2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Host country	Brazil
City	Carlos Barbosa
Dates	1–9 February 2020
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Argentina (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Venezuela
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	119 (4.41 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gadeia (8 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Guitta
Fair play award	Argentina
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The 2020 South American Futsal World Cup qualifiers was a men's futsal tournament that was used as the South American qualifying tournament to determine the four CONMEBOL teams playing in the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania.^[1]^[2]^[3] The tournament was held in Carlos Barbosa, Brazil between 1–9 February 2020.^[4]

Brazil were the defending champions.

Champions Argentina, runners-up Brazil, third-placed Paraguay and fourth-placed Venezuela qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONMEBOL representatives.^[5]

Teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	Previous best top-4 performance
Argentina	Champions (2012)
Bolivia	None
Brazil (holders and hosts)	Champions (2016)
Chile	None
Colombia	Fourth place (2012)
Ecuador	None
Paraguay	Runners-up (2012)
Peru	None
Uruguay	Fourth place (2016)
Venezuela	None

Note: Statistics start from 2012 when a separate qualifying tournament was held. Prior to 2012, the Copa América de Futsal was used as the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Venues

The matches were played at the Centro de Eventos Sérgio Luiz Guerra in Carlos Barbosa.^[4]

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 15 January 2020, 12:30 PYST (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.^[6]^[7] The hosts and holders, Brazil, and the previous tournament's runners-up, Argentina, were seeded in Groups A and B respectively, while the other eight teams were divided into four pots based on their results in the 2016 qualifiers, and were drawn to the remaining group positions.^[8]

Seeded	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Brazil (assigned to A1) Argentina (assigned to B1)	Paraguay Uruguay	Venezuela Colombia	Bolivia Ecuador	Chile Peru

Squads

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage and qualify for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the first stage is determined as follows (Regulations Article 8):^[9]

Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 points;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Drawing of lots.

All times local, BRT (UTC−3).^[10]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	4	4	0	0	21	0	+21	12	Knockout stage and 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2	Paraguay	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	9	Knockout stage and 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup
3	Colombia	4	2	0	2	9	9	0	6	Fifth place play-off
4	Peru	4	0	1	3	4	15	−11	1	Seventh place play-off
5	Ecuador	4	0	1	3	4	20	−16	1	Ninth place play-off

Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

1 February 2020