# 2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

The 2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the men's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Guatemala City, Guatemala between 1–10 May 2020. However, on 19 March 2020, CONCACAF announced the decision to postpone the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 11 February 2021, CONCACAF confirmed Guatemala as host and that the dates are going to be May 3–9, 2021.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania as the CONCACAF representatives.
Costa Rica, the defending champions, won their third straight and fourth overall title. They, along with runners-up the United States, third-placed Guatemala, and fourth-placed Panama, qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

## Teams

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking as of February 2020. A total of 20 teams originally entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 12 entrants would have advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked eight entrants would have had to participate in the qualifying stage, where winners of the four matchups (played as two-game series) would have advanced to the group stage of the final tournament.
On 11 February 2021, CONCACAF announced that a total of 16 teams were going to play in the tournament. On 12 April 2021, CONCACAF announced that only 13 teams were going to play in the tournament.
| Round | Rank | Team | Points | Appearance | Previous best performance | Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances |
| Group stage | 1 | Guatemala (hosts) | 2,416 | 5th | Champions (2008) | 2008, 2012, 2016 |
| Group stage | 2 | Panama | 2,315 | 5th | Second place (2016) | 2012, 2016 |
| Group stage | 3 | Costa Rica (title holders) | 2,120 | 7th | Champions (2000, 2012, 2016) | 1992, 2000, 2012, 2016 |
| Group stage | 4 | Cuba | 2,024 | 7th | Second place (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) | 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016 |
| Group stage | 5 | Mexico | 1,143 | 7th | Third place (1996) | 2012 |
| Group stage | 6 | United States | 1,046 | 6th | Champions (1996, 2004) | 1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008 |
| Group stage | 7 | Trinidad and Tobago | 980 | 3rd | Group Stage (2004, 2008) | |
| Group stage | 9 | Canada | 655 | 3rd | Group Stage (2012, 2016) | 1989 |
| Group stage | 10 | Curaçao (withdrew) | 574 | 3rd | Group Stage (1996, 2016) | |
| Group stage | 11 | El Salvador | 389 | 2nd | Group Stage (1996) | |
| Group stage | 13 | Guadeloupe (withdrew) | 360 | 1st | Debut | |
| Group stage | 14 | Haiti | 260 | 2nd | Group Stage (2008) | |
| Qualifying stage | 15 | Sint Maarten (withdrew) | 245 | 1st | Debut | |
| Qualifying stage | 16 | Suriname | 236 | 3rd | Group Stage (2000, 2004) | |
| Qualifying stage | 19 | Saint Kitts and Nevis (withdrew) | 78 | 2nd | Group Stage (2012) | |
| Qualifying stage | 20 | Nicaragua | 63 | 2nd | Group Stage (2000) | |
| Qualifying stage | 22 | Puerto Rico (withdrew) | 36 | 2nd | Group Stage (2000) | |
| Qualifying stage | 32 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 1st | Debut | |
| Qualifying stage | 33 | French Guiana (withdrew) | 0 | 1st | Debut | |
| Qualifying stage | 35 | Martinique (withdrew) | 0 | 1st | Debut | |
Championship years are in bold, hosting years are in italics
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 8 | Honduras | 672 |
| 12 | Guyana | 377 |
| 17 | Jamaica | 101 |
| 18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100 |
| 21 | Belize | 58 |
| 23 | Anguilla | 0 |
| 24 | Aruba | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 25 | Bahamas | 0 |
| 26 | Barbados | 0 |
| 27 | Bermuda | 0 |
| 28 | Bonaire | 0 |
| 29 | British Virgin Islands | 0 |
| 30 | Cayman Islands | 0 |
| 31 | Dominica | 0 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 34 | Grenada | 0 |
| 36 | Montserrat | 0 |
| 37 | Saint Lucia | 0 |
| 38 | Saint Martin | 0 |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 |
| 40 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 |
| 41 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 |

### Notes

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Non-FIFA members and thus ineligible to play in World Cup.

