2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship qualification

The 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship qualification was a men's futsal competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, where the berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:[1]

* Two teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), including Mexico who qualified automatically
* Three teams from the Central American Zone (UNCAF), including Costa Rica who qualified automatically as hosts
* Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU)
* The final berth was allocated to the play-off winner between a team from the Central American Zone and a team from the Caribbean Zone

The top four teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia.[2]

## Teams

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A total of 18 CONCACAF member national teams entered the tournament. Among them, two teams qualified automatically for the final tournament, and 16 teams entered the regional qualifying competitions.

Zone  | Teams entering  | No. of teams

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North American Zone
(NAFU) |

*  Mexico (qualified automatically for final tournament)

*  Canada
*  United States

| 3
Central American Zone
(UNCAF) |

*  Costa Rica (qualified automatically for final tournament)

*  Belize
*  El Salvador
*  Guatemala
*  Honduras
*  Nicaragua
*  Panama

| 7
Caribbean Zone
(CFU) |

*  Antigua and Barbuda
*  Cuba
*  Curaçao
*  Guadeloupe1
*  Guyana
*  Jamaica
*  Sint Maarten1
*  Trinidad and Tobago

| 8
Did not enter

North American Zone
(NAFU) |

None

Central American Zone
(UNCAF) |

None

Caribbean Zone
(CFU) |

*  Anguilla
*  Aruba
*  Bahamas
*  Barbados
*  Bermuda
*  Bonaire1
*  British Virgin Islands
*  Cayman Islands
*  Dominica
*  Dominican Republic
*  French Guiana1
*  Grenada
*  Haiti
*  Martinique1
*  Montserrat
*  Puerto Rico
*  Saint Kitts and Nevis
*  Saint Lucia
*  Saint Martin1
*  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
*  Suriname
*  Turks and Caicos Islands
*  U.S. Virgin Islands

Notes

1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

## North American Zone

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In the North American Zone, Mexico qualified automatically as the highest-placed North American team from the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship. The remaining two teams from NAFU, Canada and the United States, played in a two-match aggregate-goals play-off in Costa Rica on 4 and 5 May 2016, with the winner qualifying for the final tournament.[1][3]

Times UTC−6.

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)

20:00

Canada | 4–4|  United States

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Bennett 30'
DiMarco 36'
Belguendouz 37'
Orellana 38' | Report | Tayou 20'
Healy 28'
Santana  29'
Mattos 40'

BN Arena, San José

* * *

5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)

20:00

United States | 3–5|  Canada

|
|

Dos Santos 15'
Donatelli 38'
Mattos 39' | Report | Renaud 14', 17', 29'
Harris 22' (o.g.)
Bennett 25'

BN Arena, San José

Canada won 9–7 on aggregate and qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

## Central American Zone

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2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship qualification
(Central American Zone)Torneo Eliminatorio de Futsal de UNCAF 2016

Tournament details
Host country|  Guatemala
City| Guatemala City
Dates| 27–31 January 2016
Teams| 6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Guatemala
Runners-up|  Panama
Third place|  Honduras
Fourth place|  El Salvador
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 10
Goals scored| 97 (9.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Jonatan Arevalo (7 goals)[4]

← 2012

2020 →

International football competition

In the Central American Zone, Costa Rica qualified automatically as hosts. The remaining six teams from UNCAF entered the qualifying competition, played in Guatemala between 27 and 31 January 2016.[5]

The draw for the qualifying tournament was held on 12 January 2016 in Guatemala City. Guatemala and Panama, which qualified for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup, were seeded into Groups A and B respectively. The other four teams were placed in two pots, with El Salvador and Honduras in Pot 1, and Belize and Nicaragua in Pot 2.[6]

The six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals, with the semi-final winners playing in the final and the losers playing in the third-place play-off. The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the UNCAF representatives besides hosts Costa Rica, while the third-placed team advanced to the play-off against the third-placed team from the Caribbean Zone.

Times UTC−6.

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Guatemala (H) | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 19  | 4  | +15  | 6  | Semi-finals
2  |  Honduras | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 8  | 8  | 0  | 3
3  |  Nicaragua | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 19  | −15  | 0  |

Source: UNCAF
(H) Hosts

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

20:00

Guatemala | 13–2|  Nicaragua

|
|

E. Santizo 2', 21'
Santizo 9'
W. Ruiz 12'
Aguilar 19', 32', 37', 38'
P. Ruiz 26', 34'
Sandoval 28'
Alvarado 39'
Mansilla 39' | Report | Escoto 29'
Morales 37'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

* * *

28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)

20:00

Nicaragua | 2–6|  Honduras

|
|

Palma 20'
Escoto 34' | Report | Moncada 4'
Raudales 9', 30'
Hernandez 28'
Alvarado 34'
Triminio 39'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

* * *

29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)

