2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF) | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | El Salvador |
City | Costa del Sol |
Dates | 28 March – 4 April 2015 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Mexico (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Costa Rica |
Third place | El Salvador |
Fourth place | United States |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 36 |
Goals scored | 335 (9.31 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Francisco Velásquez (15 goals) |
Best player | Ramón Maldonado |
Best goalkeeper | Miguel Estrada |
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.
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.
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:
El Salvador (assigned to A1)
Mexico (assigned to B1)
United States (assigned to C1)
Costa Rica (assigned to D1)