match |
| 3 July | 3 July |
| Ecuador | 1 |
| Bolivia | 6 |
| Seventh place match | Seventh place match |
| 3 July | 3 July |
| Peru | 2 |
| Chile | 5 |
| Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| 4 July | 4 July |
| Venezuela | 4 |
| Argentina | 3 |

### Fifth place match
## Knockout stage

2 July was allocated as a rest day.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 July | 3 July |
| Brazil | 3 |
| Brazil | 3 | 4 July | 4 July |
| Colombia | 1 | 4 July | 4 July |
| Colombia | 1 | Brazil | 3 |
| 3 July | 3 July | | Brazil | 3 |
| 3 July | 3 July | Uruguay | 1 |
| Uruguay | 4 | Uruguay | 1 |
| Paraguay | 3 | | |
| Paraguay | 3 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 4 July | 4 July |
| | | Colombia | 2 |
| | | Paraguay | 4 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

### Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

### Final
## Final ranking

* Qualified for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
| Rank | Team |
| | Brazil |
| | Uruguay |
| | Paraguay |
| 4 | Colombia |
| 5 | Venezuela |
| 6 | Argentina |
| 7 | Chile |
| 8 | Peru |
| 9 | Bolivia |
| 10 | Ecuador |

## Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualify for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup only FIFA era (since 2005) |
| Uruguay | 3 July 2021 | 6 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2019) |
| Brazil | 3 July 2021 | 10 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Paraguay | 4 July 2021 | 4 (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.