CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

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CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship.png
Organizing body CONCACAF
Founded2006;18 years ago (2006)
Region North America, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of teams12–16
Qualifier for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champion(s)Flag of the United States.svg  United States (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (4 titles)
Website concacaf.com
Soccerball current event.svg 2023 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. North America's governing body for football, CONCACAF, organize the championship, [2] with cooperation from Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW). [3]

Contents

The winners of the championship are crowned continental champions; [4] 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. [5] 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). [6] The first edition was preceded by a joint qualification tournament with CONMEBOL in 2005; a second and final joint event was held in 2007. [7] [8] FIFA currently allocate North America two berths at the World Cup [9] and hence the top two teams (the winners and the runners-up) qualify to the World Cup finals. [5]

Mexico are the most successful nation with four titles. [10] They are followed by the United States with three titles (also current champions), El Salvador with two and Panama with one.

Results

There have been ten editions of the championship as of 2023. 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, placing well enough in the championship to advance to the World Cup finals on seven occasions each. Along with El Salvador and Costa Rica, these four are the only nations to qualify to the World Cup more than once thus far.

YearLocationFinalThird place match
ChampionsScoreRunners-upThird PlaceScoreFourth Place
2005Qualifying tournament held jointly with CONMEBOL; see 2005 Americas Beach Soccer Championship
2006
details
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Puntarenas, Costa Rica Flag of the United States.svg
United States
[round-robin]Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Canada
Flag of Costa Rica.svg
Costa Rica
[round-robin]Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
2007Qualifying tournament held jointly with CONMEBOL; see 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
2008
details
Flag of Mexico.svg Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
[round-robin]Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
[round-robin]Flag of Costa Rica.svg
Costa Rica
2009
details
Flag of Mexico.svg Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
6–3Flag of Costa Rica.svg
Costa Rica
Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
5–4Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2010
details
Flag of Mexico.svg Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
5–3Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
Flag of the United States.svg
United States
7–5Flag of Costa Rica.svg
Costa Rica
2013
details
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Nassau, Bahamas Flag of the United States.svg
United States
5–4 ( a.e.t. )Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
8–7Flag of Costa Rica.svg
Costa Rica
2015
details
Flag of El Salvador.svg Costa del Sol, El Salvador Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
4–0Flag of Costa Rica.svg
Costa Rica
Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
5–2Flag of the United States.svg
United States
2017
details
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Nassau, Bahamas Flag of Panama.svg
Panama
4–2Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
7–2Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg
Guadeloupe
2019
details
Flag of Mexico.svg Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
6–2Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
8–3Flag of Panama.svg
Panama
2021
details
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Alajuela, Costa Rica [11] Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
6–4Flag of the United States.svg
United States
Flag of Guatemala.svg
Guatemala
5–2Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
2023
details
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Nassau, Bahamas Flag of the United States.svg
United States
5–0Flag of Mexico.svg
Mexico
Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
3–2Flag of the Bahamas.svg
Bahamas
Round-robin ^ Indicates this edition was played as a round-robin tournament. There was no final or third place match.

Performance

Successful nations

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth placeTotal top 4
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico [a] 4 (2008*, 2011*, 2015, 2019*)2 (2017, 2023)2 (2009*, 2013)2 (2006, 2021)10
Flag of the United States.svg  United States [b] 3 (2006, 2013, 2023)2 (2019, 2021)2 (2008, 2011)2 (2009, 2015)9
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 2 (2009, 2021)3 (2008, 2011, 2013)4 (2015*, 2017, 2019, 2023)9
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 1 (2017)1 (2019)2
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2 (2009, 2015)1 (2006*)3 (2008, 2011, 2013)6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1 (2006)1
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1 (2021)1
Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe 1 (2017)1
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1 (2023*)1
* Hosts
a. ^ Also fourth in 2007 joint event.
b. ^ Also third in 2005 joint event; winner of 2007 joint event.

Awards

YearTop goalscorer(s)GlsBest playerBest goalkeeper Fair play Best young playerRef.
Flag of Costa Rica.svg 2006 Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Villalobos7 Flag of the United States.svg Francis Farberoff Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jim LarkinFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada not awarded
Flag of Mexico.svg 2008 Flag of El Salvador.svg Agustín Ruiz6 Flag of Mexico.svg Ricardo Villalobos Flag of El Salvador.svg Luis Rodasnot awarded
Flag of Mexico.svg 2009 Flag of El Salvador.svg Agustín Ruiz8 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Richard Sterling Flag of El Salvador.svg José Portillo
Flag of Mexico.svg 2010 Flag of El Salvador.svg Frank Velásquez 12 Flag of El Salvador.svg Frank Velásquez Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Estrada
Flag of the Bahamas.svg 2013 Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Perera 11 Flag of El Salvador.svg Agustín Ruiz Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Toth
Flag of El Salvador.svg 2015 Flag of El Salvador.svg Frank Velásquez 15 Flag of Mexico.svg Ramón Maldonado Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Estrada
Flag of the Bahamas.svg 2017 Flag of Belize.svg Marlon Meza
Flag of Mexico.svg Ramón Maldonado
12 Flag of Panama.svg Alfonso Maquensi Flag of Mexico.svg Diego VillaseñorFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Guyana.svg Jamal Haynes
Flag of Mexico.svg 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Perera 13 Flag of Mexico.svg Benjamín Mosco Flag of Mexico.svg Diego VillaseñorFlag of Panama.svg  Panama Flag of El Salvador.svg Exon Perdomo
Flag of Costa Rica.svg 2021 Flag of El Salvador.svg Frank Velásquez 11 Flag of El Salvador.svg Rubén Batres Flag of El Salvador.svg Eliodoro PortilloFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Flag of the United States.svg Antonio Chávez
Flag of the Bahamas.svg 2023 Flag of El Salvador.svg Jason Urbina11 Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Perera Flag of Mexico.svg Gabriel MacíasFlag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas not awarded

