CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Organizing body	CONCACAF
Founded	2006;17 years ago
Region	North America, Central America and the Caribbean
Number of teams	12–16
Qualifier for	FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champion(s)	United States (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Mexico (4 titles)
Website	concacaf.com
	2023 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

Last updated June 24, 2023

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]

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 proceeded 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

Joint championship with CONMEBOL

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.

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	Guadeloupe
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
2023 details	Nassau, Bahamas	United States	5–0	Mexico	El Salvador	3–2	Bahamas

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*)	2 (2017, 2023)	2 (2009*, 2013)	2 (2006, 2021)	10
United States ^[b]	3 (2006, 2013, 2023)	2 (2019, 2021)	2 (2008, 2011)	2 (2009, 2015)	9
El Salvador	2 (2009, 2021)	3 (2008, 2011, 2013)	4 (2015*, 2017, 2019, 2023)	–	9
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
Guadeloupe	–	–	–	1 (2017)	1
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

Year	Top goalscorer(s)	Gls	Best player	Best goalkeeper	Fair play	Best young player
2006	Ricardo Villalobos	7	Francis Farberoff	Jim Larkin	Canada	not awarded
2008	Agustín Ruiz	6	Ricardo Villalobos	Luis Rodas	not awarded
2009	Agustín Ruiz	8	Richard Sterling	José Portillo
2010	Frank Velásquez	12	Frank Velásquez	Miguel Estrada
2013	Nicolas Perera	11	Agustín Ruiz	Christopher Toth
2015	Frank Velásquez	15	Ramón Maldonado	Miguel Estrada
2017	Marlon Meza Ramón Maldonado	12	Alfonso Maquensi	Diego Villaseñor	Canada	Jamal Haynes
2019	Nicolas Perera	13	Benjamín Mosco	Diego Villaseñor	Panama	Exon Perdomo
2021	Frank Velásquez	11	Rubén Batres	Eliodoro Portillo	Mexico	Antonio Chávez
2023	Jason Urbina	11	Nicolas Perera	Gabriel Macías	Bahamas	not awarded

All-time top goalscorers

As of 2023

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

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Frank Velásquez	El Salvador	62
2	Agustín Ruiz	El Salvador	51
3	Nicolas Perera	United States	49
4	Lesly St. Fleur	Bahamas	44
5	Greivin Pacheco	Costa Rica	41
6	Rubén Batres	El Salvador	31
7	Alessandro Canale	United States	26
	Exxon Perdomo	El Salvador
	Kevon Woodley	Trinidad and Tobago
10	Ramón Maldonado	Mexico	25
10	Rohan Reid	Jamaica	25
12	Ricardo Villalobos	Mexico	19
13	Alfonso Maquensi	Panama	18
	Ángel Rodríguez	Mexico
	Anthony Chimienti	United States
	Elmer Robles	El Salvador
	Herber Ramos	El Salvador
	Marlon Meza	Belize
	Miguel González	Guatemala
20	Jhonatan Sánchez	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.

Pos	Team	App	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Win % (W−L)
1	Mexico	10	49	37	1	1	10	235	119	116	114	2.33	79.6 (39−10)
2	United States	10	52	36	2	1	13	268	134	134	113	2.17	75.0 (39−13)
3	El Salvador	9	47	33	1	4	9	293	140	153	105	2.23	80.9 (38−9)
4	Costa Rica	10	43	19	2	3	19	189	171	18	64	1.49	55.8 (24−19)
5	Bahamas	8	36	13	1	1	21	146	145	1	42	1.17	41.7 (15−21)
6	Trinidad and Tobago	6	28	13	0	0	15	103	101	2	39	1.39	46.4 (13−15)
7	Panama	5	22	11	0	2	9	98	71	27	35	1.59	59.1 (13−9)
8	Guatemala	6	27	11	0	2	14	116	108	8	35	1.30	48.1 (13−14)
9	Canada	5	20	8	0	0	12	73	97	−24	24	1.20	40.0 (8−12)
10	Guadeloupe	4	16	5	0	1	10	53	93	−40	16	1.00	37.5 (6−10)
11	Antigua and Barbuda	3	12	4	0	0	8	38	55	−17	12	1.00	33.3 (4−8)
12	Belize	5	17	3	1	1	12	53	92	−39	12	0.71	29.4 (5−12)
13	Jamaica	6	26	4	0	0	22	96	145	−49	12	0.46	15.4 (4−22)
14	Guyana	2	9	3	0	0	6	32	41	−9	9	1.00	33.3 (3−6)
15	Barbados	2	9	2	0	0	7	32	54	−22	6	0.67	22.2 (2−7)
16	Turks and Caicos Islands	5	18	2	0	0	16	50	131	−81	6	0.33	11.1 (2−16)
17	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	12	1	0	0	11	27	91	−64	3	0.25	8.3 (1−11)
18	Bonaire	1	3	0	0	0	3	7	35	−28	0	0.00	0.0 (0−3)
19	Puerto Rico	2	7	0	0	0	7	10	49	−39	0	0.00	0.0 (0−7)
20	Dominican Republic	2	6	0	0	0	6	8	57	−49	0	0.00	0.0 (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 & 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)	2023 (12)	Apps ⁄10
Antigua and Barbuda	×	×	×	×	×	R1	11th	R1	×	×	3
Bahamas	×	×	6th	8th	6th	7th	6th	QF	QF	4th	8
Barbados	×	×	×	×	×	R1	15th	×	×	×	2
Belize	×	×	×	×	×	R1	13th	R1	R1	R1	5
Bonaire	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	×	×	1
Canada	2nd	×	5th	5th	8th	×	10th	×	×	×	5
Costa Rica	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	9th	R1	QF	QF	10
Dominican Republic	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	R1	R1	2
El Salvador	×	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	9
Guadeloupe	×	×	×	×	×	R1	4th	QF	••	R1	4
Guatemala	×	×	×	6th	5th	6th	DQ	QF	3rd	QF	6
Guyana	×	×	×	×	••	×	12th	R1	×	×	2
Jamaica	5th	×	×	7th	9th	8th	8th	R1	×	×	6
Mexico	4th	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	10
Panama	×	×	×	×	×	R1	1st	4th	QF	QF	5
Puerto Rico	×	×	×	×	10th	R1	×	×	×	×	2
Trinidad and Tobago	×	×	×	×	7th	5th	7th	QF	QF	QF	6
Turks and Caicos Islands	×	×	×	×	×	R1	14th	R1	R1	R1	5
United States	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	1st	4th	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	10
U.S. Virgin Islands	×	×	×	×	×	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	2023	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		q	7
Panama									R1				1
United States	R1	R1	R1				R1			R1	R1	q	7
Total number of unique qualifiers													7

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External links

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Beach Soccer Worldwide, official website

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v t e International beach soccer
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Asia	AFC – Asian Cup– WAFF
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 Baltic Sea & Scandinavian Beach Soccer League
Games	Asian Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games European Games Mediterranean Beach Games South American Beach Games

v t e FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 ¹ 2023
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2022
CONCACAF	2005 ² 2006 2007 ² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
CONMEBOL	2005 ² 2006 2007 ² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019 2021 ¹ 2023
UEFA	2005 ³(p) 2006 ³(p) 2007 ³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
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.