2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2024
Tournament details
Host countryNicaragua
CityManagua
Dates13–20 April
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Panama (1st title)
Runners-up Cuba
Third place Guatemala
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored206 (7.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)Dominican Republic David Rondón
Guatemala Roberto Alvarado
Guatemala Marvin Sandoval
(7 goals each)
Best player(s)Panama Alfonso Maquensi
Best young playerCuba Kevin Rueda
Best goalkeeperPanama Jaime Peñaloza
Fair play award Panama
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The 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was 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 was held in Managua, Nicaragua between 13 and 20 April 2024, and was the first edition not hosted by Costa Rica or Guatemala.[1][2][3][4]

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

The champions Panama, runners-up Cuba, third-placed Guatemala, and fourth-placed Costa Rica, qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Teams

On 8 December 2023, CONCACAF announced the 12 teams that will play in the tournament.[1][2][4]

Team Appearance Previous best performance Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances
 Canada 4th Quarter-finalists (2021) 1 (1989)
 Costa Rica (title holders) 8th Champions (2000, 2012, 2016, 2021) 5 (1992, 2000, 2012, 2016, 2021)
 Cuba 8th Runners-up (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016)
 Dominican Republic 2nd Quarter-finalists (2021)
 Guatemala 6th Champions (2008) 5 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021)
 Haiti 5th Group stage (2008, 2021)
 Mexico 8th Third place (1996) 1 (2012)
 Nicaragua (hosts) 3rd Group stage (2000, 2021)
 Panama 6th Runners-up (2016) 3 (2012, 2016, 2021)
 Suriname 4th Quarter-finalists (2021)
 Trinidad and Tobago 4th Group stage (2004, 2008, 2021)
 United States 7th Champions (1996, 2004) 6 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2021)

Bold indicates champions. Italic indicates host.

Venue

The matches were played at Polideportivo Alexis Argüello in Managua, Nicaragua.[1][2][4][6] The venue, built in 2019, is named after the late Nicaraguan boxer Alexis Argüello.[7]

Managua
Polideportivo Alexis Argüello
Capacity: 8,000[7]

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][8] Based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking as of 3 October 2021,[9] the 12 teams which entered the group stage were distributed into four pots, as follows:[10]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams.[11]

Match officials

The following officials were chosen for the tournament on 1 April 2024.[12][13]

Referees
Canada Christopher Grabas Dominican Republic Manuel Rosario Panama Roberto López
Costa Rica Diego López Guatemala Lester Mazariegos El Salvador Jhony Garcia
Costa Rica Josué Molina Guatemala Maynor Sanic El Salvador Jorge Flores
Cuba Adrián Martínez Guyana Colin Abel El Salvador José Barrera
Cuba Brenda Valdez Mexico Carlos Trejo Suriname Anthony Terborg
Cuba Reinier Fis Solís Mexico Jonathan Betancourt United States Josh Wilkens
Cuba Yordanka Pouyoux Panama Francisco Cedeño United States Krystin Pahia
Dominican Republic Javier García Panama Ricardo Lay United States Matthew Rodman

Squads

Main article: 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 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.[14]

On 5 April 2024, CONCACAF released the final rosters.[15][16]

Group stage

All times are local, CST (UTC-6).

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.[17][18]

Fans were 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:[14]

