2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Tournament details | |
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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) |
The 2012
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.
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Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Canada | 7–6 | El Salvador | 1–4 | 6–2 |
Canada | 1–4 | El Salvador |
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Elliot 3' | Rosales 3', 19', 27', 36' |
El Salvador | 2–6 | Canada |
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Rosales 32', 40' | Lemos 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 |
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Guatemala | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 |
Panama | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 6 |
United States
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 3 |
Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -8 | 0 |
Guatemala | 5–2 | Panama |
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Acevedo 1', 29' De Leon 14', 27' Estrada 24' |
Bello 31' Goodridge 32' |
United States | ||
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Gonzalez 4' Aguilar 34' |
Stewart 10' |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Mexico | 5–4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Gonzalez 40' |
Ramirez Vasquez 7' (o.g.) Lake 9' Nurse 10' Somersall 19' |
Cuba | 1–2 | Costa Rica |
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Olivera 35' | Paniagua 21' Brenes 32' |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
6 July 2012 – Guatemala City | ||||||
Costa Rica | 4 | |||||
8 July 2012 – Guatemala City | ||||||
Panama | 1 | |||||
Costa Rica | 3 | |||||
6 July 2012 – Guatemala City | ||||||
Guatemala | 2 | |||||
Guatemala | 3 | |||||
Mexico | 0 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
8 July 2012 – Guatemala City | ||||||
Panama (a.e.t.) | 6 | |||||
Mexico | 4 |
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winner
2012 CONCACAF champion |
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Costa Rica Second title |
Final standing
Place | Team |
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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 |
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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
- ^ "Guatemala to stage futsal championship". Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ Withdrawals send St. Kitts to futsal finals Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Guatemala to face US, Panama in futsal Archived 16 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mexico-Costa Rica to open futsal finals". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "U.S. Futsal National Team Falls 5-2 to Panama in Group A Opener – U.S. Soccer". Archived from the original on 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Futsal Planet". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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- ^ "Futsal Planet". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Futsal Planet". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "2012 CONCACAF FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP – GOALSCORERS/GOLEADORES" (PDF). CONCACAF. [permanent dead link]