2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

The 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the men's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was held in San José, Costa Rica between 8–14 May 2016.[2] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Costa Rica
City	San José
Dates	8–14 May 2016
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (3rd title)
Runners-up	Panama
Third place	Guatemala
Fourth place	Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	123 (7.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Frederico Moojen Juan Cordero Reynier Fiallo Claudio Goodridge Fernando Mena (5 goals each)[1]
Best player(s)	Edwin Cubillo
Best young player	Diego Ramírez
Best goalkeeper	Daniel Atencio
Fair play award	Costa Rica

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the CONCACAF representatives.[3]

Champions Costa Rica, runners-up Panama, third-placed Guatemala and fourth-placed Cuba qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONCACAF representatives.[4]

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[2]

• Two teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), including Mexico who qualified automatically
• Three teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF), including Costa Rica who qualified automatically as hosts
• Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)
• The final berth was allocated to the play-off winner between a team from the Central American Zone and a team from the Caribbean Zone

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams joining Mexico and hosts Costa Rica at the final tournament, including two play-offs which were played on 4 and 5 May in Costa Rica prior to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performances	Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU) qualified through North American qualifying competition
Mexico	Automatic	6th	Third place (1996)	1
Canada	Play-off winner	2nd	Group stage (2012)	1
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[5]
Costa Rica	Hosts	6th	Winner (2000, 2012)	3
Guatemala	Winner	4th	Winner (2008)	3
Panama	Runner-up	4th	Third place (2012)	1
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[6]
Cuba	Winner	6th	Runner-up (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)	4
Curaçao	Runner-up	2nd	Group stage (2000)	0
Play-off winner between Central American Zone third place and Caribbean Zone third place
Honduras	Play-off winner	1st	Debut	0

Venues

The matches were played at the BN Arena of Ciudad Deportiva de Hatillo in San José.[7]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 16 March 2016 at 12:30 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Barceló San José Palacio in San José.[8][9]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host and defending CONCACAF Futsal Championship champion Costa Rica were seeded in Group B, while 2012 runner-up Guatemala were seeded in Group A.[10]

The draw took place before the final two qualifiers from play-offs (Honduras and Canada) had been confirmed.

Pot 1	Pot 2
Costa Rica (Position B1)  Cuba  Guatemala (Position A1)  Mexico	Curaçao  Panama  Canada  Honduras

Squads

Each team could register a maximum of 14 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[11]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[11]

1. Goal difference in all group matches;
2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
6. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	3	3	0	0	18	7	+11	9	Knockout stage and 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2	Guatemala	3	2	0	1	13	10	+3	6
3	Mexico	3	1	0	2	12	11	+1	3
4	Honduras	3	0	0	3	8	23	−15	0

Source: CONCACAF

8 May 2016

12:30

Honduras	1–7	Mexico
Marco Triminio 14:24	Report	César Saldívar 6:23, 12:28 Jair Alemán 17:05 Christian Hernández 19:53 Ángel Rodríguez 20:43 Miguel Resendes 28:49 Erick Tovar 29:42

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Victor Prendas (Costa Rica)

8 May 2016

15:00

Guatemala	1–4	Panama
Patrick Ruiz 25:43	Report	Fernando Mena 12:13, 22:43 Jorge Pérez 19:10 Claudio Goodridge 19:53

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

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9 May 2016

12:30

Panama	10–3	Honduras
Josue Brown 7:13 Edgar Rivas 11:54 Carlos Pérez 15:41 Claudio Goodridge 19:08, 29:29, 36:00 José Vásquez 21:54 Ángel Sánchez 29:52, 39:56 Oscar Hinks 31:20	Report	Antonio Moncada 11:44 Carlos Montes 25:01 Oscar Valeriano 30:14

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Shane Butler (United States)

9 May 2016

15:00

Mexico	2–6	Guatemala
Jair Alemán 10:54 Christian Hernández 29:34	Report	Roberto Alvarado 0:43 Rafael González 3:59 Miguel Santizo 18:25, 34:25 Carlos Merida 37:34 Wanderley Ruiz 39:20

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Roberto Sánchez (Cuba)

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10 May 2016

12:30

Mexico	3–4	Panama
César Saldívar 8:44 Christian Hernández 12:29, 39:59	Report	Claudio Goodridge 20:38 Fernando Mena 28:32, 32:43 Carlos Pérez 34:29

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador)

10 May 2016

15:00

Guatemala	6–4	Honduras
Jonatan Arevalo 8:12, 13:27, 20:30, 24:59 José Mansilla 11:37, 16:15	Report	Luis Rivera 6:10, 25:11 Roberto Alvarado 18:17 (o.g.) Carlos Montes 31:40

