2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship qualification

The 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship qualification was a men's futsal competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:^[1]

Two teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), including Mexico who qualified automatically
Three teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF), including Costa Rica who qualified automatically as hosts
Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)
The final berth was allocated to the play-off winner between a team from the Central American Zone and a team from the Caribbean Zone

The top four teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia.^[2]

Teams

A total of 18 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, two teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 16 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.

Zone	Teams entering	No. of teams
North American Zone (NAFU)	Mexico (qualified automatically for final tournament) Canada United States	3
Central American Zone (UNCAF)	Costa Rica (qualified automatically for final tournament) Belize El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panama	7
Caribbean Zone (CFU)	Antigua and Barbuda Cuba Curaçao Guadeloupe¹ Guyana Jamaica Sint Maarten¹ Trinidad and Tobago	8

Did not enter
North American Zone (NAFU)	None
Central American Zone (UNCAF)	None
Caribbean Zone (CFU)	Anguilla Aruba Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bonaire¹ British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Dominican Republic French Guiana¹ Grenada Haiti Martinique¹ Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin¹ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands

Notes: ¹ Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

North American Zone

In the North American Zone, Mexico qualified automatically as the highest-placed North American team from the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship. The remaining two teams from NAFU, Canada and the United States, played in a two-match aggregate-goals play-off in Costa Rica on 4 and 5 May 2016, with the winner qualifying for the final tournament.^[1]^[3]

Times UTC−6.

Canada v United States

4 May 2016
20:00

Canada	4–4	United States
Ian Bennett 30' Matias Dimarco 36' Nazim Belguendouz 37' Jacob Orellana 38'	Report	Franck Tayou 20' Patrick Healy 28' Nelson Santana 29' Daniel Mattos 40'

BN Arena, San José

United States v Canada

5 May 2016
20:00

United States	3–5	Canada
Adriano Dos Santos 15' Tony Donatelli 38' Daniel Mattos 39'	Report	Robert Renaud 14', 17', 29' Brian Harris 22' (o.g.) Ian Bennett 25'

BN Arena, San José

Canada won 9–7 on aggregate and qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

Central American Zone

2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)
Torneo Eliminatorio de Futsal de UNCAF 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
City	Guatemala City
Dates	27–31 January 2016
Teams	6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Guatemala
Runners-up	Panama
Third place	Honduras
Fourth place	El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	97 (9.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jonatan Arevalo (7 goals)^[4]

In the Central American Zone, Costa Rica qualified automatically as hosts. The remaining six teams from UNCAF entered the qualifying competition, played in Guatemala between 27–31 January 2016.^[5]

The draw for the qualifying tournament was held on 12 January 2016 in Guatemala City. Guatemala and Panama, which qualified for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup, were seeded into Groups A and B respectively. The other four teams were placed in two pots, with El Salvador and Honduras in Pot 1, and Belize and Nicaragua in Pot 2.^[6]

The six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals, with the semi-final winners playing in the final and the losers playing in the third-place play-off. The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives besides hosts Costa Rica, while the third-placed team advanced to the play-off against the third-placed team from the Caribbean Zone.

Times UTC−6.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala (H)	2	2	0	19	4	+15	6	Semi-finals
2	Honduras	2	1	1	8	8	0	3	Semi-finals
3	Nicaragua	2	0	2	4	19	−15	0

Source: UNCAF
(H) Host.

