2021 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

Beach soccer tournament

2021 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONCACAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	Costa Rica
City	San Rafael de Alajuela
Dates	17–23 May
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	El Salvador (2nd title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Guatemala
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	211 (9.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Frank Velásquez (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Rubén Batres
Best young player	Antonio Chávez
Best goalkeeper	Eliodoro Portillo
Fair play award	Mexico
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International football competition

The 2021 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by North, Central American and Caribbean men's national teams and organised the governing body of football in North America, CONCACAF. The tournament took place at the Sports Complex Fedefutbol-Plycem in San Rafael District, Alajuela, Costa Rica between 17 and 23 May 2021, with 12 nations contesting the title.

Mexico were the defending champions, but lost in the third-place match. El Salvador dominated the tournament, scoring fifty goals in six matches, and won their second title after beating the United States in the final, while Guatemala defeated Mexico to finish third.

The championship also acted as the CONCACAF qualification tournament for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. El Salvador and the United States, as the top two teams, qualified for the World Cup as the representatives from CONCACAF.

Teams

A total of 12 teams entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Bahamas	7th	Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019)
Belize	4th	Round 1 (2015, 2017, 2019)
Costa Rica (hosts)	9th	Runners-up (2009, 2015)
Dominican Republic	1st	Debut
El Salvador	8th	Champions (2009)
Guadeloupe	4th	Fourth place (2017)
Guatemala	5th	Quarter-finals (2015, 2019)
Mexico (title holders)	9th	Champions (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Panama	4th	Champions (2017)
Trinidad and Tobago	5th	Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019)
Turks and Caicos Islands	4th	Round 1 (2015, 2017, 2019)
United States	9th	Champions (2006, 2013)

Draw

The draw to split the 12 teams into three groups of four was held at 11:00 EST on 8 March 2021 at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States.

The procedure was as follows:

The teams were first divided into four pots of three based on their CONCACAF Beach Soccer Ranking as of December 2019. The highest ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, down through to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4. The three teams in Pot 1 were seeded and each automatically assigned to the head of one of the groups. The teams from Pots 2–4 were then drawn, drawing all teams from one pot before moving onto the next. From each pot, the first team drawn was placed into Group A, the second team drawn placed into Group B and the final team drawn placed into Group C.

Pot 1 (seeds)	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Mexico (1) (assigned to A1) El Salvador (2) (assigned to B1) United States (3) (assigned to C1)	Panama (4) Costa Rica (5) (hosts) Bahamas (6)	Guadeloupe (7) Trinidad and Tobago (8) Guatemala (9)	Belize (13) Turks and Caicos Islands (16) Dominican Republic (n/a)

The numbers in parentheses show the CONCACAF ranking of the teams as of December 2019, out of 19 nations.

Officials

The following 15 officials that will referee the tournament were revealed on 5 May.

Juan Angeles
Gumercindo Batista
Erlis Bermudez
Gonzalo Carballo
David Cruz
Robert Gomez
Miguel Lopez
Mario Nava
Arian Perez
Warner Porras
Alexander Rafoso
Julio Ramos
Jair Robles
Luis Torres
Jorge Tunon

Squads

See: "National team rosters", at CONCACAF.com for squad lists

Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players (including a minimum of two goalkeepers), from an initial provisional squad of 20 players (Regulations Articles 10.1; 10.2).

The final rosters were revealed on 11 May.

Players and staff were required to take regular COVID-19 tests during the competition, in respect to health and safety controls regarding the COVID-19 pandemic:

On 17 May, one player and one member of staff from the Dominican Republic tested positive and were required to self-isolate. The match schedule was unaffected.
On 18 May, one player from the United States tested positive and was required to self-isolate. The match schedule was unaffected.

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 and the two best third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.5):

Points obtained in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 points;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	2	0	11	6	+5	6	Knockout stage
2	Panama	2	1	1	11	6	+5	3	Knockout stage
3	Belize	2	0	2	4	14	−10	0
4	Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: CONCACAF
Notes:

Guadeloupe's withdrawal was announced on 16 April. Concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic were cited.

