2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

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2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates17–21 June
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador (1st title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
Third placeFile:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Fourth placeFile:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Tournament statistics
Matches played11
Goals scored87 (7.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador José Agustín Ruiz
(8 goals)
2008
2011

The 2009 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, also known as the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONCACAF), was a qualifying tournament held during June 17 – 21, 2009 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico that determined which two participants will represent the CONCACAF region at the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[1] It was originally scheduled to be between April 29 and May 3, 2009, however, Shortly before the tournament started, it was announced that it would be postponed indefinitely due to the growing concerns of the 2009 swine flu pandemic in the country.[2]

Participating teams

North American Zone:

Central American Zone:

Caribbean Zone:

Format

The six nation tournament consisted of two three-team groups. The teams played each other once in their group during the group stage, meaning each team played two games during the group stage. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinals. The semifinal winners qualified for the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and contest the CONCACAF title.[3]

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 2 2 0 0 14 1 +13 6
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 2 1 0 1 9 10 −1 3
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2 0 0 2 6 18 −12 0


Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 2 2 0 0 12 3 +9 6
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 2 1 0 1 4 6 −2 3
File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0


Fifth place

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
A1 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 3
B2 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (a.e.t.) 4
SF1 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 3
SF2 File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 6
B1 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 3
A2 File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 5 3rd/4th-place match
SF1 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 5
SF2 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4

Semi-finals



Third Place


Final

Winners

 2009 Concacaf Beach Soccer winners 
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg
El Salvador
First title

Qualified Teams

Awards

Leading Scorer Best Goalkeeper Most Valuable Player
El Salvador Agustín Ruiz El Salvador José Portillo Costa Rica Richard Sterling

Final standing

Rank Team
1 File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador
2 File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica
3 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
4 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
5 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
6 File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas

External links

References

  1. "Reschedule". Archived from the original on 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  2. "Tournament Postponed". Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  3. "Information and Format about tournament". Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2009-04-17.