2010 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2010 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates1–5 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up El Salvador
Third place United States
Fourth place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored126 (7.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)El Salvador Frank
(Francisco Velasquez)
(13 goals)
Best player(s)El Salvador Frank
(Francisco Velasquez)
2009
2013

The 2010 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was a continental beach soccer tournament, which took place between December 1 and December 5, 2010, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for the third time in a row. Organizers had hoped to extend the number of teams participating from six to eight after seeing newcomers Bahamas compete in the previous competition, and this indeed materialized with Jamaica returning after four years and Guatemala joining the tournament. This meant that the competition took place between two groups of four in a round-robin format, with the top two teams in each group qualifying to the knockout stage.[1]

Only the two finalists would be the nations to progress to play in the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup the following year, these nations being hosts Mexico, and El Salvador, seeing last years qualifying nation Costa Rica, lose out on a spot at the world cup.[2] All matches took place at Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras in Puerto Vallarta.[3]

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  3. ^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2011 CONCACAF Qualifier Puerto Vallarta". Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-07-17.