Beach soccer at the 2023 World Beach Games – Qualification (CONCACAF)

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Beach soccer at the 2023 World Beach Games qualification (CONCACAF)
ANOC World Beach Games Bali 2023 – Qualifier El Salvador
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates6–8 April 2023
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
№ of events2 (1 men's; 1 women's)
Teams11 (from 7 countries)
Men's event
Teams7
Final positions
Gold medal icon.svg ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Runners-upFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Bronze medal icon.svg Third placeFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
Matches played9
Goals scored62 (6.89 per match)
Women's event
Teams4
Final positions
Gold medal icon.svg ChampionsFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Silver medal icon.svg Runners-upFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Third placeFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
Matches played6
Goals scored42 (7 per match)
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The CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2023 World Beach Games , known officially as the ANOC World Beach Games Bali 2023 – Qualifier El Salvador, was a beach soccer tournament contested by North American national teams who are members of CONCACAF that took place to determine the nations from North, Central America and the Caribbean that qualified to the beach soccer competition at the second edition of the ANOC World Beach Games. [1] [2]

Contents

The tournament consisted of two events: the men's qualifiers and the women's qualifiers, the former a knockout competition from which the top two teams qualified, and the latter a round robin contest from which the top two teams also qualified. [1] [2] [3]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and National Sports Institute of El Salvador (INDES) in association with the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT), the competition took place in San Luis La Herradura, El Salvador from 6–8 April 2023. [1] [2] [4]

Mexico were the defending champions in both the men's and women's events [5] but did not enter this year. The men's event was won by the United States, whilst the women's event was won by hosts El Salvador. [6] [7] [8]

Venues

For both the men's and women's tournaments, all matches were hosted at the Estadio Nacional de la Costa del Sol  [ es ] on the outskirts of San Luis La Herradura. [1] [2] [3]

Men's tournament

Teams

The men's event was a seven-team tournament. The entrants are listed below, [9] [10] [11] ordered by their world ranking in parentheses (31 March 2023, out of 101 teams): [12]

  1. Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador (15) (hosts)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg  United States (17)
  3. Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas (30)
  4. Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala (35)
  5. Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (41)
  6. Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago (53)
  7. Flag of Belize.svg  Belize (66)

Draw

The draw took place internally with most details undisclosed. As the top seeds, and with an odd number of participants, El Salvador received a bye in round one. The remaining six teams were organised based on their position in the world ranking (the second-best ranked team was drawn against the team ranked seventh, third against sixth, and fourth against fifth.)

Results

The competition was played as a straight knockout tournament, starting with the quarter-finals and ending with the final with the winner crowned champions of the event. [1] [2] Meanwhile, the losing nations of each round receded to play in a series of consolation matches in order to determine all final placements.

The two teams that reached the final qualified for the 2023 World Beach Games. [1] [2]

Matches are listed as local time in San Luis La Herradura, (UTC–6).

Fifth place5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador bye
—7 April; 20:00; Report
—Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador (p)5 (4)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala bye 6 April; 14:45; Report Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 5 (2)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4
8 April; 14:30; Report Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 58 April; 20:00; Report
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 2Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 16 April; 17:15; Report Flag of the United States.svg  United States 4
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2
7 April; 14:45; Report Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 37 April; 17:15; Report
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 7Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 0Third place
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 36 April; 18:45; Report Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58 April; 17:00; Report
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 4
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 2Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 0

Awards

Winners trophy

 2023 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier
Champions 
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
First title

Individual awards

Top scorer(s)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Greivin Pacheco
Flag of El Salvador.svg Heber Ramos
Flag of the United States.svg Alessandro Canale
4 goals
Best player
Flag of the United States.svg Gabriel Silveira
Best goalkeeper
Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Toth
Source: BSWW

Final standings

RankTeamQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2023 World Beach Games
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
4Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
5Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
6Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
7Flag of Belize.svg  Belize

Source: BSWW

Women's tournament

Teams

Four teams entered the women's event which are as follows, [3] [13] ordered by their world ranking in parentheses (31 March 2023, out of 22 teams): [14]

  1. Flag of the United States.svg  United States (7)
  2. Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas (13)
  3. Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador (15) (hosts)
  4. Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago (17)

Results

The competition was played as a single round robin tournament; [1] [2] the teams competed to earn points for the overall standings table – the two that accumulated the most points after all the matches were completed qualified for the 2023 World Beach Games. [1]

Matches are listed as local time in San Luis La Herradura, (UTC–6).

PosTeamPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador (H)33000157+89 2023 World Beach Games
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 32001177+106
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 31002813−53
4Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 30003215−130
Source: BSWW
(H) Host
6 April 2023 Bahamas  Flag of the Bahamas.svg0–6Flag of the United States.svg  United States
16:00 Report
7 April 2023 El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg5–1Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
18:45 Report
8 April 2023 Bahamas  Flag of the Bahamas.svg1–4Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
15:45 Report
8 April 2023 El Salvador  Flag of El Salvador.svg5–4Flag of the United States.svg  United States
18:30 Report

Awards

Winners trophy

2023 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier
Champions
Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
First title

Individual awards

Top scorer(s)
Flag of El Salvador.svg Irma Guerra
5 goals
Best player
Flag of El Salvador.svg Fatima Perez
Best goalkeeper
Flag of the United States.svg Melissa Lowder
Source: BSWW

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