2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
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.
2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Bahamas |
City | Nassau |
Dates | 20–26 February 2017 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Panama (1st title) |
Runners-up | Mexico |
Third place | El Salvador |
Fourth place | Guadeloupe |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 48 |
Goals scored | 381 (7.94 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Ramón Maldonado Marlon Meza (12 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Alfonso Maquensi |
Best young player | Jamal Haynes |
Best goalkeeper | Diego Villaseñor |
Fair play award | Canada |
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
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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- 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
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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Bahamas (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | Guyana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 | Placement stage (9th–16th place) |
4 | Belize | 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.) | Belize |
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Benjamin 10', 20' (p), 23' R. Reid 21' Waul 32' |
Report | 3', 5', 9' (p) Meza 7', 32' Ramos |
Penalties | ||
Peddie A. Reid |
0–2 | Meza Jones |
Bahamas | 4–1 | Guyana |
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St. Fleur 4', 6' (p), 26' Williams 32' |
Report | 30' Joseph |
Guyana | 3–6 | Jamaica |
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Moore 10' Joseph 19', 31' |
Report | 3', 5', 14' (p) R. Reid 19' Waul 23', 31' Anderson |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Guadeloupe | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 6 | |
3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 3 | Placement stage (9th–16th place) |
4 | Barbados | 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 | Canada |
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J. Grazette 4' Chandler 5' Pinder 21' T. Grazette 25' |
Report | 1', 11' (p), 17', 28' Jankovic 15' Pessoa 27' Leconte |
Mexico | 9–2 | Guadeloupe |
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Maldonado 10', 15', 36' Villa 15' D. Rodriguez 16' Aleman 17', 25' (p) Mosco 27' Saldivar 32' |
Report | 8' Hell 10' Breter |
Guadeloupe | 5–4 | Barbados |
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Hell 9', 15', 16', 33', 36' | Report | 2' Chandler 3' J. Grazette 14' Beckles 30' Pinder |
Canada | 3–8 | Mexico |
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Bennett 7' Chamale 26' Scepanovic 31' |
Report | 11', 16', 25' Mosco 17', 20' Maldonado 27', 31', 35' Saldivar |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 6 | |
3 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 3 | Placement stage (9th–16th place) |
4 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 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 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Perera 15' (p), 21', 35' Feld 17' Canale 19', 35' Santos 27' Van Zytveld 30' |
Report | 7' Charles |
Trinidad and Tobago | 8–1 | Antigua and Barbuda |
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Woodley 2', 19', 35' Appoo 9' McDougall 10', 13', 14', 33' |
Report | 8' Daniel |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1–5 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Vollmer 10' | Report | 5', 19', 22' King 32' Appoo 34' Woodley |
Antigua and Barbuda | 2–7 | United States |
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Daniel 2' Hughes 31' |
Report | 3', 36' Valentine 5' Futagaki 8' Van Zytveld 9' (o.g.) Thomas 25' Feld 30' (p) Canale |
Antigua and Barbuda | 6–3 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
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Richards 7', 15', 17' Hughes 13' (p) Carr 19' Murray 24' |
Report | 26', 32' Juma 28' George |
United States | 5–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Garcia 12', 24' Canale 29' (p), 36' Reyes 32' |
Report | 33' Woodley |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | Placement stage (9th–16th place) |
4 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 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.) | Panama |
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Kastner 5' | Report | 8' Rangel |
Penalties | ||
Pacheco Mora Cruz |
1–2 | Garcia Bultron Obregón |
El Salvador | 9–2 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
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Ramos 4', 28' Ruiz 5' Membreño 23' Batres 23', 24', 34' Portillo 23' Ramírez 27' |
Report | 21' Cadet 30' Forbes |
Panama | 4–4 (a.e.t.) | El Salvador |
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Watson 11' Maquensi 22', 24', 34' |
Report | 8' (p), 17' Batres 22' (p) Ruiz 31' Ramírez |
Penalties | ||
Garcia Baltron Maquensi |
1–2 | Batres Ramírez Ruiz |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 2–8 | Costa Rica |
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Magny 23' Cadet 32' |
Report | 7', 16', 21' Johnson 12' Fallas 22', 22' Pacheco 23' Angulo 26' Adanis |
El Salvador | 8–2 | Costa Rica |
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Ramírez 16' Segovia 17', 30', 34' Ruiz 26' Batres 27' Robles 33', 35' |
Report | 3', 30' (p) Pacheco |
Placement stage (9th–16th place)
Bracket (9th–12th place)
9th place first round | 9th place second round | 9th place | ||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||
Guyana | 6 | |||||||||
25 February | ||||||||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 4 | |||||||||
Guyana | 2 | |||||||||
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Costa Rica | 5 | |||||||||
Canada | 2 (2) | |||||||||
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Costa Rica (p) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
Costa Rica (a.e.t.) | 6 | |||||||||
Canada | 5 | |||||||||
