2013 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2013 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)

Tournament details
Host country	Bahamas
Dates	8–12 May
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	El Salvador
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	198 (9.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nick Perera (11 goals)
Best player(s)	Agustin Ruiz
Best goalkeeper	Christopher Toth

The 2013 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship took place from 8–12 May 2013, in Nassau, Bahamas,^[1] for the first time. This will also be the first time that the qualifiers have been held in the Caribbean. The two finalists of the championship qualified for the World Cup and represented North America in Tahiti.

All matches took place at the new Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility in Nassau.

Participating teams

The original record total of 11 teams were revealed on April 19, 2013.^[2]

North American Zone:

Central American Zone:

Caribbean Zone:

A team from Guyana was scheduled to participate, but withdrew from the tournament on 7 May 2013 due to administrative reasons.^[3] Guyana was scheduled to compete in Group B. Due to Guyana's withdrawal, the schedule was slightly modified as a result.

Group stage

The draw to determine the groupings was conducted at the Atlantis Paradise Island Hotel in Nassau, the Bahamas, on 23 April 2013 at 1 PM EDT.^[4] The subsequent schedule was released two days later.^[5]

All match times are correct to that of local time in Nassau, being Eastern Daylight Time, (UTC -4).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	19	4	+15	9
Bahamas	3	2	0	1	15	13	+2	6
Guatemala	3	1	0	2	14	11	+3	3
Puerto Rico	3	0	0	3	3	23	–20	0

clinched semifinal berth

8 May 2013

13:15

United States	5 – 2	Guatemala
N. Perera 5', 11', 35' J. Leopoldo 5' B, Taguinod 33'	Report	E. Suriano 2' J. Veliz 14'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

8 May 2013

15:45

Puerto Rico	1 – 9	Bahamas
E. Torres 12'	Report	L. St. Fleur 12', 16', 35' K. Williams 6' N. Jean 19' M. Daniels 22' G. Joseph 27', 34' D. Forbes 28'

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9 May 2013

13:15

United States	5 – 0	Puerto Rico
C. Toth 8' N. Perera 16', 31' K. Nakazawa 32' M, Enfield 34'	Report

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

9 May 2013

15:45

Bahamas	4 – 3	Guatemala
M. Daniels 2' N. Jean 15', 35' E. Hanna 25'	Report	W. Gonzalez 7' E. Samayoa 22' W. Pineda 28'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

10 May 2013

13:15

Guatemala	9 – 2	Puerto Rico
E. Samayoa 1', 28' Valencia 6', 20', 26' E. Suriano 14' W. Pineda 23' M. Perez 29' F. Ramirez 35'	Report	Valencia 20' (o.g.) A. Torres 35'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

10 May 2013

14:30

Bahamas	2 – 9	United States
L. St. Fleur 12' G. Christie 28'	Report	N. Perera 5', 15', 32' L. Valentine 7' B. Taguinod 16', 16' A. Chimienti 22', 36' E. Meister 27'

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	2	2	0	0	19	1	+18	6
Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	11	17	–6	3
Canada	3	1	0	2	8	20	–12	3

clinched semifinal berth

8 May 2013

17:00

Mexico	10 – 0	Canada
M. Plata 3', 19', 26', 26' A. Rodriguez 8', 9', 29' G. Rosales 17' J. Rodriguez 33' R. Villalobos 34'	Report

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

9 May 2013

17:00

Mexico	9 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago
A. Rodriguez 10', 32' R. Villalobos 10', 23' M. Plata 11', 32' G. Rosales 11' J. Rodriguez 17' F. Cati 20'	Report	S. Bobb 14'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

10 May 2013

10:45

Canada	8 – 5	Trinidad and Tobago
Y. Rome-Gosselin 6', 8', 18', 24' J. Lachambre 20' P. Aoun 27' D. Laraabi 31' K. Selaidopoulos 34'	Report	C. Apoo 2', 20' S. Bobb 6', 32' D. McDougall 20'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

10 May 2013

15:45

Canada	0 – 5	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report	C. Apoo 2', 3', 30' J. Bailey 27' S. Bobb 29'

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	2	1	1	0	15	8	+7	5
El Salvador	3	2	0	1	20	18	+2	6
Jamaica	3	0	0	3	9	18	–9	0

clinched semifinal berth	clinched wild card berth

8 May 2013

14:30

El Salvador	7 – 2	Jamaica
W. Torres 4', 33' A. Ruiz 5', 27' F. Velasquez 22', 32' E. Robles 21'	Report	G. Simpson 18' P. Peddie 23'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

