The 2012
CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the fifth edition of the main international
futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...
tournament of the
North and Central America and the Caribbean region. It took place in
Guatemala City
Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the Capital city, national capital and largest city of the Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala. It is also the Municipalities of Guatemala, municipal capital of the Guatemala Depa ...
,
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...
from 2 to 8 July 2012.
The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the
2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup
The 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the seventh FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It took place from 1 to 18 November 2012 in Thailand ...
in
Thailand
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.
Qualifying
CFU (Caribbean Football Union) qualifying tournament
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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advanced automatically to the final round of a 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship after the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...
,
Guyana
Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...
,
Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...
and
Trinidad & Tobago withdrew from regional qualifying. Cuba was to host a Caribbean qualifying event 17–23 February.
Playoff
Canada and El Salvador competed for the fourth spot in Group A.
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Championship
The eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four which each played on a single
round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to semi-finals. The top four teams from the tournament earned participation at the
2012 Futsal World Cup. The draw was held on 12 April 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel in
Guatemala City
Guatemala City (, also known colloquially by the nickname Guate), is the Capital city, national capital and largest city of the Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala. It is also the Municipalities of Guatemala, municipal capital of the Guatemala Depa ...
. The schedule of matches was released on 23 April 2012.
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Third place play-off
Final
Winner
Final standing
Top goalscorers
The top 10 scorers from the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship are as follows:
Source:[ ]
References
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CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 4 ...