Argentina to host S American Beach Soccer elimination games

2008-04-22 17:39:27 Xinhua English

BUENOS AIRES, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Teams from seven countries will participate as of Wednesday in Buenos Aires in the South American Beach Soccer Elimination to vie for three passes for the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) World Cup.

The tournament concluding on Sunday will be divided in two groups with the participation of Argentina, Venezuela, Chile, Peru(Group A), and Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay (Group B).

The three teams obtaining passes will participate in FIFA's Beach Ball World Soccer Cup in Marseilles, France, on July with the participation of 16 teams.

The first games on Wednesday will be Chile-Peru, Brazil-Uruguayand Argentina-Venezuela. The games on Thursday include Venezuela-Chile, Paraguay-Brazil and Peru-Argentina.

On Friday, Uruguay-Paraguay, Venezuela-Peru and Argentina-Chile, while the semifinals will be played on Saturday and the finals on Sunday.