The 2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 8th 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 region. The tournament was held in Managua, Nicaragua between 13 and 20 April 2024, and was the first edition not hosted by Costa Rica or Guatemala.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan as the CONCACAF representatives.

The champions Panama, runners-up Cuba, third-placed Guatemala, and fourth-placed Costa Rica, qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Teams

On 8 December 2023, CONCACAF announced the 12 teams that will play in the tournament.

TeamAppearancePrevious best performancePrevious FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances
Canada4thQuarter-finalists (2021)1 (1989)
Costa Rica (title holders)8thChampions (2000, 2012, 2016, 2021)5 (1992, 2000, 2012, 2016, 2021)
Cuba8thRunners-up (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016)
Dominican Republic2ndQuarter-finalists (2021)
Guatemala6thChampions (2008)5 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021)
Haiti5thGroup stage (2008, 2021)
Mexico8thThird place (1996)1 (2012)
Nicaragua (hosts)3rdGroup stage (2000, 2021)
Panama6thRunners-up (2016)3 (2012, 2016, 2021)
Suriname4thQuarter-finalists (2021)
Trinidad and Tobago4thGroup stage (2004, 2008, 2021)
United States7thChampions (1996, 2004)6 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2021)

Bold indicates champions. Italic indicates host.

Venue

The matches were played at Polideportivo Alexis Argüello in Managua, Nicaragua. The venue, built in 2019, is named after the late Nicaraguan boxer Alexis Argüello.

ManaguaManagua
Polideportivo Alexis Argüello
Capacity: 8,000

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 14 December 2023, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. Based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking as of 3 October 2021, the 12 teams which entered the group stage were distributed into four pots, as follows:

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Costa Rica Guatemala PanamaUnited States Cuba MexicoCanada Trinidad and Tobago SurinameDominican Republic Nicaragua (Host) Haiti

The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams.

Match officials

The following officials were chosen for the tournament on 1 April 2024.

Referees
Canada Christopher GrabasDominican Republic Manuel RosarioPanama Roberto López
Costa Rica Diego LópezGuatemala Lester MazariegosEl Salvador Jhony Garcia
Costa Rica Josué MolinaGuatemala Maynor SanicEl Salvador Jorge Flores
Cuba Adrián MartínezGuyana Colin AbelEl Salvador José Barrera
Cuba Brenda ValdezMexico Carlos TrejoSuriname Anthony Terborg
Cuba Reinier Fis SolísMexico Jonathan BetancourtUnited States Josh Wilkens
Cuba Yordanka PouyouxPanama Francisco CedeñoUnited States Krystin Pahia
Dominican Republic Javier GarcíaPanama Ricardo LayUnited States Matthew Rodman

Squads

Each team must register a provisional squad list of up to 25 players, at least 3 of whom must be goalkeepers, no later than 30 days before the opening match.

Each team must register a final squad list of up to 14 players, 2 of whom must be goalkeepers, no later than 10 days before the opening match.

On 5 April 2024, CONCACAF released the final rosters.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.

Fans were able to watch all group stage matches through , and .

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined by points earned (three for win, one for draw). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Head-to-head result between tied teams; Points in matches among the tied teams; Goal difference in matches among the tied teams; Goals scored in matches among the tied teams;
  4. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction per player, per match): One yellow card: −1 point; Two yellow cards (indirect red card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  5. Drawing of lots.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Costa Rica3300156+99Knockout stage
2Mexico32011811+76
3Suriname3102810−23
4Haiti3003721−140
Mexico7–3Suriname
Soltero 3'42" Sánchez 12'52" M. Giorgana 13'41" Magaña 14'30", 35'16" E. Giorgana 27'02" Rivera 29'59"Adams 2'49" Donner 7'58" Blatz 38'22"
Costa Rica8–3 (Abandoned)Haiti
Chavarria 4'40", 6'42" León 7'32" Vargas 13'42" Cabalceta 15'18", 16'06" Fonseca 19'04" Gómez 21'01"Preval 12'29" Voltaire 16'38" Borgella 17'34"
Suriname1–3Costa Rica
Sastromedjo 6'45"Rodríguez 7'43" Salas 10'04" Tijerino 17'54"
Haiti4–9Mexico
Borgella 2'54", 4'00" Preval 5'55" St Hubert 12'47"Soltero 0'59" E. Giorgana 7'25", 34'30" Dávalos 7'54", 29'52" Sánchez 12'25", 26'42" Atri 20'55" M. Giorgana 35'12"
Suriname4–0Haiti
Doesburg 8'22" Adams 19'52" Sastromedjo 33'36", 35'00"
Costa Rica4–2Mexico
Gamboa 12'34" Gómez 21'15" Vindas 26'19" Cabalceta 29'02"E. Giorgana 10'44" Soltero 26'56"

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Panama3201159+66Knockout stage
2Cuba3120109+15
3Canada31111415−14
4Nicaragua (H)3012814−61
Cuba5–5Canada
Martínez 6'14", 24'54" Hernández 6'55" Álvarez 7'36" González 30'20"Mlah 14'22", 31'07" El Harchali 16'21" Kwemi 24'34", 35'53"
Panama6–3Nicaragua
Milord 2'50" Goodridge 12'40" Ortiz 22'48", 35'37" Hinks 24'40" Escobar 33'02"Sequeira 21'39" Kripp 28'00" Ruiz 35'22"
Canada3–7Panama
Kwemi 7'39", 20'18" (pen.), 34'15"Maquensi 4'39", 12'11" Ortiz 5'13", 24'56" Campos 30'17" Goodridge 36'14" Peñaloza 16'41"
Nicaragua2–2Cuba
Kripp 25'25", 29'33" (pen.)González 8'40" Morales 18'49"
Panama2–3Cuba
Ortiz 32'03" Campos 38'24"Hernández 17'15", 20'56", 38'39"
Canada6–3Nicaragua
Diaz 05'07" (o.g.) Nboucha 12'32", 17'41" Chamale 23'06" Kwemi 30'36" El Harchali 33'54"Sequeira 10'46", 17'07" Ruiz 29'09"