  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 3 3 0 0 15 6 +9 9[a] Knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 18 11 +7 6
3  Suriname 3 1 0 2 8 10 −2 3
4  Haiti 3 0 0 3 7 21 −14 0[a]
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b [note 1]
Mexico 7–3 Suriname
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Roberto López (Panama), Javier García (Dominican Republic)
Costa Rica 8–3
(Abandoned)[note 1]		 Haiti
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Reinier Fis Solís (Cuba), Lester Mazariegos (Guatemala)
Suriname 1–3 Costa Rica
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Francisco Cedeño (Panama), Yordanka Pouyoux (Cuba)
Haiti 4–9 Mexico
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Adrián Martínez (Cuba), Maynor Sanic (Guatemala)
Suriname 4–0 Haiti
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Christopher Grabas (Canada), Krystin Pahia (United States)
Costa Rica 4–2 Mexico
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Josh Wilkens (United States), Ricardo Lay (Panama)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 3 2 0 1 15 9 +6 6 Knockout stage
2  Cuba 3 1 2 0 10 9 +1 5
3  Canada 3 1 1 1 14 15 −1 4
4  Nicaragua (H) 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Cuba 5–5 Canada
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Josh Wilkens (United States), Manuel Rosario (Dominican Republic)
Panama 6–3 Nicaragua
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: José Barrera (El Salvador), Matthew Rodman (United States)
Canada 3–7 Panama
  • Kwemi Goal 7'39", 20'18" (pen.), 34'15"
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Diego López (Costa Rica), Lester Mazariegos (Guatemala)
Nicaragua 2–2 Cuba
  • Kripp Goal 25'25", 29'33" (pen.)
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Jhony García (El Salvador), Carlos Trejo (Mexico)
Panama 2–3 Cuba
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: José Barrera (El Salvador), Josué Molina (Costa Rica)
Canada 6–3 Nicaragua
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Diego López (Costa Rica), Jorge Flores (El Salvador)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guatemala 3 2 1 0 15 11 +4 7 Knockout stage
2  Dominican Republic 3 2 0 1 23 14 +9 6
3  United States 3 1 1 1 16 14 +2 4
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 8 23 −15 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
United States 7–4 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Ricardo Lay (Panama), Jonathan Betancourt (Mexico)
Guatemala 7–5 Dominican Republic
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Adrián Martínez (Cuba), Josué Molina (Costa Rica)
Trinidad and Tobago 3–5 Guatemala
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Reinier Fis Solís (Cuba), Christopher Grabas (Canada)
Dominican Republic 7–6 United States
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador), Colin Abel (Guyana)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–11 Dominican Republic
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Brenda Valdez (Cuba), Anthony Terborg (Suriname)
Guatemala 3–3 United States
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Roberto López (Panama), Jhony García (El Salvador)

Ranking of third-placed teams

The 2 best third-placed teams 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  United States 3 1 1 1 16 14 +2 4 Knockout stage
2 B  Canada 3 1 1 1 14 15 −1 4
3 A  Suriname 3 1 0 2 8 10 −2 3
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.[14]

All times are local, CST (UTC-6).

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 April
 
 
 Costa Rica3
 
18 April
 
 Canada2
 
 Costa Rica3 (6)
 
17 April
 
 Cuba (p)3 (7)
 
 Dominican Republic1
 
20 April
 
 Cuba2
 
 Cuba3
 
17 April
 
 Panama4
 
 Panama2
 
18 April
 
 United States1
 
 Panama (a.e.t.)6
 
17 April
 
 Guatemala3 Third place match
 
 Guatemala9
 
20 April
 
 Mexico4
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 
 Guatemala3
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Costa Rica 3–2 Canada
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Roberto López (Panama), Josh Wilkens (United States)
Panama 2–1 United States
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Diego López (Costa Rica), Reiner Fis Solís (Cuba)
Guatemala 9–4 Mexico
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Adrián Martínez (Cuba), José Barrera (El Salvador)
Dominican Republic 1–2 Cuba
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Ricardo Lay (Panama), Jorge Flores (El Salvador)

Semi-finals

Costa Rica 3–3 (a.e.t.) Cuba
 Report (CONCACAF)
Penalties
 6–7
Referee: Matthew Rodman (United States), Maynor Sanic (Guatemala)
Panama 6–3 (a.e.t.) Guatemala
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Christopher Grabas (Canada), Manuel Rosario (Dominican Republic)

Third place match

Costa Rica 0–3 Guatemala
Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Ricardo Lay (Panama), Brenda Valdez (Cuba)

Final

Cuba 3–4 Panama
 Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Josh Wilkens (United States), Diego López (Costa Rica)

Goalscorers

There were 206 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 7.92 goals per match.

7 goals

  • Dominican Republic David Rondón
  • Guatemala Roberto Alvarado
  • Guatemala Marvin Sandoval

6 goals

5 goals

  • Cuba Jonathan Hernández
  • Mexico Eder Giorgana
  • United States Nilton De Andrade
  • Panama Ruman Milord

4 goals

  • Costa Rica Minor Cabalceta
  • Cuba Iduan Martínez
  • Guatemala Patrick Ruiz
  • Mexico Eddie Sánchez
  • Panama Aquiles Campos
  • Panama Claudio Goodridge

