The 2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 7th 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 originally scheduled to be held in Guatemala City, Guatemala between 1–10 May 2020.[1] However, on 19 March 2020, CONCACAF announced the decision to postpone the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] On 11 February 2021, CONCACAF confirmed Guatemala as host and that the dates are going to be May 3–9, 2021.
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2021 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Guatemala |
City | Guatemala City |
Dates | 3–9 May |
Teams | 13 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 23 |
Goals scored | 140 (6.09 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best young player | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania as the CONCACAF representatives.[3][4]
Costa Rica, the defending champions, won their third straight and fourth overall title. They, along with runners-up the United States, third-placed Guatemala, and fourth-placed Panama, qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Teams
editThe 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking as of February 2020.[5] A total of 20 teams originally entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 12 entrants would have advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked eight entrants would have had to participate in the qualifying stage, where winners of the four matchups (played as two-game series) would have advanced to the group stage of the final tournament.[6]
On 11 February 2021, CONCACAF announced that a total of 16 teams were going to play in the tournament.[7] On 12 April 2021, CONCACAF announced that only 13 teams were going to play in the tournament.[8]
Round | Rank | Team | Points | Appearance | Previous best performance | Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances |
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Group stage | 1 | Guatemala (hosts) | 2,416 | 5th | Champions (2008) | 2008, 2012, 2016 |
2 | Panama | 2,315 | 5th | Second place (2016) | 2012, 2016 | |
3 | Costa Rica (title holders) | 2,120 | 7th | Champions (2000, 2012, 2016) | 1992, 2000, 2012, 2016 | |
4 | Cuba | 2,024 | 7th | Second place (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) | 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016 | |
5 | Mexico | 1,143 | 7th | Third place (1996) | 2012 | |
6 | United States | 1,046 | 6th | Champions (1996, 2004) | 1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008 | |
7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 980 | 3rd | Group Stage (2004, 2008) | ||
9 | Canada | 655 | 3rd | Group Stage (2012, 2016) | 1989 | |
10 | Curaçao (withdrew) | 574 | 3rd | Group Stage (1996, 2016) | ||
11 | El Salvador | 389 | 2nd | Group Stage (1996) | ||
13 | Guadeloupe[a] (withdrew) | 360 | 1st | Debut | ||
14 | Haiti | 260 | 2nd | Group Stage (2008) | ||
Qualifying stage | 15 | Sint Maarten[a] (withdrew) | 245 | 1st | Debut | |
16 | Suriname | 236 | 3rd | Group Stage (2000, 2004) | ||
19 | Saint Kitts and Nevis (withdrew) | 78 | 2nd | Group Stage (2012) | ||
20 | Nicaragua | 63 | 2nd | Group Stage (2000) | ||
22 | Puerto Rico (withdrew) | 36 | 2nd | Group Stage (2000) | ||
32 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 1st | Debut | ||
33 | French Guiana[a] (withdrew) | 0 | 1st | Debut | ||
35 | Martinique[a] (withdrew) | 0 | 1st | Debut |
Championship years are in bold, hosting years are in italics
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- Notes
Venues
editThe matches were played at the Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG in Guatemala City. Before the postponement of the tournament, matches were originally also to be played at the Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium.[1]
Guatemala City | |
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Domo Polideportivo | |
Capacity: 7,500 | |
Draw
editThe draw for the group stage took place on 20 February 2020, 14:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.[6] The 16 teams, which included the 12 which entered the group stage and the four qualifying stage matchups winners, were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking, the 12 teams which entered the group stage were distributed into three pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:[9]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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The qualifying stage matchups were determined based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking, with the highest-ranked team playing the lowest-ranked team, etc. The qualifying stage winners 1, 2, 3 and 4 were then placed in groups A, B, C and D respectively.
