2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

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2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
2012 CONCACAF Futsal championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host country Guatemala
Dates 2–8 July
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up  Guatemala
Third place  Panama
Fourth place  Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 109 (6.81 per match)
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The 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the fifth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the North and Central America and the Caribbean region. It took place in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 2 to 8 July 2012.[1]

The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand.

Qualifying

CFU (Caribbean Football Union) Qualifying Tournament

Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced automatically to the final round of a 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship after the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti and Trinidad & Tobago withdrew from regional qualifying. Cuba was to host a Caribbean qualifying event 17–23 February.[2]

Playoff

Canada and El Salvador competed for the fourth spot in Group A.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canada  7 – 6  El Salvador 1 – 4 6 – 2


28 June 2012
Canada  1 – 4  El Salvador
Elliot Goal 3' Rosales Goal 3', 19', 27', 36'

29 June 2012
El Salvador  2 – 6  Canada
Rosales Goal 32', 40' Chavez Goal 14' (o.g.)
Yaques Goal 14'
Laliberté Goal 22'
Elliot Goal 26'
Rios Goal 40'
Lemos Goal 40'

Championship

The eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four which each played on a single round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to semi-finals. The top four teams from the tournament earned participation at the 2012 Futsal World Cup. The draw was held on 12 April 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Guatemala City.[3] The schedule of matches was released on 23 April 2012.[4]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Guatemala 3 3 0 0 14 6 +8 9
 Panama 3 2 0 1 15 12 +3 6
 United States 3 1 0 2 6 9 -3 3
 Canada 3 0 0 3 10 18 -8 0


2 July 2012
18:00
United States  2 - 5  Panama
Perez Goal 15'
Chiles Goal 27'		 Lasso Goal 6', 14', 15', 39'
Alvarado Goal 40'

[5]

2 July 2012
20:00
Guatemala  7 - 3  Canada

3 July 2012
18:00
Canada  2 - 3  United States
Xavier Goal 7'
Bennett Goal 30'		 Healey Goal 17'
Pérez Goal 30'
Chiles Goal 33'

[6]

3 July 2012
20:00
Guatemala  5 - 2  Panama
Acevedo Goal 1', 29'
De Leon Goal 14', 27'
Estrada Goal 24'		 Bello Goal 31'
Goodridge Goal 32'

[7]

4 July 2012
18:00
Panama  8 - 5  Canada

4 July 2012
20:00
Guatemala  2 - 1  United States
Gonzalez Goal 4'
Aguilar Goal 34'		 Stewart Goal 10'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 13 6 +7 7
 Mexico 3 2 1 0 14 9 +5 7
 Cuba 3 1 0 2 12 7 +5 3
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 0 3 5 22 -17 0


2 July 2012
10:00
Mexico  4 - 4  Costa Rica

2 July 2012
12:00
Saint Kitts and Nevis  0 - 10  Cuba

3 July 2012
10:00
Mexico  5 - 4  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ramirez Vasquez Goal 7'
Cati Goal 17'
Angel Goal 19', 35'
Gonzalez Goal 40'		 Ramirez Vasquez Goal 7' (o.g.)
Lake Goal 9'
Nurse Goal 10'
Somersall Goal 19'

[8]

3 July 2012
12:00
Cuba  1 - 2  Costa Rica
Olivera Goal 35' Paniagua Goal 21'
Brenes Goal 32'

[9]

4 July 2012
10:00
Costa Rica  7 - 1  Saint Kitts and Nevis

4 July 2012
12:00
Cuba  1 - 5  Mexico

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
6 July 2012 – Guatemala City
   Costa Rica  4  
   Panama  1  
 
8 July 2012 – Guatemala City
       Costa Rica  3
     Guatemala  2
Third place
6 July 2012 – Guatemala City 8 July 2012 – Guatemala City
   Guatemala  3    Panama (a.e.t.)  6
   Mexico  0      Mexico  4

Semi-finals

6 July 2012
18:00
Costa Rica  4 - 1  Panama

6 July 2012
20:00
Guatemala  3 - 0  Mexico

Third place play-off

8 July 2012
16:00
Panama  6 - 4
(a.e.t.)		  Mexico

Final

8 July 2012
18:00
Costa Rica  3 - 2  Guatemala

Winner

 2012 CONCACAF Champion 

Costa Rica
Second title

Final standing

Place Team
1  Costa Rica
2  Guatemala
3  Panama
4  Mexico
5  Cuba
6  United States
7  Canada
8  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Team qualified for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship are as follows:

Rank Name Country Goals
1 Miguel Lasso  Panama 6
2 Humberto Armando Escobar  Guatemala 5
3 Miguel Angel Limon  Mexico 4
Eduardo Morales  Cuba
5 Jorge Arias  Costa Rica 3
Jose Rafael Gonzalez  Guatemala
Oscar Hinks  Panama
Aaron Gerardo Jerez  Costa Rica
Yulier Olivera  Cuba
Matthew Rios  Canada

Source:[10]

References

  1. ↑ Guatemala to stage futsal championship
  2. ↑ Withdrawals send St. Kitts to futsal finals
  3. ↑ Guatemala to face US, Panama in futsal
  4. ↑ Mexico-Costa Rica to open futsal finals
  5. ↑ http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Futsal/2012/07/US-Falls-to-Panama-in-Group-A-Opener.aspx
  6. ↑ Futsal Planet
  7. ↑ Futsal Planet
  8. ↑ Futsal Planet
  9. ↑ Futsal Planet
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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