2017 Copa América Femenina de Futsal

2017 Copa América de Futsal

CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina de Futsal Uruguay 2017
Tournament details
Host country	Uruguay
City	Las Piedras
Dates	22–29 November
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (5th title)
Runners-up	Colombia
Third place	Argentina
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	169 (6.26 per match)
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The 2017 CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina de Futsal was the 6th edition of the Copa América Femenina de Futsal, the international futsal championship under FIFA rules organised by CONMEBOL for the women's national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Las Piedras, Uruguay, between 22 and 29 November 2017.^[1]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best top-4 performance
Argentina	6th	Runners-up (2011)
Bolivia	2nd	None
Brazil	5th	Champions (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
Chile	3rd	Third place (2015)
Colombia (holders)	5th	Champions (2015)
Ecuador	4th	Runners-up (2005)
Paraguay	4th	Third place (2011)
Peru	6th	Fourth place (2009)
Uruguay (hosts)	6th	Runners-up (2015)
Venezuela	4th	Third place (2007, 2009)

Venues

All matches are played in one venue: Polideportivo de Las Piedras in Las Piedras.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 1 November 2017, 19:00 UYT (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Uruguayan Football Association in Montevideo.^[2] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Uruguay and the defending champions Colombia were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2015 Copa América Femenina de Futsal (if they did not participate, a statistical ranking of earlier tournaments were used for seeding): Chile–Argentina, Paraguay–Peru, Brazil–Venezuela, Bolivia–Ecuador.^[3]

Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).^[4]

Match officials

A total of 17 referees were appointed for the tournament.^[5]

Group stage

The top two teams of 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 play-offs respectively. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 6.2):^[4]

1. Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored);
2. Goal difference in all matches;
3. Goals scored in all matches;
4. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, UYT (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Venezuela	4	3	0	1	12	3	+9	9[a]	Knockout stage
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	19	5	+14	9[a]
3	Uruguay (H)	4	2	1	1	12	13	−1	7	Fifth place play-off
4	Bolivia	4	0	2	2	6	14	−8	2	Seventh place play-off
5	Peru	4	0	1	3	5	19	−14	1	Ninth place play-off

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	0	35	1	+34	12	Knockout stage
2	Colombia	4	2	1	1	15	11	+4	7
3	Ecuador	4	2	0	2	9	24	−15	6	Fifth place play-off
4	Paraguay	4	1	1	2	10	17	−7	4	Seventh place play-off
5	Chile	4	0	0	4	5	21	−16	0	Ninth place play-off

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Knockout stage

In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.^[4]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 November
	Brazil	7
					29 November
	Argentina	0
					Brazil	3
	28 November
					Colombia	0
	Venezuela	1
	Colombia	4
					Third place
					29 November
					Argentina	3
					Venezuela	0

Ninth place play-off

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

Final ranking

Rank	Team
	Brazil
	Colombia
	Argentina
4	Venezuela
5	Ecuador
6	Uruguay
7	Paraguay
8	Bolivia
9	Peru
10	Chile

References

External links

• Fútbol Femenino, CONMEBOL.com
• AUF Fútbol Sala, Twitter.com