20:00

Honduras | 2–6|  Guatemala

|
|

Triminio 8'
Rivera 10' | Report | Arevalo 6', 10', 29'
Mansilla 15', 22'
Santizo 16'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

|
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1  |  Panama | 2  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 18  | 0  | +18  | 6  | Semi-finals
2  |  El Salvador | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 5  | +4  | 3
3  |  Belize | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 24  | −22  | 0  |

Source: UNCAF

27 January 2016 (2016-01-27)

17:30

Panama | 15–0|  Belize

|
|

Sánchez 6', 30'
Rivas 7', 34'
J. Pérez 9', 28'
Goodridge 9', 17'
Castellon 12', 24', 34'
Atencio 19'
Hinks 23', 37'
de Leon 26' | Report |

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

* * *

28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)

17:30

Belize | 2–9|  El Salvador

|
|

Figueroa 17'
Valdez 24' | Report | Contreras 9', 15', 36'
Galicia 14', 18', 18'
Corea 14'
Solis 24'
Erazo 29'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

* * *

29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)

17:30

El Salvador | 0–3|  Panama

|
|

| Report | Goodridge 9'
de Leon 12'
J. Pérez 30'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

### Semi-finals

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Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)

16:00

Panama | 6–4|  Honduras

|
|

Vega 23' (o.g.)
Sánchez 29', 38'
C. Pérez 31'
de Leon 32'
J. Pérez 34' | Report | Alvarado 7'
Triminio 14'
Hernandez 33'
Montes 40'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

* * *

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)

18:30

Guatemala | 7–1|  El Salvador

|
|

Coronado 14', 24'
Aguilar 25'
W. Ruiz 31'
Arevalo 32'
Alvarado 39'
Sandoval 40' | Report | Contreras 23'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

### Third place play-off

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Winner advanced to Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off.

31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)

16:00

Honduras | 5–2|  El Salvador

|
|

Triminio 9'
Moncada 19'
Corea 24' (o.g.)
Montes 30'
Valeriano 33' | Report | Solis 1'
Sandoval 17'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

### Final

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31 January 2016 (2016-01-31)

18:30

Panama | 4–8|  Guatemala

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|

Goodridge 20'
C. Pérez 34'
Castellon 35', 36' | Report | Arevalo 6', 24', 40'
Ruiz 12'
M. Santizo 26'
E. Santizo 28'
Sandoval 34'
Alvarado 38'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

## Caribbean Zone

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2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship qualification
(Caribbean Zone)2016 CFU Futsal Tournament

Tournament details
Host country|  Cuba
City| Havana
Dates| 22–26 January 2016
Teams| 8 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  Cuba
Runners-up|  Curaçao
Third place|  Trinidad and Tobago
Fourth place|  Guadeloupe
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 14
Goals scored| 92 (6.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Jerwyn Balthazar (8 goals)[7]

← 2012

2020 →

International football competition

In the Caribbean Zone, eight teams from CFU entered the qualifying competition, played in Cuba between 22 and 26 January 2016.[8]

The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams. The group winners played in the final and the runners-up played in the third-place play-off. The top two teams qualified for the final tournament as the CFU representatives, while the third-placed team advanced to the play-off against the third-placed team from the Central American Zone.

Times UTC−5.

### Group 1

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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|
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1  |  Curaçao | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 13  | 4  | +9  | 9  | Final and 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
2  |  Trinidad and Tobago | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 13  | 7  | +6  | 6  | Third place play-off
3  |  Guyana | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 8  | 11  | −3  | 3  |
4  |  Antigua and Barbuda | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 15  | −12  | 0

Source: CFU

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

16:30

Trinidad and Tobago | 7–1|  Antigua and Barbuda

|
|

K. Joseph 2'
Balthazar 11', 32', 40'
Neptune 14'
C. Joseph 16', 33' | Report | Philip 38'

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

18:30

Curaçao | 5–2|  Guyana

|
|

Espacia 18', 25'
Bernardus 19'
Pop 37'
Roosje 38' | Report | Mannings 22'
Phillips 23'

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

* * *

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

15:00

Guyana | 3–4|  Trinidad and Tobago

|
|

Mannings 33'
Phillips 33', 37' | Report | Joseph 5'
Balthazar 7'
Daniel 20'
Neptune 32'

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

18:30

Antigua and Barbuda | 0–5|  Curaçao

|
|

| Report | Everon Espacia 26:46, 37:14
Ashar Bernardus 27:34, 27:52
Shurwendel Roosje 38:49

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

* * *

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

15:00

Guyana | 3–2|  Antigua and Barbuda

|
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Konata Mannings 4:01
Travis Grant 17:58
Jermine Jeffrey 32:42 | Report | Eugine Kirwan 03:46
Novelle Francis Jr. 15:07

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

18:30

Curaçao | 3–2|  Trinidad and Tobago

|
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Jean Pauletta 23:03, 30:12
Ashar Bernardus 39:13 | Report | Ishmael Daniel 14:13
Jerwyn Balthazar 39:39

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

### Group 2

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Cuba (H) | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 14  | 1  | +13  | 9  | Final and 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
2  |  Guadeloupe | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 15  | 10  | +5  | 6  | Third place play-off
3  |  Sint Maarten | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 6  | 13  | −7  | 3  |
4  |  Jamaica | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 6  | 17  | −11  | 0

Source: CFU
(H) Hosts

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

15:00

Jamaica | 3–9|  Guadeloupe

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|

Michily Waul 9:05, 25:04
Anthony Marks 9:55 | Report | Mickael Burlet 2:59, 12:32
Rohann Rambojan 3:17
Samuel Lantidor 3:55, 7:53, 21:19
Manuel Chaffort ?
Ludovic Malacquis ?
Loic Labuthie ?

