CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Founded	2006; 16 years ago
Region	North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	16
Qualifier for	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champions	El Salvador (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Mexico (4 titles)
Website	concacaf.com
	2021 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, contested between senior men's national teams of the members of CONCACAF.^[1] It is the sport's version of the better known CONCACAF Gold Cup in association football.

The winners of the championship are crowned continental champions;^[2] the tournament also acts as the qualification route for North American nations to the upcoming edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup^[1] and is therefore also known as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONCACAF qualifier.^[3] Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2010; the World Cup then became biennial, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit.

The championship was established in 2006 after FIFA made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments to determine the best national team(s) in their region and hence those who would proceed to represent their continent in the upcoming World Cup (previously, nations were simply invited to play without having to earn their place).^[4] The first edition was proceeded by a joint qualification tournament with CONMEBOL in 2005; a second and final joint event was held in 2007.^[5]^[6] FIFA currently allocate North America two berths at the World Cup^[7] and hence the top two teams (the winners and the runners-up) qualify to the World Cup finals.^[3]

North America's governing body for football, CONCACAF, organise the championship,^[8] with cooperation from Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).^[9]

Mexico are the most successful nation with four titles.^[10] El Salvador and the United States and are the other multiple title winners with two each; the former are also current champions. This trio have dominated the championship, finishing in the top four together in seven of the nine tournaments.

Results[]

Joint championship with CONMEBOL

There have been nine editions of the championship as of 2021. For all tournaments, the top two teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

In terms of qualification to the World Cup, Mexico and the United States have achieved the most, finishing well enough in the championship to advance to the World Cup finals on six occasions each. Along with El Salvador and Costa Rica, these four nations are the only ones to qualify more than once thus far.

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
Year	Location	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2005	Qualifying tournament held jointly with CONMEBOL; see 2005 Americas Beach Soccer Championship
2006 details	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	United States	^{[round-robin]}	Canada	Costa Rica	^{[round-robin]}	Mexico
2007	Qualifying tournament held jointly with CONMEBOL; see 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
2008 details	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Mexico	^{[round-robin]}	El Salvador	United States	^{[round-robin]}	Costa Rica
2009 details	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	El Salvador	6–3	Costa Rica	Mexico	5–4	United States
2010 details	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Mexico	5–3	El Salvador	United States	7–5	Costa Rica
2013 details	Nassau, Bahamas	United States	5–4 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador	Mexico	8–7	Costa Rica
2015 details	Costa del Sol, El Salvador	Mexico	4–0	Costa Rica	El Salvador	5–2	United States
2017 details	Nassau, Bahamas	Panama	4–2	Mexico	El Salvador	7–2
2019 details	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Mexico	6–2	United States	El Salvador	8–3	Panama
2021 details	Alajuela, Costa Rica^[11]	El Salvador	6–4	United States	Guatemala	5–2	Mexico

Round-robin ^ Indicates this edition was played as a round-robin tournament. There was no final or third place match.

Performance[]

Successful nations[]

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total top 4
Mexico^[a]	4 (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019*)	1 (2017)	2 (2009*, 2013)	2 (2006, 2021)	9
El Salvador	2 (2009, 2021)	3 (2008, 2011, 2013)	3 (2015*, 2017, 2019)	–	8
United States^[b]	2 (2006, 2013)	2 (2019, 2021)	2 (2008, 2011)	2 (2009, 2015)	8
Panama	1 (2017)	–	–	1 (2019)	2
Costa Rica	–	2 (2009, 2015)	1 (2006*)	3 (2008, 2011, 2013)	6
Canada	–	1 (2006)	–	–	1
Guatemala	–	–	1 (2021)	–	1
	–	–	–	1 (2017)	1

* Hosts

a. ^ Also 4th in 2007 joint event.

b. ^ Also 3rd in 2005 joint event; winner of 2007 joint event.

