THE FUTSAL CORNER

by Steven Torres - CONCACAF Director of Information Services

11.04.2012

DRAW FOR 2012 CONCACAF FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP SET FOR THURSDAY
The draw for the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship will take place at the Intercontinental Hotel in Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala on Thursday (12 April) … Host and defending champion Guatemala, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, USA and the winner of the Canada-El Salvador playoff will be are drawn into two groups of four for the Confederation’s event that will take place at the Ciudad de Guatemala’s Domo Polideportivo from 2-8 July … The eight-team tournament will qualify for the first time four nations to the FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand 2012.


CONCACAF FUTSAL HISTORY IN THE REGION
Prior to 2012 event, CONCACAF has staged four Futsal qualifiers for the FIFA Tournaments since 1996 with the inaugural event taking place in Guatemala that was won by the USA which also qualified Cuba to the FIFA competition in Spain 1996 … In 2000, the Confederation competition was held in Costa Rica for the first time and was won by the host. Cuba once again took second as both teams progressed to the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Guatemala … Four years later, the eight-team CONCACAF Futsal Championship was again staged in Costa Rica, where USA and Cuba claimed first and second places, respectively to the FIFA event in Chinese Taipei … The tournament returned to Guatemala in 2008 where the host won the competition and was joined by Cuba and USA as the Confederation representatives to the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil.




Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com