2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship explained

Tourney Name:CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Year:2017
Other Titles:2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)
Size:200px
Country: Bahamas
City:Nassau
Dates:20–26 February
Num Teams:16
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:1
Matches:48
Goals:381
Top Scorer: Ramón Maldonado
Marlon Meza
(12 goals each)
Player: Alfonso Maquensi
Goalkeeper: Diego Villaseñor
Young Player: Jamal Haynes
Prevseason:2015
Nextseason:2019

The 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Nassau from 20 to 26 February 2017.[1] This was the second time that the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was held in the Bahamas. All matches were played at the Malcolm Beach Soccer Facility.

The tournament aimed to crown the best beach soccer nation on the continent and also served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from North, Central America and Caribbean which are members of CONCACAF, where the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup also to be held in the Bahamas.[2]

In a shock turn of events, the considerably inexperienced Panama thwarted all four of the nations who have dominated the tournament historically to surprisingly claim their first title. Panama's group stage victory all but condemned 2015 runners up Costa Rica to their earliest ever exit, their defeat of two-time winners, the United States, in the quarter-finals also ensured the Americans' most premature departure. They then defeated former World Cup semi-finalists El Salvador in the semi-finals and three time and defending champions Mexico in the final.[3]

As the finalists, Panama and Mexico qualified for the World Cup, the former for the first time (and the first new North American World Cup debutants since 2009), the latter for the fifth time.

This was a groundbreaking CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship; it marked only the second time in the seven championships to date (other than in 2006) that the quartet of Costa Rica, El Salvador, the United States and Mexico did not all finish together in some combination in first through fourth place.

Participating teams and draw

The following 16 teams entered the tournament.[1]

North American Zone
Central American Zone
Caribbean Zone
Notes

The draw of the tournament was held on 17 October 2016, 10:00 UTC−4, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Doral, Florida.[7] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the following seeding based on the BSWW Beach Soccer rankings:[8]

Notes

Group stage

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals, while the bottom two teams from each group enter the placement stage for 9th to 16th place.

All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Placement stage (9th–16th place)

9th place match

Knockout stage

The quarter-final matchups were decided by a draw, with the group winners matched up with the group runners-up.[9]

Semi-finals

The winners qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Final

Awards

Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[10] [11]

width=360 colspan=2Golden Ball (Most valuable player)
Alfonso Maquensi
Golden Boot (Top scorer)
width=180 style="text-align:center;" Ramón Maldonadowidth=180 style="text-align:center;" Marlon Meza
12 goals
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
Diego Villaseñor
Best Young Player
Jamal Haynes
Fair Play Award

Top goalscorers

12 goals
11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Qualified for the World Cup as hosts
RankTeam
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, including Bahamas which qualified as hosts.[12]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
only FIFA-sanctioned era (since 2005)
[13] (debut)
(debut)
(2007, 2008, 2011, 2015)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Bahamas Set to Host 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship. CONCACAF.com. 14 October 2016. 2016-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018225746/http://www.concacaf.com/article/the-bahamas-set-to-host-2017-concacaf-beach-soccer-championship. 2016-10-18. dead.
  2. Web site: CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2017 Regulations. CONCACAF.com. 2017-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222053219/http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CBSC-Regulations_ENG.pdf. 2017-02-22. dead.
  3. Web site: Panama primed for global debut after historic triumph. https://web.archive.org/web/20170228085325/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/y=2017/m=2/news=panama-primed-for-global-debut-after-historic-triumph-2868691.html?intcmp=fifacom_hp_module_news. dead. February 28, 2017. fifa.com.
  4. Web site: Suspension of the Guatemala Football Association. https://web.archive.org/web/20161031025713/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2016/m=10/news=suspension-of-the-guatemala-football-association-2847078.html. dead. October 31, 2016. FIFA. 28 October 2016. 30 October 2016.
  5. Web site: Deadlines Set for FEDEFUT. CONCACAF.com. 9 November 2016.
  6. Web site: CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship schedule set. CONCACAF. 23 December 2016. 23 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161224233034/http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-beach-soccer-championship-schedule-set. 2016-12-24. dead.
  7. Web site: Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Bahamas 2017. CONCACAF. 17 October 2016. 2016-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020063209/http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-determines-groups-and-schedule-for-the-concacaf-beach-soccer-championship-bahamas-2017. 2016-10-20. dead.
  8. Web site: Official Draw: CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Bahamas 2017. CONCACAF.com. 17 October 2016. 2016-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018230009/http://www.concacaf.com/video/official-draw-concacaf-beach-soccer-championship-bahamas-2017. 2016-10-18. dead.
  9. Web site: Draw determines CBSC quarterfinal matchups. CONCACAF.com. 24 February 2017. 24 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170225140250/http://www.concacaf.com/article/draw-determines-cbsc-quarterfinal-matchups. 25 February 2017. dead.
  10. Web site: 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship: Award Winners. CONCACAF.com. 27 February 2017. 2017-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150208/http://www.concacaf.com/article/2017-concacaf-beach-soccer-championship-award-winners. 2017-02-27. dead.
  11. Web site: Panama primed for global debut after historic triumph. https://web.archive.org/web/20170227212240/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/y=2017/m=2/news=panama-primed-for-global-debut-after-historic-triumph-2868691.html. dead. February 27, 2017. FIFA.com. 27 February 2017.
  12. Web site: Mexico, Panama qualify for Bahamas 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170226191939/http://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/news/y=2017/m=2/news=mexico-panama-qualify-for-bahamas-2017-2868583.html. dead. February 26, 2017. FIFA.com. 26 February 2017.
  13. Web site: Ethics: Executive Committee unanimously supports recommendation to publish report on 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process. https://web.archive.org/web/20141219175744/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/news/newsid=2494723/index.html. dead. December 19, 2014. FIFA.com. 19 December 2014.

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