2010 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Year:2010
Other Titles:2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)
Size:200px
Country:Mexico
Dates:1–5 December
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion:MEX
Count:2
Second:SLV
Third:USA
Fourth:CRC
Matches:16
Goals:126
Top Scorer: Frank
(Francisco Velasquez)
(13 goals)
Player: Frank
(Francisco Velasquez)
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2013

The 2010 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was a continental beach soccer tournament, which took place between December 1 and December 5, 2010, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for the third time in a row. Organizers had hoped to extend the number of teams participating from six to eight after seeing newcomers Bahamas compete in the previous competition, and this indeed materialized with Jamaica returning after four years and Guatemala joining the tournament. This meant that the competition took place between two groups of four in a round-robin format, with the top two teams in each group qualifying to the knockout stage.[1]

Only the two finalists would be the nations to progress to play in the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup the following year, these nations being hosts Mexico, and El Salvador, seeing last years qualifying nation Costa Rica, lose out on a spot at the world cup.[2] All matches took place at Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras in Puerto Vallarta.[3]

Participating teams

Eight teams entered the tournament, the highest ever amount, with Guatemala being newcomers. Jamaica returned to the tournament after a four-year absence.

North American Zone:

Central American Zone:

Caribbean Zone:

Group stage

The draw to determine the groupings and schedule for the eight teams was held in Puerto Vallarta on November 24, 2010.[4] For the draw, Mexico and the United States drew the top seeds in each group based on their current Beach Soccer Worldwide CONCACAF rankings, with Mexico being placed in Group A and the United States being placed in Group B. The remaining six teams were drawn from three pots (A, B and C), again based on their Beach Soccer Worldwide CONCACAF ranking from 2007 to 2009.

All match times are correct to that of local time in Puerto Vallarta time, being Central Standard Time, (UTC -6).

Group A

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32101914+58
320196+36
3102812-43
30031317-40
clinched semifinal berth


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Group B

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3210158+78
3201137+66
31021116-53
30031018-80
clinched semifinal berth


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Knockout stage

Semi-finals


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Third Place

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Final

Awards

width=60% colspan="3"Best Player (MVP)
Frank (Francisco Velasquez)
Top Scorer
Frank (Francisco Velasquez)
13 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Miguel Estrada
FIFA Fair Play Award

Teams Qualifying

Team
1st Place
2nd Place

Top scorers

12 goals
11 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
3 goals (cont.)
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal (cont.)
Own goal

Final standings

RankTeam
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: News.
  2. Web site: News.
  3. Web site: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011 CONCACAF Qualifier Puerto Vallarta . 2010-07-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120224144456/http://events.hotelcasavelas.com/event/fifa-beach-soccer-world-cup-2011-concacaf-qualifier-puerto-vallarta/ . 2012-02-24 . dead .
  4. Web site: News.