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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) and Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) today conducted the official draw for the 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship, at the Calle Independencia, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
The 2019 edition of the biannual CONCACAF event, which will be held with the support of the Municipal Government of Puerto Vallarta, will have the participation of the 16 best national beach soccer teams in the region. The two best-ranked teams in the competition will ensure qualification for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay.
The draw, which sorted the 16 participating teams into four groups, was conducted by CONCACAF Chief Football Officer Manolo Zubiria.
The groups for the 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship are as follows (listed in the order drawn):
Group A
Mexico
Costa Rica
Jamaica
Guatemala
Group B
Panama
Trinidad & Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands
Group C
United States
Bahamas
Antigua and Barbuda
Bonaire
Group D
El Salvador
Guadeloupe
Belize
Guyana
After round-robin play, the first and second place finishers of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinals winners will advance to the semifinals. Semifinal winners will automatically qualify for the tournament’s final, as well as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Paraguay 2019.
In the last edition of the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in the Bahamas, Panama overcame Mexico in the final, to win its first Beach Soccer title.
