The 2016 Copa América of Beach Soccer (known natively in Spanish as the Copa América de Futbol Playa) was the first edition of the Copa América of Beach Soccer,[1] the premier international beach soccer competition in South America, contested between the men's national teams of the members of CONMEBOL.

The competition was organised by CONMEBOL; other beach soccer exhibition events held under the Copa América title took place during 1994–99, 2003 and 2012–14,[2] however this was the first edition to be officially organised by the governing body for South American football who also organise the other official Copa América events in association football and futsal.

[3] Brazil beat Paraguay 12–2 in the final to claim the inaugural crown.

Fourteen officials were appointed by CONMEBOL on 17 November, instructed to arrive in Santos by 11 December.

[7] The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the most recent previous CONMEBOL beach soccer tournament, the 2015 South American Beach Soccer Championship.