2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Dates	3 - 8 June 2008
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Guatemala (1st title)
Runners-up	Cuba
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	112 (7 per match)
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The 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the fourth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the North and Central America and the Caribbean region. It took place in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 3 June to 8 June 2008, with the Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG as the only venue.

Hosts Guatemala won the tournament after defeating the United States in semifinals and Cuba in the final. It was the first international futsal title won by Guatemala.

The tournament also acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil, with second and third placed teams Cuba and the U.S. joining Guatemala as the qualified teams.

Qualifying

Qualifying to 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship took place in Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago from 3–6 April 2008. and all matches played in Canedo Hall in the Centre of Excellence, Port of Spain.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	0	14	3	+11	6
Suriname	2	1	0	1	18	10	+8	3
Puerto Rico	2	0	0	2	3	22	-19	0

2008-04-03

19:00

Trinidad and Tobago	7 - 0	Puerto Rico

Canedo Hall
Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

2008-04-04

19:00

Puerto Rico	3 - 15	Suriname

Canedo Hall
Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

2008-04-05

18:00

Trinidad and Tobago	7 - 3	Suriname

Canedo Hall
Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Haiti	2	2	0	0	31	3	+28	6
Guyana	2	1	0	1	10	14	-4	3
Sint Maarten	2	0	0	2	3	27	-24	0

2008-04-03 print("sololola")

17:00

Guyana	8 - 2	Sint Maarten

Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

2008-04-04

17:00

Guyana	2 - 12	Haiti

Canedo Hall
Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

2008-04-05

16:00

Haiti	19 - 1	Sint Maarten

Canedo Hall
Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

Third & Fourth Places

2008-04-06

16:00

Suriname	7 - 3	Guyana

Canedo Hall
Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

Final

2008-04-06

18:00

Trinidad and Tobago	6 - 3	Haiti

Canedo Hall
Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago

Final Standing

1. Trinidad and Tobago *
2. Haiti *
3. Suriname
4. Guyana
5. Puerto Rico
6. Sint Maarten

* Qualified to 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

Championship

The eight participating teams are divided into two groups of four which will play each on a single round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advance to semi-finals. The top three teams for the tournament will earn participation at the 2008 Futsal World Cup.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cuba	3	1	2	0	14	7	+7	5
Guatemala	3	1	2	0	11	6	+5	5
Mexico	3	1	2	0	12	8	+4	5
Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	5	21	-16	0

2008-06-03

18:00

Cuba	2 – 2	Mexico

2008-06-03

20:00

Guatemala	5 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago

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2008-06-04

18:00

Trinidad and Tobago	2 – 9	Cuba

2008-06-04

20:00

Guatemala	3 – 3	Mexico

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2008-06-05

18:00

Mexico	7 – 3	Trinidad and Tobago

2008-06-05

20:00

Guatemala	3 – 3	Cuba

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	7
Panama	3	1	2	0	11	7	+4	5
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	21	12	+9	4
Haiti	3	0	0	3	3	22	-19	0

2008-06-03

10:00

Costa Rica	6 - 6	Panama

2008-06-03

12:00

United States	5 - 3	Haiti

2008-06-04

10:00

Haiti	0 - 13	Costa Rica

2008-06-04

12:00

Panama	1 - 1	United States

2008-06-05

10:00

Panama	4 - 0	Haiti

2008-06-05

12:00

United States	6 - 2	Costa Rica

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 June 2008 – Guatemala City
	United States	0
					8 June 2008 – Guatemala City
	Guatemala	4
					Guatemala(pen.)	3 (5)
	7 June 2008 – Guatemala City
					Cuba	3 (3)
	Cuba	4
	Panama	1
					Third place
					8 June 2008 – Guatemala City
					United States	7
					Panama	1

Semifinal

2008-06-07

14:00

United States	0 - 4	Guatemala

2008-06-07

16:00

Cuba	4 - 1	Panama

3rd Place

2008-06-08

14:00

United States	7 - 1	Panama

Final

2008-06-08

16:00

Guatemala	3 – 3 (a.e.t.) (5 – 3 pen.)	Cuba

Winner

2008 CONCACAF Champion
Guatemala First title

Final standing

Place	Team
1	Guatemala
2	Cuba
3	United States
4	Panama
5	Mexico
6	Costa Rica
7	Trinidad and Tobago
8	Haiti

Team qualified for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Cuba, Guatemala, and the USA qualified to the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

External links

Official website