16 teams set to compete for the Confederation’s Beach Soccer title and the two available spots in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) today conducted the official draw for the 2019 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship, at the Calle Independencia, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
The 2019 edition of the biannual Concacaf event, which will be held with the support of the Municipal Government of Puerto Vallarta, will have the participation of the 16 best national beach soccer teams in the region. The two best-ranked teams in the competition will ensure qualification for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019.
The draw, which sorted the 16 participating teams into four groups, was conducted by Concacaf Chief Football Officer Manolo Zubiria.
The groups for the 2019 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship are as follows (listed in the order drawn):
Group A: Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guatemala
Group B: Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands
Group C: United States, Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire
Group D: El Salvador, Guadeloupe , Belize, Guyana
After round-robin play, the first and second place finishers of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals winners will advance to the semifinals. Semifinal winners will automatically qualify for the tournament’s final, as well as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019.
The complete schedule of matches can be found here.
In the last edition of the Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship in the Bahamas, Panama overcame Mexico in the final, to win its first Beach Soccer title.
