2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

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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]

Host countryBahamas
CityNassau
Dates11–16 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
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2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONCACAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host countryBahamas
CityNassau
Dates11–16 March
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions El Salvador (3rd title)
Runners-up Guatemala
Third place United States
Fourth place Bahamas
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored98 (6.13 per match)
Top scorerEl Salvador Emerson Cerna (6 goals)
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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.

Teams

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

More information Team, Appearance ...
Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Bahamas (hosts)9thFourth place (2023)
 Costa Rica11thRunners-up (2009, 2015)
 El Salvador10thChampions (2009, 2021)
 Guatemala7thThird place (2021)
 Mexico11thChampions (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019)
 Panama6thChampions (2017)
 Trinidad and Tobago7thQuarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
 United States (title holders)11thChampions (2006, 2013, 2023)
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Draw

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.

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
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The numbers in parentheses show the CONCACAF ranking of the teams as of 26 February 2024, out of 19 nations.[3]

Squads

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship squads

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

Group stage

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).

Group A

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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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Source: Concacaf
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
More information El Salvador, 6–1 ...
El Salvador 6–1 Costa Rica
  • Castro 4', 25'
  • Cerna 14', 30'
  • Urbina 19'
  • González 29' (pen.)
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  • Valencia 5'
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Referee: Juan Andrés Ángeles (Dominican Republic)
More information Mexico, 3–4 ...
Mexico 3–4 Guatemala
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  • Lem 5', 27'
  • Pérez 6'
  • Crocker 22'
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Referee: Jorge Tuñón (Panama)
More information Guatemala, 0–7 ...
Guatemala 0–7 El Salvador
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  • Ruiz 4'
  • Ramos 16', 25'
  • Castro 26'
  • Batres 31'
  • Velásquez 32'
  • Cerna 36'
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Referee: Alexander Vetia (Cuba)
More information Costa Rica, 1–3 ...
Costa Rica 1–3 Mexico
  • Jimenez 32'
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Referee: Juan Andrés Ángeles (Dominican Republic)
More information Costa Rica, 1–5 ...
Costa Rica 1–5 Guatemala
  • Arguello 36'
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  • Crocker 1'
  • M. González 12'
  • Marroquín 20'
  • López 24', 28'
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Referee: Arian Crespo (Cuba)
More information Mexico, 6–7 ...
Mexico 6–7 El Salvador
  • Morales 23'
  • Maldonado 23', 29'
  • López 26'
  • García 31'
  • Montes de Oca 31'
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  • Castro 3'
  • Velásquez 4'
  • Cerna 5', 21'
  • González 21', 26'
  • Batres 21'
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Referee: Jorge Tuñón (Panama)

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
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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Source: Concacaf
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
More information United States, 2–2 ...
United States 2–2 Trinidad and Tobago
  • Canale 7'
  • Silveira 18'
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  • Gregory 10', 33'
Penalties
  • Navas football with check mark
  • Silveira football with check mark
  • Perea football with check mark
  • Canale football with check mark
 4–1
  • football with red X Williams
  • football with check mark Riley
  • football with red X Peters
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Referee: Jonathan Hernández (Costa Rica)
More information Panama, 2–2 ...
Panama 2–2 Bahamas
  • Maquensi 16'
  • Kelly 33'
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Penalties
  • R. Garcia football with check mark
  • Escobar football with check mark
  • Del Rosario football with check mark
  • Kelly football with red X
  • Maquensi football with check mark
 4–3
  • football with check mark Julmis
  • football with check mark Williams
  • football with check mark Ferguson
  • football with red X Adderley
  • football with red X St Fleur
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Referee: Mario Nava (Mexico)
More information Trinidad and Tobago, 3–5 ...
Trinidad and Tobago 3–5 Panama
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  • García 4', 35'
  • Maquensi 6', 12', 31'
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Referee: Fernando Calvillo (Guatemala)
More information Bahamas, 3–2 ...
Bahamas 3–2 United States
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  • Valcarcel 6', 34'
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Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)
More information United States, 5–1 ...
United States 5–1 Panama
  • Carvalho 7', 12'
  • Navas 21', 28'
  • Silveira 26'
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  • Maquensi 19'
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Referee: Mario Nava (Mexico)
More information Bahamas, 5–4 ...
Bahamas 5–4 Trinidad and Tobago
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  • Riley 3', 12'
  • Gregory 16'
  • Coker 20'
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Referee: Julio Josué Ramos Mejía (El Salvador)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 March
 
