The 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship was the eighth edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by North American men's national teams and organised by CONCACAF (seventh official edition, tenth edition if qualifying tournaments held jointly with CONMEBOL are also counted). The tournament took place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico between 13–19 May 2019.

The championship also acts as the qualification tournament for CONCACAF teams to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay; the top two teams qualify.

Panama were the defending champions, but lost in the third-place match.

Teams A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament.

TeamAppearance Previous best performance 3rd 6th 3rd 1st 8th 7th 3rd 4th 2nd 6th (hosts) 8th (title holders) 3rd 4th 3rd 8th 3rd

Draw The draw was held on 8 April 2019 at the Calle Independencia in Puerto Vallarta. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.

Squads Each squad can contain a maximum of 12 players.

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 advance to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, CDT (UTC−5).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Third place match

Final

Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Golden Ball (Most valuable player) Benjamín MoscoGolden Boot (Top scorer) Nick Perera (13 goals)Golden Glove (Best goalkeeper) Diego VillaseñorBest Young Player Exon PerdomoFair Play Award

Top goalscorers

13 goals Nick Perera 11 goals Agustín Ruiz Tanner Akol 9 goals Rafael García 8 goals Exon Perdomo Alfonso Maquensi Kevon Woodley

7 goals Eliecer García Ramón Maldonado 6 goals Frank Velásquez Rubén Batres 5 goals Timothy Munnings

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The following two teams from CONCACAF qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1only FIFA era (since 2005) 4 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2013) 5 (2007, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2017) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links , CONCACAF.com 2019 Concacaf Beach Soccer Championship Puerto Vallarta , at Beach Soccer Worldwide