The 2016 South American Futsal World Cup qualifiers was a men's

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tournament that was used as the South American qualifying tournament to determine three of the four

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teams in the

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final tournament in Colombia. The tournament was held in

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between 5–13 February 2016. Champions

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, runners-up

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and third-placed

qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONMEBOL representatives, besides

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who qualified automatically as hosts.

Teams

All ten

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Venues

The matches were played at the Polideportivo del

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Group stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 23 October 2015 during the CONMEBOL Futsal Committee meeting at the CONMEBOL headquarters in

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. 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. 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

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(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: #Head-to-head result in games between tied teams; #

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( UTC−3).

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

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and

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were used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time was used in the classification play-offs for fifth to tenth place).

Bracket

Ninth place play-off

Seventh place play-off

Fifth place play-off

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for

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Third place play-off

Winner qualified for

Final

Final ranking

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

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

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

References

External links

Eliminatorias de Futsal
CONMEBOL.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Fifa Futsal World Cup qualification (Conmebol) 2016

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