Beach Soccer leads the way in Manta

8 National teams take part in the II Juegos Suramericanos de Playa (II South American Beach Games)

Beach Soccer is to take the leading role in the II edition of the Juegos Suramericanos de Playa (South American Beach Games), happening from last Friday December 2nd, to next Sunday, December 11th, in Manta (Ecuador). The Beach Soccer competition, though, will take place from the 7th to the 11th, with a two group round robin stage, plus semifinals and finals. Eigh National teams will fight for the medals, with current FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup runner-ups Brazil earmarked as red-hot favourites and Argentina, Uruguay and Ecuador willing to cause as much upset as they can…

The squads have been splitted into two groups, with Ecuador, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia in the first one and Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Perú in the second.

The match schedule goes as follows:

Wednesday, December 7th
16h00: Uruguay vs. Paraguay
17h15: Argentina vs. Venezuela
18h30: Peru vs. Brazil
19h45: Ecuador vs.Colombia

Thursday, December 8th
16h00: Uruguay vs. Peru
17h15: Argentina vs. Colombia
18h30: Brazil vs. Paraguay
19h45: Ecuador vs.Venezuela
 
Friday, December 9th
16h30: Paraguay vs. Peru
17h45: Venezuela vs. Colombia
19h00: Brazil vs. Uruguay
20h15: Ecuador vs. Argentina

Saturday, December 10th
Semifinals
18h00: 1st Group B vs. 2nd Group A
19h15: 1st Group A vs. 2nd Group B

Sunday, December 11th
tbc: Loser Semi-final A vs. loser Semi-final B (3rd/4th place )
tbc: Winner Semi-final A vs. winner Semi-final B (FINAL)