2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2021
Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
City	Guatemala City
Dates	3–9 May
Teams	13 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (4th title)
Runners-up	United States
Third place	Guatemala
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	140 (6.09 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Carlos Pérez (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Milinton Tijerino
Best young player	Tomas Pondeca
Best goalkeeper	Cesar Vargas
Fair play award	Costa Rica

The 2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 7th 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 originally scheduled to be held in Guatemala City, Guatemala between 1–10 May 2020.[1] However, on 19 March 2020, CONCACAF announced the decision to postpone the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] On 11 February 2021, CONCACAF confirmed Guatemala as host and that the dates are going to be May 3–9, 2021.

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 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania as the CONCACAF representatives.[3][4]

Costa Rica, the defending champions, won their third straight and fourth overall title. They, along with runners-up the United States, third-placed Guatemala, and fourth-placed Panama, qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking as of February 2020.[5] A total of 20 teams originally entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 12 entrants would have advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked eight entrants would have had to participate in the qualifying stage, where winners of the four matchups (played as two-game series) would have advanced to the group stage of the final tournament.[6]

On 11 February 2021, CONCACAF announced that a total of 16 teams were going to play in the tournament.[7] On 12 April 2021, CONCACAF announced that only 13 teams were going to play in the tournament.[8]

Round	Rank	Team	Points	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances
Group stage	1	Guatemala (hosts)	2,416	5th	Champions (2008)	2008, 2012, 2016
	2	Panama	2,315	5th	Second place (2016)	2012, 2016
	3	Costa Rica (title holders)	2,120	7th	Champions (2000, 2012, 2016)	1992, 2000, 2012, 2016
	4	Cuba	2,024	7th	Second place (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)	1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016
	5	Mexico	1,143	7th	Third place (1996)	2012
	6	United States	1,046	6th	Champions (1996, 2004)	1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008
	7	Trinidad and Tobago	980	3rd	Group Stage (2004, 2008)
	9	Canada	655	3rd	Group Stage (2012, 2016)	1989
	10	Curaçao (withdrew)	574	3rd	Group Stage (1996, 2016)
	11	El Salvador	389	2nd	Group Stage (1996)
	13	Guadeloupe[lower-alpha 1] (withdrew)	360	1st	Debut
	14	Haiti	260	2nd	Group Stage (2008)
Qualifying stage	15	Sint Maarten[lower-alpha 1] (withdrew)	245	1st	Debut
	16	Suriname	236	3rd	Group Stage (2000, 2004)
	19	Saint Kitts and Nevis (withdrew)	78	2nd	Group Stage (2012)
	20	Nicaragua	63	2nd	Group Stage (2000)
	22	Puerto Rico (withdrew)	36	2nd	Group Stage (2000)
	32	Dominican Republic	0	1st	Debut
	33	French Guiana[lower-alpha 1] (withdrew)	0	1st	Debut
	35	Martinique[lower-alpha 1] (withdrew)	0	1st	Debut

Championship years are in bold, hosting years are in italics

Did not enter tournament

Rank	Team	Points
8	Honduras	672
12	Guyana	377
17	Jamaica	101
18	Antigua and Barbuda	100
21	Belize	58
23	Anguilla	0
24	Aruba	0

Rank	Team	Points
25	Bahamas	0
26	Barbados	0
27	Bermuda	0
28	Bonaire[lower-alpha 1]	0
29	British Virgin Islands	0
30	Cayman Islands	0
31	Dominica	0

Rank	Team	Points
34	Grenada	0
36	Montserrat	0
37	Saint Lucia	0
38	Saint Martin[lower-alpha 1]	0
39	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0
40	Turks and Caicos Islands	0
41	U.S. Virgin Islands	0

Notes

Non-FIFA members and thus ineligible to play in World Cup.

Venues

The matches were played at the Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG in Guatemala City. Before the postponement of the tournament, matches were originally also to be played at the Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium.[1]

Guatemala City	Guatemala City
	Domo Polideportivo
	Capacity: 7,500

Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 20 February 2020, 14:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.[6] The 16 teams, which included the 12 which entered the group stage and the four qualifying stage matchups winners, were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking, the 12 teams which entered the group stage were distributed into three pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:[9]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Guatemala (Group A/Host) Panama (Group B) Costa Rica (Group C) Cuba (Group D)	Mexico United States Trinidad and Tobago Canada	Curaçao El Salvador Guadeloupe Haiti

The qualifying stage matchups were determined based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking, with the highest-ranked team playing the lowest-ranked team, etc. The qualifying stage winners 1, 2, 3 and 4 were then placed in groups A, B, C and D respectively.

