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:

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.

Teams

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
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

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.

Times UTC−6.

Canada	4–4	United States
Bennett 30' DiMarco 36' Belguendouz 37' Orellana 38'		Tayou 20' Healy 28' Santana 29' Mattos 40'

United States	3–5	Canada
Dos Santos 15' Donatelli 38' Mattos 39'		Renaud 14', 17', 29' Harris 22' (o.g.) Bennett 25'

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

Central American Zone

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.

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.

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala (H)	2	2	0	19	4	+15	6	Semi-finals
2	Honduras	2	1	1	8	8	0	3
3	Nicaragua	2	0	2	4	19	−15	0

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'		Escoto 29' Morales 37'

Nicaragua	2–6	Honduras
Palma 20' Escoto 34'		Moncada 4' Raudales 9', 30' Hernandez 28' Alvarado 34' Triminio 39'

Honduras	2–6	Guatemala
Triminio 8' Rivera 10'		Arevalo 6', 10', 29' Mansilla 15', 22' Santizo 16'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	2	2	0	18	0	+18	6	Semi-finals
2	El Salvador	2	1	1	9	5	+4	3
3	Belize	2	0	2	2	24	−22	0

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'

Belize	2–9	El Salvador
Figueroa 17' Valdez 24'		Contreras 9', 15', 36' Galicia 14', 18', 18' Corea 14' Solis 24' Erazo 29'

El Salvador	0–3	Panama
		Goodridge 9' de Leon 12' J. Pérez 30'

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

Panama	6–4	Honduras
Vega 23' (o.g.) Sánchez 29', 38' C. Pérez 31' de Leon 32' J. Pérez 34'		Alvarado 7' Triminio 14' Hernandez 33' Montes 40'

Guatemala	7–1	El Salvador
Coronado 14', 24' Aguilar 25' W. Ruiz 31' Arevalo 32' Alvarado 39' Sandoval 40'		Contreras 23'

Third place play-off

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

Honduras	5–2	El Salvador
Triminio 9' Moncada 19' Corea 24' (o.g.) Montes 30' Valeriano 33'		Solis 1' Sandoval 17'

Final

Panama	4–8	Guatemala
Goodridge 20' C. Pérez 34' Castellon 35', 36'		Arevalo 6', 24', 40' Ruiz 12' M. Santizo 26' E. Santizo 28' Sandoval 34' Alvarado 38'

Caribbean Zone

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Curaçao	3	3	0	13	4	+9	9	Final and 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	2	1	13	7	+6	6	Third place play-off
3	Guyana	3	1	2	8	11	−3	3
4	Antigua and Barbuda	3	0	3	3	15	−12	0

Trinidad and Tobago	7–1	Antigua and Barbuda
K. Joseph 2' Balthazar 11', 32', 40' Neptune 14' C. Joseph 16', 33'		Philip 38'

Curaçao	5–2	Guyana
Espacia 18', 25' Bernardus 19' Pop 37' Roosje 38'		Mannings 22' Phillips 23'

Guyana	3–4	Trinidad and Tobago
Mannings 33' Phillips 33', 37'		Joseph 5' Balthazar 7' Daniel 20' Neptune 32'

Antigua and Barbuda	0–5	Curaçao
		Everon Espacia 26:46, 37:14 Ashar Bernardus 27:34, 27:52 Shurwendel Roosje 38:49

Guyana	3–2	Antigua and Barbuda
Konata Mannings 4:01 Travis Grant 17:58 Jermine Jeffrey 32:42		Eugine Kirwan 03:46 Novelle Francis Jr. 15:07

Curaçao	3–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Jean Pauletta 23:03, 30:12 Ashar Bernardus 39:13		Ishmael Daniel 14:13 Jerwyn Balthazar 39:39

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba (H)	3	3	0	14	1	+13	9	Final and 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
2	Guadeloupe	3	2	1	15	10	+5	6	Third place play-off
3	Sint Maarten	3	1	2	6	13	−7	3
4	Jamaica	3	0	3	6	17	−11	0

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

Cuba	5–0	Sint Maarten
Ricardo Castillo 12:00 Jhonnet Martinez 19:07, 34:30, 35:40 Sandy Dominguez 19:41

Sint Maarten	3–2	Jamaica
Raymond Wolff 0:34, 39:49 Rick De Punder 11:02		Marvin Morgan 19:09, 37:07

Cuba	4–0	Guadeloupe
Sandy Dominguez 8:57 Karen Mariño 24:00 Brenieht Suarez 37:38 Ricardo Castillo 38:53

Guadeloupe	6–3	Sint Maarten
Samuel Lantidor 0:14 Mickael Burlet 4:02, 38:09 Manuel Chaffort 11:38 Yvan Chicate 15:29 Ludovic Malacquis 19:41		Raymond Wolff 4:29 Julius Richardson 9:28 Benoite Lacazette 12:30 (o.g.)

Cuba	5–1	Jamaica
Karen Mariño 1:01 Ricardo Castillo 7:14, 10:45, 17:14 Jhonnet Martinez 18:26		Kemeel Wolfe 39:00

Third place play-off

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

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

Final

Curaçao	0–5	Cuba
		Fernando Chapman 5:06, 28:17 Jhonnet Martinez 19:02 Karen Mariño 33:09, 34:28

Central American Zone–Caribbean Zone play-off

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.

Times UTC−6.

Trinidad and Tobago	1–1	Honduras
Kerry Joseph 24'		Oscar Lopez 6'

Honduras	5–3	Trinidad and Tobago
Juan Hernandez 3' Luis Rivera 16' Hasser Ortiz 16' Carlos Montes 40' Antonio Moncada 40'		Kerry Joseph 3' Ishmael Daniel 10' Jameel Neptune 17'

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

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
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	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.

External links

, CONCACAF.com
, UNCAFut.com (in Spanish)