2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Mexico
Dates 17 June – 21 June
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  El Salvador (1st title)
Runners-up  Costa Rica
Third place  Mexico
Fourth place  United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played 11
Goals scored 87 (7.91 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jose Agustin Ruiz
(8 goals)
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The 2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, also known as the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONCACAF), was a qualifying tournament held during June 17 – 21, 2009 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico that determined which two participants will represent the CONCACAF region at the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] It was originally scheduled to be between April 29 and May 3, 2009, however, Shortly before the tournament started, it was announced that it would be postponed indefinitely due to the growing concerns of the 2009 swine flu outbreak in the country.[2]

Contents

Participating teams

North American Zone:

Central American Zone:

Caribbean Zone:

Format

The six nation tournament consisted of two three-team groups. The teams played each other once in their group during the group stage, meaning each team played two games during the group stage. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. The semifinal winners qualified for the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and contest the CONCACAF title.[3]

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 2 2 0 0 14 1 +13 6
 El Salvador 2 1 0 1 9 10 −1 3
 Canada 2 0 0 2 6 18 −12 0
17 June 2009
18:15
  Mexico 10 – 0  Canada Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Villabobos  1',  27'
Rosales  8',  13',  20'
Flores  9',  17',  27',  36',
Rodriguez  24'		 Report
18 June 2009
18:15
  El Salvador 8 – 6  Canada Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Ruiz  3',  4',  17'
Zavalava  9',  28'
Lobos  13'
Hernandez  18'
Velasquez  26'		 Report Yamada  14',  14',  24',  26',
Lemire  17',
Dhaliwal  18'
19 June 2009
18:15
  Mexico 4 – 1  El Salvador Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Rosales  1',  7'
Rodriguez  14'
Navarette  26'		 Report Ruiz  31'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 2 2 0 0 12 3 +9 6
 Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 4 6 −2 3
 Bahamas 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0
17 June 2009
17:00
  United States 6 – 2  Bahamas Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Chimienti  2',  13',  34'
Taguinod  11'
Morales  15',  22'		 Report St.Fleur  1',  21'
18 June 2009
17:00
  Costa Rica 3 – 0  Bahamas Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Angulo  15'
Jimenez  22'
Mora  32'		 Report
19 June 2009
17:00
  United States 6 – 1  Costa Rica Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Morales  5',  8',  16'
Farberoff  10'
Xexeo  28',  35'		 Report Sterling  2'

Fifth Place

20 June 2009
15:45
  Canada 4 – 3  Bahamas Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Yamada  9',  13',  17'
Miniaci  34'		 Report St.Fleur  10'
Hanna  21'
Christie  22'

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals Final
                 
A1   Mexico 3  
B2   Costa Rica (a.e.t.) 4  
    SF1   Costa Rica 3
  SF2   El Salvador 6
B1   United States 3
A2   El Salvador 5  
  3rd/4th Place match
SF1   Mexico 5
SF2   United States 4

Semi-Finals

20 June 2009
  United States 3 – 5  El Salvador Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Xexeo  6',  33'
Morales  23'		 Report Ruiz  3',  4',  34'
Velasquez  9',  32'
20 June 2009
  Mexico 3 – 4 (a.e.t.)  Costa Rica Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Rodriguez  12'
Flores  22'		 Report Sterling  9',  31'
  Penalties  
Villalobos
Rosales		 1 – 2 Chavarria
Mora

Third Place

21 June 2009
17:00
  Mexico 5 − 4  United States Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Futagaki  17'
Taguinod  25'
Farberoff  28'
Morales  29'		 Report Lopez  14'
Rosales  17',  18'
Villalobos  18'

Final

21 June 2009
17:00
  Costa Rica 3 − 6  El Salvador Unidad Deportivo Municipal Agustin Flores, Puerto Vallarta
Pacheco  11' ,  15',  25' Report Garay  10'
Hernandez  16',  16'
Ruiz 20'
Torres  21'
Velasquez  32'

Winners

 2009 Concacaf Beach Soccer Winners 

El Salvador
First title

Qualified Teams

Awards

Leading Scorer Best Goalkeeper Most Valuable Player
Agustin Ruiz Jose Portillo Richard Sterling

Final standing

Rank Team
1  El Salvador
2  Costa Rica
3  Mexico
4  United States
5  Canada
6  Bahamas

External links

References

  1. ^ "Reschedule". Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4751. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
  2. ^ Tournament Postponed
  3. ^ Information and Format about tournament
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1Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League. 2CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship. 3No qualifiers took place as the Solomon Islands were automatically selected.