Beach soccer at the 2023 World Beach Games – Qualification (CONCACAF)

Beach soccer at the 2023 World Beach Games qualification (CONCACAF)
ANOC World Beach Games Bali 2023 – Qualifier El Salvador
Tournament details
Host countryEl Salvador
Dates6–8 April 2023
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
№ of events2 (1 men's; 1 women's)
Teams11 (from 7 countries)
Men's event
Teams7
Final positions
1 Champions  United States
2 Runners-up  El Salvador
3 Third place  Costa Rica
Matches played9
Goals scored62 (6.89 per match)
Women's event
Teams4
Final positions
1 Champions  El Salvador
2 Runners-up  United States
3 Third place  Trinidad and Tobago
Matches played6
Goals scored42 (7 per match)
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The CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2023 World Beach Games, known officially as the ANOC World Beach Games Bali 2023 – Qualifier El Salvador, was a beach soccer tournament contested by North American national teams who are members of CONCACAF that took place to determine the nations from North, Central America and the Caribbean that qualified to the beach soccer competition at the second edition of the ANOC World Beach Games.[1][2]

The tournament consisted of two events: the men's qualifiers and the women's qualifiers, the former a knockout competition from which the top two teams qualified, and the latter a round robin contest from which the top two teams also qualified.[1][2][3]

Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and National Sports Institute of El Salvador (INDES) in association with the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT), the competition took place in San Luis La Herradura, El Salvador from 6–8 April 2023.[1][2][4]

Mexico were the defending champions in both the men's and women's events[5] but did not enter this year. The men's event was won by the United States, whilst the women's event was won by hosts El Salvador.[6][7][8]

Venues

For both the men's and women's tournaments, all matches were hosted at the Estadio Nacional de la Costa del Sol [es] on the outskirts of San Luis La Herradura.[1][2][3]

Men's tournament

Teams

The men's event was a seven-team tournament. The entrants are listed below,[9][10][11] ordered by their world ranking in parentheses (31 March 2023, out of 101 teams):[12]

  1.  El Salvador (15) (hosts)
  2.  United States (17)
  3.  Bahamas (30)
  4.  Guatemala (35)
  5.  Costa Rica (41)
  6.  Trinidad and Tobago (53)
  7.  Belize (66)

Draw

The draw took place internally with most details undisclosed. As the top seeds, and with an odd number of participants, El Salvador received a bye in round one. The remaining six teams were organised based on their position in the world ranking (the second-best ranked team was drawn against the team ranked seventh, third against sixth, and fourth against fifth.)

Results

The competition was played as a straight knockout tournament, starting with the quarter-finals and ending with the final with the winner crowned champions of the event.[1][2] Meanwhile, the losing nations of each round receded to play in a series of consolation matches in order to determine all final placements.

The two teams that reached the final qualified for the 2023 World Beach Games.[1][2]

Matches are listed as local time in San Luis La Herradura, (UTC–6).

Fifth place5th–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 El Salvadorbye
—7 April; 20:00; Report
— El Salvador (p)5 (4)
 Guatemalabye6 April; 14:45; Report Costa Rica5 (2)
 Guatemala4
8 April; 14:30; Report Costa Rica58 April; 20:00; Report
 Guatemala2 El Salvador2
 Bahamas16 April; 17:15; Report United States4
 Bahamas2
7 April; 14:45; Report Trinidad and Tobago37 April; 17:15; Report
 Bahamas7 Trinidad and Tobago0Third place
 Belize36 April; 18:45; Report United States58 April; 17:00; Report
 United States8 Costa Rica4
 Belize2 Trinidad and Tobago0

Awards

Winners trophy

 2023 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier
Champions 

United States
First title

Individual awards

Top scorer(s)
Costa Rica Greivin Pacheco
El Salvador Heber Ramos
United States Alessandro Canale
4 goals
Best player
United States Gabriel Silveira
Best goalkeeper
United States Christopher Toth
Source: BSWW

Final standings

Rank Team Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 2023 World Beach Games
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  El Salvador
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Costa Rica
4  Trinidad and Tobago
5  Guatemala
6  Bahamas
7  Belize

Source: BSWW

Women's tournament

Teams

Four teams entered the women's event which are as follows,[3][13] ordered by their world ranking in parentheses (31 March 2023, out of 22 teams):[14]

  1.  United States (7)
  2.  Bahamas (13)
  3.  El Salvador (15) (hosts)
  4.  Trinidad and Tobago (17)

Results

The competition was played as a single round robin tournament;[1][2] the teams competed to earn points for the overall standings table – the two that accumulated the most points after all the matches were completed qualified for the 2023 World Beach Games.[1]

Matches are listed as local time in San Luis La Herradura, (UTC–6).

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  El Salvador (H) 3 3 0 0 0 15 7 +8 9 2023 World Beach Games
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 3 2 0 0 1 17 7 +10 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 0 2 8 13 −5 3
4  Bahamas 3 0 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0
Source: BSWW
(H) Host
6 April 2023 Bahamas  0–6  United States
16:00 Report
6 April 2023 Trinidad and Tobago  2–5  El Salvador
20:00 Report
7 April 2023 United States  7–2  Trinidad and Tobago
16:00 Report
7 April 2023 El Salvador  5–1  Bahamas
18:45 Report
8 April 2023 Bahamas  1–4  Trinidad and Tobago
15:45 Report
8 April 2023 El Salvador  5–4  United States
18:30 Report

Awards

Winners trophy

2023 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier
Champions
El Salvador
El Salvador
First title

Individual awards

Top scorer(s)
El Salvador Irma Guerra
5 goals
Best player
El Salvador Fatima Perez
Best goalkeeper
United States Melissa Lowder
Source: BSWW

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Trinidad and Tobago beach soccer teams start World qualifiers". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Rebollo, Ricardo (5 April 2023). "Con ausencia de Honduras, se jugará el ANOC de fútbol Playa en El Salvador". HonduSports Ilustrada (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Jueves iniciará el ANOC World Beach Games Bali 2023-Qualifier El Salvador - Instituto Nacional de los Deportes de El Salvador". INDES (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ^ "México derrota a El Salvador y se corona campeón de torneo de fútbol playa" (in Spanish). Latinx Today. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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  11. ^ Pérez, Max S. (5 April 2023). "Selección de Futbol Playa arranca eliminatoria para Juegos Mundiales". Diario de Centro América (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Rankings - Men's National Teams". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  13. ^ "U.S. Beach Soccer Men's And Women's National Team Rosters Set For ANOC World Beach Games Qualifiers In El Salvador". United States Soccer Federation. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Rankings - Women's National Teams". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2023.