CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. In both 2005 and 2007, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held joint championships.^[1] In 2007, the successful teams of the competition qualified to play in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, whereas the 2005 tournament was unattached from the World Cup. This was not the way teams qualified for the 2005 World Cup.

In 2006, when FIFA introduced the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, the championship became the way to qualify for the World Cup, so CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held two separate championships. From 2008 onwards, due to the number of teams from each confederation trying to qualify, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL have decided to always have separate championships.

Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The top two teams from the tournament qualify to play in the next FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Joint Championships (with CONMEBOL)

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
Year	Location	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2005	Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	5 – 2	Uruguay	United States	4 – 2	Argentina
2007	Acapulco, Mexico	United States	4 – 3	Uruguay	Argentina	6 – 5	Mexico

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
United States	1 (2007)	-	1 (2005)	-
Brazil	1 (2005)	-	-	-
Uruguay	-	2 (2005, 2007)	-	-
Argentina	-	-	1 (2007)	1 (2005)
Mexico	-	-	-	1 (2007)

CONCACAF Championships

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
Year	Location	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2006	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	United States	N/A	Canada	Costa Rica	N/A	Mexico
2008	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Mexico	N/A	El Salvador	United States	N/A	Costa Rica
2009	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	El Salvador	6 – 3	Costa Rica	Mexico	5 – 4	United States
2011	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Mexico	5 – 3	El Salvador	United States	7 – 5	Costa Rica
2013	Nassau, Bahamas	United States	5 – 4 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador	Mexico	8 – 7	Costa Rica
2015	Costa del Sol, El Salvador	Mexico	4 – 0	Costa Rica	El Salvador	5 – 2	United States

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
Mexico	3 (2008, 2011, 2015)	-	2 (2009, 2013)	1 (2006)
United States	2 (2006, 2013)	-	2 (2008, 2011)	2 (2009, 2015)
El Salvador	1 (2009)	3 (2008, 2011, 2013)	1 (2015)	-
Costa Rica	-	2 (2009, 2015)	1 (2006)	3 (2008, 2011, 2013)
Canada	-	1 (2006)	-	-

Appearances

These are the nations who have qualified to appear in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship since 2005.

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
– Hosts

	2005 (8)*	2006 (5)	2007 (7)*	2008 (4)	2009 (6)	2011 (8)	2013 (10)	2015 (16)	Total Appearances
Antigua and Barbuda	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	1
Argentina	4th	•	3rd	Separate championship					2
Bahamas	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	QF	4
Barbados	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	1
Belize	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	1
Brazil	1st	•		Separate championship					1
Canada	R1	2nd	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	5
Costa Rica	•	3rd	R1	4th	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	7
Guadeloupe	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	1
Guatemala	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	QF	3
Guyana	•	•	•	•	•	••	•	•	0
El Salvador	•	•	R1	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	6
Jamaica	•	5th	•	•	•	R1	R1	QF	4
Mexico	R1	4th	4th	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	8
Panama	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	1
Peru	R1	•	•	Separate championship					1
Puerto Rico	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	2
Trinidad and Tobago	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	2
Turks and Caicos Islands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	1
United States	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	1st	4th	8
U.S. Virgin Islands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	1
Uruguay	2nd	•	2nd	Separate championship					2
Venezuela	R1	•	R1	Separate championship					2

World Cup qualifiers

These are the nations who have qualified to appear in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup since 2005, to represent North America.

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
– Hosts

Team	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	Total
Canada		QF							1
Costa Rica					R1			R1	2
El Salvador				R1	R1	4th	QF		4
Mexico			2nd	R1		QF		R1	4
United States	R1	R1	R1				R1		4

References

↑ CONCACAF: Historical Stats

External links

Official CONCACAF Beach Soccer Website

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.

CONCACAF competitions

National team tournaments

CONCACAF era

Current	CONCACAF Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 CONCACAF Cup CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15 CONCACAF Futsal Championship CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Regional Copa Centroamericana Caribbean Cup Multi-sport events Pan-American Games Central American and Caribbean Games Central American Games Copa América Centenario

Defunct	CONCACAF Championship North American Nations Cup CFU Championship

Pre-CONCACAF

Defunct	NAFC (NAFC Championship) CCCF (CCCF Championship CCCF Youth Championship)

Club tournaments

CONCACAF tournaments	CONCACAF Champions League CONCACAF Futsal Club Championship Regional CFU Club Championship Supercopa Centroamericana

Invitational tournaments	Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana (2004–2008) Recopa Sudamericana

Defunct tournaments	Copa Interamericana Copa Interclubes UNCAF CONCACAF Cup Winners Cup CONCACAF Giants Cup North American SuperLiga

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