3 goals

  • Canada Montacer El Harchali
  • Costa Rica Milinton Tijerino
  • Dominican Republic José Belliard
  • Dominican Republic Héctor Pérez
  • Dominican Republic Guillermo López
  • Guatemala Jhonny Díaz
  • Haiti Brhorhado Borgella
  • Mexico Daniel Soltero
  • Mexico Miguel Giorgana
  • Mexico Eduardo Dávalos
  • Nicaragua Lester Kripp
  • Nicaragua Exequiel Sequeira
  • Panama Alfonso Maquensi
  • Suriname Vangellino Sastromedjo
  • Trinidad and Tobago Che Benny
  • United States Sebastian Mendez
  • United States Franck Tayou

2 goals

  • Canada Safwane Mlah
  • Canada Abdelmouhaimen Nboucha
  • Costa Rica Diego Chavarria
  • Costa Rica Daniel Gómez
  • Costa Rica Gilberth Vindas
  • Costa Rica Pablo Rodríguez
  • Costa Rica Víctor Fonseca
  • Cuba Jorge González
  • Cuba José Morales
  • Dominican Republic Marco Gómez
  • Dominican Republic Christian Gardelli
  • Dominican Republic Javier Pepén
  • Guatemala Alan Aguilar
  • Guatemala Fernando Campaignac
  • Guatemala Edgar Santizo
  • Haiti John Preval
  • Mexico Luis Magaña
  • Nicaragua Wesly Ruiz
  • Panama Óscar Hinks
  • Suriname Ike Adams
  • Trinidad and Tobago Darius Ollivierra
  • United States David Ortiz
  • United States Luciano Gonzalez

1 goal

  • Canada Daniel Chamale
  • Canada Raheem Rose
  • Costa Rica Yosel León
  • Costa Rica César Vargas
  • Costa Rica Jean Salas
  • Costa Rica Enmanuel Gamboa
  • Cuba Bárbaro Álvarez
  • Cuba Diego Ramírez
  • Cuba Dayan Cotilla
  • Cuba Harold Aguilera
  • Dominican Republic Ricardo Álvarez
  • Dominican Republic Marselle Cestero
  • Guatemala Bryan Santizo
  • Guatemala José Marín
  • Guatemala Jenner Paniagua
  • Haiti Jean Schwetzer St Hubert
  • Haiti Christo-Fils Voltaire
  • Mexico Carlos Rivera
  • Mexico Abraham Atri
  • Panama Abdiel Escobar
  • Panama Abdiel Castrellon
  • Panama Jaime Peñaloza
  • Suriname Lorenzo Donner
  • Suriname Giovanni Blatz
  • Suriname Nazario Doesburg
  • Trinidad and Tobago Shane Hospedales
  • Trinidad and Tobago Matthew Woo Ling
  • Trinidad and Tobago Jameel Neptune
  • United States Diego Burato
  • United States Nicholas Lopez

1 own goal

  • Nicaragua Roberto Díaz (against Canada)
  • Panama Alfonso Maquensi (against Cuba)

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 Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup
 Costa Rica 17 April 2024 5 (1992, 2000, 2012, 2016, 2021)
 Panama 17 April 2024 3 (2012, 2016, 2021)
 Guatemala 17 April 2024 5 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021)
 Cuba 17 April 2024 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016)

Italic indicates host.

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Panama 6 5 0 1 24 13 +11 15 Champions
2  Cuba 6 2 3 1 15 14 +1 9 Runners-up
3  Guatemala 6 4 1 1 30 21 +9 13 Third place
4  Costa Rica 6 4 1 1 21 14 +7 13 Fourth place
5  Dominican Republic 4 2 0 2 24 16 +8 6 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Mexico 4 2 0 2 22 20 +2 6
7  United States 4 1 1 2 17 16 +1 4
8  Canada 4 1 1 2 16 18 −2 4
9  Suriname 3 1 0 2 8 10 −2 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Nicaragua 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1
11  Haiti 3 0 0 3 7 21 −14 0
12  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 3 8 23 −15 0
Source: CONCACAF

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[14][20]

  • Best Player Award: Panama Alfonso Maquensi
  • Young Player Award: Cuba Kevin Rueda
  • Top Scorer Award: Guatemala Marvin Sandoval
  • Best Goalkeeper Award: Panama Jaime Peñaloza
  • Fair Play Award:  Panama

Notes

  1. ^ a b c 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.[19]

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