Courtesy: CONCACAF.COM

22.4.04 - Guyana and the host Trinidad & Tobago advanced to the 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Final Round Qualification after winning their respective groups at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Preliminary Tournament at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine on Wednesday evening.
Guyana (3-0-0, 9 Points) defeated Surinam (2-1-0, 6 Points) 7:5 for the top spot in the CFU Group B, behind three goals from Alton Fraser, while three tallies by Jerwyn Balthazar and two each from Kevin Peters and Marvin Lee led Trinidad & Tobago (3-0-0, 9 Points) to a 9:2 victory over Grenada (1-2-0, 3 Points) and first-place honours in Group A.

In other CFU Futsal Tournament matches, three goals by Curly Poppen and two more from Clifford Pauletta paced the Netherlands Antilles (2-1-0, 6 Points) to a 7:3 win over Puerto Rico (0-3-0, 0 Points) and second place in Group A, while St. Vincent & The Grenadines (1-2-0, 3 Points) earned their first victory in Group B with a 2:0 blanking of Turks & Caicos Islands (0-3-0, 0 Points).

Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago will play for the first-ever Caribbean Futsal title on 23 April, while in an earlier encounter, Netherlands Antilles meets Surinam (two runners-up from group play) in a third-place play-off game to claim the final CFU berth in the 2004 CONCACAF Final Round Qualification scheduled for July in Costa Rica.

The three Caribbean representatives will join three qualifiers from the North/Central Preliminary Series, along with Cuba and the host Costa Rica, in the eight-team CONCACAF Final Round. This event will qualify two CONCACAF nations to the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship to be held in Chinese Taipei from 21 November - 5 December.

2004 CONCACAF FUTSAL QUALIFYING

CFU Tournament – St. Augustine, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO; University of the West Indies

Group A (GP, W-L-T, GF:GA, PTS)
Trinidad & Tobago (3, 3-0-0, 17:7, 9)
Netherlands Antilles (3, 2-1-0, 16:9, 6)
Grenada (3, 1-2-0, 10:18, 3)
Puerto Rico (3, 0-3-0, 8:17, 0)

21.04.2004
PUERTO RICO – NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 3-7 (0-3)
Scorers:Chaco SANTIAGO 32’; Manuel FREIJE 39’; Javier ORTIZ 39’ – Clifford PAULETTA 5’, 30’; Curly POPPEN 6’, 10’, 36’; Riangelo RODRÍGUEZ 29’, 27’
PUR: Austin Perez – Hector Calderon, J. Brenes, M. Miranda, Javier Ortiz.
Subs – G. Fernández, Jose García, Chaco Santiago, Manuel Freije, J. Rivera, J. Moya, G. Pagan. Booked: none
ANT: Giovanny Molina, Riangelo Rodríguez, Clifford Pauletta, Curly Poppen.
Subs – Ricknaydo Goeloe, C. De Windt, Clifford Braafnart, O. Reenís, Enron Espacia, Sairon Martina, Bryan Virgina. Booked: none

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – GRENADA 9-2 (3-2)
Scorers:Anthony SMALL 3’; Ako JAMES 5’; Jerwyn BALTHAZAR 9’, 27’, 31’; Kevin PETERS 34’, 39’; Marvin LEE 34’, 36’ – Brian STANTISCLAUS 5’; Atkinson NECKLES 18’
TRI: Kevin Graham – Jason Valley, Ako James, Anthony Small, Wendell Douglas.
Subs – Cordell Greenidge, Kevin Peters, Colin Joseph, Sterling O’Brian, Jerwyn Balthazar, Marvin Lee, Perry Martin. Booked: none
GRN: R. Romain – Ricky Morris, K. Wilson, Brian Stanticlaus, Franklyn Baptiste.
Subs – Atkinson Neckles, Dwayne Jerome, A. Charles, Desmond Noel, D. Hood. Booked: Hood 30’, Jerome 31’

Group B (GP, W-L-T, GF:GA, PTS)
Guyana (3, 3-0-0, 29:9, 9)
Surinam (3, 2-1-0, 27:8, 6)
St. Vincent & The Grenadines (3, 1-2-0, 4:18, 3)
Turks & Caicos Islands (3, 0-3-0, 3:28, 0)

21.04.2004
TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS – ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES 0-2 (0-0)
Scorers: Narel GEORGE 25’; Chester MORGAN 40’
TCA: Nigel Salder – Christopher Bruno, Paul Crosbie, Ryan Duffy, Christopher Bryan.
Subs – Christopher Gannon, Duane Glinton, R. Harrison. Booked: Bryan 39’
VIN: N. Sam – Chester Morgan, M. Prescott, Kevin Abraham, Q. Tash.
Subs – D. Francis, Narel George, G. Woodley, R. Gordon, S. Henry, M. John, W. McDowall. Booked: Morgan 39’

SURINAM – GUYANA 5-7 (0-2)
Scorers: C. SAMA-AN 23’, 40’; A. DOESBURG 29’, 37’; Gino BRANDON 31’ – Alton FRASER 9’, 25’, 32’; Eron HAYDE 13’; OG 27’; Travis GRANT 28’; Norman NASSEY 36’
SUR: Lloyd Derby – R. Derby, C. Tinliep Shie, S. Elam, Roberto Zebeda.
Subs – C. Sama-an, Gino Brandon, R. Jomena, A. Doesburg, S. Bernsteins, Winston Feller. Booked: Feller 26’
GUY: Orin Parris – Kanata Mannings, Delon Jossiah, Eron Hayde, Zevon Atkinson.
Subs – Lester Peters, Dwayne Douglas, Travis Grant, Norman Nassey, Norris Carter, Alton Fraser. Booked: Grant 32’

23.04.2004

Third-Place: SURINAM – NETHERLANDS (20:00)
Final: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – GUYANA (21:00)