CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. In both 2005 and 2007, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held joint championships.^[1] In 2007, the successful teams of the competition qualified to play in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, whereas the 2005 tournament was unattached from the World Cup. This was not the way teams qualified for the 2005 World Cup.

In 2006, when FIFA introduced the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers, the championship became the way to qualify for the World Cup, so CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held two separate championships. From 2008 onwards, due to the number of teams from each confederation trying to qualify, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL have decided to always have separate championships.

Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The top two teams from the tournament qualify to play in the next FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Joint Championships (with CONMEBOL)

For both tournaments, the top four teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2005	Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazil	5 – 2	Uruguay	United States	4 – 2	Argentina
2007	Acapulco, Mexico	United States	4 – 3	Uruguay	Argentina	6 – 5	Mexico

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
United States	1 (2007)	-	1 (2005)	-
Brazil	1 (2005)	-	-	-
Uruguay	-	2 (2005, 2007)	-	-
Argentina	-	-	1 (2007)	1 (2005)
Mexico	-	-	-	1 (2007)

CONCACAF Championships

For all tournaments, the top two teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2006	Puntarenas, Costa Rica	United States	N/A	Canada	Costa Rica	N/A	Mexico
2008	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Mexico	N/A	El Salvador	United States	N/A	Costa Rica
2009	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	El Salvador	6 – 3	Costa Rica	Mexico	5 – 4	United States
2011	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Mexico	5 – 3	El Salvador	United States	7 – 5	Costa Rica
2013	Nassau, Bahamas	United States	5 – 4 (a.e.t.)	El Salvador	Mexico	8 – 7	Costa Rica
2015	Costa del Sol, El Salvador	Mexico	4 – 0	Costa Rica	El Salvador	5 – 2	United States
2017	Nassau, Bahamas

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth place
Mexico	3 (2008, 2011, 2015)	-	2 (2009, 2013)	1 (2006)
United States	2 (2006, 2013)	-	2 (2008, 2011)	2 (2009, 2015)
El Salvador	1 (2009)	3 (2008, 2011, 2013)	1 (2015)	-
Costa Rica	-	2 (2009, 2015)	1 (2006)	3 (2008, 2011, 2013)
Canada	-	1 (2006)	-	-

Appearances

These are the nations who have qualified to appear in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship since 2005.

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    – Hosts

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Total
Antigua and Barbuda	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	q	2
Argentina	4th	•	3rd	Separate championship						2
Bahamas	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	R1	QF	q	5
Barbados	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	•	1
Belize	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	q	2
Brazil	1st	•	•	Separate championship						1
Canada	R1	2nd	•	•	R1	R1	R1	•	q	6
Costa Rica	•	3rd	R1	4th	2nd	4th	4th	2nd	q	8
Guadeloupe	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	q	2
Guatemala	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	QF	q	4
Guyana	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	1
El Salvador	•	•	R1	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	3rd	q	7
Jamaica	•	5th	•	•	•	R1	R1	QF	q	5
Mexico	R1	4th	4th	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	q	9
Panama	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	q	2
Peru	R1	•	•	Separate championship						1
Puerto Rico	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	R1	•	2
Trinidad and Tobago	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	QF	q	3
Turks and Caicos Islands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	q	2
United States	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	1st	4th	q	9
U.S. Virgin Islands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1	q	2
Uruguay	2nd	•	2nd	Separate championship						2
Venezuela	R1	•	R1	Separate championship						2

World Cup performance

The following is a performance timeline of the CONCACAF teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•    – Hosts

Team	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Total
Bahamas									q	1
Canada		QF								1
Costa Rica					R1			R1		2
El Salvador				R1	R1	4th	QF			4
Mexico			2nd	R1		QF		R1		4
United States	R1	R1	R1				R1			4

References

1. CONCACAF: Historical Stats

External links

• Official CONCACAF Beach Soccer Website