en 2010 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2010 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	1–5 December
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up	El Salvador
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	126 (7.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Frank; (Francisco Velasquez); (13 goals)
Best player(s)	Frank; (Francisco Velasquez)
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The 2010 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was a continental beach soccer tournament, which took place between December 1 and December 5, 2010, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for the third time in a row. Organizers had hoped to extend the number of teams participating from six to eight after seeing newcomers Bahamas compete in the previous competition, and this indeed materialized with Jamaica returning after four years and Guatemala joining the tournament. This meant that the competition took place between two groups of four in a round-robin format, with the top two teams in each group qualifying to the knockout stage.^[1]

Only the two finalists would be the nations to progress to play in the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup the following year, these nations being hosts Mexico, and El Salvador, seeing last years qualifying nation Costa Rica, lose out on a spot at the world cup.^[2] All matches took place at Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras in Puerto Vallarta.^[3]

Participating teams

Eight teams entered the tournament, the highest ever amount, with Guatemala being newcomers. Jamaica returned to the tournament after a four-year absence.

North American Zone:

Central American Zone:

Caribbean Zone:

Group stage

The draw to determine the groupings and schedule for the eight teams was held in Puerto Vallarta on November 24, 2010.^[4] For the draw, Mexico and the United States drew the top seeds in each group based on their current Beach Soccer Worldwide CONCACAF rankings, with Mexico being placed in Group A and the United States being placed in Group B. The remaining six teams were drawn from three pots (A, B and C), again based on their Beach Soccer Worldwide CONCACAF ranking from 2007 to 2009.

All match times are correct to that of local time in Puerto Vallarta time, being Central Standard Time, (UTC -6).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
El Salvador	3	2	1	0	19	14	+5	8
Mexico	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
Canada	3	1	0	2	8	12	-4	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	13	17	-4	0

clinched semifinal berth

1 December 2010

13:30

El Salvador	6 – 3	Canada
Agustin 2' Frank 11', 31', 35' Walter 19', 31'	Report	Johnstone 11', 23', 28'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras

Referee:

Joan Llompart

1 December 2010

16:00

Jamaica	2 – 3	Mexico
A. Reid 10' Wilson 15'	Report	Rosales 12' Torres 32' Plata 35'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras

Referee:

Nelson Bonilla

2 December 2010

13:30

El Salvador	10 – 8	Jamaica
Agustin 1', 19', 34' Hernández 8', 27' Frank 9', 20', 27', 30' Membreño 19'	Report	R. Reid 1', 4', 6', 23', 31', 35' Davis 27' A. Reid 31'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras

Referee:

Joan Llompart

2 December 2010

16:00

Mexico	3 – 1	Canada
Barbosa 6' Rosales 22' López 24'	Report	Xavier 21'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras

Referee:

Felipe Varejao

3 December 2010

13:30

Canada	4 – 3	Jamaica
Roy 2' Hughes 13' Dosanjh 14' Xavier 36'	Report	R. Reid 16', 24' Simpson 32'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras

Referee:

Nelson Bonilla

3 December 2010

16:00

Mexico	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador
Barbosa 12' López 22' Villalobos 29'	Report	Frank 26', 30', 36'
Penalties
Barbosa	0 – 1	Walter

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras

Referee:

Hernan Fernandez

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	15	8	+7	8
Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	13	7	+6	6
Guatemala	3	1	0	2	11	16	-5	3
Bahamas	3	0	0	3	10	18	-8	0

clinched semifinal berth

1 December 2010