Original draw

The original draw results involving the 20 teams were as follows:[10]

Group	Pot 1 team	Pot 2 team	Pot 3 team	Winner from qualifying stage
A	Guatemala	Trinidad and Tobago	~~Guadeloupe~~	~~Sint Maarten~~	~~Martinique~~
B	Panama	Mexico	~~Curaçao~~	Suriname	~~French Guiana~~
C	Costa Rica	Canada	Haiti	~~Saint Kitts and Nevis~~	Dominican Republic
D	Cuba	United States	El Salvador	Nicaragua	~~Puerto Rico~~

Following the withdrawals of Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Puerto Rico, only 16 teams were left, so the qualifying stage was no longer necessary, and the 16 remaining teams were placed in the four groups as before as there were four teams in each group.[7] Following the withdrawals of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana, only 13 teams were left, and as there were only two teams left in Group A, to ensure that each group had a minimum of three teams, Dominican Republic were moved from Group C to Group A.[8]

Match officials

The list of match officials were announced on 20 April 2021.[11]

Squads

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.[12][13]

Group stage

The top two teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):[12]

Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
Goal difference in all group matches;
Number of goals scored in all group matches;
Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
- Yellow card: −1 points;
- Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
- Direct red card: −4 points;
- Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).[14]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala	2	2	0	8	5	+3	6	Knockout stage
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	8	6	+2	3	Knockout stage
3	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	2	5	10	−5	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 May 2021

20:00

Dominican Republic	2–4	Guatemala
Gómez 14' Domínguez 27'	Report	Aguilar 3' Sandoval 18' Alay 19' González 30'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Attendance: Josh Wilkens (USA), Francisco Cedeño (Panama)

4 May 2021

20:00

Trinidad and Tobago	2–6	Dominican Republic
George 32' Neptune 39'	Report	Gómez 5', 33', 35' Álvarez 25' López 27' Cestero 40'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Referee: Yeraldín Araya (Costa Rica), Francisco Cedeño (Panama)

5 May 2021

20:00

Guatemala	4–3	Trinidad and Tobago
Aguilar 11', 39' Ramos 12' Ruiz 21'	Report	Benny 9', 33' Neptune 16'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Referee: Dunia Aguilera (Cuba), Francisco López (Nicaragua)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	2	2	0	16	5	+11	6	Knockout stage
2	Suriname	2	1	1	6	15	−9	3	Knockout stage
3	Mexico	2	0	2	8	10	−2	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 May 2021

16:00

Suriname	1–11	Panama
Milito 5'	Report	Hinks 2' Castrellón 3', 16' Del Rosario 13', 27' Ortiz 18', 29' Pérez 26', 37' (pen.), 37' (pen.) Campos 36'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Referee: Reiner Solís (Cuba), José Barrera (El Salvador)

4 May 2021

16:00

Mexico	4–5	Suriname
Paniagua 5', 33' Soltero 6' Atri 9'	Report	Sastromedjo 12' Maatrijk 16' Doesburg 18' Sánchez 25' (o.g.) Pita 39'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Referee: Ahmed Almahamid (Cuba), Joel Cuba (Nicaragua)

5 May 2021

16:00

Panama	5–4	Mexico
Hinks 3' Pérez 13', 29', 39' (pen.) Castrellón 33'	Report	Paniagua 11' Limón 12' Vences 20' Atri 35'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Referee: Carlos González (Guatemala), Adrián Martínez (Cuba)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	2	2	0	12	1	+11	6	Knockout stage
2	Canada	2	1	1	5	7	−2	3	Knockout stage
3	Haiti	2	0	2	2	11	−9	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 May 2021

18:00

Haiti	0–7	Costa Rica
	Report	Cabalceta 2', 4', 20' Cordero 19' Tijerino 23', 38' Guevara 37'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Referee: Carlos González (Guatemala), Brenda Valdez (Cuba)

4 May 2021

18:00

Canada	4–2	Haiti
Graham 33' Bennett 37' Mlah 40' Dicko-Raynauld 40'	Report	Monfort 16' Syla 20'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Referee: Dunia Aguilera (Cuba), Óscar González (Guatemala)

5 May 2021

18:00

Costa Rica	5–1	Canada
Guevara 5' Garro 6', 35' (pen.) Rodríguez 8' Vargas 20'	Report	Bennett 35'

Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG, Guatemala City

Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador), Israel Dávila (Guatemala)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	1	0	9	5	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	El Salvador	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	7	Knockout stage
3	Nicaragua	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3
4	Cuba	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 May 2021