9 May 2013

12:00

Costa Rica	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Jamaica
I. Mora 8' O. Brenes 20' J. Mendoza 27'	Report	J. Anderson 13', 24' P. Peddie 21'
Penalties
J. Mendoza G. Pacheco	2 – 1	P. Peddie J. Anderson

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

10 May 2013

12:00

El Salvador	5 – 12	Costa Rica
F. Velásquez 5', 11' W. Torres 13', 23' T. Hernández 19'	Report	J. Mendoza 5', 16', 33' G. Pacheco 13', 19', 30', 36' J. López 17', 18' I. Mora 20' G. Mena 31' D. Johnson 34'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

10 May 2013

17:00

El Salvador	8 – 4	Jamaica
E. Robles 10', 23', 33' J. Batres 15' F. Velásquez 19', 32' W. Torres 27' J. Membreño 33'	Report	P. Peddie 17', 17' G. Simpson 24' G. Neil 27'

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Placement matches

Ninth place match

11 May 2013

13:15

Jamaica	6 – 3	Puerto Rico
D. Planter 3' K. Wilson 5' D. Benjamin 8', 36' C. Vendrell 8' (o.g.) A. Reid 29'	Report	R. Ortiz 3' A. Rivera 25' E. Matos 35'

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Seventh place match

11 May 2013

14:30

Trinidad and Tobago	4 – 3	Canada
M. Hislop 5', 19', 32' C. Apoo 31'	Report	Y. Rome-Gosselin 16' P. Aoun 17' O. Babineau 21'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

Fifth place match

12 May 2013

15:45

Bahamas	6 – 6 (a.e.t.)	Guatemala
N. Jean 1' K. Williams 15', 34' E. Hanna 20', 39' D. Forbes 31'	Report	J. Veliz 2' W. Gonzalez 22', 31', 39' L. Zaldana 27' Valencia 29'
Penalties
N. Jean	0 – 1	E. Samayoa

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

Knockout stage

After the group stage matches were completed, a draw was held after the last match to determine the semifinal matchups involving the group winners and the best second-place team.

	Semifinals					Final

	A1	United States	4

	C1	Costa Rica	3
						SFW1	United States (a.e.t.)	5

						SFW2	El Salvador	4
	B1	Mexico	3 (0)

	W1	El Salvador (a.e.t.)	3 (1)			Third place match


						SFL1	Costa Rica	7

						SFL2	Mexico	8

Semifinals

11 May 2013

15:45

United States	4 – 3	Costa Rica
N. Perera 12' F. Farberhoff 15' L. Valentine 16' A. Chimienti 18'	Report	G. Pacheco 2' J. Lopez 12' J. Mendoza 29'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

11 May 2013

17:00

Mexico	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador
J. Rodríguez 8' A. Rodríguez 34' M. Plata 36'	Report	A. Ruiz 14' W. Torres 27' F. Velásquez 34'
Penalties
R. Villalobos	0 – 1	W. Torres

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

Third place match

12 May 2013

14:30

Costa Rica	7 – 8	Mexico
G. Pacheco 2', 22', 25' I. Mora 18', 25' J. Lopez 19' O. Brenes 30'	Report	M. Plata 3' J. Cervantes 4' A. Rodriguez 7', 13' R. Villalobos 18', 35' J. Rodriguez 28' F. Cati 34'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer and Futsal Facility, Nassau

Final

12 May 2013

17:00

United States	5 – 4 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador
L. Valentine 6' R. Futagaki 8', 15' N. Perera 30', 39'	Report	E. Robles 2' A. Ruiz 12' W. Zabala 18' F. Velásquez 27'

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Winners

(2013) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF) Winners:
United States Second title

Awards

Best Player (MVP)
Agustin Ruiz
Top Scorer
Nick Perera
11 goals
Best Goalkeeper
Chris Toth
FIFA Fair Play Award

Qualifying teams

	Team
1st Place	United States
2nd Place	El Salvador

Top scorers

11 goals

Nick Perera

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	United States
2	El Salvador
3	Mexico
4	Costa Rica
5	Guatemala
6	Bahamas
7	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Canada
9	Jamaica
10	Puerto Rico

References

↑ "Beach Soccer Worldwide Overview 2013". BSWW. 6 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
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↑ "U.S. wins Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF.com. May 12, 2013.

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