The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup ? CONCACAF Qualifier Official draw already confirmed for November 24th

The teams involved in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup – CONCACAF Qualifier will not need to wait long to see who are they to face for the ticket to Italy 2011. The competition’s official draw is going to take place next Wednesday, November 24^th, 10:00 am, at the Holiday Inn hotel of the tournament’s venue, the Mexican resort of Puerto Vallarta.

Representing the City of Puerto Vallarta, Salvador González, Municipal President, Jose Luis Díaz, Tourism Director, and Cesar D. Macías, General Manager of the Local Sport Council will attend the ceremony, as well as the Mexican National team coach, Ramón Raya, and a representative from the squad. On behalf of the Fideicomiso de Turismo de Puerto Vallarta, Committee members Luis Ángel Cantu Treviño and Martín Rodríguez will also be there.

Regarding the draw procedure, both Mexico and The USA will be placed as the seeds for both groups A and B, respectively, according to their current BSWW CONCACAF rank. Mexico, moreover, are the event hosts, so their place in the first table was already set. The remaining six teams will be placed into three pots, A, B and C, again based on the BSWW CONCACAF Ranking from 2007 to 2009. The team distribution goes as follows:

Pot A will have the next two (2) best ranked PMAs: El Salvador and Costa Rica

Pot B will have the next two (2) ranked PMAs: Canada and Bahamas

Pot C will have the next two (2) ranked PMAs: Guatemala and Jamaica

The match schedule will be defined following the pattern below:

                         Group A                                                  Group B                           

                        A1 – Mexico                                           B1 – USA

                             A2                                                             B2

                             A3                                                             B3

                             A4                                                             B4

GROUP PHASE

Date                        Match Nº                               Time (local/GMT)                             Teams

Wednesday             1                                           12:15 / 18:15                    B2     vs.          B3

01.12.10                  2                                           13:30 / 19:30                     A2     vs.          A3

                               3                                           14:45 / 20:45                    B4     vs.       USA

                               4                                           16:00 / 22:00                    A4     vs.   Mexico

Thursday                5                                           12:15 / 18:15                     B2     vs.          B4

02.12.10                  6                                           13:30 / 19:30                     A2     vs.          A4

                               7                                           14:45 / 20:45                    USA   vs.          B3

                               8                                           16:00 / 22:00                    Mexico   vs.     A3

Friday                     9                                           12:15 / 18:15                    B3     vs.          B4

03.12.10                  10                                          13:30 / 19:30                    A3     vs.          A4

                               11                                         14:45 / 20:45                    USA   vs.          B2

                               12                                         16:00 / 22:00                    Mexico   vs.     A2

SEMI-FINALS*

Saturday                 13 (Semi-final 1)                   14:45 / 20:45          1^st Gr. B vs. 2^nd Gr. A

04.12.10                  14 (Semi-final 2)                   16:00 / 22:00          1^st Gr. A vs. 2^nd  Gr. B

* Order and timings can be altered by the Organizing Committee

PLAY-OFF 3rd / 4th PLACE AND FINAL

Sunday                   15 (Play-off 3/4)                    14:45 / 20:45          Loser M13 vs. loser M14

05.12.10                  16 (Final)                              16:00 / 22:00    Winner M13 vs. Winner M14