2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

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2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship
2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONCACAF and CONMEBOL)
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates9–12 August
Teams7 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions 
2008 (CONMEBOL)
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The 2007

the Americas, held in August 2007, in Acapulco, Mexico
, to determine the best countries' national teams in the region and hence which nations would progress to the World Cup later that year.

The

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2 November - 11 November.[1]

The two groups were originally staged as two separate championships for each of the confederations; the winners of those groups were deemed to of won their respective confederation titles. Concluding the event were a set of friendly matches between the respective winners, runners-up etc. of each championship, to unofficially rank the teams collectively from 1st through 6th place.

However, since 2010, CONCACAF who organised the event has retrospectively amended history to now refer to the event as one single joint championship between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF nations. Following the group stage, the concluding friendly matches are now deemed to have been the final stage of the tournament, officially determining final placements and podium finishes of the combined nations of both confederations in one set of final standings.

Participating nations

North, Central American and Caribbean zone:

South American zone:

Note: Brazil did not play in the championship as they qualified to the 2007 World Cup as hosts.

Group stage

CONCACAF and CONMEBOL were split up into two separate groups, before playing each other in the play off stage.

CONCACAF Group (North, Central American and Caribbean zone)

Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Notes
 
United States
 3 3 0 19 12 +7 9 Qualified to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
 Mexico 3 2 1 13 10 +3 6
 Costa Rica 3 1 2 8 11 -3 3
 El Salvador 3 0 3 12 19 -7 0
United States 
9–5 El Salvador
Acapulco


Mexico 3–1 Costa Rica
Acapulco


United States 
5–3 Costa Rica
Acapulco


Mexico 6–4 El Salvador
Acapulco


Costa Rica 4–3 El Salvador
Acapulco


United States 
5–4 Mexico
Acapulco

CONMEBOL Group (South America)

Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Notes
 Uruguay 2 2 0 8 3 +5 6 Qualified to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
 Argentina 2 1 1 7 5 +2 3
 Venezuela 2 0 2 1 8 -7 0
Argentina 4–1 Venezuela
Acapulco


Uruguay 4–0 Venezuela
Acapulco


Uruguay 4–3 Argentina
Acapulco

Play off stage

Fifth place play off

Venezuela 7–5 (a.e.t.) Costa Rica
Acapulco

Third place play off

Argentina 6–5 Mexico
Acapulco

Final

United States 
4–3 Uruguay
Acapulco

Winners

 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification
Winners: 

United States

Second title

Final standings

Rank Team
1  
United States
2  Uruguay
3  Argentina
4  Mexico
5  Venezuela
6  Costa Rica
7  El Salvador

References

  1. ^ "2007 CONCACAF/CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Tournament". Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
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