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The 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the men's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was held in San José, Costa Rica between 8–14 May 2016.[2] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the CONCACAF representatives.[3]

Champions Costa Rica, runners-up Panama, third-placed Guatemala and fourth-placed Cuba qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONCACAF representatives.[4]

Qualification

The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[2]

Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams joining Mexico and hosts Costa Rica at the final tournament, including two play-offs which were played on 4 and 5 May in Costa Rica prior to the final tournament.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

The matches were played at the BN Arena of Ciudad Deportiva de Hatillo in San José.[7]

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 16 March 2016 at 12:30 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Barceló San José Palacio in San José.[8][9]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host and defending CONCACAF Futsal Championship champion Costa Rica were seeded in Group B, while 2012 runner-up Guatemala were seeded in Group A.[10]

The draw took place before the final two qualifiers from play-offs (Honduras and Canada) had been confirmed.

Squads

Each team could register a maximum of 14 players (two of whom must be goalkeepers).[11]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals and qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[11]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
  6. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A

Source: CONCACAF
Referee: Victor Prendas (Costa Rica)
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)
Referee: Shane Butler (United States)
Referee: Roberto Sánchez (Cuba)
Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador)
Referee: Lance Vahanitsma (United States)

Group B

Source: CONCACAF(H) Hosts
Referee: Carlos González (Guatemala)
Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)
Referee: Leroy Brown (Guatemala)
Referee: Luis Aguilar (Panama)
Referee: Shane Butler (United States)
Referee: Carlos de la Cruz (Guatemala)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[11]

Bracket

Semi-finals

Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Third place playoff

Referee: Einer Arce (Costa Rica)

Final

Referee: Francisco Rivera (Mexico)

Winners

Final ranking

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup

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

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[12]

References

  1. ↑"CONCACAF Futsal Championship – Stats". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. 12"Costa Rica Named Host for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship". CONCACAF.com. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. ↑"La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
  4. ↑"Colombia field set as trio book tickets". FIFA.com. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016.
  5. ↑"Se realizó el sorteo de la eliminatoria de Futsal de UNCAF". UNCAF. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  6. ↑"Volume 3,Issue 9, Caribbean Football Union Newsletter"(PDF). CFU. December 2015. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  7. ↑"Premundial de Futsal se realizara en Costa Rica en mayo proximo". UNCAF. 7 January 2016. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  8. ↑"Official Draw Confirmed for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONACACAF.com. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  9. ↑"Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONCACAF.com. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  10. ↑"Official Draw: CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONCACAF.com. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  11. 123"CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016 Regulations"(PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  12. ↑"CFC awards presented after Costa Rica lifts trophy". CONCACAF.com. 15 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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