2018 South American Under-18 Futsal Championship

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2018 South American Under-18 Futsal Championship
CONMEBOL Sudamericano de Futsal Sub-18
Paraguay 2018
Tournament details
Host countryParaguay
CityLuque
Dates22–29 March
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Colombia
Fourth place Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored201 (7.44 per match)
2016
2020

The 2018 South American Under-18 Futsal Championship was the 2nd edition of the South American Under-18 Futsal Championship (Spanish: CONMEBOL Sudamericano de Futsal Sub-18), the biennial international youth futsal championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-18 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in Luque, Paraguay between 22 and 29 March 2018.[1] Different from the first edition, it was played as an under-18 tournament instead of an under-17 tournament.

The tournament served as qualifying for the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, with the winner qualifying for the boys' tournament together with hosts Argentina which qualified automatically (if Argentina were to win the tournament, the runner-up would qualify)[2]

Teams[edit]

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.[3]

Venues[edit]

All matches are played in one venue: Centro de Entrenamiento Olímpico in Luque.

Draw[edit]

The draw of the tournament was held on 19 March 2018, 11:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the headquarters of the Paraguayan Football Association in Asunción.[4] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. The hosts Paraguay and the defending champions Brazil were seeded into Groups A and B respectively, while the remaining teams were placed into four "pairing pots" according to their results in the 2016 South American Under-17 Futsal Championship: Argentina–Venezuela, Peru–Ecuador, Uruguay–Bolivia, Chile–Colombia.

Squads[edit]

Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 4.1).[5] Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage[edit]

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):[5]

  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. Red cards in all matches;
  5. Yellow cards in all matches
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, PYST (UTC−3) until 24 March 2018, PYT (UTC−4) from 25 March 2018.[6]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 4 4 0 0 15 4 +11 12 Knockout stage
2  Colombia 4 2 1 1 12 7 +5 7
3  Paraguay (H) 4 2 1 1 12 9 +3 7 Fifth place play-off
4  Bolivia 4 1 0 3 6 14 −8 3 Seventh place play-off
5  Ecuador 4 0 0 4 10 21 −11 0 Ninth place play-off
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Argentina 3–2 Colombia
Report
Paraguay 3–0 Bolivia
Report

Bolivia 0–3 Colombia
Report
Paraguay 5–3 Ecuador
Report

Colombia 4–1 Ecuador
Report
Argentina 3–0 Bolivia
Report

Argentina 6–1 Ecuador
Report
Paraguay 3–3 Colombia
Report

Ecuador 5–6 Bolivia
Report
Paraguay 1–3 Argentina
Report

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 3 0 1 40 7 +33 9[a] Knockout stage
2  Venezuela 4 3 0 1 25 11 +14 9[a]
3  Uruguay (H) 4 2 1 1 11 12 −1 7 Fifth place play-off
4  Peru 4 1 1 2 22 17 +5 4 Seventh place play-off
5  Chile 4 0 0 4 0 51 −51 0 Ninth place play-off
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Brazil 8–1 Venezuela.
Venezuela 11–0 Chile
Report
Brazil 2–3 Uruguay
Report

Brazil 6–3 Peru
Report
Uruguay 4–0 Chile
Report

Venezuela 6–0 Uruguay
Report
Peru 12–0 Chile
Report

Brazil 24–0 Chile
Report
Venezuela 7–3 Peru
Report

Peru 4–4 Uruguay
Report
Brazil 8–1 Venezuela
Report

Knockout stage[edit]

In the semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[5]

Bracket[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 November
 
 
 Brazil (p)2 (2)
 
29 November
 
 Colombia2 (0)
 
 Brazil3
 
28 November
 
 Argentina2
 
 Argentina (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 Venezuela2
 
Third place
 
 
29 November
 
 
 Colombia5
 
 
 Venezuela3

Ninth place play-off[edit]

Ecuador 5–1 Chile
Report

Seventh place play-off[edit]

Bolivia 4–6 Peru
Report

Fifth place play-off[edit]

Paraguay 5–4 Uruguay
Report

Semi-finals[edit]

Brazil 2–2 (a.e.t.) Colombia
Report
Penalties
2–0
Argentina 4–2 (a.e.t.) Venezuela
Report

Third place play-off[edit]

Colombia 5–3 Venezuela
Report

Final[edit]

Winner qualifies for 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament.

Brazil 3–2 Argentina
Report

Final ranking[edit]

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Brazil
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Colombia
4  Venezuela
5  Paraguay
6  Uruguay
7  Peru
8  Bolivia
9  Ecuador
10  Chile

Qualified teams for Youth Olympics[edit]

The following two teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics boys' futsal tournament, including Argentina which qualified as hosts.[7]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Youth Olympics
 Argentina 4 July 2013 0 (debut)
 Brazil 29 March 2018 0 (debut)
Notes
  • Since teams from the same association cannot play in both the Youth Olympics boys' and girls' tournaments, if teams from the same association qualify for both tournaments, they must nominate their preferred qualification team, and the next best ranked team will qualify instead if one of the qualified teams are not nominated.
  • As participation in team sports (Futsal, Beach handball, Field hockey, and Rugby sevens) are limited to one team per gender for each National Olympic Committee (NOC), the participating teams of the 2018 Youth Olympics futsal tournament will be confirmed by mid-2018 after each qualified NOC confirms their participation and any unused qualification places are reallocated.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Confirmadas las Eliminatorias de los Juegos Olímpicos". 28 February 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. ^ "YOG Buenos Aires 2018 - CONMEBOL Qualifiers -Boys U18". Futsal Planet. Archived from the original on 2018-04-04. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  4. ^ "Los grupos del CONMEBOL Sudamericano de Futsal Sub 18". CONMEBOL.com. 19 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b c "Reglamento Sudamericano de Selecciones Sub-18 de Futsal" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  6. ^ "Fixture Sub 18 Futsal" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  7. ^ "Buenos Aires 2018: men's futsal tournament line-up confirmed". 19 August 2018. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018.

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