2011 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2011 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)

Tournament details
Host country	Mexico
Dates	1–5 December 2010
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up	El Salvador
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	126 (7.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Frank (Francisco Velasquez) (13 goals)
Best player	Frank (Francisco Velasquez)

The 2011 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

Alternate logo for the tournament

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

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
El Salvador	3	2	1	0	19	14	+5	8
Mexico	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
Canada	3	1	0	2	8	12	-4	3
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	13	17	-4	0

clinched semifinal berth

El Salvador v Canada

1 December 2010
13:30

El Salvador	6 – 3	Canada
Agustin 2' Frank 11', 31', 35' Walter 19', 31'	Report	Johnstone 11', 23', 28'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Joan Llompart

Jamaica v Mexico

1 December 2010
16:00

Jamaica	2 – 3	Mexico
A. Reid 10' Wilson 15'	Report	Rosales 12' Torres 32' Plata 35'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Nelson Bonilla

El Salvador v Jamaica

2 December 2010
13:30

El Salvador	10 – 8	Jamaica
Agustin 1', 19', 34' Hernández 8', 27' Frank 9', 20', 27', 30' Membreño 19'	Report	R. Reid 1', 4', 6', 23', 31', 35' Davis 27' A. Reid 31'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Joan Llompart

Mexico v Canada

2 December 2010
16:00

Mexico	3 – 1	Canada
Barbosa 6' Rosales 22' López 24'	Report	Xavier 21'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Felipe Varejao

Canada v Jamaica

3 December 2010
13:30

Canada	4 – 3	Jamaica
Roy 2' Hughes 13' Dosanjh 14' Xavier 36'	Report	R. Reid 16', 24' Simpson 32'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Nelson Bonilla

Mexico v El Salvador

3 December 2010
16:00

Mexico	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador
Barbosa 12' López 22' Villalobos 29'	Report	Frank 26', 30', 36'
	Penalties
Barbosa	0 – 1	Walter

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Hernan Fernandez

Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	15	8	+7	8
Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	13	7	+6	6
Guatemala	3	1	0	2	11	16	-5	3
Bahamas	3	0	0	3	10	18	-8	0

clinched semifinal berth

Costa Rica v Bahamas

1 December 2010
12:15

Costa Rica	5 – 2	Bahamas
Sánchez 3', 24' Pacheco 3', 23' Leon 12'	Report	St. Fleur 17' Christie 27'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Felipe Varejao

Guatemala v United States

1 December 2010
14:45

Guatemala	2 – 6	United States
Avila 5' Suriano 17'	Report	Futagaki 6' Morales 11' Ibsen 17' Chimienti 19', 22', 29'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Elias Coelho

Costa Rica v Guatemala

2 December 2010
12:15

Costa Rica	5 – 2	Guatemala
Sánchez 17', 25', 27' Leon 18' Chavarría 28'	Report	Garcia 17' Avila 21'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Elias Coelho

United States v Bahamas

2 December 2010
14:45

United States	6 – 3	Bahamas
Chimienti 5', 27' Gil 13', 14' Morales 33' Ibsen 35'	Report	Beneby 13' Hanna 21' Jean 23'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Hernan Fernandez

Bahamas v Guatemala

3 December 2010
12:15

Bahamas	5 – 7	Guatemala
Hepple 1', 6' Jean 8', 27' Beneby 23'	Report	Avila 5', 7', 18' Garcia 16' Sáenz 17' Polanco 24', 32'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Felipe Varejao

United States v Costa Rica

3 December 2010
14:45

United States	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Costa Rica
Gil 11' Futagaki 19' Xexeo 29'	Report	Sánchez 25', 35' Campos 36'
	Penalties
Morales	1 – 0	Chavarría

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Joan Llompart

Knockout stage

Semi-finals			Final


A1	El Salvador	3(2)

B2	Costa Rica	3(1)
			SF1	El Salvador	3

			SF2	Mexico	5
B1	United States	1(0)

