2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2016
Tournament details
Host country Costa Rica
CityHeredia
Dates23 July – 1 August
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored127 (7.94 per match)
Attendance10,882 (680 per match)
Top scorer(s)Costa Rica Jefrid Ruiz (8 goals)
Best player(s)Cuba Juan Portal
Best goalkeeperUnited States Brett Phillips
Fair play award United States
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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

Further information: 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 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.

Squads

Main article: 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship squads

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:

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

All times were local, CST (UTC−6).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 3 0 0 23 2 +21 9 Knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 12 13 −1 6
3  Trinidad and Tobago 3 1 0 2 12 16 −4 3
4  Suriname 3 0 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
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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 July – Heredia
 
 
 Costa Rica0
 
1 August – Heredia
 
 United States4
 
 United States2
 
30 July – Heredia
 
 Cuba0
 
 Cuba5
 
 
 Mexico4
 
Third place
 
 
1 August – Heredia
 
 
 Costa Rica12
 
 
 Mexico5

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)

Winner

 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship 

United States
Second title

Final ranking

Teams qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship
Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Costa Rica
4  Mexico
5  Panama
6  Trinidad and Tobago
7  Suriname
8  Guyana

References

  1. ^ "North and Central American Futsal Championship 2004". RSSSF. 25 September 2004.
  2. ^ "Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF). FIFA.com. 5 December 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2011.

External links

CONCACAF Futsal Championship
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