Awards[]

Year	Top goalscorer(s)	Gls	Best player	Best goalkeeper	Fair play	Best young player	Ref.
2006	Ricardo Villalobos	7	Francis Faberoff	Jim Larkin	Canada	not awarded	[1]
2008	Agustín Ruiz	6	Ricardo Villalobos	Luis Rodas	not awarded		[2]
2009	Agustín Ruiz	8	Richard Sterling	José Portillo
2010	Frank Velásquez	12	Frank Velásquez	Miguel Estrada
2013	Nicolas Perera	11	Agustín Ruiz	Christopher Toth			[3]
2015	Frank Velásquez	15	Ramón Maldonado	Miguel Estrada			[4]
2017	Marlon Meza Ramón Maldonado	12	Alfonso Maquensi	Diego Villaseñor	Canada	Jamal Haynes	[5]
2019	Nicolas Perera	13	Benjamín Mosco	Diego Villaseñor	Panama	Exon Perdomo	[6]
2021	Frank Velásquez	11	Rubén Batres	Eliodoro Portillo	Mexico	Antonio Chávez	[7]

All-time top goalscorers[]

As of 2021

The following table shows the all-time top 20 goalscorers.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Frank Velásquez	El Salvador	56
2	Agustín Ruiz	El Salvador	51
3	Lesly St. Fleur	Bahamas	42
4	Nicolas Perera	United States	40
5	Greivin Pacheco	Costa Rica	38
6	Rubén Batres	El Salvador	31
7	Kevon Woodley	Trinidad and Tobago	26
8	Ramón Maldonado	Mexico	25
8	Rohan Reid	Jamaica	25
10	Alessandro Canale	United States	21
11	Ricardo Villalobos	Mexico	19
12	Ángel Rodríguez	Mexico	18
	Anthony Chimienti	United States
	Marlon Meza	Belize
	Elmer Robles	El Salvador
16	Alfonso Maquensi	Panama	17
16	Exxon Perdomo	El Salvador	17
18	Gustavo Rosales	Mexico	16
	Yuri Morales	United States
	Miguel González	Guatemala

**Sources:**
2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021

All-time table[]

As of 2021

Joint event results not included.

Pos	Team	App	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Win %
1	Mexico	9	43	32	1	1	9	215	103	+112	99	2.3	79.1
2	United States	9	46	30	2	1	13	231	124	+107	95	2.07	71.7
3	El Salvador	8	41	28	1	4	8	254	126	+128	90	2.2	80.5
4	Costa Rica	9	39	17	2	3	17	166	152	+14	58	1.49	56.4
5	Trinidad and Tobago	5	24	12	0	0	12	97	89	+8	36	1.5	50
6	Bahamas	7	30	11	1	0	18	126	128	–2	35	1.17	40
7	Guatemala	5	23	10	0	2	11	106	91	+15	32	1.39	52.2
8	Panama	4	18	9	0	2	7	85	60	+25	29	1.61	61.1
9	Canada	5	20	8	0	0	12	73	97	–24	24	1.2	40
10		3	13	5	0	1	7	44	70	–26	16	1.23	46.2
11		3	12	4	0	0	8	38	55	–17	12	1	33.3
12	Belize	4	14	3	1	1	9	47	79	–32	12	0.86	35.7
13	Jamaica	6	26	4	0	0	22	96	145	–49	12	0.46	15.4
14		2	9	3	0	0	6	32	41	–9	9	1	33.3
15		2	9	2	0	0	7	32	54	–22	6	0.67	22.2
16		4	15	1	0	0	14	40	108	–68	3	0.2	6.7
17		3	12	1	0	0	11	27	91	–64	3	0.25	8.3
18		1	3	0	0	0	3	7	35	–28	0	0	0
19		1	3	0	0	0	3	4	35	–31	0	0	0
20	Puerto Rico	2	7	0	0	0	7	10	49	–39	0	0	0

Key: Appearances App / Won in normal time W = 3 points / Won in extra-time W+ = 2 points / Won on penalty shoot-out WP = 1 point / Lost L = 0 points / Points per game PPG

Appearances & performance timeline[]

The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship and how many appearances they each have made.

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
5th–16th – Fifth to sixteenth place^[‡]
QF – Quarter-finals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)

× – Did not enter
•• – Entered but withdrew
DQ – Disqualified
– Hosts
Apps – No. of appearances

‡. ^ In some years, teams knocked-out at round 1 or the quarter-finals played no further matches (these results are marked as R1 or QF).
In other years, classification matches were then played to determine all final placements.

