2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONCACAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host countryBahamas
CityNassau
Dates11–16 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions El Salvador (3rd title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place United States
Fourth place Bahamas
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored98 (6.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Emerson Cerna (6 goals)
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The 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was the eleventh edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by CONCACAF teams. The tournament took place at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility in Nassau, Bahamas.[1][2]

The two finalists qualified to the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The defending champions, United States, lost to eventual champions El Salvador in the semi-finals.

Teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the tournament.[1][2]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Bahamas (hosts) 9th Fourth place (2023)
 Costa Rica 11th Runners-up (2009, 2015)
 El Salvador 10th Champions (2009, 2021)
 Guatemala 7th Third place (2021)
 Mexico 11th Champions (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Panama 6th Champions (2017)
 Trinidad and Tobago 7th Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 United States (title holders) 11th Champions (2006, 2013, 2023)

Draw

The draw was held at 11:00 EST on 26 November 2024 at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four.[1][2]

The teams were first divided into four pots of two based on their CONCACAF Beach Soccer Ranking as of 26 February 2024. The highest ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, down through to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4. The teams from each of Pots 1–4 were drawn, drawing all teams from one pot before moving onto the next.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
The numbers in parentheses show the CONCACAF ranking of the teams as of 26 February 2024, out of 19 nations.[3]

Squads

Each team submitted a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.[4]

Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.[1][2]

Points were earned as follows:

  • 3 points for a win in regulation time
  • 2 points for a win in extra time
  • 1 point for a win in a penalty shoot-out
  • no points for a loss.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:

  1. Points in all group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points in matches between the tied team;
  5. Goal difference in matches between the tied team;
  6. Goals scored in matches between the tied team;
  7. Fair play points;
  8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  El Salvador 3 3 0 0 0 20 7 +13 9 Semi-finals
2  Guatemala 3 2 0 0 1 9 11 −2 6
3  Mexico 3 1 0 0 2 12 12 0 3
4  Costa Rica 3 0 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: Concacaf
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
El Salvador 6–1 Costa Rica
  • Castro 4', 25'
  • Cerna 14', 30'
  • Urbina 19'
  • González 29' (pen.)
 Report
  • Valencia 5'
Referee: Juan Andrés Ángeles (Dominican Republic)
Mexico 3–4 Guatemala
 Report
  • Lem 5', 27'
  • Pérez 6'
  • Crocker 22'
Referee: Jorge Tuñón (Panama)
Guatemala 0–7 El Salvador
Report
  • Ruiz 4'
  • Ramos 16', 25'
  • Castro 26'
  • Batres 31'
  • Velásquez 32'
  • Cerna 36'
Referee: Alexander Vetia (Cuba)
Costa Rica 1–3 Mexico
  • Jimenez 32'
 Report
Referee: Juan Andrés Ángeles (Dominican Republic)
Costa Rica 1–5 Guatemala
  • Arguello 36'
 Report
  • Crocker 1'
  • M. González 12'
  • Marroquín 20'
  • López 24', 28'
Referee: Arian Crespo (Cuba)
Mexico 6–7 El Salvador
  • Morales 23'
  • Maldonado 23', 29'
  • López 26'
  • García 31'
  • Montes de Oca 31'
 Report
  • Castro 3'
  • Velásquez 4'
  • Cerna 5', 21'
  • González 21', 26'
  • Batres 21'
Referee: Jorge Tuñón (Panama)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W WE WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahamas (H) 3 2 0 0 1 10 8 +2 6 Semi-finals
2  United States 3 1 0 1 1 9 6 +3 4
3  Panama 3 1 0 1 1 8 10 −2 4
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0 0 0 3 9 12 −3 0
Source: Concacaf
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
United States 2–2 Trinidad and Tobago
  • Canale 7'
  • Silveira 18'
 Report
  • Gregory 10', 33'
Penalties
  • Navas
  • Silveira
  • Perea
  • Canale
4–1
  • Williams
  • Riley
  • Peters
Referee: Jonathan Hernández (Costa Rica)
Panama 2–2 Bahamas
  • Maquensi 16'
  • Kelly 33'
 Report
Penalties
  • R. Garcia
  • Escobar
  • Del Rosario
  • Kelly
  • Maquensi
4–3
  • Julmis
  • Williams
  • Ferguson
  • Adderley
  • St Fleur
Referee: Mario Nava (Mexico)
Trinidad and Tobago 3–5 Panama
 Report
  • García 4', 35'
  • Maquensi 6', 12', 31'
Referee: Fernando Calvillo (Guatemala)
Bahamas 3–2 United States
 Report
  • Valcarcel 6', 34'
Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)
United States 5–1 Panama
  • Carvalho 7', 12'
  • Navas 21', 28'
  • Silveira 26'
 Report
  • Maquensi 19'
Referee: Mario Nava (Mexico)
Bahamas 5–4 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report
  • Riley 3', 12'
  • Gregory 16'
  • Coker 20'
Referee: Julio Josué Ramos Mejía (El Salvador)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 March
 
