The competition will contested by 12 teams: the title holders, one entry from each of the ten CONMEBOL associations, plus an additional entry from the host association.[4]
Argentina (ARG): The Argentina berth was decided in a play-off played between the 2024 Campeonato de Primera División champions (17 de Agosto) and the 2024 Liga Nacional de Futsal champions (Pinocho).[25][26]
Chile (CHI): The Chile berth was awarded to the winners of the Copa de Campeones, a final playoff match of the 2024 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Sala between the Apertura (Santiago Wanderers) and Clausura (Colo-Colo) champions.
Paraguay was announced as host country for the tournament by the CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez during a CONMEBOL Council meeting held on 10 April 2024.[28] This is the fifth time that Paraguay host the tournament after the 2005, 2011, 2015 and 2016 editions.[29]
All matches took place at the COP Arena – Estadio Óscar Harrison, located within the Parque Olímpico sports complex in Luque.[30] Polideportivo Sol de América and Complejo Deportivo "Esc. Luis María Zubizarreta" were selected as training venues.[31]
Draw
The draw for the groups composition was held on 11 Abril 2025, 15:00 PYT (UTC−3), at the CONMEBOL headquarters in Luque, Paraguay.[32] The draw was conducted based on Regulations Article 16 as follows:[4]
Initially, three teams were seeded and assigned to the head of the groups (Magnus Futsal automatically to Group A, the others two via a draw from pot 1):
The remaining nine teams were split into three pots of three based on the final placement of their national association's club in the previous edition of the championship, with the highest three (Argentina, Uruguay and Colombia) placed in Pot 2, the next three (Venezuela, Peru and Chile) placed in Pot 3 and the lowest two (Ecuador and Bolivia) in pot 4, alongside the additional Paraguayan team.[32]
From each pot (except pot 1), the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.[33]
The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.
Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points earned (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order (Regulations Article 24):[4]
Results in head-to-head matches between tied teams (points, goal difference, goals scored);
Source: CONMEBOL Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fewest number of red cards received; 5) Fewest number of yellow cards received; 6) Draw.[4]
Source: CONMEBOL Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fewest number of red cards received; 5) Fewest number of yellow cards received; 6) Draw.[4]
Final stage
In the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time would be used in the play-offs for third to twelfth place) (Regulations Article 22).[4]
All kick-off times are local times, PYT (UTC−3), as listed by CONMEBOL.