The CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for

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and the

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, contested between senior men's national teams of the members of CONCACAF. It is the sport's version of the better known

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. The winners of the championship are crowned continental champions; the tournament also acts as the qualification route for North American nations to the upcoming edition of the

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and is therefore also known as the ''FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CONCACAF qualifier''. Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2010; the World Cup then became

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, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit. The championship was established in 2006 after

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made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments to determine the best national team(s) in their region and hence those who would proceed to represent their continent in the upcoming World Cup (previously, nations were simply invited to play without having to earn their place). The first edition was proceeded by a joint qualification tournament with

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in 2005; a second and final joint event was held in 2007. FIFA currently allocate North America two berths at the World Cup and hence the top two teams (the winners and the runners-up) qualify to the World Cup finals. North America's governing body for football,

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, organize the championship, with cooperation from

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(BSWW).

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are the most successful nation with four titles.

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and the

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and are the other multiple title winners with two each; the former are also current champions. This trio have dominated the championship, finishing in the top four together in seven of the nine tournaments.

Results

* Joint championship with

There have been nine editions of the championship as of 2021. For all tournaments, the top two teams qualified for the

. In terms of qualification to the World Cup,

and the

have achieved the most, finishing well enough in the championship to advance to the World Cup finals on six occasions each. Along with

and

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, these four nations are the only ones to qualify more than once thus far.

Performance

Successful nations

Awards

All-time top goalscorers

''As of 2021'' The following table shows the all-time top 20 goalscorers.

All-time table

''As of 2021'' Joint event results not included. Key: Appearances App / Won in normal time W = 3 points / Won in extra-time W+ = 2 points / Won on penalty shoot-out WP = 1 point / Lost L = 0 points /

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PPG

Appearances & performance timeline

The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship and how many appearances they each have made. ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *5th–16th – Fifth to sixteenth place *QF – Quarter-finals *R1 – Round 1 (group stage) *× – Did not enter *•• – Entered but withdrew *DQ – Disqualified * – Hosts *Apps – No. of appearances ;Timeline

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

The following is a performance timeline of the CONCACAF teams who have gone on to appear in the

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, having successfully qualified from the above events. ;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place * – Hosts (qualify automatically) *QF – Quarter-finals *R1 – Round 1 (group stage) *q – Qualified for upcoming tournament *Total – Total times qualified for World Cup ;Timeline

References

External links

Beach Soccer
at CONCACAF official website
Beach Soccer Worldwide
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification CONCACAF competitions Beach soccer competitions Recurring sporting events established in 2006