2000 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2000
Tournament details
Host country Costa Rica
City San José
Dates 20–29 July
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue Gimnasio Nacional Eddy Cortés
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (1st title)Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 119 (7.44 per match)
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The 2000 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship , the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the men's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean regions. The tournament was held in San José , Costa Rica between 20 and 29 July 2000.
As with the previous edition, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup . The top two teams of the tournament, Costa Rica and Cuba , qualified for the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Guatemala as the CONCACAF representatives.
Teams CONCACAF announced that 8 teams will play in the tournament.
Team Appearance Previous best performance Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances Costa Rica (hosts)2nd Group Stage (1996) 1992 Cuba 2nd Second place (1996) 1996 Mexico 2nd Third place (1996) United States (title holders )2nd Champions (1996 ) 1989, 1992, 1996 Puerto Rico 1st Netherlands Antilles 1st Suriname 1st Nicaragua 1st
Bold indicates champions. Italic indicates host.
Group stage The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Costa Rica (H)3 3 0 0 19 6 +13 9 Semi-finals 2 Cuba 3 2 0 1 24 10 +14 6 3 Suriname 3 1 0 2 18 22 −4 3 4 Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 7 30 −23 0
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 United States 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Semi-finals 2 Mexico 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6 3 Netherlands Antilles 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3 4 Puerto Rico 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Mexico 4–1 Netherlands Antilles
United States 5–0 Puerto Rico
Netherlands Antilles 0–7 United States
Puerto Rico 0–4 Netherlands Antilles
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket Semi-finals Final 5 September United States 2 7 September Cuba 4 Cuba 0 5 September Costa Rica 2 Costa Rica 3 Mexico 2 Third place match 7 September United States 5 Mexico 1
Semi-finals Winners qualify for 2000 FIFA Futsal World Cup .
Third place match Final Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Cup on 27 July 2000.
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