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Confederation of North, Central American and the Caribbean Futsal

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CONCACFUTSAL
Formation2000; 24 years ago (2000)
HeadquartersCuraçao
President
Wilfrido Coffi
Vice president
Carlos Briceño
Vice President
Manuel Enrique Sanchez
Secretary
Arthur Tjin-Kon-Fat

The Confederation of North, Central American and the Caribbean Futsal (CONCACFUTSAL)0 is the governing body of futsal for countries and regions under the Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF).

History

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CONCACFUTSAL was founded on October 13, 2000 with professor Lorenzo Garcia of Mexico named its first president. Garcia served until 2006 when his vice president Wildrido Coffi was elected as leader. Coffi was re-elected at the III. Congress of CONCACFUTSAL in October 2011.

Suriname was named host of the 2015 AMF Futsal Men's World Cup qualifying played from October 11–19, 2014. Competing teams included Canada, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Mexico, Saint Martin and the United States. Curaçao won the right to represent the federation in Belarus.[1]

Members

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CONCACFUTSAL member associations
Country Association CONCACFUTSAL

affiliation

Aruba Aruba Futsal Aruba 2000
Bonaire Bonaire Futsal Bonaire
Canada Canada Canadian Futsalon Federation 2011
Colombia Colombia Federación Colombiana de Fútbol de Salón 2000
Costa Rica Costa Rica Asociacion de Futbol Salon Costa Rica 2000
Curaçao Curaçao Curaçao Futsal Federation 2000
El Salvador El Salvador Association Salvadorena de Futsal 2013 [2]
Mexico Mexico Federación Mexicana de Futsal 2000
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Futsal Puerto Rico 2006
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten SXM Futsal 2006
Suriname Suriname Surinaamse ZaalVoetBalBond 2012 [3]
United States United States AMF USA 2018
Venezuela Venezuela Federacion Venezolana de Futbol de Salon

CONCACFUTSAL at AMF World Cup

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CONCACFUTSAL nations have won the AMF Men's World Cup on four occasions. Before the CONCACFUTSAL formation, Venezuela captured the world title in 1997. Colombia (2000, 2011, 2015) is the current cup holder. Colombia hosted the second edition of the AMF Women's World Cup in 2013, defeating Venezuela in the Final by 3–2.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Draw for the 2015 Futsal World Cup in Belarus". Belarusian Futsal Federation. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Salvadorian Futsal Association joined officially the CONCACFUTSAL". CONCACFUTSAL. 28 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21.
  3. ^ "Surinam Futsal Federation joined the CONCACFUTSAL". CONCACFUTSAL. 3 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Brazil triumphs in the 2017 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup". VAVEL.com. 26 November 2017.
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