2017_CONCACAF_Beach_Soccer_Championship

2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

International football competition


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.

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

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]

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]

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
Notes
  • 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

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
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
More information Jamaica, 5–5 (a.e.t.) ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Bahamas, 4–1 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

More information Guyana, 3–6 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Belize, 0–3 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

More information Belize, 1–4 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Bahamas, 3–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
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]
More information Barbados, 4–6 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Mexico, 9–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

More information Guadeloupe, 5–4 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Canada, 3–8 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

More information Canada, 3–4 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Mexico, 10–0 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Group C

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
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]
More information United States, 8–1 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Trinidad and Tobago, 8–1 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

More information U.S. Virgin Islands, 1–5 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Antigua and Barbuda, 2–7 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

More information Antigua and Barbuda, 6–3 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information United States, 5–1 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Group D

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
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]
More information Costa Rica, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information El Salvador, 9–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

More information Panama, 4–4 (a.e.t.) ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Turks and Caicos Islands, 2–8 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

More information El Salvador, 8–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Panama, 8–4 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Placement stage (9th–16th place)

Bracket (9th–12th place)

 
9th place first round9th place second round9th place
 
          
 
24 February
 
 
 Guyana6
 
25 February
 
 Antigua and Barbuda4
 
 Guyana2
 
24 February
 
 Costa Rica5
 
 Canada2 (2)
 
26 February
 
 Costa Rica (p)2 (3)
 
 Costa Rica (a.e.t.)6
 
 
 Canada5
 
 
25 February
 
 
 Antigua and Barbuda2
 
 
 Canada6 11th place
 
 
26 February
 
 
 Guyana6
 
 
 Antigua and Barbuda8
 

Bracket (13th–16th place)

 
13th place first round13th place second round13th place
 
          
 
24 February
 
 
 Belize (a.e.t.)6
 
25 February
 
 U.S. Virgin Islands4
 
 Belize6
 
24 February
 
 Barbados2
 
 Barbados5
 
26 February
 
 Turks and Caicos2
 
 Belize9
 
 
 Turks and Caicos4
 
 
25 February
 
 
 U.S. Virgin Islands1
 
 
 Turks and Caicos4 15th place
 
 
26 February
 
 
 Barbados3
 
 
 U.S. Virgin Islands1
 

13th place first round

More information Barbados, 5–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Belize, 6–4 (a.e.t.) ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

9th place first round

More information Canada, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Guyana, 6–4 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

13th place second round

More information U.S. Virgin Islands, 1–4 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Belize, 6–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

9th place second round

More information Antigua and Barbuda, 2–6 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Guyana, 2–5 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

15th place match

More information Barbados, 3–1 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

13th place match

More information Belize, 9–4 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

11th place match

More information Guyana, 6–8 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

9th place match

More information Costa Rica, 6–5 (a.e.t.) ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 February
 
 
 United States4
 
25 February
 
 Panama6
 
 Panama (p)2 (2)
 
24 February
 
 El Salvador2 (1)
 
 El Salvador5
 
26 February
 
 Jamaica0
 
 Panama4
 
24 February
 
 Mexico2
 
 Bahamas3
 
25 February
 
 Guadeloupe5
 
 Guadeloupe0
 
24 February
 
 Mexico3 3rd place
 
 Mexico5
 
26 February
 
 Trinidad and Tobago1
 
 El Salvador7
 
 
 Guadeloupe2
 

Bracket (5th–8th place)

 
5th semi-finals5th place
 
      
 
25 February
 
 
 United States6
 
26 February
 
 Jamaica2
 
 United States4
 
25 February
 
 Bahamas2
 
 Bahamas5
 
 
 Trinidad and Tobago2
 
7th place
 
 
26 February
 
 
 Jamaica3
 
 
 Trinidad and Tobago9

Quarter-finals

More information El Salvador, 5–0 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information United States, 4–6 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Mexico, 5–1 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Bahamas, 3–5 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

5th place semi-finals

More information United States, 6–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Bahamas, 5–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Semi-finals

The winners qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

More information Panama, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau
More information Guadeloupe, 0–3 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

7th place match

More information Jamaica, 3–9 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

5th place match

More information United States, 4–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

3rd place match

More information El Salvador, 7–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Final

More information Panama, 4–2 ...
Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Awards

Winners

More information 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship champions ...

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11][12]

More information Golden Ball (Most valuable player), Golden Boot (Top scorer) ...

Top goalscorers

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
More information Rank, Team ...

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]

More information Team, Qualified on ...
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. "The Bahamas Set to Host 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF.com. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  2. "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-22. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  3. "Panama primed for global debut after historic triumph". fifa.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2017.
  4. "Mexico, Panama qualify for Bahamas 2017". FIFA.com. 26 February 2017. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017.
  5. "Suspension of the Guatemala Football Association". FIFA. 28 October 2016. Archived from the original on October 31, 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  6. "Deadlines Set for FEDEFUT". CONCACAF.com. 9 November 2016.
  7. "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship schedule set". CONCACAF. 23 December 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  8. "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Bahamas 2017". CONCACAF. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  9. "Official Draw: CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Bahamas 2017". CONCACAF.com. 17 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  10. "Draw determines CBSC quarterfinal matchups". CONCACAF.com. 24 February 2017. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  11. "2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship: Award Winners". CONCACAF.com. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  12. "Panama primed for global debut after historic triumph". FIFA.com. 27 February 2017. Archived from the original on February 27, 2017.
  13. "CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship — Statistics". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2017-03-09.

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