2023 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

The 2023 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship will be the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by North, Central American and Caribbean men's national teams and organised the governing body of football in North America, CONCACAF. The tournament will take place at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility in Nassau, Bahamas between 8–14 May 2023, with 12 nations contesting the title.[1][2]

2023 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONCACAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	Bahamas
City	Nassau
Dates	8–14 May
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

The championship also acts as the qualification tournament for CONCACAF teams to the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the United Arab Emirates; the top two teams qualify.

El Salvador are the defending champions.

Teams

A total of 12 teams compete in the tournament.[1][2]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Bahamas (hosts)	8th	Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019)
Belize	5th	Round 1 (2015, 2017, 2019)
Costa Rica	10th	Runners-up (2009, 2015)
Dominican Republic	2nd	Round 1 (2021)
El Salvador (title holders)	9th	Champions (2009, 2021)
Guadeloupe	4th	Fourth place (2017)
Guatemala	6th	Third place (2021)
Mexico	10th	Champions (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Panama	5th	Champions (2017)
Trinidad and Tobago	6th	Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021,)
Turks and Caicos Islands	5th	Round 1 (2015, 2017, 2019)
United States	10th	Champions (2006, 2013)

Draw

The draw was held at 11:00 EDT on 17 March 2023 at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four.[1][2]

The procedure was as follows:

The teams were first divided into four pots of three based on their CONCACAF Beach Soccer Ranking as of August 2021. The highest ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, down through to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4. The three teams in Pot 1 were seeded and each automatically assigned to the head of one of the groups. The teams from Pots 2–4 were then drawn, drawing all teams from one pot before moving onto the next.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Mexico (1) El Salvador (2) United States (3)	Panama (4) Bahamas (5) (hosts) Costa Rica (6)	Guatemala (7) Trinidad and Tobago (8) Guadeloupe (9)	Belize (12) Turks and Caicos Islands (14) Dominican Republic (18)

The numbers in parentheses show the CONCACAF ranking of the teams as of August 2021, out of 19 nations.[3]

Group stage

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams from each group and the two best third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.[1][2]

All times are local, EDT (UTC−4).[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
3	Guadeloupe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 8 May 2023. Source: CONCACAF

8 May 2023

15:00

Costa Rica	–	Guadeloupe

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

8 May 2023

16:30

El Salvador	–	Turks and Caicos Islands

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

9 May 2023

15:00

Turks and Caicos Islands	–	Costa Rica

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

9 May 2021

16:30

Guadeloupe	–	El Salvador

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

10 May 2023

15:00

Guadeloupe	–	Turks and Caicos Islands

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

10 May 2023

16:30

El Salvador	–	Costa Rica

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Bahamas (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
3	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 8 May 2023. Source: CONCACAF
(H) Host

8 May 2023

18:00

Mexico	–	Belize

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

8 May 2023

19:30

Bahamas	–	Guatemala

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

9 May 2023

18:00

Guatemala	–	Mexico

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

9 May 2023

19:30

Belize	–	Bahamas

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

10 May 2023

18:00

Guatemala	–	Belize

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

10 May 2023

19:30

Mexico	–	Bahamas

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
3	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout stage
4	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 8 May 2023. Source: CONCACAF

8 May 2023

12:00

Panama	–	Trinidad and Tobago

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

8 May 2023

13:30

United States	–	Dominican Republic

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

9 May 2023

12:00

Dominican Republic	–	Panama

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

9 May 2023

13:30

Trinidad and Tobago	–	United States

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

10 May 2023

12:00

Trinidad and Tobago	–	Dominican Republic

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

10 May 2023

13:30

United States	–	Panama

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A	GrA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
2	B	GrB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage
3	C	GrC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: CONCACAF

Knockout stage

11 May was allocated as a rest day.[4]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

	12 May

	Winners Group C
					13 May
	Runners-up Group A

	12 May

	Winners Group A
									14 May
	3rd place Group B or C

	12 May

	Runners-up Group C
					13 May
	Winners group B

	12 May
									Third place match
	Runners-up Group B
									14 May
	3rd place Group A or C

Quarter-finals

12 May 2023

15:00

Winners Group C	–	Runners-up Group A

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

12 May 2023

16:30

Winners Group A	–	3rd place Group B or C

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

12 May 2023

18:00

Runners-up Group C	–	Winners Group B

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

12 May 2023

19:30

Runners-up Group B	–	3rd place Group A or C

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

13 May 2023

18:00

Winners QF1	–	Winners QF2

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

13 May 2023

19:30

Winners QF3	–	Winners QF4

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Third place match

14 May 2023

18:00

Loser Match 23	–	Loser Match 24

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Final

14 May 2023

19:30

Winner Match 23	–	Winner Match 24

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualify for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup¹ only FIFA era (since 2005)
TBD	14 May 2023
TBD	14 May 2023

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

"Bahamas named host for 2023 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
"Draw reveals groups for Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship". CONCACAF. 17 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
"Concacaf Beach Soccer Ranking". CONCACAF. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
"Match Schedule – CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship 2023" (PDF). CONCACAF.

External links

CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, CONCACAF.com
Beach Soccer Worldwide

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021¹ 2023
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2022
CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019 2021¹ 2023
UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³(p) 2007³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League. (p) This indicates an additional play-off round, supplement to the main qualification event.

2022–23 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)
« 2021–22 2023–24 »
Domestic leagues	Anguilla '22 '23 Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados '22 '23 Belize Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Canada '22 '23 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao Dominica '22 '23 Dominican Republic '22 '23 El Salvador French Guiana Greenland '22 '23 Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Panama '22 '23 Puerto Rico Saint-Barthelemy '22 '23 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '22 '23 Saint-Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon '22 '23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sint Maarten Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States '22 '23 U.S. Virgin Islands
Domestic cups	Anguilla '22 '23 Aruba Barbados '22 '23 Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '22 '23 Cayman Islands Costa Rica El Salvador French Guiana Guadeloupe '22 '23 Guatemala Honduras '22 Martinique '22 '23 Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '22 '23 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '22 '23 Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States '22 (Qualification) '23 (Final) (Qualification)
Super cups	Campeones Cup '22 '23 Honduras Mexico Suriname
CONCACAF competitions	National Gold Cup Nations League (Finals) Club CONCACAF League (Final) Leagues Cup '22 '23 Champions League (Final) Caribbean Club Championship Caribbean Club Shield CONCACAF U-13 Champions League '22 '23
International competitions	FIFA Club World Cup

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