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2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

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Host country
  
El Salvador

Venue(s)
  
1 (in 1 host city)

City
  
Costa del Sol

Champions
  
Mexico (3rd title)

2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

Dates
  
28 March – 4 April 2015

Teams
  
16 (from 1 confederation)

The 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Costa del Sol, El Salvador on 28 March – 4 April 2015. This was the first time the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was held in Central America. All matches were played at Estadio de Futbol Playa (Costa del Sol) in La Paz Department, with an official capacity of 2,000.

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The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from North, Central America and Caribbean which are members of CONCACAF, where the top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal. In the final, Mexico defeated Costa Rica to be crowned champions, and both teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Participating teams and draw

The following 16 teams entered the tournament.

Note: Guadeloupe is not a FIFA member and thus ineligible to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 January 2015, 10:00 local time (UTC−6), at San Salvador. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the following seeding:

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.

All times are local, Central Standard Time (UTC−6).

Top goalscorers

15 goals
  • Francisco Velásquez
  • 13 goals
  • Lesly St. Fleur
  • 11 goals
    9 goals
    8 goals
  • Nicolas Perera
  • 7 goals
  • Daemion Benjamin
  • Source: CONCACAF.com

    References

    2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Wikipedia