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Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | |||||||||
Canada | 6 | 11th place | ||||||||
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Guyana | 6 | |||||||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 8 | |||||||||
Bracket (13th–16th place)
13th place first round | 13th place second round | 13th place | ||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||
Belize (a.e.t.) | 6 | |||||||||
25 February | ||||||||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 4 | |||||||||
Belize | 6 | |||||||||
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Barbados | 2 | |||||||||
Barbados | 5 | |||||||||
26 February | ||||||||||
Turks and Caicos | 2 | |||||||||
Belize | 9 | |||||||||
Turks and Caicos | 4 | |||||||||
25 February | ||||||||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | |||||||||
Turks and Caicos | 4 | 15th place | ||||||||
26 February | ||||||||||
Barbados | 3 | |||||||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | |||||||||
13th place first round
9th place first round
Canada | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Costa Rica |
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Scepanovic 21' Bennett 29' |
Report | 13' Fallas 35' Pacheco |
Penalties | ||
Scepanovic Belguendouz Jankovic |
2–3 | Pacheco Mora Johnson |
13th place second round
9th place second round
Antigua and Barbuda | 2–6 | Canada |
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She. Warner 19' Sha. Warner 36' |
Report | 8' Scepanovic 9' Belguendouz 26', 27' Pessoa 28' Orellana 32' Leconte |
Guyana | 2–5 | Costa Rica |
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Moore 27' Simon 33' |
Report | 4' Fallas 15' Villegas 19' (p) Kastner 29' Leon 30' Angulo |
15th place match
13th place match
11th place match
9th place match
Costa Rica | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
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Leon 1' Pacheco 21', 37' Fallas 6' Johnson 20', 31' |
Report | 5' Scepanovic 22', 32' Jankovic 26' Orellana 26' Pessoa |
Knockout stage
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)
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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United States | 4 | |||||||||
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Panama | 6 | |||||||||
Panama (p) | 2 (2) | |||||||||
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El Salvador | 2 (1) | |||||||||
El Salvador | 5 | |||||||||
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Jamaica | 0 | |||||||||
Panama | 4 | |||||||||
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Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
Bahamas | 3 | |||||||||
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Guadeloupe | 5 | |||||||||
Guadeloupe | 0 | |||||||||
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Mexico | 3 | 3rd place | ||||||||
Mexico | 5 | |||||||||
26 February | ||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | |||||||||
El Salvador | 7 | |||||||||
Guadeloupe | 2 | |||||||||
Bracket (5th–8th place)
5th semi-finals | 5th place | |||||
25 February | ||||||
United States | 6 | |||||
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Jamaica | 2 | |||||
United States | 4 | |||||
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Bahamas | 2 | |||||
Bahamas | 5 | |||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | |||||
7th place | ||||||
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Jamaica | 3 | |||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 9 |
Quarter-finals
El Salvador | 5–0 | Jamaica |
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Ruiz 14', 25', 27' Segovia 26', 35' |
Report |
United States | 4–6 | Panama |
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Feld 8' Santos 14' Toth 21', 36' |
Report | 12', 16' Garcia 14', 23' Galvez 32' Obregon 34' Watson |
Mexico | 5–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Maldonado 2', 33' Saldivar 10' A. Rodriguez 25' D. Rodriguez 34' |
Report | 24' Augustine |
5th place semi-finals
Semi-finals
The winners qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
7th place match
Jamaica | 3–9 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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R. Reid 16', 21', 22' | Report | 8', 29' Hislop 17', 22' Appoo 19' Bobb 21', 34' Woodley 31' Augustine 35' Charles |
5th place match
3rd place match
El Salvador | 7–2 | Guadeloupe |
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Robles 7' Ruiz 11' (p) Segovia 18' Batres 26', 27' Ramírez 34' Rizo 36' |
Report | 1' Phirmis 7' Gelas |
Awards
Individual awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11][12]
Golden Ball (Most valuable player) | |
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Alfonso Maquensi | |
Golden Boot (Top scorer) | |
Ramón Maldonado | Marlon Meza |
12 goals | |
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper) | |
Diego Villaseñor | |
Best Young Player | |
Jamal Haynes | |
Fair Play Award | |
Canada |
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
Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup |
Qualified for the World Cup as hosts |
Rank | Team |
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Panama | |
Mexico | |
El Salvador | |
4 | Guadeloupe |
5 | United States |
6 | Bahamas |
7 | Trinidad and Tobago |
8 | Jamaica |
9 | Costa Rica |
10 | Canada |
11 | Antigua and Barbuda |
12 | Guyana |
13 | Belize |
14 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
15 | Barbados |
16 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
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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Bahamas | 19 December 2014[14] | 0 (debut) |
Panama | 25 February 2017 | 0 (debut) |
Mexico | 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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External links
- Beach Soccer, CONCACAF.com
- CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships Bahamas 2017 at Beachsoccer.com