2009 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
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The 2009 CONMEBOL
Beach Soccer
Championship was the third separate beach soccer championship organised by CONMEBOL. It was held from the 11th of March to the 15th of March in Montevideo
, Uruguay
.
Brazil
won the Championship, with the hosts Uruguay
taking 2nd place. Third place Argentina
scraped through to move on to play in the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
in Dubai
, United Arab Emirates
along with the two finalists. This is the third year in a row that these three teams will represent South America in the world cup.
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CONMEBOL
The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...
Beach Soccer
Beach soccer
Beach soccer, also known as beach football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. The game emphasises skill, agility and shooting at goal....
Championship was the third separate beach soccer championship organised by CONMEBOL. It was held from the 11th of March to the 15th of March in Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
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Brazil
Brazil national beach soccer team
The Brazil national beach soccer team represents Brazil in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the CBF, the governing body for football in Brazil...
won the Championship, with the hosts Uruguay
Uruguay national beach soccer team
Uruguay national beach soccer team represents Uruguay in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AUF, the governing body for football in Uruguay.-Current squad:Correct as of July 2008...
taking 2nd place. Third place Argentina
Argentina national beach soccer team
The Argentina national beach soccer team represents Argentina in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AFA, the governing body for football of the country.-Current squad:Correct as of September 2011:...
scraped through to move on to play in the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the fifteenth edition of the World Cup since it's...
in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
along with the two finalists. This is the third year in a row that these three teams will represent South America in the world cup.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 0 | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | ||
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Group B
| Team | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 22 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 2 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 28 | ||
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Knockout stage
Semi-Finals
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