2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Costa Rica
City	Heredia
Dates	23 July–1 August 2004
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	Costa Rica
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	127 (7.94 per match)
Attendance	10,882 (680 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jefrid Ruiz (8 goals)
Best player	Juan Portal
Best goalkeeper	Brett Phillips
Fair play award	United States

The 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 3rd 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 Heredia, Costa Rica between 23 July–1 August 2004.^[1] 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 two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Chinese Taipei as the CONCACAF representatives.^[2]

Qualification

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performances	Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances
North American Zone (NAFU) qualified through North / Central American qualifying play-off
Mexico	Play-off winner	3rd	Third place (1996)	0
United States	Play-off winner	3rd	Winners (1996)	3
Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through North / Central American qualifying play-off
Costa Rica	Hosts	3rd	Winners (2000)	2
Panama	Play-off winner	1st	—	0
Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying tournament
Trinidad and Tobago	Winners	1st	—	0
Guyana	Runners-up	1st	—	0
Suriname	Third place	2nd	Group stage (2000)	0
Cuba	Automatic	3rd	Runners-up (1996, 2000)	1

Venues

The matches were played at the Palacio de los Deportes in Heredia.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:

Goal difference in all group matches;
Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Costa Rica	3	3	0	23	2	+21	9	Knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	1	12	13	−1	6	Knockout stage
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	2	12	16	−4	3
4	Suriname	3	0	3	10	26	−16	0

Source: RSSSF

23 July 2004	Mexico	6–4	Trinidad and Tobago	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Contreras 12' 24' Montiel 14' Olvera 22' López 29' Huerta 39'		6' 40' Balthazar 16' Small 21' James	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 100 Referee: Carlos del Cid (GUA)

23 July 2004	Costa Rica	13–1	Suriname	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Jú. Rodríguez 13' 15' Montoya 16' 27' 37' Carvajal 18' Chávez 19' 38' Ruiz 22' 24' Jo. Rodríguez 23' Barrantes 39' 40'		33' Feller	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 750 Referee: Terry Mashino (USA)

25 July 2004	Suriname	5–6	Mexico	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Derby 23' Brandon 23' Doesburg 35' Zebeda 36' Feller 40'		1' Contreras 15' Ramírez 16' Castañeda 18' López 29' Huerta 35' Montiel	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 700 Referee: Antonio Álvarez (CUB)

25 July 2004	Costa Rica	6–1	Trinidad and Tobago	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Montoya 3' Vindas 30' Chávez 34' Rodríguez 35' Ruiz 36' Arce 38'		38' Lee	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 700 Referee: Donald Campos (NCA)

27 July 2004	Trinidad and Tobago	7–4	Suriname	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Balthazar 17' 18' Olliverra 21' James 28' Joseph 30' Small 36' Lee 38'		3' 35' 37' Brandon 34' Zebeda	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 350 Referee: Roy McArthur (GUY)

27 July 2004	Costa Rica	4–0	Mexico	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Ruiz 10' Carvaja 28' Arce 30' Barrantes 38'			Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 1,980 Referee: Ricardo Díaz (PAN)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cuba	3	2	1	0	13	4	+9	7	Knockout stage
2	United States	3	1	2	0	9	3	+6	5	Knockout stage
3	Panama	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4
4	Guyana	3	0	0	3	6	24	−18	0

Source: RSSSF

24 July 2004	United States	2–2	Panama	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Howes 26' Shanker 32'		20' 32' Rangel	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 103 Referee: Emilio Dongu (MEX)

24 July 2004	Guyana	3–10	Cuba	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Bentick 10' Grant 25' Nassy 40'		2' 33' 37' Saname 8' 11' Díaz 12' 36' Guerra 13' Morales 26' Serrano 38' Chapman	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 103 Referee: Jorge Ruiz (CRC)

26 July 2004	United States	6–0	Guyana	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Shanker 20' Dusosky 22' 23' White 27' 35' Gustaferro 28' (pen.)			Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 45 Referee: Víctor Prendas (CRC)

26 July 2004	Cuba	2–0	Panama	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Serrano 18' 26'			Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 95 Referee: Ernest Richardson (GRN)

28 July 2004	Panama	8–3	Guyana	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Rangel 5' 33' 35' Williams 7' Alvarado 25' Smith 28' 35' Murillo 38'		15' Douglas 28' Hayde 37' Waterton	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 53 Referee: Emilio Dongu (MEX)

28 July 2004	Cuba	1–1	United States	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Morales 7'		30' (pen.) Gustaferro	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 71 Referee: Jorge Ruiz (CRC)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

30 July – Heredia

Costa Rica	0
		1 August – Heredia
United States	4
		United States	2
30 July – Heredia
		Cuba	0
Cuba	5

Mexico	4
		Third place

		1 August – Heredia

		Costa Rica	12

		Mexico	5

Semi-finals

30 July 2004	Cuba	5–4	Mexico	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Morales 2' Guerra 2' Díaz 10' 14' (pen.) 39' (pen.)		3' Huerta 11' Contreras 35' Ramírez 38' Castañeda	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 2,741 Referee: John Konstantinidis (USA)

30 July 2004	Costa Rica	0–4	United States	Heredia, Costa Rica
			9' (pen.) Gustaferro 26' 38' Howes 40' Shanker	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 2,741 Referee: Vladimir Goitisolo (CUB)

Third place playoff

1 August 2004	Costa Rica	12–5	Mexico	Heredia, Costa Rica
	Rodríguez 4' 11' 18' Chávez 12' 13' Ruiz 19' 24' 34' 35' Montoya 21' Vindas 33' 38'		22' López 23' Huerta 27' 31' Olvera 36' Ramírez	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 175 Referee: Ricardo Díaz (PAN)

Final

1 August 2004	Cuba	0–2	United States	Heredia, Costa Rica
			20' Howes 26' D'Ambra	Stadium: Palacio de los Deportes Attendance: 175 Referee: Ernest Richardson (GRN)

Winners

2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
United States Second title

Final ranking

Teams qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship

Rank	Team
	United States
	Cuba
	Costa Rica
4	Mexico
5	Panama
6	Trinidad and Tobago
7	Suriname
8	Guyana

References

↑ "North and Central American Futsal Championship 2004". RSSSF.com. 25 September 2004.
↑ "Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA.com. 5 December 2004.

External links

Futsal, CONCACAF.com

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[host-1] "North and Central American Futsal Championship 2004". RSSSF.com. 25 September 2004.

[distribution-2] "Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA.com. 5 December 2004.

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