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Guatemala32101511+47Knockout stage
2Dominican Republic32012314+96
3United States31111614+24
4Trinidad and Tobago3003823−150
United States7–4Trinidad and Tobago
Ortiz 8'11", 19'55" De Andrade 9'46", 34'46" Burato 22'35" Lopez 31'54" Tayou 33'24"Ollivierra 1'49", 22'09" Benny 24'13" (pen.) Woo Ling 36'00"
Guatemala7–5Dominican Republic
Alvarado 4'05", 21'51", 25'20" Aguilar 21'25" Campaignac 27'59" Sandoval 33'44" Ruiz 35'11"Gómez 13'14" D. Rondón 15'57", 20'48" López 24'27" Gardelli 39'29"
Trinidad and Tobago3–5Guatemala
Benny 6'35", 28'46" Hospedales 15'52"B. Santizo 21'52" Aguilar 25'11" Alvarado 26'20" Sandoval 27'48" Ruiz 34'59"
Dominican Republic7–6United States
D. Rondón 2'40" Belliard 4'30" Pepén 14'11" López 25'29" Cestero 30'18" H. Pérez 31'27", 39'29"Mendez 5'11", 33'37", 35'44" Gonzalez 19'55" Tayou 33'10" De Andrade 39'39"
Trinidad and Tobago1–11Dominican Republic
Neptune 28'32"D. Rondón 9'42", 22'07", 30'07", 38'19" Belliard 12'40", 24'09" Gómez 13'56" H. Pérez 28'09" López 32'31" Álvarez 34'01" Gardelli 39'07"
Guatemala3–3United States
Sandoval 30'31", 32'04" Ruiz 37'43"Gonzalez 13'38" De Andrade 20'00" Tayou 20'37"

Ranking of third-placed teams

The 2 best third-placed teams advance to the knockout stage along with the three group winners and three runners-up.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1CUnited States31111614+24Knockout stage
2BCanada31111415−14
3ASuriname3102810−23

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
17 April
Costa Rica3
18 April
Canada2
Costa Rica3 (6)
17 April
Cuba (p)3 (7)
Dominican Republic1
20 April
Cuba2
Cuba3
17 April
Panama4
Panama2
18 April
United States1
Panama (a.e.t.)6
17 April
Guatemala3Third place match
Guatemala9
20 April
Mexico4
Costa Rica0
Guatemala3

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Costa Rica3–2Canada
Cabalceta 7'49" Tijerino 8'59" Vindas 16'15"Rose 4'35" El Harchali 28'29"
Panama2–1United States
Hinks 12'42" Milord 14'41"De Andrade 38'50"
Guatemala9–4Mexico
Alvarado 3'47", 8'21", 24'33" Sandoval 11'08", 33'58" Díaz 13'08" E. Santizo 24'53" Marín 30'49" Paniagua 35'21"Sánchez 3'37" E. Giorgana 5'10" M. Giorgana 5'18" Dávalos 40'00"
Dominican Republic1–2Cuba
Pepen 17'21"Hernández 1'24" Ramírez 16'06"

Semi-finals

Costa Rica3–3 (a.e.t.)Cuba
Rodriguez 14'43" Fonseca 33'37" Tijerino 35'32"Morales 24'28" Cotilla 31'43" Aguilera 38'02"
Penalties
Rodriguez Leon Vindas Salas Tijerino Fonseca Ortega Gomez6–7Martinez Hernández Valiente Cotilla Ramirez Gonzalez Aguilera Morales
Panama6–3 (a.e.t.)Guatemala
Campos 1'44" Maquensi 4'07" Milord 22'53", 46'53" Castrellon 44'59" Ortiz 49'48"Ruiz 3'48" Diaz 10'55" Campaignac 18'55"

Third place match

Costa Rica0–3Guatemala
E. Santizo 0'38" Sandoval 4'58" Díaz 30'15"

Final

Cuba3–4Panama
Martínez 19'02", 36'39" Maquensi 20'17" (o.g.)Milord 13'43" Campos 21'33" Goodridge 24'17", 34'15"

Goalscorers

There were 206 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 7.92 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup on 17 April 2024.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup
Costa Rica17 April 20245 (1992, 2000, 2012, 2016, 2021)
Panama17 April 20243 (2012, 2016, 2021)
Guatemala17 April 20245 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021)
Cuba17 April 20245 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016)

Italic indicates host.

Ranking

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1Panama65012413+1115Champions
2Cuba62311514+19Runners-up
3Guatemala64113021+913Third place
4Costa Rica64112114+713Fourth place
5Dominican Republic42022416+86Eliminated in quarter-finals
6Mexico42022220+26
7United States41121716+14
8Canada41121618−24
9Suriname3102810−23Eliminated in group stage
10Nicaragua3012814−61
11Haiti3003721−140
12Trinidad and Tobago3003823−150

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Notes

External links

  • , CONCACAF.com