17 May 2021 (2021-05-17)

Panama	Cancelled	Guadeloupe

17 May 2021 (2021-05-17)10:00

Belize	3–6	Mexico
Meza 17' Mariano 25', 30' (pen.)	Report	Sámano 10', 17' Vizcarra 10' Martínez 16' (pen.) Wbias 20' Castillo 24'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Luis Torres (Costa Rica)

18 May 2021 (2021-05-18)10:00

Panama	8–1	Belize
Kelly 2', 34' E. García 3' Torres 8' Maquensi 17' Londoño 28' Villarreal 31' Carvajal 32'	Report	Meza 24'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Miguel Lopez (Guatemala) 18 May 2021 (2021-05-18)

Mexico	Cancelled	Guadeloupe

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)

Guadeloupe	Cancelled	Belize

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)10:00

Mexico	5–3	Panama
Castillo 1', 13' Alemán 9', 20' Rodriguez 14'	Report	E. García 3' Escobar 20' Maquensi 25'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	3	3	0	0	29	4	+25	9	Knockout stage
2	Guatemala	3	1	1	1	14	11	+3	4
3	Bahamas	3	1	0	2	15	12	+3	3
4	Dominican Republic	3	0	0	3	4	35	−31	0

Source: CONCACAF 17 May 2021 (2021-05-17)11:30

Bahamas	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Guatemala
Williams 24' Beneby 34' Joseph 36'	Report	Flores 12' W. González 22' M. González 34'
Penalties
Julmis Joseph	1–3	W. González Sáenz M. González

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Mario Nava (Mexico) 17 May 2021 (2021-05-17)13:00

Dominican Republic	1–15	El Salvador
Navarro 29'	Report	Batres 3', 12', 30', 31' (pen.) Velásquez 4', 6', 28' D. Ramírez 9' Robles 11' Cruz 13' Urbina 15', 26', 28' H. Ramos 22' Perdomo 24'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Jair Robles (Mexico)

18 May 2021 (2021-05-18)11:30

Bahamas	10–2	Dominican Republic
Munnings 7' (pen.), 35' St. Fleur 16', 25', 26', 29' (pen.), 31' Williams 22' Joseph 24' (pen.) Julmis 30'	Report	Beneby 4' (o.g.) Moreta 23'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Marco Navarro (Costa Rica) 18 May 2021 (2021-05-18)13:00

El Salvador	7–1	Guatemala
Perdomo 4' Cruz 7' Velásquez 8', 21' H. Ramos 19' Portillo 21' Robles 22'	Report	Álvares 22'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Warner Porras (Costa Rica)

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)11:30

Guatemala	10–1	Dominican Republic
Sáenz 5' (pen.) Crocker 12', 18' Flores 13', 31' M. González 14' W. González 24' Álvarez 29' Bachez 33' López 35'	Report	Navarro 33' (pen.)

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Jair Robles (Mexico) 19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)13:00

El Salvador	7–2	Bahamas
Perdomo 9' Batres 20', 24' Portillo 26' Velásquez 30', 34' Urbina 32'	Report	St. Fleur 2', 25'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Gumercindo Batista (Panama)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica (H)	3	3	0	15	8	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	United States	3	2	1	20	8	+12	6
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	12	15	−3	3
4	Turks and Caicos Islands	3	0	3	7	23	−16	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host 17 May 2021 (2021-05-17)14:30

Turks and Caicos Islands	1–11	United States
Brooks 16'	Report	Perea 4', 23' Rezende 7' Chavez 8' Mondragón 9' Perera 19', 22' Canale 23', 23' Silveira 30', 31'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Gumercindo Batista (Panama) 17 May 2021 (2021-05-17)16:00

Costa Rica	5–3	Trinidad and Tobago
Gamboa 11' C. Sánchez 18', 32' Pacheco 33' Calvo 34'	Report	Augustine 25', 26' McDougall 34'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, AlajuelaReferee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)

18 May 2021 (2021-05-18)14:30

United States	5–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Perera 2' Toth 3' Canale 11', 29' Silveira 23'	Report	McDougall 25' Gregory 29'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador) 18 May 2021 (2021-05-18)16:00

Costa Rica	5–1	Turks and Caicos Islands
C. Sánchez 1', 2', 13' Pacheco 13' Sandi 19'	Report	Beljour 13'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Jorge Tunon (Panama)

19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)14:30

Trinidad and Tobago	7–5	Turks and Caicos Islands
Augustine 3' Gray 4', 12' Bobb 5', 21' McDougall 24', 36'	Report	Bryan 16' Jerome 17' Magny 24', 29' Beljour 34'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Mario Nava (Mexico) 19 May 2021 (2021-05-19)16:00

United States	4–5	Costa Rica
Santos 4' Silveira 19' Toth 24' Albiston 36'	Report	Arrieta 12' Pacheco 14', 28', 28' Sánchez 34'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Since Group A consisted of three teams, for the two third placed teams from Groups B and C, their results against the teams finishing in fourth place in their groups were discounted for this ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
1	B	Bahamas	2	2	5	10	−5	Knockout stage
2	C	Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	5	10	−5	Knockout stage
3	A	Belize	2	2	4	14	−10

Source: CONCACAF
Notes:

^ Fair play points: Bahamas, –3; Trinidad and Tobago, –6.