Guatemala v Nicaragua

27 January 2016
20:00

Guatemala	13–2	Nicaragua
Edgar Santizo 1:40, 20:18 Miguel Santizo 8:46 Wanderley Ruiz 11:41 Alan Aguilar 18:26, 31:55, 36:53, 37:42 Patrick Ruiz 25:05, 33:08 Marvin Sandoval 27:18 Roberto Alvarado 38:36 Jose Mansilla 38:50	Report	Israel Escoto 28:22 Hasley Morales 36:48

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Nicaragua v Honduras

28 January 2016
20:00

Nicaragua	2–6	Honduras
Eduar Palma 19:58 Israel Escoto 33:46	Report	Antonio Moncada 3:28 Edwin Raudales 8:27, 29:34 Juan Hernandez 27:47 Carlos Alvarado 33:14 Marco Triminio 38:02

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Honduras v Guatemala

29 January 2016
20:00

Honduras	2–6	Guatemala
Marco Triminio 7:45 Luis Rivera 9:16	Report	Jonatan Arevalo 5:29, 9:56, 28:07 Jose Mansilla 14:44, 21:58 Miguel Santizo 15:19

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	2	2	0	18	0	+18	6	Semi-finals
2	El Salvador	2	1	1	9	5	+4	3	Semi-finals
3	Belize	2	0	2	2	24	−22	0

Source: UNCAF

Panama v Belize

27 January 2016
17:30

Panama	15–0	Belize
Angel Sanchez 5:57, 29:46 Edgar Rivas 6:40, 33:12 Jorge Perez 8:08, 27:31 Claudio Goodridge 8:28, 16:39 Abdiel Castellon 11:56, 23:50, 33:51 Daniel Atencio 18:50 Oscar Hinks 22:25, 36:39 Michael De Leon 25:38	Report

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Belize v El Salvador

28 January 2016
17:30

Belize	2–9	El Salvador
Ethnie Figueroa 16:40 Louis Valdez 23:10	Report	Rodrigo Contreras 8:24, 14:18, 35:49 Guillermo Galicia 13:18, 18:06, 18:17 Boris Corea 13:46 Alan Solis 23:34 Nelson Erazo 28:25

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

El Salvador v Panama

29 January 2016
17:30

El Salvador	0–3	Panama
	Report	Claudio Goodridge 8:15 Michael De Leon 11:58 Jorge Perez 29:43

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

Panama v Honduras

30 January 2016
16:00

Panama	6–4	Honduras
Norman Vega 22:09 (o.g.) Angel Sanchez 28:47, 37:32 Carlos Perez 30:33 Michael De Leon 31:07 Jorge Perez 33:03	Report	Carlos Alvarado 6:30 Marco Triminio 13:26 Juan Hernandez 32:44 Carlos Montes 39:56

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Guatemala v El Salvador

30 January 2016
18:30

Guatemala	7–1	El Salvador
Ervin Coronado 13:22, 23:54 Alan Aguilar 24:21 Wanderley Ruiz 30:23 Jonatan Arevalo 31:12 Roberto Alvarado 38:02 Marvin Sandoval 39:22	Report	Rodrigo Contreras 22:34

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Third place play-off

Winner advanced to Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off.

Honduras v El Salvador

31 January 2016
16:00

Honduras	5–2	El Salvador
Marco Triminio 8:19 Antonio Moncada 18:34 Boris Corea 23:31 (o.g.) Carlos Montes 29:34 Oscar Valeriano 32:53	Report	Alan Solis 0:59 David Sandoval 16:26

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Final

Panama v Guatemala

31 January 2016
18:30

Panama	4–8	Guatemala
Claudio Goodridge 19:04 Carlos Perez 33:01 Abdiel Castellon 34:13, 35:02	Report	Jonatan Arevalo 5:12, 23:08, 39:54 Wanderley Ruiz 11:08 Miguel Santizo 25:29 Edgar Santizo 27:20 Marvin Sandoval 33:39 Roberto Alvarado 37:49

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Caribbean Zone

2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)
2016 CFU Futsal Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Cuba
City	Havana
Dates	22–26 January 2016
Teams	8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cuba
Runners-up	Curaçao
Third place	Trinidad and Tobago
Fourth place	Guadeloupe
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	92 (6.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jerwyn Balthazar (8 goals)^[7]

In the Caribbean Zone, eight teams from CFU entered the qualifying competition, played in Cuba between 22–26 January 2016.^[8]

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams. The group winners played in the final and the runners-up played in the third-place play-off. The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives, while the third-placed team advanced to the play-off against the third-placed team from the Central American Zone.

