# 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship

The 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was the eleventh 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 two finalists qualified to the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The defending champions, United States, lost to eventual champions El Salvador in the semi-finals.

## Teams

A total of 8 teams competed in the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Bahamas (hosts) | 9th | Fourth place (2023) |
| Costa Rica | 11th | Runners-up (2009, 2015) |
| El Salvador | 10th | Champions (2009, 2021) |
| Guatemala | 7th | Third place (2021) |
| Mexico | 11th | Champions (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
| Panama | 6th | Champions (2017) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7th | Quarter-finals (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
| United States (title holders) | 11th | Champions (2006, 2013, 2023) |

## Draw

The draw was held at 11:00 EST on 26 November 2024 at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four.
The teams were first divided into four pots of two based on their CONCACAF Beach Soccer Ranking as of 26 February 2024. The highest ranked teams were placed in Pot 1, down through to the lowest ranked teams placed in Pot 4. The teams from each of Pots 1–4 were drawn, drawing all teams from one pot before moving onto the next.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| United States (1) Mexico (2) | El Salvador (3) Panama (4) | Bahamas (5) (hosts) Costa Rica (6) | Guatemala (7) Trinidad and Tobago (8) |
    The numbers in parentheses show the CONCACAF ranking of the teams as of 26 February 2024, out of 19 nations.

## Squads

Each team submitted a squad of 12 players, including a minimum of two goalkeepers.

## Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Points were earned as follows:
* 3 points for a win in regulation time
* 2 points for a win in extra time
* 1 point for a win in a penalty shoot-out
* no points for a loss.

### Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
* Points in all group matches;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Points in matches between the tied team;
* Goal difference in matches between the tied team;
* Goals scored in matches between the tied team;
* Fair play points;
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local, EST (UTC−5).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | El Salvador | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WE | WP | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bahamas (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 15 March | 15 March |
| El Salvador (p) | 1 (7) |
| El Salvador (p) | 1 (7) | 16 March | 16 March |
| United States | 1 (6) | 16 March | 16 March |
| United States | 1 (6) | El Salvador | 2 |
| 15 March | 15 March | | El Salvador | 2 |
| 15 March | 15 March | Guatemala | 1 |
| Bahamas | 2 | Guatemala | 1 |
| Guatemala | 3 | | |
| Guatemala | 3 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 16 March | 16 March |
| | | United States | 6 |
| | | Bahamas | 2 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

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

* 2025 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship champions
* El Salvador Third title

### Individual Awards

The following awards were presented at the conclusion of the tournament:
* Golden Ball (Best Player)
* Emerson Cerna
* Golden Boot (Top scorer)
* Emerson Cerna
* 6 goals
* Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper)
* Eliodoro Portillo
* Youth Player Award
* Wood Julmis
* Fair Play Award
* El Salvador

## Goalscorers

There have been 46 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 5.75 goals per match (as of 12 March 2025).
4 goals
* Alfonso Maquensi
3 goals
* Andersson Castro
* Emerson Cerna
2 goals
* Wood Julmis
* Heber Ramos
* José Lem
* Héctor Acevedo
* Ramón Maldonado
* Eliecer García
* Akinola Gregory
* Kevon Woodley
* Cody Valcarcel
1 goal
* Brandon Adderley
* Creven Ferguson
* Timothy Munnings
* Eddie Jimenez
* Jesus Valencia
* Rubén Batres
* Melvin González
* Agustín Ruiz
* Jason Urbina
* Frank Velásquez
* Pablo Crocker
* Samuel Pérez
* Enoch López
* Gabriel Macías
* Alberto Kelly
* Jay-Son Joseph
* Tomás Canale
* Gabriel Silveira
Source: CONCACAF

## Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup only FIFA era (since 2005) |
| El Salvador | 15 March 2025 | 5 (2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021) |
| Guatemala | 15 March 2025 | 0 (Debut) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.