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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
1 Champions  Mexico
2 Runners-up  El Salvador
3 Third place  United States
Matches played12
Goals scored126 (10.5 per match)
Women's event
Teams4
Final positions
1 Champions  Mexico
2 Runners-up  United States
3 Third place  El Salvador
Matches played6
Goals scored52 (8.67 per match)
Previous / Next edition
2023

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]

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

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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

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Teams

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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

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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

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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).

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
3 August; 18:00; Report
 El Salvador10
4 August; 11:30; Report U.S. Virgin Islands14 August; 18:00; Report
 U.S. Virgin Islands1 El Salvador4
 Bahamas83 August; 11:30; Report Panama2
 Panama (p)7 (3)
5 August; 12:45; Report Bahamas7 (2)5 August; 18:00; Report
 Bahamas8 El Salvador4
 Trinidad and Tobago73 August; 12:45; Report Mexico5
 United States9
4 August; 12:45; Report Trinidad and Tobago34 August; 15:30; Report
Seventh place Trinidad and Tobago6 United States2 (4)Third place
5 August; 11:30; Report Guatemala43 August; 15:30; Report Mexico (p)2 (5)5 August; 15:30; Report
 U.S. Virgin Islands3 Guatemala3 Panama6
 Guatemala (a.e.t.)6 Mexico10 United States8

Awards

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Winners trophy

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 2019 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier
champions 

Mexico
First title

Individual awards

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Top scorer
Panama Alfonso Maquensi
7 goals
Best player
El Salvador Exon Perdomo
Best goalkeeper
Mexico Diego Villaseñor
Source: BSWW

Final standings

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Rank Team Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico 2019 World Beach Games
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  El Salvador
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States
4  Panama
5  Bahamas
6  Trinidad and Tobago
7  Guatemala
8  U.S. Virgin Islands

Source: El Grafico

Women's tournament

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Teams

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

Results

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico (C) 3 3 0 0 0 15 5 +10 9 2019 World Beach Games
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States[a] 3 2 0 0 1 17 9 +8 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

Awards

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Winners trophy

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2019 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier
Champions
Mexico
Mexico
First title

Individual awards

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Top scorer(s)
United States Samantha Witteman
El Salvador Carolina Pérez
5 goals
Best player
Mexico Fatima Leyva
Best goalkeeper
Mexico Daniela Paulin
Source: BSWW

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "El Salvador to host ANOC World Beach Games qualifier". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b "List of the participants at World Beach Games, confirmed". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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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