Times UTC−5.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Curaçao	3	3	0	13	4	+9	9	Final and 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	13	7	+6	6	Third place play-off
3	Guyana	3	1	2	8	11	−3	3
4	Antigua and Barbuda	3	0	3	3	15	−12	0

Source: CFU

22 January 2016
16:30

Trinidad and Tobago	7–1	Antigua and Barbuda
Kerry Joseph 1:46 Jerwyn Balthazar 10:28, 31:46, 39:34 Jameel Neptune 13:46 Colin Joseph 15:15, 33:12	Report	Shavorn Philip 37:57

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Curaçao v Guyana

22 January 2016
18:30

Curaçao	5–2	Guyana
Everon Espacia 17:22, 24:06 Ashar Bernardus 18:32 Rudrick Pop 36:02 Shurwendel Roosje 37:55	Report	Konata Mannings 21:34 Eusi Phillips 22:19

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Guyana v Trinidad and Tobago

23 January 2016
15:00

Guyana	3–4	Trinidad and Tobago
Konata Mannings 32:33 Eusi Phillips 32:45, 36:08	Report	Kerry Joseph 4:39 Jerwyn Balthazar 6:19 Ishmael Daniel 19:44 Jameel Neptune 31:07

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Antigua and Barbuda v Curaçao

23 January 2016
18:30

Antigua and Barbuda	0–5	Curaçao
	Report	Everon Espacia 26:46, 37:14 Ashar Bernardus 27:34, 27:52 Shurwendel Roosje 38:49

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Guyana v Antigua and Barbuda

24 January 2016
15:00

Guyana	3–2	Antigua and Barbuda
Konata Mannings 4:01 Travis Grant 17:58 Jermine Jeffrey 32:42	Report	Eugine Kirwan 03:46 Novelle Francis Jr. 15:07

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Curaçao v Trinidad and Tobago

24 January 2016
18:30

Curaçao	3–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Jean Pauletta 23:03, 30:12 Ashar Bernardus 39:13	Report	Ishmael Daniel 14:13 Jerwyn Balthazar 39:39

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba (H)	3	3	0	14	1	+13	9	Final and 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
2	Guadeloupe	3	2	1	15	10	+5	6	Third place play-off
3	Sint Maarten	3	1	2	6	13	−7	3
4	Jamaica	3	0	3	6	17	−11	0

Source: CFU
(H) Host.

Jamaica v Guadeloupe

22 January 2016
15:00

Jamaica	3–9	Guadeloupe
Michily Waul 9:05, 25:04 Anthony Marks 9:55	Report	Mickael Burlet 2:59, 12:32 Rohann Rambojan 3:17 Samuel Lantidor 3:55, 7:53, 21:19 Manuel Chaffort ? Ludovic Malacquis ? Loic Labuthie ?

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Cuba v Sint Maarten

22 January 2016
20:00

Cuba	5–0	Sint Maarten
Ricardo Castillo 12:00 Jhonnet Martinez 19:07, 34:30, 35:40 Sandy Dominguez 19:41	Report

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Sint Maarten v Jamaica

23 January 2016
16:30

Sint Maarten	3–2	Jamaica
Raymond Wolff 0:34, 39:49 Rick De Punder 11:02	Report	Marvin Morgan 19:09, 37:07

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Cuba v Guadeloupe

23 January 2016
20:00

Cuba	4–0	Guadeloupe
Sandy Dominguez 8:57 Karen Mariño 24:00 Brenieht Suarez 37:38 Ricardo Castillo 38:53	Report

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Guadeloupe v Sint Maarten

24 January 2016
16:30

Guadeloupe	6–3	Sint Maarten
Samuel Lantidor 0:14 Mickael Burlet 4:02, 38:09 Manuel Chaffort 11:38 Yvan Chicate 15:29 Ludovic Malacquis 19:41	Report	Raymond Wolff 4:29 Julius Richardson 9:28 Benoite Lacazette 12:30 (o.g.)

