2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	17 June – 21 June
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	El Salvador (1st title)
Runners-up	Costa Rica
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	87 (7.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jose Agustin Ruiz (8 goals)

The 2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, also known as the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONCACAF), was a qualifying tournament held during June 17 – 21, 2009 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico that determined which two participants will represent the CONCACAF region at the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[1] It was originally scheduled to be between April 29 and May 3, 2009, however, Shortly before the tournament started, it was announced that it would be postponed indefinitely due to the growing concerns of the 2009 swine flu outbreak in the country.^[2]

Participating teams

North American Zone:

Central American Zone:

Caribbean Zone:

Bahamas

Format

The six nation tournament consisted of two three-team groups. The teams played each other once in their group during the group stage, meaning each team played two games during the group stage. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. The semifinal winners qualified for the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and contest the CONCACAF title.^[3]

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	2	2	0	14	1	+13	6
El Salvador	2	1	1	9	10	−1	3
Canada	2	0	2	6	18	−12	0

Mexico v Canada

17 June 2009
18:15

Mexico	10 – 0	Canada
Villabobos 1', 27' Rosales 8', 13', 20' Flores 9', 17', 27', 36', Rodriguez 24'	Report

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

El Salvador v Canada

18 June 2009
18:15

El Salvador	8 – 6	Canada
Ruiz 3', 4', 17' Zavalava 9', 28' Lobos 13' Hernandez 18' Velasquez 26'	Report	Yamada 14', 14', 24', 26', Lemire 17', Dhaliwal 18'

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

Mexico v El Salvador

19 June 2009
18:15

Mexico	4 – 1	El Salvador
Rosales 1', 7' Rodriguez 14' Navarette 26'	Report	Ruiz 31'

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	12	3	+9	6
Costa Rica	2	1	1	4	6	−2	3
Bahamas	2	0	2	2	9	−7	0

United States v Bahamas

17 June 2009
17:00

United States	6 – 2	Bahamas
Chimienti 2', 13', 34' Taguinod 11' Morales 15', 22'	Report	St.Fleur 1', 21'

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

Costa Rica v Bahamas

18 June 2009
17:00

Costa Rica	3 – 0	Bahamas
Angulo 15' Jimenez 22' Mora 32'	Report

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

United States v Costa Rica

19 June 2009
17:00

United States	6 – 1	Costa Rica
Morales 5', 8', 16' Farberoff 10' Xexeo 28', 35'	Report	Sterling 2'

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

Fifth Place

Canada v Bahamas

20 June 2009
15:45

Canada	4 – 3	Bahamas
Yamada 9', 13', 17' Miniaci 34'	Report	St.Fleur 10' Hanna 21' Christie 22'

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final

A1	Mexico	3
B2	Costa Rica (a.e.t.)	4
			SF1	Costa Rica	3
			SF2	El Salvador	6
B1	United States	3
A2	El Salvador	5	3rd/4th Place match

			SF1	Mexico	5
			SF2	United States	4

Semi-Finals

United States v El Salvador

20 June 2009

United States	3 – 5	El Salvador
Xexeo 6', 33' Morales 23'	Report	Ruiz 3', 4', 34' Velasquez 9', 32'

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

Mexico v Costa Rica

20 June 2009

Mexico	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Costa Rica
Rodriguez 12' Flores 22'	Report	Sterling 9', 31'
	Penalties
Villalobos Rosales	1 – 2	Chavarria Mora

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

Third Place

Mexico v United States

21 June 2009
17:00

Mexico	5 − 4	United States
Futagaki 17' Taguinod 25' Farberoff 28' Morales 29'	Report	Lopez 14' Rosales 17', 18' Villalobos 18'

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

Final

Costa Rica v El Salvador

21 June 2009
17:00

Costa Rica	3 − 6	El Salvador
Pacheco 11' , 15', 25'	Report	Garay 10' Hernandez 16', 16' Ruiz 20' Torres 21' Velasquez 32'

Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta

Winners

2009 Concacaf Beach Soccer Winners
El Salvador First title

Qualified Teams

Awards

Leading Scorer	Best Goalkeeper	Most Valuable Player
Agustin Ruiz	Jose Portillo	Richard Sterling

Final standing

Rank	Team
1	El Salvador
2	Costa Rica
3	Mexico
4	United States
5	Canada
6	Bahamas

External links

Fixtures and results at CONCACAF.com

References

↑ "Reschedule". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
↑ Tournament Postponed
↑ Information and Format about tournament

International beach soccer

FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide World Cup Mundialito (clubs) Pro Beach Soccer Tour Intercontinental Cup Copa Latina Rankings Asian Beach Games European Games

Asia	AFC – Championship Cup

Africa	CAF – Championship

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Championship

Oceania	OFC – Championship

Europe	UEFA – FIFA Qualifiers Cup League Winners Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification

AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹

UEFA	2005¹ 2006³ 2007³ 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League.

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