CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. In both 2005 and 2007, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held joint championships.^[1] In 2007, the successful teams of the competition qualified to play in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, whereas the 2005 tournament was unattached from the World Cup. This was not the way teams qualified for the 2005 World Cup.

In 2006, when FIFA introduced the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, the championship became the way to qualify for the World Cup, so CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held two separate championships. From 2008 onwards, due to the number of teams from each confederation trying to qualify, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL have decided to always have separate championships.

El Salvador is the only country to participate in a FIFA World Cup four consecutive times. It also ranks first in CONCACAF Beach Soocer and ranks 5th in BSWW / FIFA making El Salvador one of CONCACAF's most successful Nations in Beach Soccer.

Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The top two teams from the tournament qualify to play in the next FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Joint Championships (with CONMEBOL)

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2005	Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	5 – 2	Uruguay	United States	4 – 2	Argentina
2007	Acapulco, Mexico	United States	4 – 3	Uruguay	Argentina	6 – 5	Mexico

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
United States	1 (2007)	-	1 (2005)	-
Brazil	1 (2005)	-	-	-
Uruguay	-	2 (2005, 2007)	-	-
Argentina	-	-	1 (2007)	1 (2005)
Mexico	-	-	-	1 (2007)

CONCACAF Championships

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2006	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	United States	N/A	Canada	Costa Rica	N/A	Mexico
2008	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Mexico	N/A	El Salvador	United States	N/A	Costa Rica
2009	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	El Salvador	6 – 3	Costa Rica	Mexico	5 – 4	United States
2011	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Mexico	5 – 3	El Salvador	United States	7 – 5	Costa Rica
2013	Nassau, Bahamas	United States	5 – 4 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador	Mexico	8 – 7	Costa Rica
2015	Costa del Sol, El Salvador	Mexico	4 – 0	Costa Rica	El Salvador	5 – 2	United States

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
Mexico	3 (2008, 2011, 2015)	-	2 (2009, 2013)	1 (2006)
United States	2 (2006, 2013)	-	2 (2008, 2011)	2 (2009, 2015)
El Salvador	1 (2009)	3 (2008, 2011, 2013)	1 (2015)	-
Costa Rica	-	2 (2009, 2015)	1 (2006)	3 (2008, 2011, 2013)
Canada	-	1 (2006)	-	-

Nations who have qualified for the World Cup

These are the nations who have qualified to appear in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup since 2005, to represent North America.

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    – Hosts

Team	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	Total
Canada		QF							1
Costa Rica					R1			q	2
El Salvador				R1	R1	4th	QF		4
Mexico			2nd	R1		QF		q	4
United States	R1	R1	R1				R1		4

References

External links

• Official CONCACAF Beach Soccer Website

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