Soca Warriors News Room.
22-Apr-2008.
Fixtures unveiled
for 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.
CONCACAF unveiled today the groups and schedule for the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal
Championship that will take place at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City,
Guatemala from 3-8 June.
This is the first time since 1996 that the CONCACAF Tournament will be held in
Guatemala. The, Domo, which drew a total of 80,740 spectators through 12 match
days during the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Cup, will stage the 2008
Confederations event.
The hosts, Guatemala has been placed in Group A along with Cuba, Mexico and
Trinidad & Tobago, while the defending CONCACAF Champion, USA is in Group B
with Costa Rica, Panama and Haiti.
The eight-team CONCACAF Tournament will qualify three nations to the 2008 FIFA
Futsal World Cup in Brazil from 30 September 19 October.
CONCACAF have hosted three Futsal qualifiers for the FIFA Tournaments in 1996,
2000, 2004. Six teams participated in 1996 CONCACAF event in Guatemala that was
won by the USA and also qualified Cuba to the FIFA competition in Spain 1996.
In 2000, eight squads took part in the Confederation competition in Costa Rica,
which was won by the host. Cuba once again took second as both teams progressed
to the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Guatemala.
Four years later, the eight-team CONCACAF Futsal Championship was again held in
Costa Rica, where the USA and Cuba claimed first and second places,
respectively.
2008 CONCACAF FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Guatemala City; GUATEMALA; Domo Polideportivo
Group A
03.06: CUBA MEXICO (18:00)
GUATEMALA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (20:00)
04.06: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO CUBA (18:00)
GUATEMALA MEXICO (20:00)
05.06: MEXICO TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (18:00)
GUATEMALA CUBA (20:00)
Group B
03.06: COSTA RICA PANAMA (10:00)
USA HAITI (12:00)
04.06: HAITI COSTA RICA (10:00)
PANAMA USA (12:00)
05.06: PANAMA HAITI (10:00)
USA COSTA RICA (12:00)
Semifinals
07.06: B1 A2 (14:00)
A1 B2 (16:00)
Finals
08.06: THIRD PLACE (14:00)
CHAMPIONSHIP (16:00)
Source
CONCACAF.COM
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