## Venues

The matches were played at the Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG in Guatemala City. Before the postponement of the tournament, matches were originally also to be played at the Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium.
| Guatemala City | Guatemala City |
| Guatemala City | Domo Polideportivo |
| Guatemala City | Capacity: 7,500 |

## Draw

The draw for the group stage took place on 20 February 2020, 14:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The 16 teams, which included the 12 which entered the group stage and the four qualifying stage matchups winners, were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking, the 12 teams which entered the group stage were distributed into three pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Guatemala (Group A/Host)  Panama (Group B)  Costa Rica (Group C)  Cuba (Group D) | Mexico  United States  Trinidad and Tobago  Canada | Curaçao  El Salvador  Guadeloupe  Haiti |
The qualifying stage matchups were determined based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking, with the highest-ranked team playing the lowest-ranked team, etc. The qualifying stage winners 1, 2, 3 and 4 were then placed in groups A, B, C and D respectively.

### Original draw

The original draw results involving the 20 teams were as follows:
| Group | Pot 1 team | Pot 2 team | Pot 3 team | Winner from qualifying stage | Winner from qualifying stage |
| A | Guatemala | Trinidad and Tobago | Guadeloupe | Sint Maarten | Martinique |
| B | Panama | Mexico | Curaçao | Suriname | French Guiana |
| C | Costa Rica | Canada | Haiti | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Dominican Republic |
| D | Cuba | United States | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Puerto Rico |
Following the withdrawals of Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Puerto Rico, only 16 teams were left, so the qualifying stage was no longer necessary, and the 16 remaining teams were placed in the four groups as before as there were four teams in each group. Following the withdrawals of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana, only 13 teams were left, and as there were only two teams left in Group A, to ensure that each group had a minimum of three teams, Dominican Republic were moved from Group C to Group A.

## Match officials

The list of match officials were announced on 20 April 2021.

## Squads

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.

## Group stage

The top two teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals.

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):
* Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss);
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
* Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction could be applied to a player in a single match):
** Yellow card: −1 points;
** Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
** Direct red card: −4 points;
** Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local, CST (UTC−6).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Guatemala | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Panama | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | +11 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Suriname | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Mexico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Haiti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Cuba | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | | | |
| Panama (p) | 1 (4) | | | |
| Panama (p) | 1 (4) | 8 May – Domo Polideportivo | 8 May – Domo Polideportivo | | |
| Canada | 1 (3) | 8 May – Domo Polideportivo | 8 May – Domo Polideportivo | |
| Canada | 1 (3) | Panama | 1 | |
| 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | | Panama | 1 | |
| 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | Costa Rica | 3 | |
| Costa Rica | 12 | Costa Rica | 3 | |
| Costa Rica | 12 | | | | 9 May – Domo Polideportivo | 9 May – Domo Polideportivo |
| Suriname | 1 | | | | 9 May – Domo Polideportivo | 9 May – Domo Polideportivo |
| Suriname | 1 | | | | Costa Rica | 3 |
| 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | | | | | Costa Rica | 3 |
| 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | | | | United States | 2 |
| United States | 2 | | | | United States | 2 |
| United States | 2 | 8 May – Domo Polideportivo | 8 May – Domo Polideportivo | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | 8 May – Domo Polideportivo | 8 May – Domo Polideportivo | | | |
| Dominican Republic | 0 | United States (p) | 2 (5) | | | |
| 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | | United States (p) | 2 (5) | | | |
| 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | 7 May – Domo Polideportivo | Guatemala | 2 (4) | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Guatemala (p) | 3 (4) | Guatemala | 2 (4) | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Guatemala (p) | 3 (4) | | | | 9 May – Domo Polideportivo | 9 May – Domo Polideportivo |
| El Salvador | 3 (3) | | | | 9 May – Domo Polideportivo | 9 May – Domo Polideportivo |
| El Salvador | 3 (3) | | | | Panama | 2 |
| | | | | | Guatemala (a.e.t.) | 3 |

### Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

### Final
## Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup |
| United States | 7 May 2021 | 5 (1989, 1992, 1996, 2004, 2008) |
| Panama | 7 May 2021 | 2 (2012, 2016) |
| Costa Rica | 7 May 2021 | 4 (1992, 2000, 2012, 2016) |
| Guatemala | 7 May 2021 | 4 (2000, 2008, 2012, 2016) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
* Best Player Award: Milinton Tijerino
* Young Player Award: Tomas Pondeca
* Top Scorer Award: Carlos Pérez (8 goals)
* Best Goalkeeper Award: Cesar Vargas
* Fair Play Award: Costa Rica