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2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Guatemala
Dates	2–8 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Costa Rica (2nd title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	Panama
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	109 (6.81 per match)
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The 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the fifth 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 2 to 8 July 2012.

The tournament served as a qualifying tournament for the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand.

Qualifying

CFU (Caribbean Football Union) qualifying tournament

Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced automatically to the final round of a 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship after the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti and Trinidad & Tobago withdrew from regional qualifying. Cuba was to host a Caribbean qualifying event 17–23 February.

Playoff

Canada and El Salvador competed for the fourth spot in Group A.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canada	7–6	El Salvador	1–4	6–2

Canada	1–4	El Salvador
Elliot 3'		Rosales 3', 19', 27', 36'

El Salvador	2–6	Canada
Rosales 32', 40'		Chavez 14' (o.g.) Yaques 14' Laliberté 22' Elliot 26' Rios 40' Lemos 40'

Championship

The eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four which each played on a single round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to semi-finals. The top four teams from the tournament earned participation at the 2012 Futsal World Cup. The draw was held on 12 April 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Guatemala City. The schedule of matches was released on 23 April 2012.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guatemala	3	3	0	0	14	6	+8	9
Panama	3	2	0	1	15	12	+3	6
United States	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3	3
Canada	3	0	0	3	10	18	-8	0

United States	2–5	Panama
Perez 15' Chiles 27'		Lasso 6', 14', 15', 39' Alvarado 40'

Guatemala	7–3	Canada

Canada	2–3	United States
Xavier 7' Bennett 30'		Healey 17' Pérez 30' Chiles 33'

Guatemala	5–2	Panama
Acevedo 1', 29' De Leon 14', 27' Estrada 24'		Bello 31' Goodridge 32'

Panama	8–5	Canada

Guatemala	2–1	United States
Gonzalez 4' Aguilar 34'		Stewart 10'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Costa Rica	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	7
Mexico	3	2	1	0	14	9	+5	7
Cuba	3	1	0	2	12	7	+5	3
Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	0	3	5	22	-17	0

Mexico	4–4	Costa Rica

Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–10	Cuba

Mexico	5–4	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ramirez Vasquez 7' Cati 17' Angel 19', 35' Gonzalez 40'		Ramirez Vasquez 7' (o.g.) Lake 9' Nurse 10' Somersall 19'

Cuba	1–2	Costa Rica
Olivera 35'		Paniagua 21' Brenes 32'

Costa Rica	7–1	Saint Kitts and Nevis

Cuba	1–5	Mexico

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 July 2012 – Guatemala City
	Costa Rica	4
					8 July 2012 – Guatemala City
	Panama	1
					Costa Rica	3
	6 July 2012 – Guatemala City
					Guatemala	2
	Guatemala	3
	Mexico	0
					Third place
					8 July 2012 – Guatemala City
					Panama (a.e.t.)	6
					Mexico	4

Semi-finals

Costa Rica	4–1	Panama

Guatemala	3–0	Mexico

Third place play-off

Panama	6–4 (a.e.t.)	Mexico

Final

Costa Rica	3–2	Guatemala

Winner

2012 CONCACAF champion
Costa Rica Second title

Final standing

Place	Team
1	Costa Rica
2	Guatemala
3	Panama
4	Mexico
5	Cuba
6	United States
7	Canada
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis

Top goalscorers

The top 10 scorers from the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship are as follows:

Rank	Name	Country	Goals
1	Miguel Lasso	Panama	6
2	Humberto Armando Escobar	Guatemala	5
3	Miguel Angel Limon	Mexico	4
	Eduardo Morales	Cuba
5	Jorge Arias	Costa Rica	3
	Jose Rafael Gonzalez	Guatemala
	Oscar Hinks	Panama
	Aaron Gerardo Jerez	Costa Rica
	Yulier Olivera	Cuba
	Matthew Rios	Canada

Source:

References

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