Knockout stage

20 May was allocated as a rest day.

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

21 May – San Rafael

Mexico (a.e.t.)	5
		22 May – San Rafael
Bahamas	4
		Mexico	2
21 May – San Rafael
		United States	5
Panama	3
				23 May – San Rafael
United States	4
				United States	4
21 May – San Rafael
				El Salvador	6
El Salvador	9
		22 May – San Rafael
Trinidad and Tobago	2
		El Salvador	6
21 May – San Rafael
		Guatemala	2	Third place match
Costa Rica	4
				23 May – San Rafael
Guatemala	6
				Mexico	2

				Guatemala	5

Quarter-finals

21 May 2021 (2021-05-21)11:30

Mexico	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Bahamas
Rodriguez 2', 37' Macías 8' Wbias 20' Castillo 31'	Report	Julmis 1', 1' Francois 7' Munnings 19'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador) 21 May 2021 (2021-05-21)13:00

Panama	3–4	United States
R. García 19' Quintero 25' Maquensi 27'	Report	Albiston 17' (pen.) Perea 21' Silveira 26', 32'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Miguel Lopez (Guatemala) 21 May 2021 (2021-05-21)14:30

El Salvador	9–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Portillo 1' Perdomo 3' Batres 13', 25', 31' (pen.) Bailey 23' (o.g.) Velásquez 26', 34', 35'	Report	Woodley 5' (pen.) Baird 27'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic) 21 May 2021 (2021-05-21)16:00

Costa Rica	4–6	Guatemala
Pacheco 8' Mora 16', 36' C. Sánchez 28'	Report	C. González 9' M. González 12' Sáenz 16' Crocker 18' W. González 29', 35'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Jair Robles (Mexico)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

22 May 2021 (2021-05-22)14:00

Mexico	2–5	United States
Castillo 19' Santos 24' (o.g.)	Report	Mondragón 7' Dilbert 23', 31' Perera 24' Canale 25'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador) 22 May 2021 (2021-05-22)15:30

El Salvador	6–2	Guatemala
Sáenz 3' (o.g.) Perdomo 23' Ramos 28' Velásquez 34' Robles 34' Batres 36'	Report	C. González 17' Álvarez 34'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Juan Angeles (Dominican Republic)

Third place match

23 May 2021 (2021-05-23)14:00

Mexico	2–5	Guatemala
Rodriguez 27' Wbias 30'	Report	Flores 14' Pérez 21' Sáenz 26' W. González 27', 33'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Jorge Tunon (Panama)

Final

23 May 2021 (2021-05-23)15:30

United States	4–6	El Salvador
Santos 11', 14' Canale 22' Silveira 24'	Report	Robles 3' (pen.) Perdomo 7', 15', 16', 24' Urbina 9'

Complejo Deportivo FEDEFUTBOL, San RafaelReferee: Miguel Lopez (Guatemala)

Awards

Winners trophy

2021 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship champions
El Salvador Second title

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Golden Ball (Best player)
Ruben Batres
Golden Boot (Top scorer)
Frank Velásquez
11 goals
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
Eliodoro Portillo
Best Young Player
Antonio Chávez
Fair Play Award
Mexico

Top goalscorers

Players with at least 5 goals are listed

11 goals

Frank Velásquez

10 goals

Rubén Batres

9 goals

Exon Perdomo

7 goals

Christian Sánchez
Gabriel Silveira
Lesly St. Fleur

6 goals

Greivin Pacheco
Tomas Canale
Wilson González

5 goals

Cristofher Castillo
Jason Urbina

Source: CONCACAF.com

Final standings

Qualified for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Rank	Team
	El Salvador
	United States
	Guatemala
4	Mexico
5–8	Bahamas
	Costa Rica
	Panama
	Trinidad and Tobago
9–11	Belize
	Dominican Republic
	Turks and Caicos Islands

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualify for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup only FIFA era (since 2005)
United States	22 May 2021	5 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2019)
El Salvador	22 May 2021	4 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)

Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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External links

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, CONCACAF.com
Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship Costa Rica 2021 Archived 2021-04-18 at the Wayback Machine, at Beach Soccer Worldwide

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