The 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the fifth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the North and Central America and the Caribbean region. It took place in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 2 to 8 July 2012.

The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand.

Qualifying

CFU (Caribbean Football Union) qualifying tournament

Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced automatically to the final round of a 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship after the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti and Trinidad & Tobago withdrew from regional qualifying. Cuba was to host a Caribbean qualifying event 17–23 February.

Playoff

Canada and El Salvador competed for the fourth spot in Group A.

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Canada7–6El Salvador1–46–2
Canada1–4El Salvador
Elliot 3'Rosales 3', 19', 27', 36'
El Salvador2–6Canada
Rosales 32', 40'Chavez 14' (o.g.) Yaques 14' Laliberté 22' Elliot 26' Rios 40' Lemos 40'

Championship

The eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four which each played on a single round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to semi-finals. The top four teams from the tournament earned participation at the 2012 Futsal World Cup. The draw was held on 12 April 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Guatemala City. The schedule of matches was released on 23 April 2012.

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Guatemala3300146+89
Panama32011512+36
United States310269-33
Canada30031018-80
United States2–5Panama
Perez 15' Chiles 27'Lasso 6', 14', 15', 39' Alvarado 40'
Guatemala7–3Canada
Canada2–3United States
Xavier 7' Bennett 30'Healey 17' Pérez 30' Chiles 33'
Guatemala5–2Panama
Acevedo 1', 29' De Leon 14', 27' Estrada 24'Bello 31' Goodridge 32'
Panama8–5Canada
Guatemala2–1United States
Gonzalez 4' Aguilar 34'Stewart 10'

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Costa Rica3210136+77
Mexico3210149+57
Cuba3102127+53
Saint Kitts and Nevis3003522-170
Mexico4–4Costa Rica
Saint Kitts and Nevis0–10Cuba
Mexico5–4Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ramirez Vasquez 7' Cati 17' Angel 19', 35' Gonzalez 40'Ramirez Vasquez 7' (o.g.) Lake 9' Nurse 10' Somersall 19'
Cuba1–2Costa Rica
Olivera 35'Paniagua 21' Brenes 32'
Costa Rica7–1Saint Kitts and Nevis
Cuba1–5Mexico

Knockout stage

Semi-finalsFinal
6 July 2012 – Guatemala City
Costa Rica4
8 July 2012 – Guatemala City
Panama1
Costa Rica3
6 July 2012 – Guatemala City
Guatemala2
Guatemala3
Mexico0
Third place
8 July 2012 – Guatemala City
Panama (a.e.t.)6
Mexico4

Semi-finals

Costa Rica4–1Panama
Guatemala3–0Mexico

Third place play-off

Panama6–4 (a.e.t.)Mexico

Final

Costa Rica3–2Guatemala

Winner

2012 CONCACAF champion
Costa Rica Second title

Final standing

PlaceTeam
1Costa Rica
2Guatemala
3Panama
4Mexico
5Cuba
6United States
7Canada
8Saint Kitts and Nevis
Team qualified for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship are as follows:

RankNameCountryGoals
1Miguel LassoPanama6
2Humberto Armando EscobarGuatemala5
3Miguel Angel LimonMexico4
Eduardo MoralesCuba
5Jorge AriasCosta Rica3
Jose Rafael GonzalezGuatemala
Oscar HinksPanama
Aaron Gerardo JerezCosta Rica
Yulier OliveraCuba
Matthew RiosCanada

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