The 2010
CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was a continental
beach soccer
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Whilst football has been played informally on beaches, the introduction of ''beach soccer'' was an a ...
tournament, which took place between December 1 and December 5, 2010, in
Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta ( or simply Vallarta) is a Mexican beach resort city situated on the Pacific Ocean's Bahía de Banderas in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadala ...
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Mexico, for the third time in a row. Organizers had hoped to extend the number of teams participating from six to eight after seeing newcomers Bahamas compete in the previous competition, and this indeed materialized with
Jamaica returning after four years and
Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
joining the tournament. This meant that the competition took place between two groups of four in a round-robin format, with the top two teams in each group qualifying to the knockout stage.
Only the two finalists would be the nations to progress to play in the
2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
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the following year, these nations being hosts
Mexico, and
El Salvador
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, seeing last years qualifying nation
Costa Rica
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, lose out on a spot at the world cup. All matches took place at Unidad Deportiva Municipal Agustín Flores Contreras in Puerto Vallarta.
Participating teams
Eight teams entered the tournament, the highest ever amount, with Guatemala being newcomers. Jamaica returned to the tournament after a four-year absence.
North American Zone:
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Central American Zone:
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Caribbean Zone:
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Group stage
The draw to determine the groupings and schedule for the eight teams was held in Puerto Vallarta on November 24, 2010.
For the draw, Mexico and the United States drew the top seeds in each group based on their current
Beach Soccer Worldwide CONCACAF rankings, with Mexico being placed in Group A and the United States being placed in Group B. The remaining six teams were drawn from three pots (A, B and C), again based on their
Beach Soccer Worldwide CONCACAF ranking from 2007 to 2009.
All match times are correct to that of local time in Puerto Vallarta time, being
Central Standard Time
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Central Standard Time (CST) is six hours behind Coordinate ...
, (UTC -6).
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Third Place
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Final
Winners
Awards
Teams Qualifying
Top scorers
;12 goals
* Frank (Francisco Velasquez)
;11 goals
* Jonathan Sanchez
;8 goals
* Rohan Reid
;6 goals
* Anthony Chimienti
* Antonio Barbosa
;5 goals
* Marco Avila
* Jose Agustin Ruiz
;4 goals
* Oscar Gil
;3 goals
* Marcus Johnstone
* Nesley Jean
* Tomas Hernandez
* Jeffrey Chavarria
* Zak Ibsen
;3 goals (cont.)
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Yuri Morales
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Ryan Futagaki
* Gustavo Rosales
;2 goals
* Andre Reid
* William Leon
* Greivin Pacheco
* Bruno Xavier
* Walter Torres
* Victor Lopez
* Cameron Hepple
* Daron Beneby
* Luis Garcia
* Esau Polanco
* Morgan Plata
* Jevin Albuquerque
;1 goal
* Franz Torres
* Fabian Davis
* Claudio Adanis
* Gavin Christie
;1 goal (cont.)
* Ehren Hanna
* Jose Membreno
* Elias Ramirez
* Lesly St. Fleur
* Erick Suriano
* Kevin Wilson
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Tyler Hughes
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Jocelyn Roy
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Gagan Dosanjh
* Gregory Simpson
* Ricardo Villalobos
* Angel Saenz
* Raphael Xexeo
* Francis Farberoff
* Jason Campos
* Claudio Adanis
* Jose Calvo
;Own goal
* Fabian Davis (for Canada )
Final standings
References
Day 1 ResultsDay 2 ResultsDay 3 ResultsSemi-Final ResultsThird Place and Final Results
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Beach Soccer Championship
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2010–11 in Mexican football
International association football competitions hosted by Mexico
Qualification Concacaf
2010 in beach soccer