Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games qualification (CONCACAF)

The CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2019 World Beach Games, known officially as the 2019 World Beach Games – Qualifier El Salvador, was a beach soccer tournament contested by North American national teams who are members of CONCACAF that took place to determine the nations from North, Central America and the Caribbean that qualified to the beach soccer competition at the inaugural edition of the ANOC World Beach Games.[1]

Beach soccer at the 2019 World Beach Games qualification (CONCACAF)
2019 World Beach Games Qualifier – El Salvador
Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates3–5 August
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
№ of events2 (1 men's; 1 women's)
Teams12 (from 8 countries)
Men's event
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Mexico
Runners-up  El Salvador
Third place  United States
Matches played12
Goals scored126 (10.5 per match)
Women's event
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Mexico
Runners-up  United States
Third place  El Salvador
Matches played6
Goals scored52 (8.67 per match)
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The tournament consisted of two events: the men's qualifiers and the women's qualifiers, the former a knockout competition from which the top two teams qualified, and the latter a round robin contest from which the top two teams also qualified.[1][2]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), National Sports Institute of El Salvador (INDES) and Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT), the competition took place in San Salvador, El Salvador from 3–5 August 2019.[1]

Mexico claimed the crown in both the men's and women's events.[3]

Venues

For both the men's and women's tournaments, a beach soccer pitch installed at the International Centre of Fairs and Conventions (CIFCO) in the city of San Salvador, El Salvador was used to host all matches, with a capacity of 5,000.[4]

Men's tournament

Teams

The men's event was an eight-team tournament. The entrants are listed below,[5] ordered by their world ranking (June 2019) in parentheses:[6]

  1.  Mexico (14)
  2.  United States (17)
  3.  El Salvador (26) (hosts)
  4.  Panama (28)
  5.  Bahamas (38)
  6.  Trinidad and Tobago (50)
  7.  Guatemala (68)
  8.  U.S. Virgin Islands (76)

Draw

The draw took place internally with most details undisclosed. Teams were organised based on their position in the world ranking in a similar vein to that of the European qualifiers[1] (the hosts were drawn against the team ranked eighth, the best ranked team against the team ranked seventh, second against sixth and fourth against fifth.)

Results

The competition was played as a straight knockout tournament, starting with the quarter-finals and ending with the final with the winner crowned champions of the event.[1] Meanwhile, the losing nations of each round receded to play in a series of consolation matches in order to determine all final placements.

The two teams that reached the final qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games.[1]

Matches are listed as local time in San Salvador, (UTC–6).

  5th place match 5th – 8th place play-offs Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                               
      El Salvador   10   
      U.S. Virgin Islands   1   
    U.S. Virgin Islands   1     3 August; 18:00; Report     El Salvador   4   
    Bahamas   8        Panama   2   
   4 August; 11:30; Report    Panama (p)   7 (3)   4 August; 18:00; Report 
      Bahamas   7 (2)   
    Bahamas   8     3 August; 11:30; Report    El Salvador   4 
    Trinidad and Tobago   7          Mexico   5 
 5 August; 12:45; Report      United States   9     5 August; 18:00; Report 
      Trinidad and Tobago   3   
  Trinidad and Tobago   6     3 August; 12:45; Report      United States   2 (4) 
  7th place match       Guatemala   4        Mexico (p)   2 (5)      3rd place match
    U.S. Virgin Islands   3   4 August; 12:45; Report    Guatemala   3   4 August; 15:30; Report    Panama   6 
    Guatemala (a.e.t.)   6        Mexico   10        United States   8 
 5 August; 11:30; Report   3 August; 15:30; Report   5 August; 15:30; Report 

Winners trophy
 2019 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier
Champions 

Mexico
First title

Individual awards
Top scorer
Alfonso Maquensi
7 goals
Best player
Exon Perdomo
Best goalkeeper
Diego Villaseñor
Source: BSWW

Final standings
Rank Team Qualification
 Mexico2019 World Beach Games
 El Salvador
 United States
4  Panama
5  Bahamas
6  Trinidad and Tobago
7  Guatemala
8  U.S. Virgin Islands

Source: El Grafico

Women's tournament

Teams

Four teams entered the women's event which are as follows:[5]

  1.  Bahamas
  2.  El Salvador (hosts)
  3.  Mexico
  4.  United States

Results

The competition was played as a single round robin tournament;[1] the teams competed to earn points for the overall standings table – the two that accumulated the most points after all the matches were completed qualified for the 2019 World Beach Games.[2]

Matches are listed as local time in San Salvador, (UTC–6).

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Mexico (C) 3 3 0 0 0 15 5 +10 9 2019 World Beach Games
 United States[lower-alpha 1] 3 2 0 0 1 17 9 +8 6
 El Salvador (H) 3 1 0 0 2 14 18 −4 3
4  Bahamas 3 0 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0
Source: BSWW
(C) Champion; (H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Originally, CONCACAF were allocated only one berth at the Games;[7] at the time this event occurred, only the winners Mexico qualified.[3] However, the allocation of berths was later redistributed with CONCACAF now receiving two berths. This meant, as the team finishing second in the event, the United States were awarded with qualification to the Games post factum.
3 August 2019 Mexico  2–1  United States
14:00 Report
3 August 2019 Bahamas  3–6  El Salvador
16:45 Report
4 August 2019 Mexico  7–2  Bahamas
14:00 Report
4 August 2019 El Salvador  6–9  United States
16:45 Report
5 August 2019 United States  7–1  Bahamas
14:00 Report
5 August 2019 El Salvador  2–6  Mexico
16:45 Report

Winners trophy
2019 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier
Champions

Mexico
First title

Individual awards
Top scorer(s)
Samantha Witteman
Carolina Pérez
5 goals
Best player
Fatima Leyva
Best goalkeeper
Daniela Paulin
Source: BSWW

See also

References
  1. "El Salvador to host ANOC World Beach Games qualifier". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. "List of the participants at World Beach Games, confirmed". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. "México derrota a El Salvador y se corona campeón de torneo de fútbol playa" (in Spanish). Latinx Today. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  4. "Estos serán los incentivos y premios a las Selectas Playeras si clasifican a Juegos Mundiales" (in Spanish). ElSalvador.com. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. "Así disputará la Selecta Playera masculina y femenina su clasificatoria a los Juegos Mundiales" (in Spanish). ElSalvador.com. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. "World Ranking June 2019" (in Russian). Beach Soccer Russia. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  7. "San Diego 2019 AWBG Technical Handbook for the NOCs" (PDF). San Diego 2019 AWBG. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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