Original draw
editThe original draw results involving the 20 teams were as follows:[10]
Group | Pot 1 team | Pot 2 team | Pot 3 team | Winner from qualifying stage | |
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A | Guatemala | Trinidad and Tobago | |||
B | Panama | Mexico | Suriname | ||
C | Costa Rica | Canada | Haiti | Dominican Republic | |
D | Cuba | United States | El Salvador | Nicaragua |
Following the withdrawals of Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Puerto Rico, only 16 teams were left, so the qualifying stage was no longer necessary, and the 16 remaining teams were placed in the four groups as before as there were four teams in each group.[7] Following the withdrawals of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana, only 13 teams were left, and as there were only two teams left in Group A, to ensure that each group had a minimum of three teams, Dominican Republic were moved from Group C to Group A.[8]
Match officials
editThe list of match officials were announced on 20 April 2021.[11]
Squads
editEach team must register a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.[12][13]
Group stage
editThe top two teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals.
- Tiebreakers
The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):[12]
- Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Number of goals scored 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;
- 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).[14]
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Guatemala | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | |
3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 |
Dominican Republic | 2–4 | Guatemala |
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Gómez 14' Domínguez 27' |
Report | Aguilar 3' Sandoval 18' Alay 19' González 30' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2–6 | Dominican Republic |
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George 32' Neptune 39' |
Report | Gómez 5', 33', 35' Álvarez 25' López 27' Cestero 40' |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Panama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Suriname | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | |
3 | Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 0 |
Suriname | 1–11 | Panama |
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Milito 5' | Report | Hinks 2' Castrellón 3', 16' Del Rosario 13', 27' Ortiz 18', 29' Pérez 26', 37' (pen.), 37' (pen.) Campos 36' |
Mexico | 4–5 | Suriname |
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Paniagua 5', 33' Soltero 6' Atri 9' |
Report | Sastromedjo 12' Maatrijk 16' Doesburg 18' Sánchez 25' (o.g.) Pita 39' |
Panama | 5–4 | Mexico |
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Hinks 3' Pérez 13', 29', 39' (pen.) Castrellón 33' |
Report | Paniagua 11' Limón 12' Vences 20' Atri 35' |
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Costa Rica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
3 | Haiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 |
Costa Rica | 5–1 | Canada |
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Guevara 5' Garro 6', 35' (pen.) Rodríguez 8' Vargas 20' |
Report | Bennett 35' |
Group D
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | |
3 | Nicaragua | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
Cuba | 1–4 | Nicaragua |
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Moratón 32' | Report | Downs 17' Kripp 29' Marrero 32' (o.g.) Zepeda 38' |
United States | 1–1 | El Salvador |
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Maciel 28' | Report | Muñoz 19' |
El Salvador | 2–1 | Cuba |
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Solís 27' Sandoval 32' |
Report | Castillo 13' |
El Salvador | 5–2 | Nicaragua |
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Gómez 18' Díaz 19' Chávez 26' Contreras 34', 37' |
Report | Kripp 18' Salinas 30' |
Cuba | 2–4 | United States |
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Marrero 4' Castillo 23' |
Report | Escobar 12', 20', 33' Gonzalez 40' |
Knockout stage
editIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
editQuarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
7 May – Domo Polideportivo | ||||||||||
Panama (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
8 May – Domo Polideportivo | ||||||||||
Canada | 1 (3) | |||||||||
Panama | 1 | |||||||||
7 May – Domo Polideportivo | ||||||||||
Costa Rica | 3 | |||||||||
Costa Rica | 12 | |||||||||
9 May – Domo Polideportivo | ||||||||||
Suriname | 1 | |||||||||