All-time top goalscorers

As of 2023

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

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Frank Velásquez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 62
2Agustín RuizFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 51
3 Nicolas Perera Flag of the United States.svg  United States 49
4 Lesly St. Fleur Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 44
5Greivin PachecoFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 41
6Rubén BatresFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 31
7Alessandro CanaleFlag of the United States.svg  United States 26
Exxon PerdomoFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Kevon WoodleyFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
10 Ramón Maldonado Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 25
Rohan Reid Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
12Ricardo VillalobosFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 19
13Alfonso MaquensiFlag of Panama.svg  Panama 18
Ángel RodríguezFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Anthony ChimientiFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Elmer RoblesFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Herber RamosFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador
Marlon MezaFlag of Belize.svg  Belize
Miguel GonzálezFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala
20Jhonatan SánchezFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 17
Sources:
2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021–2023: CONCACAF match reports.

All-time table

As of 2023

Joint event results not included.

PosTeamAppPldWW+WPLGFGAGDPtsPPGWin % (W−L)
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 10493711102351191161142.3379.6 (39−10)
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10523621132681341341132.1775.0 (39−13)
3Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 947331492931401531052.2380.9 (38−9)
4Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 104319231918917118641.4955.8 (24−19)
5Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 8361311211461451421.1741.7 (15−21)
6Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 6281300151031012391.3946.4 (13−15)
7Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 52211029987127351.5959.1 (13−9)
8Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 6271102141161088351.3048.1 (13−14)
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 520800127397−24241.2040.0 (8−12)
10Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe 416501105393−40161.0037.5 (6−10)
11Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 31240083855−17121.0033.3 (4−8)
12Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 517311125392−39120.7129.4 (5−12)
13Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 6264002296145−49120.4615.4 (4−22)
14Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2930063241−991.0033.3 (3−6)
15Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2920073254−2260.6722.2 (2−7)
16Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands 5182001650131−8160.3311.1 (2−16)
17Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 312100112791−6430.258.3 (1−11)
18Flag of Bonaire.svg  Bonaire 130003735−2800.000.0 (0−3)
19Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2700071049−3900.000.0 (0−7)
20Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 260006857−4900.000.0 (0−6)

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 and 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
‡. ^ 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
Flag of Costa Rica.svg
(5)
2008
Flag of Mexico.svg
(4)
2009
Flag of Mexico.svg
(6)
2010
Flag of Mexico.svg
(8)
2013
Flag of the Bahamas.svg
(10)
2015
Flag of El Salvador.svg
(16)
2017
Flag of the Bahamas.svg
(16)
2019
Flag of Mexico.svg
(16)
2021
Flag of Costa Rica.svg
(11)
2023
Flag of the Bahamas.svg
(12)
Apps
10
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda ×××××R111thR1××3
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas ××6th8th6th7th6thQFQF4th8
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados ×××××R115th×××2
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize ×××××R113thR1R1R15
Flag of Bonaire.svg  Bonaire ×××××××R1××1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2nd×5th5th8th×10th×××5
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3rd4th2nd4th4th2nd9thR1QFQF10
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic ××××××××R1R12
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador ×2nd1st2nd2nd3rd3rd3rd1st3rd9
Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg  Guadeloupe ×××××R14thQF••R14
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala ×××6th5th6thDQQF3rdQF6
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana ×××ו•×12thR1××2
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 5th××7th9th8th8thR1××6
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 4th1st3rd1st3rd1st2nd1st4th2nd10
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama ×××××R11st4thQFQF5
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico ××××10thR1××××2
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago ××××7th5th7thQFQFQF6
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands ×××××R114thR1R1R15
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1st3rd4th3rd1st4th5th2nd2nd1st10
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands ×××××R116thR1××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
Timeline
Year
Team
Flag of Brazil.svg
2005
Flag of Brazil.svg
2006
Flag of Brazil.svg
2007
Flag of France.svg
2008
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
2009
Flag of Italy.svg
2011
Flag of French Polynesia.svg
2013
Flag of Portugal.svg
2015
Flag of the Bahamas.svg
2017
Flag of Paraguay.svg
2019
Flag of Russia.svg
2021
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
2023
Flag of Seychelles.svg
2025
Total
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas R11
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada QF1
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica R1R12
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador R1R14thQFR15
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2ndR1QFR1R1R1R17
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama R11
Flag of the United States.svg  United States R1R1R1R1R1R1R17
Total number of unique qualifiers7

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