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)

20:00

Cuba | 5–0|  Sint Maarten

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Ricardo Castillo 12:00
Jhonnet Martinez 19:07, 34:30, 35:40
Sandy Dominguez 19:41 | Report |

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

* * *

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

16:30

Sint Maarten | 3–2|  Jamaica

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Raymond Wolff 0:34, 39:49
Rick De Punder 11:02 | Report | Marvin Morgan 19:09, 37:07

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)

20:00

Cuba | 4–0|  Guadeloupe

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Sandy Dominguez 8:57
Karen Mariño 24:00
Brenieht Suarez 37:38
Ricardo Castillo 38:53 | Report |

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

* * *

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

16:30

Guadeloupe | 6–3|  Sint Maarten

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Samuel Lantidor 0:14
Mickael Burlet 4:02, 38:09
Manuel Chaffort 11:38
Yvan Chicate 15:29
Ludovic Malacquis 19:41 | Report | Raymond Wolff 4:29
Julius Richardson 9:28
Benoite Lacazette 12:30 (o.g.)

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)

20:00

Cuba | 5–1|  Jamaica

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Karen Mariño 1:01
Ricardo Castillo 7:14, 10:45, 17:14
Jhonnet Martinez 18:26 | Report | Kemeel Wolfe 39:00

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

### Third place play-off

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Winner advanced to Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off.

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)

17:30

Trinidad and Tobago | 5–4|  Guadeloupe

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Jerwyn Balthazar 5:17, 32:58, 37:21
Kerry Joseph 13:13
Jameel Neptune 38:05 | Report | Benoite Lacazette 4:24
Mickael Burlet 23:47, 36:46, 39:51

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

### Final

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26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)

19:30

Curaçao | 0–5|  Cuba

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| Report | Fernando Chapman 5:06, 28:17
Jhonnet Martinez 19:02
Karen Mariño 33:09, 34:28

Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate, Havana

## Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off

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Honduras (Central American Zone third place) and Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean Zone third place) played in a two-match aggregate-goals play-off in Costa Rica on 4 and 5 May 2016, with the winner qualifying for the final tournament.[1][3]

Times UTC−6.

4 May 2016 (2016-05-04)

17:30

Trinidad and Tobago | 1–1|  Honduras

|
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Kerry Joseph  24' | Report | Oscar Lopez  6'

BN Arena, San José

* * *

5 May 2016 (2016-05-05)

17:30

Honduras | 5–3|  Trinidad and Tobago

|
|

Juan Hernandez  3'
Luis Rivera  16'
Hasser Ortiz  16'
Carlos Montes  40'
Antonio Moncada  40' | Report | Kerry Joseph  3'
Ishmael Daniel  10'
Jameel Neptune  17'

BN Arena, San José

Honduras won 6–4 on aggregate and qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

## Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team  | Qualified as  | Qualified on  | Previous appearances in tournament1

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Mexico | Automatic qualifier | N/A | 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Canada | North American Zone play-off winner | 5 May 2016 | 1 (2012)
Costa Rica | Hosts | 2 February 2016[1] | 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Guatemala | Central American Zone 1st place | 30 January 2016 | 3 (1996, 2008, 2012)
Panama | Central American Zone 2nd place | 30 January 2016 | 3 (2004, 2008, 2012)
Cuba | Caribbean Zone 1st place | 24 January 2016 | 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
Curaçao | Caribbean Zone 2nd place | 24 January 2016 | 1 (2000)
Honduras | Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off winner | 5 May 2016 | 0 (debut)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Costa Rica Named Host for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship". CONCACAF.com. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
2. ^ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
3. ^ a b "Draw Determines Groups and Schedule for the CONCACAF Futsal Championship Costa Rica 2016". CONCACAF.com. 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
4. ^ "Guatemala wins UNCAF futsal qualifying crown". CONCACAF.com. 1 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 February 2016.
5. ^ "Se realizó el sorteo de la eliminatoria de Futsal de UNCAF". UNCAF. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
6. ^ "Sorteo del Torneo Eliminatorio de Futsal de UNCAF 2016 se realizara el martes 12 de enero". UNCAF. 6 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
7. ^ "Cuba tops Curacao for CFU futsal crown". CONCACAF.com. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
8. ^ "Volume 3,Issue 9, Caribbean Football Union Newsletter" (PDF). CFU. December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2016-01-22.

## External links

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