Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2016 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Costa Rica |
City | San José |
Dates | 8–14 May 2016 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Costa Rica (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Panama |
Third place | Guatemala |
Fourth place | Cuba |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 123 (7.69 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Frederico Moojen Juan Cordero Reynier Fiallo Claudio Goodridge Fernando Mena (5 goals each) |
Best player | Edwin Cubillo |
Best young player | Diego Ramírez |
Best goalkeeper | Daniel Atencio |
Fair play award | Costa Rica |
The 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 6th edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the men's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was held in San José, Costa Rica between 8–14 May 2016. A total of eight teams played in the tournament.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the CONCACAF representatives.
Champions Costa Rica, runners-up Panama, third-placed Guatemala and fourth-placed Cuba qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup as the CONCACAF representatives.
The eight berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows:
Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the teams joining Mexico and hosts Costa Rica at the final tournament, including two play-offs which were played on 4 and 5 May in Costa Rica prior to the final tournament.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
The matches were played at the BN Arena of Ciudad Deportiva de Hatillo in San José.
The draw for the tournament took place on 16 March 2016 at 12:30 CST (UTC−6) at the Hotel Barceló San José Palacio in San José.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Tournament host and defending CONCACAF Futsal Championship champion Costa Rica were seeded in Group B, while 2012 runner-up Guatemala were seeded in Group A.