Vargas, Venezuela is the home to this year’s games and with the draw finalised, the nations are all raring to start
The games are about to start and the anticipation has never been higher. The groups have been decided and eight of the most talented beach soccer teams will compete for the gold, silver, and bronze. Brazil has won the previous two editions of the Olympic style event, earning gold in the most exciting sport on sand, Beach Soccer. The host nations have always represented their country and the games very well and this year will be no different as Venezuela aims to be crowned the new South American beach soccer champion.
The beach soccer excitement begins on Tuesday, will end on Saturday, and will feature two groups of four teams playing in a group stage, followed by the knockout rounds until a king is crowned. Group A consists of Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Colombia. Group B has Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Peru.
Below is the match schedule:
Tuesday 20/05/2014
17:00 Paraguay vs Ecuador
18:15 Argentina vs Uruguay
19:30 Colombia vs Venezuela
20:45 Peru vs Brazil
Wednesday 21/05/2014
17:00 Paraguay vs Colombia
18:15 Argentina vs Peru
19:30 Venezuela vs Ecuador
20:45 Brazil vs Uruguay
Thurdsay 22/05/2014
17:00 Ecuador vs Colombia
18:15 Uruguay vs Peru
19:30 Venezuela vs Paraguay
20:45 Brazil vs Argentina
Friday 23/05/2014
17:00 3rd Group B vs 4th Group A
18:15 3rd Goup A vs 4th Group B
19:30 1st Group B vs 2nd Group A
20:45 1st Group A vs 2nd Group B
Saturday 24/05/2014
08:00 7th Place match
09:15 5th Place match
10:30 3rd Place match
11:45 Final
Beachsoccer.com will have all the results and news for you, make sure you head to the website for all Beach Soccer information.