2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONCACAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	Bahamas
City	Nassau
Dates	11–16 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	El Salvador (3rd title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Bahamas
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	98 (6.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emerson Cerna (6 goals)
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The 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was the eleventh edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by CONCACAF teams. The tournament took place at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility in Nassau, Bahamas.^[1][2]

The two finalists qualified to the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The defending champions, United States, lost to eventual champions El Salvador in the semi-finals.

A total of 8 teams competed in the tournament.^[1][2]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Bahamas (hosts)	9th	Fourth place (2023)
Costa Rica	11th	Runners-up (2009, 2015)
El Salvador	10th	Champions (2009, 2021)
Guatemala	7th	Third place (2021)
Mexico	11th	Champions (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Panama	6th	Champions (2017)
Trinidad and Tobago	7th	Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
United States (title holders)	11th	Champions (2006, 2013, 2023)

The draw was held at 11:00 EST on 26 November 2024 at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four.^[1][2]

The teams were first divided into four pots of two based on their CONCACAF Beach Soccer Ranking as of 26 February 2024. The highest ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, down through to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4. The teams from each of Pots 1–4 were drawn, drawing all teams from one pot before moving onto the next.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States (1)  Mexico (2)	El Salvador (3)  Panama (4)	Bahamas (5) (hosts)  Costa Rica (6)	Guatemala (7)  Trinidad and Tobago (8)

The numbers in parentheses show the CONCACAF ranking of the teams as of 26 February 2024, out of 19 nations.^[3]

Each team submitted a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.^[4]

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.^[1][2]

Points were earned as follows:

• 3 points for a win in regulation time
• 2 points for a win in extra time
• 1 point for a win in a penalty shoot-out
• no points for a loss.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:

1. Points in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points in matches between the tied team;
5. Goal difference in matches between the tied team;
6. Goals scored in matches between the tied team;
7. Fair play points;
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	3	3	0	0	0	20	7	+13	9	Semi-finals
2	Guatemala	3	2	0	0	1	9	11	−2	6
3	Mexico	3	1	0	0	2	12	12	0	3
4	Costa Rica	3	0	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahamas (H)	3	2	0	0	1	10	8	+2	6	Semi-finals
2	United States	3	1	0	1	1	9	6	+3	4
3	Panama	3	1	0	1	1	8	10	−2	4
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	0	3	9	12	−3	0

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	Semi-finals				Final
	15 March
	El Salvador (p)	1 (7)
					16 March
	United States	1 (6)
					El Salvador	2
	15 March
					Guatemala	1
	Bahamas	2
	Guatemala	3
					Third place match
					16 March
					United States	6
					Bahamas	2

Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship champions
El Salvador Third title

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:^[5]

Golden Ball (Best Player)
Emerson Cerna
Golden Boot (Top scorer)
Emerson Cerna
6 goals
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
Eliodoro Portillo
Youth Player Award
Wood Julmis
Fair Play Award
El Salvador

There were 98 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 6.12 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: CONCACAF

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1 only FIFA era (since 2005)
El Salvador	15 March 2025	5 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021)
Guatemala	15 March 2025	0 (Debut)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

• CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
• Beach Soccer Worldwide