A2	Mexico	1(1)

3rd/4th Place match


SF1	Costa Rica	5

SF2	United States	7

Semi-Finals

El Salvador v Costa Rica

4 December 2010
14:45

El Salvador	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Costa Rica
Frank 10' Agustin 12' Hernández 23'	Report	Sánchez 5' Chavarría 6' Adanis 14'
	Penalties
Walter Agustin	2 – 1	Sánchez Chavarría

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Hernan Fernandez

United States v Mexico

4 December 2010
16:00

United States	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Mexico
Gil 6'	Report	Plata 1'
	Penalties
Morales	0 – 1	Torres

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Joan Llompart

Third Place

Costa Rica v United States

5 December 2010
14:45

Costa Rica	5 – 7	United States
Sánchez 1', 5', 34' Calvo 28' Chavarría 31'	Report	Futagaki 13' Albuquerque 15', 32' Morales 20' Ibsen 21' Farberoff 27' Chimienti 33'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Jose Cortez

Final

El Salvador v Mexico

5 December 2010
16:00

El Salvador	3 – 5	Mexico
Ramirez 3', 12' Frank 17'	Report	Barbosa 19', 20', 27', 29' Rosales 34'

Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras
Referee:

Oscar Arosemena

Winners

(2011) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF) Winners:
Mexico Second title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Frank (Francisco Velasquez)
Top Scorer
Frank (Francisco Velasquez)
13 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Miguel Estrada
FIFA Fair Play Award
Canada

Teams Qualifying

	Team
1st Place	Mexico
2nd Place	El Salvador

Top scorers

13 goals

Frank (Francisco Velasquez)

11 goals

Jonathan Sanchez

8 goals

Rohan Reid

6 goals

Anthony Chimienti
Antonio Barbosa

5 goals

Marco Avila
Jose Agustin Ruiz

4 goals

Oscar Gil

3 goals

Marcus Johnstone
Nesley Jean
Tomas Hernandez
Jeffrey Chavarria
Zak Ibsen

3 goals (cont.)

Yuri Morales
Ryan Futagaki
Gustavo Rosales

2 goals

Andre Reid
William Leon
Greivin Pacheco
Bruno Xavier
Walter Torres
Victor Lopez
Cameron Hepple
Daron Beneby
Luis Garcia
Esau Polanco
Morgan Plata
Jevin Albuquerque

1 goal

Franz Torres
Fabian Davis
Claudio Adanis
Gavin Christie

1 goal (cont.)

Ehren Hanna
Jose Membreno
Elias Ramirez
Lesly St. Fleur
Erick Suriano
Kevin Wilson
Tyler Hughes
Gagandeep Dosanjh
Gregory Simpson
Ricardo Villalobos
Angel Saenz
Raphael Xexeo
Francis Farberoff
Jason Campos
Claudio Adanis
Jose Calvo

Own goal

Fabian Davis (for Canada )

Final standings

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

References

International beach soccer

FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide World Cup Mundialito (clubs) Pro Beach Soccer Tour Intercontinental Cup Rankings Asian Beach Games European Games

Asia	AFC – Championship

Africa	CAF – Championship

North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Championship

South America	CONMEBOL – Championship

Oceania	OFC – Championship

Europe	UEFA – FIFA Qualifiers Cup League Winners Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Beach Soccer World Championship	Brazil 1995 Brazil 1996 Brazil 1997 Brazil 1998 Brazil 1999 Brazil 2000 Brazil 2001 Brazil 2002 Brazil 2003 Brazil 2004

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup	Brazil 2005 Brazil 2006 Brazil 2007 France 2008 UAE 2009 Italy 2011 Tahiti 2013 Portugal 2015 Bahamas 2017

Finals	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013

Squads	2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013

List of finals

2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

General information	Squads Goal scorers Discipline

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification

AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹

UEFA	2005¹ 2006³ 2007³ 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015

¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League.