2024 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2024
Tournament details
Host country	Nicaragua
City	Managua
Dates	13–20 April
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Panama (1st title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	Guatemala
Fourth place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	206 (7.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Rondón Roberto Alvarado Marvin Sandoval (7 goals each)
Best player(s)	Alfonso Maquensi
Best young player	Kevin Rueda
Best goalkeeper	Jaime Peñaloza
Fair play award	Panama
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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.^[1][2][3][4]

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.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

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

On 8 December 2023, CONCACAF announced the 12 teams that will play in the tournament.^[1][2][4]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances
Canada	4th	Quarter-finalists (2021)	1 (1989)
Costa Rica (title holders)	8th	Champions (2000, 2012, 2016, 2021)	5 (1992, 2000, 2012, 2016, 2021)
Cuba	8th	Runners-up (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)	5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016)
Dominican Republic	2nd	Quarter-finalists (2021)
Guatemala	6th	Champions (2008)	5 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021)
Haiti	5th	Group stage (2008, 2021)
Mexico	8th	Third place (1996)	1 (2012)
Nicaragua (hosts)	3rd	Group stage (2000, 2021)
Panama	6th	Runners-up (2016)	3 (2012, 2016, 2021)
Suriname	4th	Quarter-finalists (2021)
Trinidad and Tobago	4th	Group stage (2004, 2008, 2021)
United States	7th	Champions (1996, 2004)	6 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008, 2021)

Bold indicates champions. Italic indicates host.

The matches were played at Polideportivo Alexis Argüello in Managua, Nicaragua.^[1][2][4][6] The venue, built in 2019, is named after the late Nicaraguan boxer Alexis Argüello.^[7]

Managua	Managua
	Polideportivo Alexis Argüello
	Capacity: 8,000[7]

The draw for the group stage took place on 14 December 2023, 11:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami.^[2][8] Based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking as of 3 October 2021,^[9] the 12 teams which entered the group stage were distributed into four pots, as follows:^[10]

The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams.^[11]

The following officials were chosen for the tournament on 1 April 2024.^[12][13]

Referees
Christopher Grabas	Manuel Rosario	Roberto López
Diego López	Lester Mazariegos	Jhony Garcia
Josué Molina	Maynor Sanic	Jorge Flores
Adrián Martínez	Colin Abel	José Barrera
Brenda Valdez	Carlos Trejo	Anthony Terborg
Reinier Fis Solís	Jonathan Betancourt	Josh Wilkens
Yordanka Pouyoux	Francisco Cedeño	Krystin Pahia
Javier García	Ricardo Lay	Matthew Rodman

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.^[14]

On 5 April 2024, CONCACAF released the final rosters.^[15][16]

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.^[17][18]

Fans were able to watch all group stage matches through ConcacafGO, and YouTube.^[4]

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:^[14]

1. Goal difference in all group matches;
2. Goals scored in all group matches;
3. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
   1. Points in matches among the tied teams;
   2. Goal difference in matches among the tied teams;
   3. 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	3	0	0	15	6	+9	9[a]	Knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	0	1	18	11	+7	6
3	Suriname	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3
4	Haiti	3	0	0	3	7	21	−14	0[a]

13 April 2024 (2024-04-13)

14:00

Mexico	7–3	Suriname
Soltero  3'42" Sánchez  12'52" M. Giorgana  13'41" Magaña  14'30", 35'16" E. Giorgana  27'02" Rivera  29'59"	Report (CONCACAF)	Adams  2'49" Donner  7'58" Blatz  38'22"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Roberto López (Panama), Javier García (Dominican Republic)

13 April 2024 (2024-04-13)

16:00

Costa Rica	8–3 (Abandoned)[note 1]	Haiti
Chavarria  4'40", 6'42" León  7'32" Vargas  13'42" Cabalceta  15'18", 16'06" Fonseca  19'04" Gómez  21'01"	Report (CONCACAF)	Preval  12'29" Voltaire  16'38" Borgella  17'34"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Reinier Fis Solís (Cuba), Lester Mazariegos (Guatemala)

14 April 2024 (2024-04-14)

14:00

Suriname	1–3	Costa Rica
Sastromedjo  6'45"	Report (CONCACAF)	Rodríguez  7'43" Salas  10'04" Tijerino  17'54"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Francisco Cedeño (Panama), Yordanka Pouyoux (Cuba)

14 April 2024 (2024-04-14)

16:00

Haiti	4–9	Mexico
Borgella  2'54", 4'00" Preval  5'55" St Hubert  12'47"	Report (CONCACAF)	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"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Adrián Martínez (Cuba), Maynor Sanic (Guatemala)

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15)

14:00

Suriname	4–0	Haiti
Doesburg  8'22" Adams  19'52" Sastromedjo  33'36", 35'00"	Report (CONCACAF)

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Christopher Grabas (Canada), Krystin Pahia (United States)

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15)