 
 El Salvador (p)1 (7)
 
16 March
 
 United States1 (6)
 
 El Salvador2
 
15 March
 
 Guatemala1
 
 Bahamas2
 
 
 Guatemala3
 
Third place match
 
 
16 March
 
 
 United States6
 
 
 Bahamas2

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

More information El Salvador, 1–1 (a.e.t.) ...
El Salvador 1–1 (a.e.t.) United States
  • Cerna 17'
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  • Chavez 25'
Penalties
  • Velásquez football with check mark
  • Cruz football with red X
  • Ramos football with check mark
  • Castro football with check mark
  • González football with check mark
  • Ruiz football with check mark
  • Cerna football with check mark
  • Robles football with check mark
 7–6
  • football with check mark Navas
  • football with red X Silveira
  • football with check mark Perea
  • football with check mark Canale
  • football with check mark Carvalho
  • football with check mark Valcarcel
  • football with check mark Akol
  • football with red X Rezende
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Referee: Arian Crespo (Cuba)
More information Bahamas, 2–3 ...
Bahamas 2–3 Guatemala
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  • M. González 3'
  • López 11'
  • Crocker 31'
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Referee: Juan Andrés Ángeles (Dominican Republic)

Third place match

More information United States, 6–2 ...
United States 6–2 Bahamas
  • Perea 11'
  • Chavez 13'
  • Akol 22'
  • Valcarcel 24'
  • Carvalho 30'
  • Silveira 31'
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Referee: Julio Josué Ramos Mejía (El Salvador)

Final

More information El Salvador, 2–1 ...
El Salvador 2–1 Guatemala
  • Robles 12'
  • Nájera 14'
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  • M. González 7'
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Referee: Gumercindo Batista (Panama)

Awards

Winners trophy

More information 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship champions ...
 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
champions 

El Salvador
Third title
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Individual Awards

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

More information Golden Ball (Best Player), Golden Boot (Top scorer) ...
Golden Ball (Best Player)
El Salvador Emerson Cerna
Golden Boot (Top scorer)
El Salvador Emerson Cerna
6 goals
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
El Salvador Eliodoro Portillo
Youth Player Award
The Bahamas Wood Julmis
Fair Play Award
 El Salvador
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Goalscorers

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

6 goals

  • El Salvador Emerson Cerna

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  • The Bahamas Brandon Adderley
  • El Salvador Melvin González
  • Guatemala Pablo Crocker
  • Guatemala Miguel González
  • Guatemala Edwin López
  • Trinidad and Tobago Akinola Gregory
  • United States Ricardo Carvalho
  • United States Gabriel Silveira
  • United States Cody Valcarcel

2 goals

1 goal

  • The Bahamas Michael Butler
  • The Bahamas Lekenson Chery
  • The Bahamas Creven Ferguson
  • The Bahamas Timothy Munnings
  • The Bahamas Kyle Williams
  • Costa Rica Carlos Arguello
  • Costa Rica Eddie Jimenez
  • Costa Rica Jesus Valencia
  • El Salvador Erick Nájera
  • El Salvador Elmer Robles
  • El Salvador Agustín Ruiz
  • El Salvador Jason Urbina
  • Guatemala Berny Marroquín
  • Guatemala Samuel Pérez
  • Mexico Alejandro García
  • Mexico Gabriel Macías
  • Mexico Jacob Montes de Oca
  • Mexico Juan Morales
  • Panama Alberto Kelly
  • Trinidad and Tobago Zane Coker
  • Trinidad and Tobago Jay-Son Joseph
  • United States Tomás Canale
  • United States Nicolás Perea
  • United States Tanner Akol

1 own goal

  • Trinidad and Tobago Jesse Bailey (against Bahamas)

Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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

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Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
 El Salvador15 March 20255 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021)
 Guatemala15 March 20250 (Debut)
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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