2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONCACAF qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	Bahamas
City	Nassau
Dates	11–16 March
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	El Salvador (3rd title)
Runners-up	Guatemala
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Bahamas
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	98 (6.13 per match)
Top scorer	Emerson Cerna (6 goals)
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The 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was the eleventh edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by CONCACAF teams. The tournament took place at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility in Nassau, Bahamas.

The two finalists qualified to the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The defending champions, United States, lost to eventual champions El Salvador in the semi-finals.

Teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Bahamas (hosts)	9th	Fourth place (2023)
Costa Rica	11th	Runners-up (2009, 2015)
El Salvador	10th	Champions (2009, 2021)
Guatemala	7th	Third place (2021)
Mexico	11th	Champions (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Panama	6th	Champions (2017)
Trinidad and Tobago	7th	Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023)
United States (title holders)	11th	Champions (2006, 2013, 2023)

Draw

The draw was held at 11:00 EST on 26 November 2024 at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four.

The teams were first divided into four pots of two based on their CONCACAF Beach Soccer Ranking as of 26 February 2024. The highest ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, down through to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4. The teams from each of Pots 1–4 were drawn, drawing all teams from one pot before moving onto the next.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States (1) Mexico (2)	El Salvador (3) Panama (4)	Bahamas (5) (hosts) Costa Rica (6)	Guatemala (7) Trinidad and Tobago (8)

The numbers in parentheses show the CONCACAF ranking of the teams as of 26 February 2024, out of 19 nations.

Squads

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship squads

Each team submitted a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.

Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Points were earned as follows:

• 3 points for a win in regulation time
• 2 points for a win in extra time
• 1 point for a win in a penalty shoot-out
• no points for a loss.

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:

1. Points in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points in matches between the tied team;
5. Goal difference in matches between the tied team;
6. Goals scored in matches between the tied team;
7. Fair play points;
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	3	3	0	0	0	20	7	+13	9	Semi-finals
2	Guatemala	3	2	0	0	1	9	11	−2	6
3	Mexico	3	1	0	0	2	12	12	0	3
4	Costa Rica	3	0	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

Source: Concacaf
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

11 March 2025 (2025-03-11)

14:00

El Salvador	6–1	Costa Rica
Castro File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 25' Cerna File:Soccerball shade.svg 14', 30' Urbina File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' González File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' (pen.)	Report	Valencia File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Juan Andrés Ángeles (Dominican Republic)

11 March 2025 (2025-03-11)

16:00

Mexico	3–4	Guatemala
Maldonado File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 33' Acevedo File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Report	Lem File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 27' Pérez File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Crocker File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Jorge Tuñón (Panama)

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12 March 2025 (2025-03-12)

14:00

Guatemala	0–7	El Salvador
	Report	Ruiz File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Ramos File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 25' Castro File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Batres File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Velásquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Cerna File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Alexander Vetia (Cuba)

12 March 2025 (2025-03-12)

16:00

Costa Rica	1–3	Mexico
Jimenez File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Report	Acevedo File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Macías File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' López File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' (pen.)

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Juan Andrés Ángeles (Dominican Republic)

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13 March 2025 (2025-03-13)

14:00

Costa Rica	1–5	Guatemala
Arguello File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Report	Crocker File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' M. González File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Marroquín File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' López File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 28'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Arian Crespo (Cuba)

13 March 2025 (2025-03-13)

16:00

Mexico	6–7	El Salvador
Morales File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Maldonado File:Soccerball shade.svg 23', 29' López File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' García File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Montes de Oca File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'	Report	Castro File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Velásquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Cerna File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 21' González File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 26' Batres File:Soccerball shade.svg 21'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Jorge Tuñón (Panama)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WE	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahamas (H)	3	2	0	0	1	10	8	+2	6	Semi-finals
2	United States	3	1	0	1	1	9	6	+3	4
3	Panama	3	1	0	1	1	8	10	−2	4
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	0	3	9	12	−3	0

Source: Concacaf
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

11 March 2025 (2025-03-11)

18:00

United States	2–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Canale File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Silveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 18'	Report	Gregory File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 33'
Penalties
Navas soccer ball with check mark Silveira soccer ball with check mark Perea soccer ball with check mark Canale soccer ball with check mark	4–1	soccer ball with red X Williams soccer ball with check mark Riley soccer ball with red X Peters

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Jonathan Hernández (Costa Rica)

11 March 2025 (2025-03-11)

20:00

Panama	2–2	Bahamas
Maquensi File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Kelly File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Report	Ferguson File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Julmis File:Soccerball shade.svg 15'
Penalties
R. Garcia soccer ball with check mark Escobar soccer ball with check mark Del Rosario soccer ball with check mark Kelly soccer ball with red X Maquensi soccer ball with check mark	4–3	soccer ball with check mark Julmis soccer ball with check mark Williams soccer ball with check mark Ferguson soccer ball with red X Adderley soccer ball with red X St Fleur