16:00

Costa Rica	4–2	Mexico
Gamboa  12'34" Gómez  21'15" Vindas  26'19" Cabalceta  29'02"	Report (CONCACAF)	E. Giorgana  10'44" Soltero  26'56"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Josh Wilkens (United States), Ricardo Lay (Panama)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	3	2	0	1	15	9	+6	6	Knockout stage
2	Cuba	3	1	2	0	10	9	+1	5
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	14	15	−1	4
4	Nicaragua (H)	3	0	1	2	8	14	−6	1

13 April 2024 (2024-04-13)

18:00

Cuba	5–5	Canada
Martínez  6'14", 24'54" Hernández  6'55" Álvarez  7'36" González  30'20"	Report (CONCACAF)	Mlah  14'22", 31'07" El Harchali  16'21" Kwemi  24'34", 35'53"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Josh Wilkens (United States), Manuel Rosario (Dominican Republic)

13 April 2024 (2024-04-13)

20:00

Panama	6–3	Nicaragua
Milord  2'50" Goodridge  12'40" Ortiz  22'48", 35'37" Hinks  24'40" Escobar  33'02"	Report (CONCACAF)	Sequeira  21'39" Kripp  28'00" Ruiz  35'22"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: José Barrera (El Salvador), Matthew Rodman (United States)

14 April 2024 (2024-04-14)

18:00

Canada	3–7	Panama
Kwemi  7'39", 20'18" (pen.), 34'15"	Report (CONCACAF)	Maquensi  4'39", 12'11" Ortiz  5'13", 24'56" Campos  30'17" Goodridge  36'14" Peñaloza  16'41"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Diego López (Costa Rica), Lester Mazariegos (Guatemala)

14 April 2024 (2024-04-14)

20:00

Nicaragua	2–2	Cuba
Kripp  25'25", 29'33" (pen.)	Report (CONCACAF)	González  8'40" Morales  18'49"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Jhony García (El Salvador), Carlos Trejo (Mexico)

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15)

18:00

Panama	2–3	Cuba
Ortiz  32'03" Campos  38'24"	Report (CONCACAF)	Hernández  17'15", 20'56", 38'39"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: José Barrera (El Salvador), Josué Molina (Costa Rica)

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15)

20:00

Canada	6–3	Nicaragua
Diaz  05'07" (o.g.) Nboucha  12'32", 17'41" Chamale  23'06" Kwemi  30'36" El Harchali  33'54"	Report (CONCACAF)	Sequeira  10'46", 17'07" Ruiz  29'09"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Diego López (Costa Rica), Jorge Flores (El Salvador)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guatemala	3	2	1	0	15	11	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	Dominican Republic	3	2	0	1	23	14	+9	6
3	United States	3	1	1	1	16	14	+2	4
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	8	23	−15	0

13 April 2024 (2024-04-13)

10:00

United States	7–4	Trinidad and Tobago
Ortiz  8'11", 19'55" De Andrade  9'46", 34'46" Burato  22'35" Lopez  31'54" Tayou  33'24"	Report (CONCACAF)	Ollivierra  1'49", 22'09" Benny  24'13" (pen.) Woo Ling  36'00"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Ricardo Lay (Panama), Jonathan Betancourt (Mexico)

13 April 2024 (2024-04-13)

12:00

Guatemala	7–5	Dominican Republic
Alvarado  4'05", 21'51", 25'20" Aguilar  21'25" Campaignac  27'59" Sandoval  33'44" Ruiz  35'11"	Report (CONCACAF)	Gómez  13'14" D. Rondón  15'57", 20'48" López  24'27" Gardelli  39'29"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Adrián Martínez (Cuba), Josué Molina (Costa Rica)

14 April 2024 (2024-04-14)

10:00

Trinidad and Tobago	3–5	Guatemala
Benny  6'35", 28'46" Hospedales  15'52"	Report (CONCACAF)	B. Santizo  21'52" Aguilar  25'11" Alvarado  26'20" Sandoval  27'48" Ruiz  34'59"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Reinier Fis Solís (Cuba), Christopher Grabas (Canada)

14 April 2024 (2024-04-14)

12:00

Dominican Republic	7–6	United States
D. Rondón  2'40" Belliard  4'30" Pepén  14'11" López  25'29" Cestero  30'18" H. Pérez  31'27", 39'29"	Report (CONCACAF)	Mendez  5'11", 33'37", 35'44" Gonzalez  19'55" Tayou  33'10" De Andrade  39'39"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Jorge Flores (El Salvador), Colin Abel (Guyana)

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15)

10:00

Trinidad and Tobago	1–11	Dominican Republic
Neptune  28'32"	Report (CONCACAF)	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"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Brenda Valdez (Cuba), Anthony Terborg (Suriname)

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15)

12:00

Guatemala	3–3	United States
Sandoval  30'31", 32'04" Ruiz  37'43"	Report (CONCACAF)	Gonzalez  13'38" De Andrade  20'00" Tayou  20'37"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Roberto López (Panama), Jhony García (El Salvador)

