The tournament was hosted by Peru in the Asia District, around 100 km south of the capital, Lima, between 3 and 10 March.

[2] The event was held in cooperation with the local organisers, the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF).

[3] The matches were watched by over 3.5 million people through the FPF's use of Facebook Live to transmit the games worldwide, to the delight of CONMEBOL who claimed the figures demonstrated beach soccer's continued growth under its investment.

[4] Brazil were the defending champions[5] and successfully reclaimed the title, beating Paraguay in the final in what was a repeat of the concluding match in the last edition.

[9] The teams were seeded based on their final ranking in the previous edition of the Copa América of Beach Soccer in 2016.