2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

Eliminatorias Sudamericanas de Futsal Paraguay 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Paraguay
City	Asunción
Dates	5–13 February 2016
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Paraguay
Fourth place	Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	154 (5.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Dione Veroneze Jonathan Giraldo (6 goals each)
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The 2016 South American Futsal World Cup qualifiers was a men's futsal tournament that was used as the South American qualifying tournament to determine three of the four CONMEBOL teams in the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup final tournament in Colombia.^[1] The tournament was held in Asunción, Paraguay between 5–13 February 2016.^[2]

Champions Brazil, runners-up Argentina and third-placed Paraguay qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides Colombia who qualified automatically as hosts.^[3]

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams participated in the tournament.^[4]

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

The matches were played at the Polideportivo del Club Sol de América in Asunción.^[2]

The draw of the tournament was held on 23 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Futsal Committee meeting at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.^[4] The ten teams were drawn into two groups of five teams. Each group contained one team from each of the five "pairing pots": Argentina–Paraguay, Brazil–Colombia, Chile–Venezuela, Peru–Uruguay, Bolivia–Ecuador. The schedule of the tournament was announced on 8 January 2016.^[5]

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the remaining teams proceeded to the classification play-offs for fifth to tenth place. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers were applied in the following order:^[6]

1. Head-to-head result in games between tied teams;
2. Goal difference in all games;
3. Goals scored in all games;
4. Drawing of lots.

All times local, PYST (UTC−3).^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	4	4	0	0	23	1	+22	12	Knockout stage
2	Paraguay (H)	4	2	1	1	11	6	+5	7
3	Venezuela	4	2	0	2	11	13	−2	6	Fifth place play-off
4	Ecuador	4	1	0	3	7	22	−15	3	Seventh place play-off
5	Peru	4	0	1	3	5	15	−10	1	Ninth place play-off

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	4	4	0	0	20	2	+18	12	Knockout stage
2	Uruguay	4	2	1	1	13	6	+7	7
3	Colombia	4	2	0	2	10	10	0	6	Fifth place play-off
4	Bolivia	4	0	2	2	6	20	−14	2	Seventh place play-off
5	Chile	4	0	1	3	6	17	−11	1	Ninth place play-off

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was used in the classification play-offs for fifth to tenth place).^[6]

	Semi-finals				Final
	Brazil	4
	Uruguay	1
					Brazil	4
					Argentina	0
	Argentina (p)	3 (3)
	Paraguay	3 (2)
					Third place
					Uruguay	2
					Paraguay	7

	Fifth Place
	Venezuela	6
	Colombia	4

	Seventh Place
	Ecuador	1
	Bolivia	3

	Ninth Place
	Peru	2 (1)
	Chile (p)	2 (2)

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

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Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup

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

The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Colombia	28 May 2013	1 (2012)
Brazil	12 February 2016	7 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Argentina	12 February 2016	7 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Paraguay	14 February 2016	5 (1989, 1992, 2004, 2008, 2012)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

• Eliminatorias de Futsal, CONMEBOL.com