# Beach soccer at the 2023 World Beach Games – Qualification (CONCACAF)

The CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2023 World Beach Games, known officially as the ANOC World Beach Games Bali 2023 – Qualifier El Salvador, was a beach soccer tournament contested by North American national teams who are members of CONCACAF that took place to determine the nations from North, Central America and the Caribbean that qualified to the beach soccer competition at the second edition of the ANOC World Beach Games.
The tournament consisted of two events: the men's qualifiers and the women's qualifiers, the former a knockout competition from which the top two teams qualified, and the latter a round robin contest from which the top two teams also qualified.
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) and National Sports Institute of El Salvador (INDES) in association with the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT), the competition took place in San Luis La Herradura, El Salvador from 6–8 April 2023.
Mexico were the defending champions in both the men's and women's events but did not enter this year. The men's event was won by the United States, whilst the women's event was won by hosts El Salvador.

## Venues

For both the men's and women's tournaments, all matches were hosted at the Estadio Nacional de la Costa del Sol [es] on the outskirts of San Luis La Herradura.

## Men's tournament
### Teams

The men's event was a seven-team tournament. The entrants are listed below, ordered by their world ranking in parentheses (31 March 2023, out of 101 teams):
* El Salvador (15) (hosts)
* United States (17)
* Bahamas (30)
* Guatemala (35)
* Costa Rica (41)
* Trinidad and Tobago (53)
* Belize (66)

### Draw

The draw took place internally with most details undisclosed. As the top seeds, and with an odd number of participants, El Salvador received a bye in round one. The remaining six teams were organised based on their position in the world ranking (the second-best ranked team was drawn against the team ranked seventh, third against sixth, and fourth against fifth.)

### Results

The competition was played as a straight knockout tournament, starting with the quarter-finals and ending with the final with the winner crowned champions of the event. Meanwhile, the losing nations of each round receded to play in a series of consolation matches in order to determine all final placements.
The two teams that reached the final qualified for the 2023 World Beach Games.
Matches are listed as local time in San Luis La Herradura, (UTC–6).
| Fifth place | Fifth place | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | | | El Salvador | bye | | | |
| | | | | — | | 7 April; 20:00; Report | 7 April; 20:00; Report | | |
| | | — | | | | El Salvador (p) | 5 (4) | |
| | | Guatemala | bye | 6 April; 14:45; Report | 6 April; 14:45; Report | Costa Rica | 5 (2) | |
| | | | | Guatemala | 4 | | | | |
| 8 April; 14:30; Report | 8 April; 14:30; Report | | | Costa Rica | 5 | | | 8 April; 20:00; Report | 8 April; 20:00; Report |
| Guatemala | 2 | | | | | | | El Salvador | 2 |
| Bahamas | 1 | | | 6 April; 17:15; Report | 6 April; 17:15; Report | | | United States | 4 |
| | | | | Bahamas | 2 | | | | |
| | | 7 April; 14:45; Report | 7 April; 14:45; Report | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 7 April; 17:15; Report | 7 April; 17:15; Report | | |
| | | Bahamas | 7 | | | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Belize | 3 | 6 April; 18:45; Report | 6 April; 18:45; Report | United States | 5 | 8 April; 17:00; Report | 8 April; 17:00; Report |
| | | | | United States | 8 | | | Costa Rica | 4 |
| | | | | Belize | 2 | | | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 |

### Awards
#### Winners trophy

* 2023 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier Champions
* United States First title

#### Individual awards

* Top scorer(s)
* Greivin Pacheco Heber Ramos Alessandro Canale
* 4 goals
* Best player
* Gabriel Silveira
* Best goalkeeper
* Christopher Toth

### Final standings

| Rank | Team | Qualification |
| | United States | 2023 World Beach Games |
| | El Salvador | 2023 World Beach Games |
| | Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 5 | Guatemala | |
| 6 | Bahamas | |
| 7 | Belize | |
Source: BSWW

## Women's tournament
### Teams

Four teams entered the women's event which are as follows, ordered by their world ranking in parentheses (31 March 2023, out of 22 teams):
* United States (7)
* Bahamas (13)
* El Salvador (15) (hosts)
* Trinidad and Tobago (17)

### Results

The competition was played as a single round robin tournament; the teams competed to earn points for the overall standings table – the two that accumulated the most points after all the matches were completed qualified for the 2023 World Beach Games.
Matches are listed as local time in San Luis La Herradura, (UTC–6).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | El Salvador (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 9 | 2023 World Beach Games |
| | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 6 | 2023 World Beach Games |
| | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bahamas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | |

### Awards
#### Winners trophy

* 2023 World Beach Games – CONCACAF Qualifier Champions
* El Salvador First title

#### Individual awards

* Top scorer(s)
* Irma Guerra
* 5 goals
* Best player
* Fatima Perez
* Best goalkeeper
* Melissa Lowder