2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | |
City | Nassau |
Dates | 20–26 February |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 381 (7.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | (12 goals each) |
Best player(s) | |
Best young player | |
Best goalkeeper | |
Fair play award | |
The 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Nassau from 20 to 26 February 2017.[1] This was the second time that the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was held in the Bahamas. All matches were played at the Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility.
The tournament aimed to crown the best beach soccer nation on the continent and also served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from North, Central America and Caribbean which are members of CONCACAF, where the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup also to be held in the Bahamas.[2]
In a shock turn of events, the considerably inexperienced Panama thwarted all four of the nations who have dominated the tournament historically to surprisingly claim their first title. Panama's group stage victory all but condemned 2015 runners up Costa Rica to their earliest ever exit, their defeat of two-time winners, the United States, in the quarter-finals also ensured the Americans' most premature departure. They then defeated former World Cup semi-finalists El Salvador in the semi-finals and three time and defending champions Mexico in the final.[3]
As the finalists, Panama and Mexico qualified for the World Cup, the former for the first time (and the first new North American World Cup debutants since 2009), the latter for the fifth time.[4]
This was a groundbreaking CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship; it marked only the second time in the seven championships to date (other than in 2006) that the quartet of Costa Rica, El Salvador, the United States and Mexico did not all finish together in some combination in first through fourth place.
Participating teams and draw
[edit]The following 16 teams entered the tournament.[1]
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- Notes
- Bahamas has already qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup as hosts.
- Guadeloupe is not a FIFA member and thus ineligible to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
- Should Bahamas and/or Guadeloupe advance to the final, the next eligible highest-placed team would qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
- On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions.[5] CONCACAF had set the deadline of 16 December 2016 for the suspension to be lifted, otherwise by rule, Guatemala would be disqualified from the 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, and any replacement team or revision to the tournament format would be discussed once the deadline had passed.[6] On 23 December, CONCACAF announced that Barbados would take the place of Guatemala.[7]
The draw of the tournament was held on 17 October 2016, 10:00 UTC−4, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Doral, Florida.[8] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the following seeding based on the BSWW Beach Soccer rankings:[9]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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- Notes
- The draw started by selecting from a separate pot, which contained the five teams (Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Guadeloupe, Turks and Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands) with the same exact ranking (38). These teams were drawn and placed into Pots 3 and 4 respectively to complete the distribution of the teams into those Pots.
- Guatemala were initially part of the draw, but were replaced by Barbados afterwards.
Group stage
[edit]Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams from each group enter the placement stage for 9th to 16th place.
All times are local, EST (UTC−5).
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 3 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 | Placement stage (9th–16th place) | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Number of red cards; 8) Number of yellow cards; 9) Drawing of lots (Regulations XVIII A.8).[2]
(H) Host
Jamaica | 5–5 (a.e.t.) | |
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Benjamin R. Reid Waul |
Report | |
Penalties | ||
Peddie A. Reid |
0–2 |
Bahamas | 4–1 | |
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St. Fleur Williams |
Report |
Guyana | 3–6 | |
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Moore Joseph |
Report |
Belize | 1–4 | |
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Haynes |
Report |
Bahamas | 3–2 | |
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St. Fleur |
Report |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 3 | Placement stage (9th–16th place) | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Number of red cards; 8) Number of yellow cards; 9) Drawing of lots (Regulations XVIII A.8).[2]
Barbados | 4–6 | |
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J. Grazette Chandler Pinder T. Grazette |
Report |
Mexico | 9–2 | |
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Maldonado Villa D. Rodriguez Aleman Mosco Saldivar |
Report |
Guadeloupe | 5–4 | |
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Hell |
Report |
Canada | 3–8 | |
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Bennett Chamale Scepanovic |
Report |
Canada | 3–4 | |
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Bennett Belguendouz |
Report |
Mexico | 10–0 | |
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A. Rodriguez Villa D. Rodriguez Saldivar Maldonado Sanchez |
Report |
Group C
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 9 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | Placement stage (9th–16th place) | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Number of red cards; 8) Number of yellow cards; 9) Drawing of lots (Regulations XVIII A.8).[2]
United States | 8–1 | |
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Perera Feld Canale Santos Van Zytveld |
Report |
Trinidad and Tobago | 8–1 | |
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Woodley Appoo McDougall |
Report |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1–5 | |
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Vollmer |
Report |
Antigua and Barbuda | 2–7 | |
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Daniel Hughes |
Report |
Antigua and Barbuda | 6–3 | |
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Richards Hughes Carr Murray |
Report |
United States | 5–1 | |
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Garcia Canale Reyes |
Report |
Group D
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 7 | Knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 4 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | Placement stage (9th–16th place) | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Total goal difference; 6) Total goals scored; 7) Number of red cards; 8) Number of yellow cards; 9) Drawing of lots (Regulations XVIII A.8).[2]
Costa Rica | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
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Kastner |
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Penalties | ||
Pacheco Mora Cruz |
1–2 |
El Salvador | 9–2 | |
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Ramos Ruiz Membreño Batres Portillo Ramírez |
Report |
Panama | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | |
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Watson Maquensi |
Report | |
Penalties | ||
Garcia Baltron Maquensi |
1–2 |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 2–8 | |
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Magny Cadet |
Report |
El Salvador | 8–2 | |
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Ramírez Segovia Ruiz Batres Robles |
Report |
Panama | 8–4 | |
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Rangel Watson Obregon Maquensi Garcia Galvez |
Report |
Placement stage (9th–16th place)
[edit]Bracket (9th–12th place)
[edit]9th place first round | 9th place second round | 9th place | ||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||
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25 February | ||||||||||
