2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 2016
Tournament details
Host country Costa Rica
CitySan José
Dates8–14 May
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored123 (7.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Frederico Moojen
Costa Rica Juan Cordero
Cuba Reynier Fiallo
Panama Claudio Goodridge
Panama Fernando Mena
(5 goals each)[1]
Best player(s)Costa Rica Edwin Cubillo
Best young playerCuba Diego Ramírez
Best goalkeeperPanama Daniel Atencio
Fair play award Costa Rica
2012
2021

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

  1. ^ "CONCACAF Futsal Championship – Stats". CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. ^ "Costa Rica Named Host for 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship". CONCACAF.com. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-01. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. ^ "La FIFA ratificó la distribución de plazas que corresponden a cada confederación" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Colombia field set as trio book tickets". FIFA.com. 10 May 2016. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016.