Copa Latina (beach soccer)

Copa Latina

Founded	1998
Abolished	2011
Region	International (FIFA)
Number of teams	4
Last champions	Uruguay (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Brazil (9 titles)

The Copa Latina (English: Latin Cup) was an international beach soccer tournament that took place annually in Brazil between 1998 and 2011 (save for 2007 and 2008). Four teams took part which were invitees from Latin Europe or Latin America (with the exception of 2003 participant Canada, which nevertheless has a substantial Latin sub-region). First played in Vitória, the competition rotated between several cities. After the knockout format of the inaugural tournament, all subsequent editions featured a round-robin format.

Few nations won the tournament: Brazil dominated the event, winning nine titles; Chile, Portugal and Uruguay also won one title each.

The following is a table showing when and where the Copa Latina has been held:

No.	Year	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place		Best player	Best goalkeeper	Top scorer(s)
1	1998	Brazil	Portugal	Spain	France		Neném[1]	Paulo Sérgio[1]	Neném[1]
2	1999	Brazil	Portugal	Argentina	Spain		Madjer[2]	Dardo Cortes[2]	Alan, Madjer, Júnior[2]
3	2000[3]	Portugal	Spain	Brazil	Uruguay		Madjer[4]	Roberto Valeiro[5]	Madjer[4]
4	2001	Brazil	Portugal	Uruguay	Argentina		Juninho[6]	Loco[6]	Júnior Negão[6]
5	2002	Brazil	Portugal	Uruguay	Argentina		Júnior Negão[7]	Robertinho[7]	Madjer[7]
6	2003	Brazil	Portugal	Argentina	Canada		Jorginho[8]	João Carlos[8]	Madjer[8]
7	2004	Brazil	Spain	Uruguay	Argentina				Neném[9]
8	2005	Brazil	Uruguay	Portugal	Argentina		Buru[10]	Diego Monserrat[10]	Madjer[10]
9	2006	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay	Spain		Amarelle[11]		Amarelle[11]
10	2009	Brazil	Chile	Argentina	Uruguay		Benjamin[12]	Mão[12]	Daniel[12]
11	2010	Chile	Brazil	Argentina	Uruguay		Rodrigo Sanhueza[13]	Gonzalo Mall[13]	Benjamin[13]
12	2011	Uruguay	Brazil	Mexico	Argentina		Benjamin[14]	Mão[14]	Benjamin[14]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	9	2	1	12
2	Portugal	1	5	1	7
3	Uruguay	1	1	4	6
4	Chile	1	1	0	2
5	Spain	0	2	1	3
6	Argentina	0	1	4	5
7	Mexico	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		12	12	12	36

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