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Revision as of 19:23, 14 April 2024

2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2024
Tournament details
Host countryNicaragua
CityManagua
Dates13–20 April
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Polideportivo Alexis Argüello
2021
2028

The 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship is the 8th edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the men's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament is being held in Managua, Nicaragua between 13 and 20 April 2024, and is the first edition not hosted by Costa Rica or Guatemala.[1][2][3][4]

Same as previous editions, the tournament will act as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan as the CONCACAF representatives.[1][2][3][4][5]

Costa Rica are the defending champions, winning three straight titles.[6]

Teams

CONCACAF announced that 12 teams will play in the tournament.[1][2][4]

Team Appearance Previous best performance Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances
 Guatemala 6th Champions (2008) 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021
 Panama 6th Second place (2016) 2012, 2016, 2021
 Costa Rica (title holders) 8th Champions (2000, 2012, 2016, 2021) 1992, 2000, 2012, 2016, 2021
 Cuba 8th Second place (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016
 Mexico 8th Third place (1996) 2012
 United States 7th Champions (1996, 2004) 1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2021
 Trinidad and Tobago 4th Group Stage (2004, 2008, 2021)
 Canada 4th Group Stage (2012, 2016)

QF (2021)

1989
 Haiti 5th Group Stage (2008, 2021)
 Suriname 4th Group Stage (2000, 2004)

QF (2021)

 Nicaragua (hosts) 3rd Group Stage (2000, 2021)
 Dominican Republic 2nd QF (2021)

Bold indicates champions. Italic indicates host.

Venue

The matches will be played at Polideportivo Alexis Argüello in Managua, Nicaragua.[1][2][4][7] The venue, built in 2019, is named after the late Nicaraguan boxer Alexis Argüello.[8]

Managua
Polideportivo Alexis Argüello
Capacity: 8,000[8]

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 14 December 2023, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.[2][9] Based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking as of 3 October 2021,[10] the 12 teams which entered the group stage were distributed into four pots, as follows:[11]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams.[12]

Match officials

The following officials were chosen for the tournament on 1 April 2024.[13][14]

Referees
Canada Chris Grabas Dominican Republic Manuel Rosario Panama Roberto Lopez
Costa Rica Diego Molina Lopez Guatemala Lester Mazariegos El Salvador Jhony Doñan Garcia
Costa Rica Josue Molina Guatemala Maynor Sanic El Salvador Jorge Flores
Cuba Adrian Martinez Guyana Colin Abel El Salvador Jose Barrera
Cuba Brenda Valdez Mexico Carlos Trejo Suriname Anthony Terbog
Cuba Reinier Fis Solis Mexico Jonathan Betancourt United States Josh Wilkens
Cuba Yordanka Pouyoux Panama Francisco Cedeno United States Krystin Pahia
Dominican Republic Javier Garcia Panama Ricardo Lay United States Matthew Rodman

Squads

Each team must register a provisional squad list of up to 25 players, at least 3 of whom must be goalkeepers, no later than 30 days before the opening match.

Each team must register a final squad list of up to 14 players, 2 of whom must be goalkeepers, no later than 10 days before the opening match.[15]

On 5 April 2024, CONCACAF released the final rosters.[16][17]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.[18][19]

Fans are able to watch all group stage matches through ConcacafGO, and YouTube.[4]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined by points earned (three for win, one for draw). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[15]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
    1. Points in matches among the tied teams;
    2. Goal difference in matches among the tied teams;
    3. Goals scored in matches among the tied teams;
  4. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction per player, per match):
    • One yellow card: −1 point;
    • Two yellow cards (indirect red card): −3 points;
    • Direct red card: −4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  5. Drawing of lots.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 8 3 +5 3[a] Knockout stage
2  Mexico 1 1 0 0 7 3 +4 3
3  Suriname 1 0 0 1 3 7 −4 0 Possible Knockout stage
4  Haiti 1 0 0 1 3 8 −5 0[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
Mexico 7–3 Suriname
Referee: Roberto Lopez (Panama), Javier Garcia (Dominican Republic)
Costa Rica Abandoned
at 8–3[note 1]
 Haiti
Referee: Reiner Fis Solis(Cuba), Lester Mazariegos (Guatemala)

Suriname v Costa Rica
Haiti v Mexico

Suriname v Haiti
Costa Rica v Mexico

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 1 1 0 0 6 3 +3 3 Knockout stage
2  Canada 1 0 1 0 5 5 0 1
3  Cuba 1 0 1 0 5 5 0 1 Possible Knockout stage
4  Nicaragua (H) 1 0 0 1 3 6 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Cuba 5–5 Canada
Referee: Josh Wilkins (United States), Manuel Rosario (Dominican Republic)
Panama 6–3 Nicaragua
Referee: Jose Barrera (El Salvador), Matthew Rodman (United States)

Canada v Panama
Nicaragua v Cuba

Panama v Cuba
Canada v Nicaragua

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 1 1 0 0 7 4 +3 3 Knockout stage
2  Guatemala 1 1 0 0 12 8 +4 3
3  Dominican Republic 1 0 0 1 5 7 −2 0 PossibleKnockout stage
4  Trinidad and Tobago 1 0 0 1 7 12 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
United States 7–4 Trinidad and Tobago
Referee: Ricardo Lay (Panama), Jonathan Betancourt (Mexico)
Guatemala 7–5 Dominican Republic
Referee: Adrian Martinez (Cuba), Josue Molina (Costa Rica)

Trinidad and Tobago 3–5 Guatemala
Referee: Reinier Fis Solis (Cuba), Christopher Grabas (Canada)
Dominican Republic v United States

Trinidad and Tobago v Dominican Republic
Guatemala v United States

Ranking of third-placed teams

The 2 best third-placed teams from the 3 groups advance to the knockout stage along with the three group winners and three runners-up.[4]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C  Cuba 1 0 1 0 5 5 0 1 Knockout stage
2 B  Dominican Republic 1 0 0 1 7 7 0 0
3 A  Suriname 1 0 0 1 3 7 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[15]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 April
 
 
1A
 
18 April
 
3B/3C
 
 
 
17 April
 
 
 
2C
 
20 April
 
2B
 
 
 
17 April
 
 
 
1B
 
18 April
 
3A/3C
 
 
 
17 April
 
 Third place match
 
1C
 
20 April
 
2A
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

1Av3B/3C
1Bv3A/3C
1Cv2A
2Cv2B

Semi-finals

v
v

Third place match

v

Final

v

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup on 17 April 2024.[3]

Team Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup
Winner of QF 1
Winner of QF 2
Winner of QF 3
Winner of QF 4

Bold indicates champions. Italic indicates host.

Awards

The following awards will be given at the conclusion of the tournament:[15]

  • Best Player Award
  • Young Player Award
  • Top Scorer Award
  • Best Goalkeeper Award
  • Fair Play Award

Notes

  1. ^ a b With the score 8–3 in favor of Costa Rica and 21 minutes and 1 seconds played, the match was abandoned as Haiti was unable to field the minimum of 3 players. Haiti started the match with a total of 10 players and substitutes, 2 of which were goalkeepers. Several Haitian players left the game due to injury, although under suspicious circumstances as there was no obvious cause in most cases. CONCACAF implied the final score will stand at 8–3 in a news release later the same day.[20]

References

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  17. ^ "2024 Futsal Championship Final Rosters" (PDF). Concacaf. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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