The 2 best third-placed teams advance to the knockout stage along with the three group winners and three runners-up.^[4]

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	United States	3	1	1	1	16	14	+2	4	Knockout stage
2	B	Canada	3	1	1	1	14	15	−1	4
3	A	Suriname	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.^[14]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	17 April
	Costa Rica	3
					18 April
	Canada	2
					Costa Rica	3 (6)
	17 April
					Cuba (p)	3 (7)
	Dominican Republic	1
									20 April
	Cuba	2
									Cuba	3
	17 April
									Panama	4
	Panama	2
					18 April
	United States	1
					Panama (a.e.t.)	6
	17 April
					Guatemala	3			Third place match
	Guatemala	9
									20 April
	Mexico	4
									Costa Rica	0
									Guatemala	3

Winners qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17)

12:00

Costa Rica	3–2	Canada
Cabalceta  7'49" Tijerino  8'59" Vindas  16'15"	Report (CONCACAF)	Rose  4'35" El Harchali  28'29"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Roberto López (Panama), Josh Wilkens (United States)

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17)

14:00

Panama	2–1	United States
Hinks  12'42" Milord  14'41"	Report (CONCACAF)	De Andrade  38'50"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Diego López (Costa Rica), Reiner Fis Solís (Cuba)

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17)

16:00

Guatemala	9–4	Mexico
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"	Report (CONCACAF)	Sánchez  3'37" E. Giorgana  5'10" M. Giorgana  5'18" Dávalos  40'00"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Adrián Martínez (Cuba), José Barrera (El Salvador)

17 April 2024 (2024-04-17)

18:00

Dominican Republic	1–2	Cuba
Pepen  17'21"	Report (CONCACAF)	Hernández  1'24" Ramírez  16'06"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Ricardo Lay (Panama), Jorge Flores (El Salvador)

18 April 2024 (2024-04-18)

18:00

Costa Rica	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Cuba
Rodriguez  14'43" Fonseca  33'37" Tijerino  35'32"	Report (CONCACAF)	Morales  24'28" Cotilla  31'43" Aguilera  38'02"
Penalties
Rodriguez Leon Vindas Salas Tijerino Fonseca Ortega Gomez	6–7	Martinez Hernández Valiente Cotilla Ramirez Gonzalez Aguilera Morales

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Matthew Rodman (United States), Maynor Sanic (Guatemala)

18 April 2024 (2024-04-18)

20:00

Panama	6–3 (a.e.t.)	Guatemala
Campos  1'44" Maquensi  4'07" Milord  22'53", 46'53" Castrellon  44'59" Ortiz  49'48"	Report (CONCACAF)	Ruiz  3'48" Diaz  10'55" Campaignac  18'55"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Christopher Grabas (Canada), Manuel Rosario (Dominican Republic)

20 April 2024 (2024-04-20)

18:00

Costa Rica	0–3	Guatemala
	Report (CONCACAF)	E. Santizo  0'38" Sandoval  4'58" Díaz  30'15"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Ricardo Lay (Panama), Brenda Valdez (Cuba)

20 April 2024 (2024-04-20)

20:00

Cuba	3–4	Panama
Martínez  19'02", 36'39" Maquensi  20'17" (o.g.)	Report (CONCACAF)	Milord  13'43" Campos  21'33" Goodridge  24'17", 34'15"

Polideportivo Alexis Argüello, Managua

Referee: Josh Wilkens (United States), Diego López (Costa Rica)

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

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup on 17 April 2024.^[3]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup
Costa Rica	17 April 2024	5 (1992, 2000, 2012, 2016, 2021)
Panama	17 April 2024	3 (2012, 2016, 2021)
Guatemala	17 April 2024	5 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2021)
Cuba	17 April 2024	5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016)

Italic indicates host.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Panama	6	5	0	1	24	13	+11	15	Champions
2	Cuba	6	2	3	1	15	14	+1	9	Runners-up
3	Guatemala	6	4	1	1	30	21	+9	13	Third place
4	Costa Rica	6	4	1	1	21	14	+7	13	Fourth place
5	Dominican Republic	4	2	0	2	24	16	+8	6	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Mexico	4	2	0	2	22	20	+2	6
7	United States	4	1	1	2	17	16	+1	4
8	Canada	4	1	1	2	16	18	−2	4
9	Suriname	3	1	0	2	8	10	−2	3	Eliminated in group stage
10	Nicaragua	3	0	1	2	8	14	−6	1
11	Haiti	3	0	0	3	7	21	−14	0
12	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	8	23	−15	0

• Note: Costa Rica  8–3  Haiti (Abandoned)^{[note 1]}

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:^[14][20]

• Best Player Award: Alfonso Maquensi
• Young Player Award: Kevin Rueda
• Top Scorer Award: Marvin Sandoval
• Best Goalkeeper Award: Jaime Peñaloza
• Fair Play Award:  Panama

• Futsal, CONCACAF.com