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  Guadeloupe^1  Guyana  Jamaica  Sint Maarten^1  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  Bonaire^1  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Dominica  Dominican Republic  French Guiana^1  Grenada  Haiti  Martinique^1  Montserrat  Puerto Rico  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Martin^1  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.

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)

20:00

Canada	4–4	United States
Bennett  30' DiMarco  36' Belguendouz  37' Orellana  38'	Report	Tayou  20' Healy  28' Santana  29' Mattos  40'

BN Arena, San José

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5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)

20:00

United States	3–5	Canada
Dos Santos  15' Donatelli  38' Mattos  39'	Report	Renaud  14', 17', 29' Harris  22' (o.g.) 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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala (H)	2	2	0	0	19	4	+15	6	Semi-finals
2	Honduras	2	1	0	1	8	8	0	3
3	Nicaragua	2	0	0	2	4	19	−15	0

Source: UNCAF
(H) Host.

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

20:00

Guatemala	13–2	Nicaragua
E. Santizo  2', 21' Santizo  9' W. Ruiz  12' Aguilar  19', 32', 37', 38' P. Ruiz  26', 34' Sandoval  28' Alvarado  39' Mansilla  39'	Report	Escoto  29' Morales  37'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

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28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)

20:00

Nicaragua	2–6	Honduras
Palma  20' Escoto  34'	Report	Moncada  4' Raudales  9', 30' Hernandez  28' Alvarado  34' Triminio  39'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

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29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)

20:00

Honduras	2–6	Guatemala
Triminio  8' Rivera  10'	Report	Arevalo  6', 10', 29' Mansilla  15', 22' Santizo  16'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Group B

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

Source: UNCAF

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

17:30

Panama	15–0	Belize
Sánchez  6', 30' Rivas  7', 34' J. Pérez  9', 28' Goodridge  9', 17' Castellon  12', 24', 34' Atencio  19' Hinks  23', 37' de Leon  26'	Report

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

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28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)

17:30

Belize	2–9	El Salvador
Figueroa  17' Valdez  24'	Report	Contreras  9', 15', 36' Galicia  14', 18', 18' Corea  14' Solis  24' Erazo  29'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

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29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)

17:30

El Salvador	0–3	Panama
	Report	Goodridge  9' de Leon  12' J. Pérez  30'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)

16:00

Panama	6–4	Honduras
Vega  23' (o.g.) Sánchez  29', 38' C. Pérez  31' de Leon  32' J. Pérez  34'	Report	Alvarado  7' Triminio  14' Hernandez  33' Montes  40'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

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30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)

18:30

Guatemala	7–1	El Salvador
Coronado  14', 24' Aguilar  25' W. Ruiz  31' Arevalo  32' Alvarado  39' Sandoval  40'	Report	Contreras  23'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Third place play-off

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

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)

16:00

Honduras	5–2	El Salvador
Triminio  9' Moncada  19' Corea  24' (o.g.) Montes  30' Valeriano  33'	Report	Solis  1' Sandoval  17'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Final

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)

18:30

Panama	4–8	Guatemala
Goodridge  20' C. Pérez  34' Castellon  35', 36'	Report	Arevalo  6', 24', 40' Ruiz  12' M. Santizo  26' E. Santizo  28' Sandoval  34' Alvarado  38'

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

Source: CFU

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

16:30

Trinidad and Tobago	7–1	Antigua and Barbuda
K. Joseph  2' Balthazar  11', 32', 40' Neptune  14' C. Joseph  16', 33'	Report	Philip  38'

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

18:30

Curaçao	5–2	Guyana
Espacia  18', 25' Bernardus  19' Pop  37' Roosje  38'	Report	Mannings  22' Phillips  23'

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

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23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

15:00

Guyana	3–4	Trinidad and Tobago
Mannings  33' Phillips  33', 37'	Report	Joseph  5' Balthazar  7' Daniel  20' Neptune  32'

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

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

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24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

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

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

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

Source: CFU
(H) Host.

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

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

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

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

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23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

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

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

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

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24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

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

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

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.

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)

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

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)

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.

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)

17:30

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

BN Arena, San José

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5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)

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 tournament^1
Mexico	Automatic qualifier	N/A	5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Canada	North American Zone play-off winner	5 May 2016	1 (2012)
Costa Rica	Hosts	2 February 2016[1]	5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Guatemala	Central American Zone 1st place	30 January 2016	3 (1996, 2008, 2012)
Panama	Central American Zone 2nd place	30 January 2016	3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
Cuba	Caribbean Zone 1st place	24 January 2016	5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Curaçao	Caribbean Zone 2nd place	24 January 2016	1 (2000)
Honduras	Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off winner	5 May 2016	0 (debut)

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

References

1. "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.
2. "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
3. "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.
4. "Guatemala wins UNCAF futsal qualifying crown". CONCACAF.com. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 February 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 2016-01-22.
6. "Sorteo del Torneo Eliminatorio de Futsal de UNCAF 2016 se realizara el martes 12 de enero". UNCAF. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
7. "Cuba tops Curacao for CFU futsal crown". CONCACAF.com. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
8. "Volume 3,Issue 9, Caribbean Football Union Newsletter" (PDF). CFU. December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-01-22.

External links

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