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| CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal Paraguay 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Paraguay |
| City | Luque |
| Dates | 24 January – 1 February |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | COP Arena – Estadio Óscar Harrison |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Goals scored | 115 (4.26 per match) |
←2024 2028 → | |
The2026 CONMEBOL Copa América de Futsal was the 15th edition of theCopa América de Futsal, the internationalfutsal championship underFIFA rules organised byCONMEBOL for the men's national teams ofSouth America. It was held inLuque,Paraguay from 24 January to 1 February 2026.
Brazil were the defending champions.
All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best top-4 performance |
|---|---|---|
| 15th | Champions (2003,2015,2022) | |
| 8th | Fourth place (2000) | |
| 15th | Champions (1992,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2008,2011,2017,2024) | |
| 10th | None | |
| 9th | Fourth place (2011,2015,2022) | |
| 9th | Fourth place (1992) | |
| 15th | Runners-up (1998,1999,2015,2022) | |
| 9th | None | |
| 13th | Runners-up (1996,2008) | |
| 9th | Third place (2024) |
Each national team had to submit a squad of at least 10 and up to 14 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers (Regulations Article 45).[1] Members of each squad are listed on the CONMEBOL website.[2]
On 11 December 2025, CONMEBOL confirmed Luque, Paraguay as the host city.[3] This is the fourth time that Paraguay host the tournament and the third consecutive time after the2022 and2024 editions; it had also hosted the2003 edition.
All matches took place at the COP Arena – Estadio Óscar Harrison located within theParque Olímpico sports complex in Luque.
The draw of the tournament was held on 18 December 2025 at the CONMEBOL Convention Centre inLuque,Paraguay.[4] The hosts, Paraguay, and the previous tournament's champions, Brazil, were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups A and B respectively. The remaining eight teams were split into four "pairing pots" based on the final placement they reached in theprevious edition of the tournament (shown in brackets).[4]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A and the second team drawn was placed into Group B. In both groups, teams from pot 1 were allocated in position 2, teams from pot 2 in position 3, teams from pot 3 in position 4 and teams from pot 4 in position 5.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
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In January 2026, CONMEBOL announced the referees appointed for the tournament.
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
In the preliminary stage, the teams were ranked according topoints earned (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order (Regulations Article 19 and 20):[1]
All match times are inPYST (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 10 | Semi-finals | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | Fifth place play-off | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | Seventh place play-off | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 0 | Ninth place play-off |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 10 | Semi-finals | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 | Fifth place play-off | |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | Seventh place play-off | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | Ninth place play-off |
In the final stage, if a match is tied after the regular playing time (Regulations Article 20):[1]
All match times are inPYST (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.[5][6]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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| Rank | Team | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 16 | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 13 | |
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 12 | |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 9 | |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 | |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 7 | |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 3 | |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 0 |