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Lance Vahanitsma (United States)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica (H)	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10	9	Knockout stage and 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2	Cuba	3	1	1	1	8	11	−3	4
3	Canada	3	1	0	2	13	14	−1	3
4	Curaçao	3	0	1	2	8	14	−6	1

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

8 May 2016

17:30

Curaçao	1–1	Cuba
Ashar Bernardus 27:09	Report	Karel Mariño 14:17

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Carlos González (Guatemala)

8 May 2016

20:00

Costa Rica	3–2	Canada
Erick Brenes 19:36, 34:42 Alejandro Paniagua 21:17	Report	Frederico Moojen 4:36, 35:36

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)

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9 May 2016

17:30

Canada	7–4	Curaçao
Nazim Belguendoz 0:55, 28:56 Daniel Chamale 16:36 Marco Rodriguez 16:51 Vahid Assadpour 20:17 Frederico Moojen 33:51 Eduardo Jauregui 34:55	Report	Djuric Ascencion 5:36, 33:23 Every Janzen 15:33, 27:27

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Leroy Brown (Guatemala)

9 May 2016

20:00

Cuba	0–6	Costa Rica
	Report	Yariel Sandi 6:27 Juan Cordero 13:37, 38:03 Erick Brenes 14:42 Edwin Cubillo 28:36 Diego Zuñiga 35:12

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Luis Aguilar (Panama)

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10 May 2016

17:30

Cuba	7–4	Canada
Reynier Fiallo 14:07, 26:45, 28:02 Daniel Hernández 28:56 Jhonnet Martínez 29:27 Reinier Socarras 36:08 Breniht Suárez 38:02	Report	Ian Bennett 17:21 Frederico Moojen 33:07, 33:23 Vahid Assadpour 35:20

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Shane Butler (United States)

10 May 2016

20:00

Costa Rica	6–3	Curaçao
Edwin Cubillo 1:27 Juan Cordero 2:03 Yariel Sandi 5:47 Isaias Mora 7:11 Adonay Vindas 11:19 Christopher Molina 14:25	Report	Jean Pauletta 9:18 Everon Espacia 18:03 Ashar Bernardus 38:50

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Carlos de la Cruz (Guatemala)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[11]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	May 12 – San José
	Panama (a.e.t.)	6
					May 14 – San José
	Cuba	5
					Panama	0
	May 12 – San José
					Costa Rica	4
	Costa Rica	7
	Guatemala	1
					Third place
					May 14 – San José
					Cuba	2
					Guatemala	3

Semi-finals

12 May 2016

17:00

Panama	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Cuba
Michael de León 5:09 Ángel Sánchez 11:14, 13:12 Carlos Pérez 19:04, 33:07 Fernando Mena 41:16	Report	Denis Márquez 14:57, 28:23 Jhonnet Martínez 20:39 Sandy Domínguez 24:28 Reynier Fiallo 32:44

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)

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12 May 2016

20:00

Costa Rica	7–1	Guatemala
Juan Cordero 21:03, 22:42 Diego Zuñiga 21:58, 26:11 Edwin Cubillo 36:57 Alejandro Paniagua 37:27 (pen.) Stiven Solís 39:45	Report	Edgar Santizo 34:28

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Third place playoff

14 May 2016

12:30

Cuba	2–3	Guatemala
Reynier Fiallo 19:22 Luis Portal 32:59 (pen.)	Report	Miguel Santizo 2:04, 7:26 Marvin Sandoval 14:19

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Einer Arce (Costa Rica)

Final

14 May 2016

15:30

Panama	0–4	Costa Rica
	Report	Alejandro Paniagua 10:20 (pen.) Christopher Molina 19:06, 26:18 Diego Zuñiga 33:09

BN Arena, San José

Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)

Winners

2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Costa Rica Third title

Final ranking

Teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Rank	Team
	Costa Rica
	Panama
	Guatemala
4	Cuba
5	Mexico
6	Canada
7	Curaçao
8	Honduras

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament^1
Costa Rica	9 May 2016	3 (1992, 2000, 2012)
Panama	10 May 2016	1 (2012)
Guatemala	10 May 2016	3 (2000, 2008, 2012)
Cuba	10 May 2016	4 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[12]

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Edwin Cubillo
Golden Boot	Frederico Moojen
Golden Glove	Daniel Atencio
Scotiabank Bright Future Award	Diego Ramírez
Fair Play Award	Costa Rica

References

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6. "Volume 3,Issue 9, Caribbean Football Union Newsletter" (PDF). CFU. December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
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10. "Official Draw: CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONCACAF.com. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
11. "CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
12. "CFC awards presented after Costa Rica lifts trophy". CONCACAF.com. 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

External links

• Futsal, CONCACAF.com