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2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

The 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 6th 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 San José, Costa Rica between 8–14 May 2016.[2] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2016
Tournament details
Host country Costa Rica
CitySan José
Dates8–14 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (3rd title)
Runners-up Panama
Third place Guatemala
Fourth place Cuba
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored123 (7.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Frederico Moojen
Costa Rica Juan Cordero
Cuba Reynier Fiallo
Panama Claudio Goodridge
Panama Fernando Mena
(5 goals each)[1]
Best playerCosta Rica Edwin Cubillo
Best young playerCuba Diego Ramírez
Best goalkeeperPanama Daniel Atencio
Fair play award Costa Rica
← 2012
2021 →

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 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the CONCACAF representatives.[3]

Champions Costa Rica, runners-up Panama, third-placed Guatemala and fourth-placed Cuba qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONCACAF representatives.[4]

Qualification

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The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[2]

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams joining Mexico and hosts Costa Rica at the final tournament, including two play-offs which were played on 4 and 5 May in Costa Rica prior to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU) qualified through North American qualifying competition
 Mexico Automatic 6th Third place (1996) 1
 Canada Play-off winner 2nd Group stage (2012) 1
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through Central American qualifying competition[5]
 Costa Rica Hosts 6th Winner (2000, 2012) 3
 Guatemala Winner 4th Winner (2008) 3
 Panama Runner-up 4th Third place (2012) 1
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying competition[6]
 Cuba Winner 6th Runner-up (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) 4
 Curaçao Runner-up 2nd Group stage (2000) 0
Play-off winner between Central American Zone third place and Caribbean Zone third place
 Honduras Play-off winner 1st Debut 0

Venues

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The matches were played at the BN Arena of Ciudad Deportiva de Hatillo in San José.[7]

Draw

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The draw for the tournament took place on 16 March 2016 at 12:30 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Barceló San José Palacio in San José.[8][9]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host and defending CONCACAF Futsal Championship champion Costa Rica were seeded in Group B, while 2012 runner-up Guatemala were seeded in Group A.[10]

The draw took place before the final two qualifiers from play-offs (Honduras and Canada) had been confirmed.

Pot 1 Pot 2

Squads

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Each team could register a maximum of 14 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[11]

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[11]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 3 3 0 0 18 7 +11 9 Knockout stage and
2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2  Guatemala 3 2 0 1 13 10 +3 6
3  Mexico 3 1 0 2 12 11 +1 3
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 8 23 −15 0
Source: CONCACAF
Honduras 1–7 Mexico
Marco Triminio 14:24 Report César Saldívar 6:23, 12:28
Jair Alemán 17:05
Christian Hernández 19:53
Ángel Rodríguez 20:43
Miguel Resendes 28:49
Erick Tovar 29:42
Referee: Victor Prendas (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 1–4 Panama
Patrick Ruiz 25:43 Report Fernando Mena 12:13, 22:43
Jorge Pérez 19:10
Claudio Goodridge 19:53
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)
Panama 10–3 Honduras
Josue Brown 7:13
Edgar Rivas 11:54
Carlos Pérez 15:41
Claudio Goodridge 19:08, 29:29, 36:00
José Vásquez 21:54
Ángel Sánchez 29:52, 39:56
Oscar Hinks 31:20		 Report Antonio Moncada 11:44
Carlos Montes 25:01
Oscar Valeriano 30:14
Referee: Shane Butler (United States)
Mexico 2–6 Guatemala
Jair Alemán 10:54
Christian Hernández 29:34		 Report Roberto Alvarado 0:43
Rafael González 3:59
Miguel Santizo 18:25, 34:25
Carlos Merida 37:34
Wanderley Ruiz 39:20
Referee: Roberto Sánchez (Cuba)
Mexico 3–4 Panama
César Saldívar 8:44
Christian Hernández 12:29, 39:59		 Report Claudio Goodridge 20:38
Fernando Mena 28:32, 32:43
Carlos Pérez 34:29
Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador)
Guatemala 6–4 Honduras
Jonatan Arevalo 8:12, 13:27, 20:30, 24:59
José Mansilla 11:37, 16:15		 Report Luis Rivera 6:10, 25:11
Roberto Alvarado 18:17 (o.g.)
Carlos Montes 31:40
Referee: Lance Vahanitsma (United States)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica (H) 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 9 Knockout stage and
2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2  Cuba 3 1 1 1 8 11 −3 4
3  Canada 3 1 0 2 13 14 −1 3
4  Curaçao 3 0 1 2 8 14 −6 1
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts
Curaçao 1–1 Cuba
Ashar Bernardus 27:09 Report Karel Mariño 14:17
Referee: Carlos González (Guatemala)
Costa Rica 3–2 Canada
Erick Brenes 19:36, 34:42
Alejandro Paniagua 21:17		 Report Moojen 4:36, 35:36
Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)
Canada 7–4 Curaçao
Belguendouz 0:55, 28:56
Chamale 16:36
Rodriguez 16:51
Vahid Assadpour 20:17
Moojen 33:51
Eduardo Jauregui 34:55		 Report Djuric Ascencion 5:36, 33:23
Every Janzen 15:33, 27:27
Referee: Leroy Brown (Guatemala)
Cuba 0–6 Costa Rica
Report Yariel Sandi 6:27
Juan Cordero 13:37, 38:03
Erick Brenes 14:42
Edwin Cubillo 28:36
Diego Zuñiga 35:12
Referee: Luis Aguilar (Panama)
Cuba 7–4 Canada
Reynier Fiallo 14:07, 26:45, 28:02
Daniel Hernández 28:56
Jhonnet Martínez 29:27
Reinier Socarras 36:08
Breniht Suárez 38:02		 Report Bennett 17:21
Moojen 33:07, 33:23
Vahid Assadpour 35:20
Referee: Shane Butler (United States)
Costa Rica 6–3 Curaçao
Edwin Cubillo 1:27
Juan Cordero 2:03
Yariel Sandi 5:47
Isaias Mora 7:11
Adonay Vindas 11:19
Christopher Molina 14:25		 Report Jean Pauletta 9:18
Everon Espacia 18:03
Ashar Bernardus 38:50
Referee: Carlos de la Cruz (Guatemala)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[11]