Costa Rica | 3 | |||||||||
7 May – Domo Polideportivo | ||||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||
United States | 2 | |||||||||
8 May – Domo Polideportivo | ||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 0 | |||||||||
United States (p) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
7 May – Domo Polideportivo | ||||||||||
Guatemala | 2 (4) | Third place match | ||||||||
Guatemala (p) | 3 (4) | |||||||||
9 May – Domo Polideportivo | ||||||||||
El Salvador | 3 (3) | |||||||||
Panama | 2 | |||||||||
Guatemala (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
editWinners qualify for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
United States | 2–0 | Dominican Republic |
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Araujo 3' Pondeca 27' |
Report |
Panama | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Canada |
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Ortiz 20' | Report | Bennett 27' |
Penalties | ||
Milord Castrellón Pérez Del Rosario Maquensi |
4–3 | Belguendouz Leconte Renaud Rodriguez Bennett |
Costa Rica | 12–1 | Suriname |
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Cordero 7' (pen.), 15' Benali 7' (o.g.) Rodríguez 7', 8', 40' Cubillo 26' Gamboa 27', 35', 37' Fonseca 31' Cabalceta 39' |
Report | Esajas 17' |
Guatemala | 3–3 (a.e.t.) | El Salvador |
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Ramos 34' Alvarado 40', 46' |
Report | Contreras 19' Martínez 28' Sandoval 47' |
Penalties | ||
Alay Santizo Aguilar Ramos Alvarado |
4–3 | Solís Muñoz Sandoval Aguilar Martínez |
Semi-finals
editUnited States | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Guatemala |
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Gonzalez 8' Reget 46' |
Report | Ramos 21' Santizo 44' |
Penalties | ||
Mattos Maciel Klepal Gonzalez Ventura-Junior Sobreira Buenfil |
5–4 | Alay Santizo Aguilar Ramos Alvarado Ruiz Campaignac |
Third place match
editPanama | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Guatemala |
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Ortiz 31' Pérez 36' (pen.) |
Report | Alvarado 3' Enríquez 32' Campaignac 49' |
Final
editCosta Rica | 3–2 | United States |
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Gómez 12', 19' Cordero 14' |
Report | Gonzalez 6' Reget 16' |
Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup
editThe following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1 |
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United States | 7 May 2021[15] | 5 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008) |
Panama | 7 May 2021 | 2 (2012, 2016) |
Costa Rica | 7 May 2021 | 4 (1992, 2000, 2012, 2016) |
Guatemala | 7 May 2021 | 4 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Awards
editThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:[16]
- Best Player Award: Milinton Tijerino
- Young Player Award: Tomas Pondeca
- Top Scorer Award: Carlos Pérez (8 goals)
- Best Goalkeeper Award: Cesar Vargas
- Fair Play Award: Costa Rica
References
edit- ^ a b "Guatemala Named Host for 2020 Concacaf Futsal Championship". CONCACAF.com. 23 January 2020.
- ^ "Concacaf Statement on Additional Tournament Suspensions". CONCACAF. 19 March 2020.
- ^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup 2020 – slot allocation" (PDF). FIFA.com. 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
- ^ "Concacaf Futsal Ranking". CONCACAF.com. 15 December 2020.
- ^ a b "2020 Concacaf Futsal Championship Draw Set for February 20". CONCACAF.com. 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Concacaf confirms Guatemala as host for 2021 Concacaf Futsal Championship". aroundtherings.com. 11 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Updates to 2021 Concacaf Futsal Championship". concacaf.com. 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Official Draw – 2020 CONCACAF Futsal Championship". youtube.com.
- ^ "Draw Reveals Groups and Schedule for 2020 Concacaf Futsal Championship". CONCACAF.com. 20 February 2020.
- ^ "Officials Appointed for 2021 Concacaf Futsal Championship". CONCACAF. 20 April 2021.
- ^ a b "2020 CONCACAF Futsal Championship Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.
- ^ "2021 Concacaf Futsal Championship final rosters confirmed". CONCACAF. 28 April 2021.
- ^ "2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF.
- ^ "USA book first World Cup ticket since 2008". FIFA.com. 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Tijerino, Perez among award winners at CFC". CONCACAF. 10 May 2021.
External links
edit- Futsal, CONCACAF.com