2022 South American Beach Soccer League
The 2022 CONMEBOL South American Beach Soccer League (officially, Liga Evolucion de Fútbol Playa (Beach Soccer Evolution League)) was the fourth edition of the South American Beach Soccer League, a continental league competition for South American men's national beach soccer teams. The competition returned for the first time since 2019, having been unable to take place in 2020 and 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in South America. Organised by the governing body for South American football, CONMEBOL, as part of its Development Department's Evolution Program, all ten members of the continental confederation took part, with both senior and under 20s national teams participating in the league events. The teams are first divided into two geographically based zones (North and South) to compete in a round robin tournament against other members of their own zone during the regular season; the points earned by both the senior and under 20s teams are combined. The winners of each zone then proceed to face each other in the finals to contest the title. Brazil were the three-time defending champions and successfully retained the title once more, sharing it with Paraguay. Format

The league operated under the same format established for the inaugural season. Calendar

Teams

The ten member nations of CONMEBOL entered two teams each: their respective senior and under 20s national teams. In total, 20 teams competed. For this season, CONMEBOL altered the existing composition of the two zones back to their original states. The numbers in parentheses show the South American ranking of each team prior to the start of the season (rankings only apply to the senior teams). North zone

 (1st)
 (5th)
 (9th)
 (7th)
 (6th)

South zone

 (4th)
 (10th)
 (8th)
 (3rd)
 (2nd)

South zone
The south zone regular season event took place in the Argentinian city of Santa Fe. All matches were hosted on Playa Grande at the Costanera Oeste complex. It was organised in cooperation with the Argentine Football Association (AFA). Paraguay won the event. Standings

Results

Senior category

Under 20s category

North zone
The north zone regular season event took place in the Ecuadorian town of La Libertad. All matches were hosted on Playa Cautivo (Captive beach) at a purpose built venue. It was organised in cooperation with the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF). Approximately US$300,000 was invested into the event. Standings

Results

Senior category

Under 20s category

Finals
The zone winners play each other for the league title; their senior teams play each other over two legs, as do their under 20s representatives for a total of four matches comprising the finals. The winners are the nation which accumulates the most points from all four matches combined. The finals were organised to take place in Santa Fe, Argentina on 29 and 30 April 2023. All matches were played on Playa Grande at the Costanera Oeste complex. Matches
Matches are listed as local time in Santa Fe, ART (UTC–3). Kick-off of the following match was delayed by 30 minutes due to inclement weather. Whilst Brazil lead the series after the first three matches of the finals, both teams were still in contention to win the title heading into the final match. However, the strong winds which had delayed the start of the previous match had since intensified, to almost 80kmph. This resulted in the fourth and decisive match of the finals being declared unplayable. CONMEBOL opted not to reschedule but cancel the match entirely. Winners
With the series unable to be resolved on the pitch, CONMEBOL made the decision to award the title of champions to both teams, thereby resulting in a shared title. References

External links
Reglamento CONMEBOL Liga Evolución de Fútbol Playa, at CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)

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