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 12 – San José
 
 
 Panama (a.e.t.)6
 
May 14 – San José
 
 Cuba5
 
 Panama0
 
May 12 – San José
 
 Costa Rica4
 
 Costa Rica7
 
 
 Guatemala1
 
Third place
 
 
May 14 – San José
 
 
 Cuba2
 
 
 Guatemala3

Semi-finals

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Panama 6–5 (a.e.t.) Cuba
Michael de León 5:09
Ángel Sánchez 11:14, 13:12
Carlos Pérez 19:04, 33:07
Fernando Mena 41:16		 Report Denis Márquez 14:57, 28:23
Jhonnet Martínez 20:39
Sandy Domínguez 24:28
Reynier Fiallo 32:44
Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)
Costa Rica 7–1 Guatemala
Juan Cordero 21:03, 22:42
Diego Zuñiga 21:58, 26:11
Edwin Cubillo 36:57
Alejandro Paniagua 37:27 (pen.)
Stiven Solís 39:45		 Report Edgar Santizo 34:28
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Third place playoff

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Cuba 2–3 Guatemala
Reynier Fiallo 19:22
Luis Portal 32:59 (pen.)		 Report Miguel Santizo 2:04, 7:26
Marvin Sandoval 14:19
Referee: Einer Arce (Costa Rica)

Final

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Panama 0–4 Costa Rica
Report Alejandro Paniagua 10:20 (pen.)
Christopher Molina 19:06, 26:18
Diego Zuñiga 33:09
Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)

Winners

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 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 

Costa Rica
Third title

Final ranking

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Teams qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) Costa Rica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Panama
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Guatemala
4 Cuba
5 Mexico
6 Canada
7 Curaçao
8 Honduras

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

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The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Costa Rica9 May 20163 (1992, 2000, 2012)
 Panama10 May 20161 (2012)
 Guatemala10 May 20163 (2000, 2008, 2012)
 Cuba10 May 20164 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[12]

Award Player
Golden Ball Costa Rica Edwin Cubillo
Golden Boot Canada Frederico Moojen
Golden Glove Panama Daniel Atencio
Scotiabank Bright Future Award Cuba Diego Ramírez
Fair Play Award  Costa Rica

References

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  1. ↑ "CONCACAF Futsal Championship – Stats". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. 1 2 "Costa Rica Named Host for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship". CONCACAF.com. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. ↑ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Colombia field set as trio book tickets". FIFA.com. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Se realizó el sorteo de la eliminatoria de Futsal de UNCAF". UNCAF. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  6. ↑ "Volume 3,Issue 9, Caribbean Football Union Newsletter" (PDF). CFU. December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  7. ↑ "Premundial de Futsal se realizara en Costa Rica en mayo proximo". UNCAF. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Official Draw Confirmed for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONACACAF.com. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONCACAF.com. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  10. ↑ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONCACAF.com. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  11. 1 2 3 "CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  12. ↑ "CFC awards presented after Costa Rica lifts trophy". CONCACAF.com. 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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