# 2023 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

The 2023 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was the tenth edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by CONCACAF teams. The tournament took place at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility in Nassau, Bahamas.
The defending champions and the hosts were both eliminated in the semi-finals. The United States, which won the tournament for the third time, qualified to the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup along with runner-ups Mexico as the top two CONCACAF teams.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams competed in the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Bahamas (hosts) | 8th | Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Belize | 5th | Round 1 (2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Costa Rica | 10th | Runners-up (2009, 2015) |
| Dominican Republic | 2nd | Round 1 (2021) |
| El Salvador (title holders) | 9th | Champions (2009, 2021) |
| Guadeloupe | 4th | Fourth place (2017) |
| Guatemala | 6th | Third place (2021) |
| Mexico | 10th | Champions (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
| Panama | 5th | Champions (2017) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6th | Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 5th | Round 1 (2015, 2017, 2019) |
| United States | 10th | Champions (2006, 2013) |

## Draw

The draw was held at 11:00 EDT on 17 March 2023 at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States. The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four.
The procedure was as follows:
The teams were first divided into four pots of three based on their CONCACAF Beach Soccer Ranking as of August 2021. The highest ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, down through to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4. The three teams in Pot 1 were seeded and each automatically assigned to the head of one of the groups. The teams from Pots 2–4 were then drawn, drawing all teams from one pot before moving onto the next.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Mexico (1) El Salvador (2) United States (3) | Panama (4) Bahamas (5) (hosts) Costa Rica (6) | Guatemala (7) Trinidad and Tobago (8) Guadeloupe (9) | Belize (12) Turks and Caicos Islands (14) Dominican Republic (18) |
    The numbers in parentheses show the CONCACAF ranking of the teams as of August 2021, out of 19 nations.

## Squads

Each team had to submit a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.

## 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. The top two teams from each group and the two best third placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, EDT (UTC−4).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | El Salvador | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 | |
| 4 | Guadeloupe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Bahamas (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Belize | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Panama | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 | |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | W+ | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Guatemala | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | A | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage

11 May was allocated as a rest day.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 12 May | 12 May | | | |
| United States | 5 | | | |
| United States | 5 | 13 May | 13 May | | |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 13 May | 13 May | |
| Costa Rica | 4 | United States | 5 | |
| 12 May | 12 May | | United States | 5 | |
| 12 May | 12 May | El Salvador | 2 | |
| El Salvador | 7 | El Salvador | 2 | |
| El Salvador | 7 | | | | 14 May | 14 May |
| Guatemala | 2 | | | | 14 May | 14 May |
| Guatemala | 2 | | | | United States | 5 |
| 12 May | 12 May | | | | | United States | 5 |
| 12 May | 12 May | | | | Mexico | 0 |
| Panama | 2 | | | | Mexico | 0 |
| Panama | 2 | 13 May | 13 May | | | |
| Bahamas | 4 | 13 May | 13 May | | | |
| Bahamas | 4 | Bahamas | 2 | | | |
| 12 May | 12 May | | Bahamas | 2 | | | |
| 12 May | 12 May | Mexico | 3 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Mexico | 2 | Mexico | 3 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Mexico | 2 | | | | 14 May | 14 May |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | | | 14 May | 14 May |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | | | | El Salvador | 3 |
| | | | | | Bahamas | 2 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualify for the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

### Final
## Awards
### Winners trophy

* 2023 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship champions
* United States Third title

### Individual awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
* Golden Ball (Best Player)
* Nick Perera
* Golden Boot (Top scorer)
* Jason Urbina
* 11 goals
* Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
* Gabriel Macías
* Fair Play Award
* Bahamas

## Top goalscorers

There have been 197 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 7.58 goals per match (as of 14 May 2023).
11 goals
* Jason Urbina
9 goals
* Lonis Calero
* Exon Perdomo
* Nick Perera
8 goals
* Gabriel Silveira
6 goals
* Francisco Velásquez
* Heber Ramos
5 goals
* Kyle Williams
* Roger Mora
* Billy Forbes
* Tomás Canale
4 goals
* James Thompson
* Diego Martínez
* Gabriel Macías
* Nicolás Perea
3 goals
* Wood Julmis
* Greivin Pacheco
* Rogelio Rauda
* Héctor Acevedo
* Cristofer Castillo
* Jaime Londoño
* Julio Watson
* Álvaro Franco
* Ricardo Carvalho
2 goals
* Gary Joseph
* Lesly St. Fleur
* Michael Butler
* Kenen Castillo
* Kenyon Martínez
* Christian Prado
* Jhonatan Sánchez
* Yan Lluberes
* Andrés Cruz
* Gary Andre-Lubin
* David Bordelai
* Pablo Crocker
* Juan Flores
* Miguel González
* José Lem
* José Vizcarra
* Edgar Portilla
* Rafael García
* Alberto Kelly
* Kareem Perry
1 goal
* Jean Francois
* Evelt Julmis
* Jaheim Mena
* Raymond Ramos
* Jeaustin Medina
* Daniel Peña
* Miguel Moreta
* Yensy Severino
* Melvin González
* Andrés Osorio
* Stéphane Amadiah
* Gael Geolier
* Sebastien Hell
* Ricardo Mezence
* Marvin Quinol
* Berny Marroquín
* Ángel Sáenz
* Alejandro García
* Nagdiel Del Rosario
* Alfonso Maquensi
* Luis Quintero
* Zane Coker
* Akinola Gregory
* Shane Hospedales
* Jordan Riley
* Pendieno Brooks
* Peterson Evariste
* Ledson Jerome
* Wilkins Sylvins
* Dornell Wiles
* Christopher Albiston
* Antonio Chavez
* Conner Rezende
* Chris Toth
1 own goal
* Jeaustin Medina (against the United States)
* Jean Francois (against Mexico)
Source: CONCACAF

## Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualify for the 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup only FIFA era (since 2005) |
| United States | 14 May 2023 | 6 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2019, 2021) |
| Mexico | 14 May 2023 | 6 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.