The 2015 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was a beach soccer tournament which took place in Costa del Sol, El Salvador on 28 March – 4 April 2015. This was the first time the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was held in Central America. All matches were played at Estadio de Fútbol Playa (Costa del Sol) in La Paz Department, with an official capacity of 2,000.

The tournament served as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier for teams from North, Central America and Caribbean which are members of CONCACAF, where the top two teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal. In the final, Mexico defeated Costa Rica to be crowned champions, and both teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Participating teams and draw The following 16 teams entered the tournament.

North American Zone

Central American Zone

(hosts)

Caribbean Zone

Note: Guadeloupe is not a FIFA member and thus ineligible to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

The draw of the tournament was held on 27 January 2015, 10:00 local time (UTC−6), at San Salvador. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the following seeding:

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4(3 teams were drawn to Pot 3)

Group stage Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. Legend The top two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, Central Standard Time (UTC−6).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage Bracket

Quarter-finals

Fifth place semi-finals

Semi-finals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Final ranking Qualified for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

RankTeam456789–16

Awards Best Player (MVP)Top Scorer(s)Best Goalkeeper Ramón Maldonado Francisco Velásquez Miguel Estrada

Top goalscorers 15 goals Francisco Velásquez

13 goals Lesly St. Fleur

11 goals

Greivin Pacheco Quesada Kevon Woodley

9 goals

José Ruiz Miguel González Enríquez Ángel Sáenz Gómez Rohan Reid

8 goals Nicolas Perera

7 goals Daemion Benjamin

References

External links , beachsoccer.com , CONCACAF.com , FIFA.com