 
 El Salvador (p)1 (7)
 
16 March
 
 United States1 (6)
 
 El Salvador2
 
15 March
 
 Guatemala1
 
 Bahamas2
 
 
 Guatemala3
 
Third place match
 
 
16 March
 
 
 United States6
 
 
 Bahamas2

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

El Salvador 1–1 (a.e.t.) United States
  • Cerna 17'
 Report
  • Chavez 25'
Penalties
  • Velásquez
  • Cruz
  • Ramos
  • Castro
  • González
  • Ruiz
  • Cerna
  • Robles
7–6
  • Navas
  • Silveira
  • Perea
  • Canale
  • Carvalho
  • Valcarcel
  • Akol
  • Rezende
Referee: Arian Crespo (Cuba)
Bahamas 2–3 Guatemala
 Report
  • M. González 3'
  • López 11'
  • Crocker 31'
Referee: Juan Andrés Ángeles (Dominican Republic)

Third place match

United States 6–2 Bahamas
  • Perea 11'
  • Chavez 13'
  • Akol 22'
  • Valcarcel 24'
  • Carvalho 30'
  • Silveira 31'
 Report
Referee: Julio Josué Ramos Mejía (El Salvador)

Final

El Salvador 2–1 Guatemala
  • Robles 12'
  • Nájera 14'
 Report
  • M. González 7'
Referee: Gumercindo Batista (Panama)

Awards

Winners trophy

 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
champions 

El Salvador
Third title

Individual Awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:[5]

Golden Ball (Best Player)
Emerson Cerna
Golden Boot (Top scorer)
Emerson Cerna
6 goals
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
Eliodoro Portillo
Youth Player Award
Wood Julmis
Fair Play Award
 El Salvador

Goalscorers

There were 98 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 6.12 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Emerson Cerna

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  • Brandon Adderley
  • Melvin González
  • Pablo Crocker
  • Miguel González
  • Edwin López
  • Akinola Gregory
  • Ricardo Carvalho
  • Gabriel Silveira
  • Cody Valcarcel

2 goals

1 goal

  • Michael Butler
  • Lekenson Chery
  • Creven Ferguson
  • Timothy Munnings
  • Kyle Williams
  • Carlos Arguello
  • Eddie Jimenez
  • Jesus Valencia
  • Erick Nájera
  • Elmer Robles
  • Agustín Ruiz
  • Jason Urbina
  • Berny Marroquín
  • Samuel Pérez
  • Alejandro García
  • Gabriel Macías
  • Jacob Montes de Oca
  • Juan Morales
  • Alberto Kelly
  • Zane Coker
  • Jay-Son Joseph
  • Tomás Canale
  • Nicolás Perea
  • Tanner Akol

1 own goal

  • Jesse Bailey (against Bahamas)

Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
 El Salvador 15 March 2025 5 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021)
 Guatemala 15 March 2025 0 (Debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bahamas named host for 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship". Concacaf. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Draw reveals groups for 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship". Concacaf. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. ^ "BEACH SOCCER | RANKINGS". Concacaf. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  4. ^ "2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship rosters confirmed". Concacaf. 2025-03-07. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
  5. ^ "Portillo, Cerna, Julmis earn 2025 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship honors". Concacaf. 2025-03-17. Retrieved 2025-03-17.
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