Timeline

Year Team	2006 (5)	2008 (4)	2009 (6)	2011 (8)	2013 (10)	2015 (16)	2017 (16)	2019 (16)	2021 (11)	Apps ⁄9
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	11th	R1	×	3
Bahamas	×	×	6th	8th	6th	7th	6th	QF	QF	7
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	15th	×	×	2
Belize	×	×	×	×	×	R1	13th	R1	R1	4
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	1
Canada	2nd	×	5th	5th	8th	×	10th	×	×	5
Costa Rica	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	9th	R1	QF	9
	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	1
El Salvador	×	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	8
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	4th	QF	••	3
Guatemala	×	×	×	6th	5th	6th	DQ	QF	3rd	5
	×	×	×	×	••	×	12th	R1	×	2
Jamaica	5th	×	×	7th	9th	8th	8th	R1	×	6
Mexico	4th	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	4th	9
Panama	×	×	×	×	×	R1	1st	4th	QF	4
Puerto Rico	×	×	×	×	10th	R1	×	×	×	2
Trinidad and Tobago	×	×	×	×	7th	5th	7th	QF	QF	5
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	14th	R1	R1	4
United States	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	1st	4th	5th	2nd	2nd	9
	×	×	×	×	×	R1	16th	R1	×	3

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup[]

The following is a performance timeline of the CONCACAF teams who have gone on to appear in the World Cup, having successfully qualified from the above events.

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
– Hosts (qualify automatically)

QF – Quarter-finals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Total – Total times qualified for World Cup

Timeline

Year Team	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	Total
Bahamas									R1			1
Canada		QF										1
Costa Rica					R1			R1				2
El Salvador				R1	R1	4th	QF				R1	5
Mexico			2nd	R1		QF		R1	R1	R1		6
Panama									R1			1
United States	R1	R1	R1				R1			R1	R1	6
Total number of unique qualifiers												7

References[]

^ ^a ^b "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Regulations". CONCACAF. 2017. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Schedule and Kickoff Times Set for 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Record 11 teams in CONCACAF Qualifier". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March". FIFA. 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "En Conmebol lanzan Eliminatorias del Mundial de Fútbol Playa Bahamas 2017" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "About the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
^ "World Cup gets bigger". FIFA. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2006 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 22 August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "The Bahamas Set to Host 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^ "Mexico claim the 2019 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
^ Costa Rica to host 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship!. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 25 February 2021.

External links[]

Beach Soccer, at CONCACAF official website
Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website

[regulations-1] "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Regulations". CONCACAF. 2017. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[2] "Schedule and Kickoff Times Set for 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[BSWW-3] "Record 11 teams in CONCACAF Qualifier". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[4] "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2006 qualifiers to start in Brazil on 5 March". FIFA. 3 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[history-5] "En Conmebol lanzan Eliminatorias del Mundial de Fútbol Playa Bahamas 2017" (in Spanish). Paraguayan Football Association. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[6] "About the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[7] "World Cup gets bigger". FIFA. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[8] "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2006 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. 22 August 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[9] "The Bahamas Set to Host 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

[10] "Mexico claim the 2019 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

[11] Costa Rica to host 2021 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship!. Beach Soccer Worldwide. 25 February 2021.

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v t International beach soccer
FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) World cups (FIFA World Cup [current] World Championships [former]) World Beach Games Intercontinental Cup (Men's • ) Mundialito (de Clubes) BSWW Tour World Rankings Stars Awards
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup
Africa	CAF – Cup of Nations
North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Championship
South America	CONMEBOL – World Cup qualifiers Copa América U-20 League Club Copa Libertadores
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup
Europe	UEFA – League World Cup qualifiers Cup Club Winners Cup Men's Women's
Games	Asian Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games European Games Mediterranean Beach Games South American Beach Games

v t FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021¹
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019 2021¹
UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³(p) 2007³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League. (p) This indicates an additional play-off round, supplement to the main qualification event.


Founded	2006; 16 years ago (2006)
Region	North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	16
Qualifier for	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champions	El Salvador (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Mexico (4 titles)
Website	concacaf.com
2021 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship