Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games – Qualification (CONCACAF) explained

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Above:Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games qualification (CONCACAF)
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Header1:Tournament details
Subheader:2019 World Beach Games Qualifier – El Salvador
Label3:Host country
Data3:El Salvador
Label5:Dates
Data5:3–5 August
Label6:Venue(s)
Data6:1 (in 1 host city)
Label7:№ of events
Data7:2 (1 men's; 1 women's)
Label8:Teams
Data8:12 (from 8 countries)
Header11:Men's event
Label12:Teams
Data12:8
Data13:
Final positions
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Label14:Matches played
Data14:12
Label15:Goals scored
Data15:126 (per match)
Header16:Women's event
Label17:Teams
Data17:4
Data18:
Final positions
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Label19:Matches played
Data19:6
Label20:Goals scored
Data20:52 (per match)
Header25:Previous / Next edition

The CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2019 World Beach Games, known officially as the 2019 World Beach Games – Qualifier El Salvador, was a beach soccer tournament contested by North American national teams who are members of CONCACAF that took place to determine the nations from North, Central America and the Caribbean that qualified to the beach soccer competition at the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games.[1]

The tournament consisted of two events: the men's qualifiers and the women's qualifiers, the former a knockout competition from which the top two teams qualified, and the latter a round robin contest from which the top two teams also qualified.[1] [2]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), National Sports Institute of El Salvador (INDES) and Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT), the competition took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from 3–5 August 2019.[1]

Mexico claimed the crown in both the men's and women's events.[3]

Venues

For both the men's and women's tournaments, a beach soccer pitch installed at the International Centre of Fairs and Conventions (CIFCO) in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador was used to host all matches, with a capacity of 5,000.[4]

Men's tournament

Teams

The men's event was an eight-team tournament. The entrants are listed below,[5] ordered by their world ranking (June 2019) in parentheses:[6]

Draw

The draw took place internally with most details undisclosed. Teams were organised based on their position in the world ranking in a similar vein to that of the European qualifiers[1] (the hosts were drawn against the team ranked eighth, the best ranked team against the team ranked seventh, second against sixth and fourth against fifth.)

Results

The competition was played as a straight knockout tournament, starting with the quarter-finals and ending with the final with the winner crowned champions of the event.[1] Meanwhile, the losing nations of each round receded to play in a series of consolation matches in order to determine all final placements.

The two teams that reached the final qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games.[1]

Matches are listed as local time in San Salvador, (UTC–6).

Awards

Individual awards

width=300Top scorer
Alfonso Maquensi
7 goals
Best player
Exon Perdomo
Best goalkeeper
Diego Villaseñor

Final standings

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2019 World Beach Games
4
5
6
7
8
Source: El Grafico

Women's tournament

Teams

Four teams entered the women's event which are as follows:[5]

Results

The competition was played as a single round robin tournament;[1] the teams competed to earn points for the overall standings table – the two that accumulated the most points after all the matches were completed qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games.[2]

Matches are listed as local time in San Salvador, (UTC–6).

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Awards

Individual awards

width=300Top scorer(s)
Samantha Witteman
Carolina Pérez
5 goals
Best player
Fatima Leyva
Best goalkeeper
Daniela Paulin

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El Salvador to host ANOC World Beach Games qualifier. Beach Soccer Worldwide . 11 June 2019 . 12 July 2019 .
  2. Web site: List of the participants at World Beach Games, confirmed. Beach Soccer Worldwide . 23 August 2019 . 23 August 2019 .
  3. Web site: México derrota a El Salvador y se corona campeón de torneo de fútbol playa. Latinx Today . 5 August 2019 . 12 September 2019. Spanish .
  4. Web site: Estos serán los incentivos y premios a las Selectas Playeras si clasifican a Juegos Mundiales. ElSalvador.com . 3 August 2019 . 12 September 2019. Spanish .
  5. Web site: Así disputará la Selecta Playera masculina y femenina su clasificatoria a los Juegos Mundiales. ElSalvador.com . 15 July 2019 . 12 September 2019. Spanish .
  6. Web site: World Ranking June 2019. Beach Soccer Russia. 12 September 2019 . Russian .