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24 February | ||||||||||
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26 February | ||||||||||
2 (3) | ||||||||||
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5 | ||||||||||
25 February | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
6 | 11th place | |||||||||
26 February | ||||||||||
6 | ||||||||||
8 | ||||||||||
Bracket (13th–16th place)
[edit]13th place first round | 13th place second round | 13th place | ||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||
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25 February | ||||||||||
4 | ||||||||||
6 | ||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||
26 February | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
9 | ||||||||||
4 | ||||||||||
25 February | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
4 | 15th place | |||||||||
26 February | ||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
13th place first round
[edit]Barbados | 5–2 | |
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Chandler Gil Pinder J. Grazette |
Report |
Belize | 6–4 (a.e.t.) | |
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James Nunez Meza Jones Mas |
Report |
9th place first round
[edit]Canada | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | |
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Scepanovic Bennett |
Report | |
Penalties | ||
Scepanovic Belguendouz Jankovic |
2–3 |
Guyana | 6–4 | |
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Wilson Haynes Moore |
Report |
13th place second round
[edit]U.S. Virgin Islands | 1–4 | |
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Schultz |
Report |
Belize | 6–2 | |
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Figueroa Meza James |
Report |
9th place second round
[edit]Antigua and Barbuda | 2–6 | |
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She. Warner Sha. Warner |
Report |
Guyana | 2–5 | |
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Moore Simon |
Report |
15th place match
[edit]Barbados | 3–1 | |
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Pinder Griffith Manning |
Report |
13th place match
[edit]Belize | 9–4 | |
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James Jones Meza Ramos |
Report |
11th place match
[edit]Guyana | 6–8 | |
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Wilson Joseph Haynes |
Report |
9th place match
[edit]Costa Rica | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | |
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Leon Pacheco Fallas Johnson |
Report |
Knockout stage
[edit]The quarter-final matchups were decided by a draw, with the group winners matched up with the group runners-up.[10]
Bracket (1st–4th place)
[edit]Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||
4 | ||||||||||
25 February | ||||||||||
6 | ||||||||||
2 (2) | ||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||
2 (1) | ||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||
26 February | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
4 | ||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||
25 February | ||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||
3 | 3rd place | |||||||||
5 | ||||||||||
26 February | ||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||
7 | ||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||
Bracket (5th–8th place)
[edit]5th semi-finals | 5th place | |||||
25 February | ||||||
6 | ||||||
26 February | ||||||
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4 | ||||||
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5 | ||||||
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7th place | ||||||
26 February | ||||||
3 | ||||||
9 |
Quarter-finals
[edit]El Salvador | 5–0 | |
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Ruiz Segovia |
Report |
United States | 4–6 | |
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Feld Santos Toth |
Report |
Mexico | 5–1 | |
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Maldonado Saldivar A. Rodriguez D. Rodriguez |
Report |
Bahamas | 3–5 | |
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Forbes Joseph St. Fleur |
Report |
5th place semi-finals
[edit]United States | 6–2 | |
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Feld Reyes Canale Van Zytveld |
Report |
Bahamas | 5–2 | |
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Joseph Christie St. Fleur |
Report |
Semi-finals
[edit]The winners qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Panama | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | |
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Gálvez Rangel |
Report | |
Penalties | ||
Watson R. García |
2–1 |
Guadeloupe | 0–3 | |
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Report |
7th place match
[edit]Jamaica | 3–9 | |
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R. Reid |
Report |
5th place match
[edit]United States | 4–2 | |
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Reyes Canale Perera Toth |
Report |
3rd place match
[edit]El Salvador | 7–2 | |
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Robles Ruiz Segovia Batres Ramírez Rizo |
Report |
Final
[edit]Panama | 4–2 | |
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Arrocha Maquensi Saldívar |
Report |
Awards
[edit]Winners
[edit] 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship champions |
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Panama First title |
Individual awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11][12]
Golden Ball (Most valuable player) | |
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Golden Boot (Top scorer) | |
12 goals | |
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper) | |
Best Young Player | |
Fair Play Award | |
Top goalscorers
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Source: CONCACAF.com[13] (Note: Stats given here are different from CONCACAF.com due to discrepancies in goalscorers.)
Final ranking
[edit]Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup |
† Qualified for the World Cup as hosts |
Rank | Team |
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4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 | |
11 | |
12 | |
13 | |
14 | |
15 | |
16 |
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
[edit]The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, including Bahamas which qualified as hosts.[4]
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005) |
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19 December 2014[14] | 0 (debut) | |
25 February 2017 | 0 (debut) | |
25 February 2017 | 4 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2015) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
References
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- ^ a b c d e "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
- ^ "Panama primed for global debut after historic triumph". fifa.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017.
- ^ a b "Mexico, Panama qualify for Bahamas 2017". FIFA.com. 26 February 2017. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017.
- ^ "Suspension of the Guatemala Football Association". FIFA. 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Deadlines Set for FEDEFUT". CONCACAF.com. 9 November 2016.
- ^ "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship schedule set". CONCACAF. 23 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Bahamas 2017". CONCACAF. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Bahamas 2017". CONCACAF.com. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ "Draw determines CBSC quarterfinal matchups". CONCACAF.com. 24 February 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship: Award Winners". CONCACAF.com. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
- ^ "Panama primed for global debut after historic triumph". FIFA.com. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017.
- ^ "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship — Statistics". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
- ^ "Ethics: Executive Committee unanimously supports recommendation to publish report on 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process". FIFA.com. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014.