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Cuba v Jamaica

24 January 2016
20:00

Cuba	5–1	Jamaica
Karen Mariño 1:01 Ricardo Castillo 7:14, 10:45, 17:14 Jhonnet Martinez 18:26	Report	Kemeel Wolfe 39:00

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Third place play-off

Winner advanced to Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off.

Trinidad and Tobago v Guadeloupe

26 January 2016
17:30

Trinidad and Tobago	5–4	Guadeloupe
Jerwyn Balthazar 5:17, 32:58, 37:21 Kerry Joseph 13:13 Jameel Neptune 38:05	Report	Benoite Lacazette 4:24 Mickael Burlet 23:47, 36:46, 39:51

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Final

Curaçao v Cuba

26 January 2016
19:30

Curaçao	0–5	Cuba
	Report	Fernando Chapman 5:06, 28:17 Jhonnet Martinez 19:02 Karen Mariño 33:09, 34:28

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off

Honduras (Central American Zone third place) and Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean Zone third place) played in a two-match aggregate-goals play-off in Costa Rica on 4 and 5 May 2016, with the winner qualifying for the final tournament.^[1]^[3]

Times UTC−6.

Trinidad and Tobago v Honduras

4 May 2016
17:30

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Honduras
Kerry Joseph 24'	Report	Oscar Lopez 6'

BN Arena, San José

Honduras v Trinidad and Tobago

5 May 2016
17:30

Honduras	5–3	Trinidad and Tobago
Juan Hernandez 3' Luis Rivera 16' Hasser Ortiz 16' Carlos Montes 40' Antonio Moncada 40'	Report	Kerry Joseph 3' Ishmael Daniel 10' Jameel Neptune 17'

BN Arena, San José

Honduras won 6–4 on aggregate and qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Mexico	Automatic !Automatic qualifier	00 !N/A	05 !5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Canada	Play-off 2 !North American Zone play-off winner	08 !5 May 2016	01 !1 (2012)
Costa Rica	* !Hosts	06 !2 February 2016^[1]	05 !5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Guatemala	Central America 1 !Central American Zone 1st place	05 !30 January 2016	03 !3 (1996, 2008, 2012)
Panama	Central America 2 !Central American Zone 2nd place	04 !30 January 2016	03 !3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
Cuba	Caribbean 1 !Caribbean Zone 1st place	03 !24 January 2016	05 !5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Curaçao	Caribbean 2 !Caribbean Zone 2nd place	02 !24 January 2016	01 !1 (2000)
Honduras	Play-off 1 !Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off winner	07 !5 May 2016	00 !0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

1 2 3 4 "Costa Rica Named Host for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship". CONCACAF.com. 2 February 2016.
↑ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
1 2 "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONCACAF.com. 16 March 2016.
↑ "Guatemala wins UNCAF futsal qualifying crown". CONCACAF.com. 1 February 2016.
↑ "Se realizó el sorteo de la eliminatoria de Futsal de UNCAF". UNCAF. 12 January 2016.
↑ "Sorteo del Torneo Eliminatorio de Futsal de UNCAF 2016 se realizara el martes 12 de enero". UNCAF. 6 January 2016.
↑ "Cuba tops Curacao for CFU futsal crown". CONCACAF.com. 28 January 2016.
↑ "Volume 3,Issue 9, Caribbean Football Union Newsletter" (PDF). CFU. December 2015.

External links

Futsal, CONCACAF.com
Fútbol Masculino Futsal, UNCAFut.com (Spanish)

CONCACAF Futsal Championship

Tournaments	Guatemala 1996 Costa Rica 2000 Costa Rica 2004 Guatemala 2008 Guatemala 2012 Costa Rica 2016

Qualification	1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Squads	1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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