2003 Copa América de Futsal

The 2003 Copa América de Futsal was the 8th edition under FIFA rules, 19th edition of the main international futsal tournament of the South America region. It took place in Asunción, Paraguay from 26 August to 1 September 2003.

2003 Copa América de Futsal
Tournament details
Host country Paraguay
Dates26 August–1 September 2003
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runner-up Brazil
Third place Paraguay
Fourth place Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored152 (8.44 per match)
2000
2008

The tournament acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Taiwan.

Championship

The ten participating teams are divided into three groups of three in the first two groups and four teams in the last group, which will play each in a single round-robin format. The top team of each group advances to the semi-finals with the second placed team from Group C. The top three teams for the tournament will earn participation at the 2004 Futsal World Championship.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 2 2 0 0 15 6 +9 6
  Colombia 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 3
  Bolivia 2 0 0 2 5 15 –10 0
2003-08-26
  Colombia 5–2   Bolivia Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-27
  Brazil 10–3   Bolivia Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-28
  Brazil 5–3   Colombia Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Argentina 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 6
  Venezuela 2 1 0 1 6 9 –3 1
  2 0 0 2 6 11 –5 1


2003-08-26
  Venezuela 5–4   Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-27
  Argentina 6–2   Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-28
  Argentina 5–1   Venezuela Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Paraguay 3 3 0 0 24 4 +20 9
  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
  Peru 3 1 0 2 9 12 –3 3
  Chile 3 0 0 3 6 30 –24 0


2003-08-26
  Uruguay 4–1   Peru Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-26
  Paraguay 16–2   Chile Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-27
  Chile 3–6   Peru Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-27
  Paraguay 4–0   Uruguay Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-28
  Uruguay 8–1   Chile Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-28
  Paraguay 5–2   Peru Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

Final round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Argentina 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 7
  Brazil 3 2 0 1 16 6 +10 6
  Paraguay 3 1 1 1 15 14 +1 4
  Uruguay 3 0 0 3 9 24 –15 0


2003-08-30
  Brazil 8–1   Uruguay Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-30
  Argentina 2–2   Paraguay Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-31
  Brazil 0–1   Argentina Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-08-31
  Paraguay 9–4   Uruguay Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-09-01
  Argentina 7–4   Uruguay Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

2003-09-01
  Brazil 8–4   Paraguay Estadio Sol de América, Asunción

Champions

Argentina

Final classification

Team qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship
Place Team
1   Argentina
2   Brazil
3   Paraguay
4   Uruguay
5   Colombia
6   Peru
7   Venezuela
8  
9   Bolivia
10   Chile