2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

The 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 3rd 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 Heredia, Costa Rica between 23 July–1 August 2004.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2016
Tournament details
Host country Costa Rica
CityHeredia
Dates23 July–1 August 2004
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Cuba
Third place Costa Rica
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored127 (7.94 per match)
Attendance10,882 (680 per match)
Top scorer(s) Jefrid Ruiz (8 goals)
Best player(s) Juan Portal
Best goalkeeper Brett Phillips
Fair play award United States

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Chinese Taipei as the CONCACAF representatives.[2]

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Previous best performances Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU) qualified through North / Central American qualifying play-off
 Mexico Play-off winner 3rd Third place (1996) 0
 United States Play-off winner 3rd Winners (1996) 3
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through North / Central American qualifying play-off
 Costa Rica Hosts 3rd Winners (2000) 2
 Panama Play-off winner 1st 0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying tournament
 Trinidad and Tobago Winners 1st 0
 Guyana Runners-up 1st 0
 Suriname Third place 2nd Group stage (2000) 0
 Cuba Automatic 3rd Runners-up (1996, 2000) 1

Venues

The matches were played at the Palacio de los Deportes in Heredia.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship. 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:

  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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 23 2 +21 9 Knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 12 13 1 6
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 12 16 4 3
4  Suriname 3 0 0 3 10 26 16 0
Source: RSSSF
23 July 2004 Mexico  6–4  Trinidad and Tobago Heredia, Costa Rica
Contreras  12'  24'
Montiel  14'
Olvera  22'
López  29'
Huerta  39'
 6'  40' Balthazar
 16' Small
 21' James
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 100
Referee: Carlos del Cid (GUA)
23 July 2004 Costa Rica  13–1  Suriname Heredia, Costa Rica
Jú. Rodríguez  13'  15'
Montoya  16'  27'  37'
Carvajal  18'
Chávez  19'  38'
Ruiz  22'  24'
Jo. Rodríguez  23'
Barrantes  39'  40'
 33' Feller Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 750
Referee: Terry Mashino (USA)

25 July 2004 Suriname  5–6  Mexico Heredia, Costa Rica
Derby  23'
Brandon  23'
Doesburg  35'
Zebeda  36'
Feller  40'
 1' Contreras
 15' Ramírez
 16' Castañeda
 18' López
 29' Huerta
 35' Montiel
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 700
Referee: Antonio Álvarez (CUB)
25 July 2004 Costa Rica  6–1  Trinidad and Tobago Heredia, Costa Rica
Montoya  3'
Vindas  30'
Chávez  34'
Rodríguez  35'
Ruiz  36'
Arce  38'
 38' Lee Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 700
Referee: Donald Campos (NCA)

27 July 2004 Trinidad and Tobago  7–4  Suriname Heredia, Costa Rica
Balthazar  17'  18'
Olliverra  21'
James  28'
Joseph  30'
Small  36'
Lee  38'
 3'  35'  37' Brandon
 34' Zebeda
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 350
Referee: Roy McArthur (GUY)
27 July 2004 Costa Rica  4–0  Mexico Heredia, Costa Rica
Ruiz  10'
Carvaja  28'
Arce  30'
Barrantes  38'
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 1,980
Referee: Ricardo Díaz (PAN)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cuba 3 2 1 0 13 4 +9 7 Knockout stage
2  United States 3 1 2 0 9 3 +6 5
3  Panama 3 1 1 1 10 7 +3 4
4  Guyana 3 0 0 3 6 24 18 0
Source: RSSSF
24 July 2004 United States  2–2  Panama Heredia, Costa Rica
Howes  26'
Shanker  32'
 20'  32' Rangel Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 103
Referee: Emilio Dongu (MEX)
24 July 2004 Guyana  3–10  Cuba Heredia, Costa Rica
Bentick  10'
Grant  25'
Nassy  40'
 2'  33'  37' Saname
 8'  11' Díaz
 12'  36' Guerra
 13' Morales
 26' Serrano
 38' Chapman
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 103
Referee: Jorge Ruiz (CRC)

26 July 2004 United States  6–0  Guyana Heredia, Costa Rica
Shanker  20'
Dusosky  22'  23'
White  27'  35'
Gustaferro  28' (pen.)
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 45
Referee: Víctor Prendas (CRC)
26 July 2004 Cuba  2–0  Panama Heredia, Costa Rica
Serrano  18'  26' Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 95
Referee: Ernest Richardson (GRN)

28 July 2004 Panama  8–3  Guyana Heredia, Costa Rica
Rangel  5'  33'  35'
Williams  7'
Alvarado  25'
Smith  28'  35'
Murillo  38'
 15' Douglas
 28' Hayde
 37' Waterton
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 53
Referee: Emilio Dongu (MEX)
28 July 2004 Cuba  1–1  United States Heredia, Costa Rica
Morales  7'  30' (pen.) Gustaferro Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 71
Referee: Jorge Ruiz (CRC)

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 July – Heredia
 
 
 Costa Rica0
 
1 August – Heredia
 
 United States4
 
 United States2
 
30 July – Heredia
 
 Cuba0
 
 Cuba5
 
 
 Mexico4
 
Third place
 
 
1 August – Heredia
 
 
 Costa Rica12
 
 
 Mexico5

Semi-finals

30 July 2004 Cuba  5–4  Mexico Heredia, Costa Rica
Morales  2'
Guerra  2'
Díaz  10'  14' (pen.)  39' (pen.)
 3' Huerta
 11' Contreras
 35' Ramírez
 38' Castañeda
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 2,741
Referee: John Konstantinidis (USA)
30 July 2004 Costa Rica  0–4  United States Heredia, Costa Rica
 9' (pen.) Gustaferro
 26'  38' Howes
 40' Shanker
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 2,741
Referee: Vladimir Goitisolo (CUB)

Third place playoff

1 August 2004 Costa Rica  12–5  Mexico Heredia, Costa Rica
Rodríguez  4'  11'  18'
Chávez  12'  13'
Ruiz  19'  24'  34'  35'
Montoya  21'
Vindas  33'  38'
 22' López
 23' Huerta
 27'  31' Olvera
 36' Ramírez
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 175
Referee: Ricardo Díaz (PAN)

Final

1 August 2004 Cuba  0–2  United States Heredia, Costa Rica
 20' Howes
 26' D'Ambra
Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes
Attendance: 175
Referee: Ernest Richardson (GRN)

Winner

 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 

United States
Second title

Final ranking

Teams qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship
RankTeam
 United States
 Cuba
 Costa Rica
4 Mexico
5 Panama
6 Trinidad and Tobago
7 Suriname
8 Guyana

References

  1. "North and Central American Futsal Championship 2004". RSSSF.com. 25 September 2004.
  2. "Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA.com. 5 December 2004.
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