Courtesy: CONCACAF


Dates announced for 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

9.1.08 - CONCACAF announced the dates for the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship that will take place from 2-8 June at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
This is the first time since 1996 that the CONCACAF Tournament will be held in Guatemala. The, Domo, which drew a total of 80,740 spectators through 12 match days during the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Cup, will stage the 2008 Championship.

Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, USA and two more Caribbean teams (from the preliminary qualification in Guyana, 4-10 March) will join the hosts, Guatemala in this year’s CONCACAF Tournament that will qualify three countries to the FIFA Futsal World Cup Brazil 2008.

CONCACAF have hosted three Futsal qualifiers for the FIFA Tournaments in 1996, 2000, 2004. Six teams participated in 1996 CONCACAF event in Guatemala that was won by the USA and also qualified Cuba to the FIFA competition in Spain 1996.

In 2000, eight squads took part in the Confederation competition in Costa Rica, which 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 held in Costa Rica, where the USA and Cuba claimed first and second places, respectively.





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