2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Costa Rica
City San José
Dates 8–14 May 2016
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)

The 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship will be 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 will be held in San José, Costa Rica between 8–14 May 2016.[1] A total of eight teams will play in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the CONCACAF representatives.[2]

Qualification

For more details on this topic, see 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship qualification.

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

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

Qualified teams

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[3]
 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[4]
 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

The matches are played at the BN Arena of Ciudad Deportiva de Hatillo in San José.[5]

Draw

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.[6][7]

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.[8]

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

Pot 1 Pot 2

Squads

Each team can register a maximum of 14 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[9]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[9]

  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 are local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Guatemala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and
2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 May 2016. Source: CONCACAF

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08)
12:30
Honduras  v  Mexico
Report
BN Arena, San José

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08)
15:00
Guatemala  v  Panama
Report
BN Arena, San José

9 May 2016 (2016-05-09)
12:30
Panama  v  Honduras
Report
BN Arena, San José

9 May 2016 (2016-05-09)
15:00
Mexico  v  Guatemala
Report
BN Arena, San José

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)
12:30
Mexico  v  Panama
Report
BN Arena, San José

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)
15:00
Guatemala  v  Honduras
Report
BN Arena, San José

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage and
2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2  Curaçao 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 May 2016. Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host.

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08)
17:30
Curaçao  v  Cuba
Report
BN Arena, San José

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08)
20:00
Costa Rica  v  Canada
Report
BN Arena, San José

9 May 2016 (2016-05-09)
17:30
Canada  v  Curaçao
Report
BN Arena, San José

9 May 2016 (2016-05-09)
20:00
Cuba  v  Costa Rica
Report
BN Arena, San José

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)
17:30
Cuba  v  Canada
Report
BN Arena, San José

10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)
20:00
Costa Rica  v  Curaçao
Report
BN Arena, San José

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[9]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 12 – San José
 
 
Winner Group B
 
May 14 – San José
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner Semi-final 1
 
May 12 – San José
 
Winner Semi-final 2
 
Winner Group A
 
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Third Place
 
 
May 14 – San José
 
 
Loser Semi-final 1
 
 
Loser Semi-final 2

Semi-finals

12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
17:00
Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A
Report
BN Arena, San José

12 May 2016 (2016-05-12)
20:00
Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B
Report
BN Arena, San José

Third place playoff

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14)
16:00
Loser Semi-final 1 v Loser Semi-final 2
Report
BN Arena, San José

Final

14 May 2016 (2016-05-14)
19:00
Winner Semi-final 1 v Winner Semi-final 2
Report
BN Arena, San José

References

  1. 1 2 "Costa Rica Named Host for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship". CONCACAF.com. 2 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Se realizó el sorteo de la eliminatoria de Futsal de UNCAF". UNCAF. 12 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Volume 3,Issue 9, Caribbean Football Union Newsletter" (PDF). CFU. December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Premundial de Futsal se realizara en Costa Rica en mayo proximo". UNCAF. 7 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Official Draw Confirmed for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONACACAF.com. 8 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONCACAF.com. 16 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONCACAF.com. 16 March 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 "CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com.

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