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Mario Nava (Mexico)

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12 March 2025 (2025-03-12)

18:00

Trinidad and Tobago	3–5	Panama
Joseph File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Woodley File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' (pen.), 24'	Report	García File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 35' Maquensi File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 12', 31'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Fernando Calvillo (Guatemala)

12 March 2025 (2025-03-12)

20:00

Bahamas	3–2	United States
Adderley File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Julmis File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Munnings File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Report	Valcarcel File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 34'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)

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13 March 2025 (2025-03-13)

18:00

United States	5–1	Panama
Carvalho File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 12' Navas File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 28' Silveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Report	Maquensi File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Mario Nava (Mexico)

13 March 2025 (2025-03-13)

20:00

Bahamas	5–4	Trinidad and Tobago
Julmis File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Chery File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Bailey File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (o.g.) Adderley File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Report	Riley File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 12' Gregory File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Coker File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Julio Josué Ramos Mejía (El Salvador)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 March
	El Salvador (p)	1 (7)
					16 March
	United States	1 (6)
					El Salvador	2
	15 March
					Guatemala	1
	Bahamas	2
	Guatemala	3
					Third place match
					16 March
					United States	6
					Bahamas	2

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

15 March 2025 (2025-03-15)

18:00

El Salvador	1–1 (a.e.t.)	United States
Cerna File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'	Report	Chavez File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'
Penalties
Velásquez soccer ball with check mark Cruz soccer ball with red X Ramos soccer ball with check mark Castro soccer ball with check mark González soccer ball with check mark Ruiz soccer ball with check mark Cerna soccer ball with check mark Robles soccer ball with check mark	7–6	soccer ball with check mark Navas soccer ball with red X Silveira soccer ball with check mark Perea soccer ball with check mark Canale soccer ball with check mark Carvalho soccer ball with check mark Valcarcel soccer ball with check mark Akol soccer ball with red X Rezende

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Arian Crespo (Cuba)

15 March 2025 (2025-03-15)

20:00

Bahamas	2–3	Guatemala
Julmis File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Adderley File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'	Report	M. González File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' López File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Crocker File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Juan Andrés Ángeles (Dominican Republic)

Third place match

16 March 2025 (2025-03-16)

18:00

United States	6–2	Bahamas
Perea File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Chavez File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' Akol File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Valcarcel File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Carvalho File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Silveira File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'	Report	Butler File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Julmis File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Julio Josué Ramos Mejía (El Salvador)

Final

16 March 2025 (2025-03-16)

20:00

El Salvador	2–1	Guatemala
Robles File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Nájera File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'	Report	M. González File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'

Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility, Nassau

Referee: Gumercindo Batista (Panama)

Awards

Winners trophy

2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship champions
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador Third title

Individual Awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:

Golden Ball (Best Player)
Emerson Cerna
Golden Boot (Top scorer)
Emerson Cerna
6 goals
Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
Eliodoro Portillo
Youth Player Award
Wood Julmis
Fair Play Award
El Salvador

Goalscorers

There were 98 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 6.12 goals per match.

6 goals

• Emerson Cerna

5 goals

• Wood Julmis
• Alfonso Maquensi

4 goals

• Andersson Castro
• Ramón Maldonado

3 goals

• Brandon Adderley
• Melvin González
• Pablo Crocker
• Miguel González
• Edwin López
• Akinola Gregory
• Ricardo Carvalho
• Gabriel Silveira
• Cody Valcarcel

2 goals

• Rubén Batres
• Heber Ramos
• Frank Velásquez
• José Lem
• Héctor Acevedo
• Enoch López
• Eliecer García
• Jordan Riley
• Kevon Woodley
• Antonio Chavez
• Andrés Navas

1 goal

• Michael Butler
• Lekenson Chery
• Creven Ferguson
• Timothy Munnings
• Kyle Williams
• Carlos Arguello
• Eddie Jimenez
• Jesus Valencia
• Erick Nájera
• Elmer Robles
• Agustín Ruiz
• Jason Urbina
• Berny Marroquín
• Samuel Pérez
• Alejandro García
• Gabriel Macías
• Jacob Montes de Oca
• Juan Morales
• Alberto Kelly
• Zane Coker
• Jay-Son Joseph
• Tomás Canale
• Nicolás Perea
• Tanner Akol

1 own goal

• Jesse Bailey (against Bahamas)

Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1 only FIFA era (since 2005)
El Salvador	15 March 2025	5 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021)
Guatemala	15 March 2025	0 (Debut)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

External links

• CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship
• Beach Soccer Worldwide