Confederation of North, Central American and the Caribbean Futsal explained

CONCACFUTSAL
Headquarters:Curaçao
Leader Title:President
Leader Name:Wilfrido Coffi
Leader Title2:Vice president
Leader Name2:Carlos Briceño
Leader Name3:Manuel Enrique Sanchez
Leader Title3:Vice President
Leader Title4:Secretary
Leader Name4:Arthur Tjin-Kon-Fat

The Confederation of North, Central American and the Caribbean Futsal (CONCACFUTSAL)0 is the governing body of futsal for countries and regions under the Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF).

History

CONCACFUTSAL was founded on October 13, 2000 with professor Lorenzo Garcia of Mexico named its first president. Garcia served until 2006 when his vice president Wildrido Coffi was elected as leader. Coffi was re-elected at the III. Congress of CONCACFUTSAL in October 2011.

Suriname was named host of the 2015 AMF Futsal Men's World Cup qualifying played from October 11–19, 2014. Competing teams included Canada, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Mexico, Saint Martin and the United States. Curaçao won the right to represent the federation in Belarus.[1]

Members

CONCACFUTSAL member associations!Country!Association!CONCACFUTSALaffiliation
ArubaFutsal Aruba2000
BonaireFutsal Bonaire
CanadaCanadian Futsalon Federation2011
ColombiaFederación Colombiana de Fútbol de Salón2000
Costa RicaAsociacion de Futbol Salon Costa Rica2000
CuraçaoCuraçao Futsal Federation2000
El SalvadorSpanish; Castilian: Association Salvadorena de Futsal2013 [2]
MexicoFederación Mexicana de Futsal2000
Puerto RicoFutsal Puerto Rico2006
Sint MaartenSXM Futsal2006
SurinameSurinaamse ZaalVoetBalBond2012 [3]
United StatesAMF USA2018
VenezuelaFederacion Venezolana de Futbol de Salon

CONCACFUTSAL at AMF World Cup

CONCACFUTSAL nations have won the AMF Men's World Cup on four occasions. Before the CONCACFUTSAL formation, Venezuela captured the world title in 1997. Colombia (2000, 2011, 2015) is the current cup holder. Colombia hosted the second edition of the AMF Women's World Cup in 2013, defeating Venezuela in the Final by 3–2.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Draw for the 2015 Futsal World Cup in Belarus. 18 December 2014. Belarusian Futsal Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20141221135406/http://www.futsalbelarus.by/news/jherediovka-ch-mira-v-belarusi.html. 21 December 2014. dead.
  2. Web site: Salvadorian Futsal Association joined officially the CONCACFUTSAL. 28 July 2013. CONCACFUTSAL. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921184429/http://www.concacfutsal.com/Webpage.aspx?pB=152&pW=62&pP=1423&pBlogArticleId=1377. 2013-09-21.
  3. Web site: Surinam Futsal Federation joined the CONCACFUTSAL. 3 August 2012. CONCACFUTSAL.
  4. Web site: Brazil triumphs in the 2017 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup. 26 November 2017. VAVEL.com.