2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship

CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship 2007 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (CONCACAF and CONMEBOL) Mexico 9–12 August 7 2 1 1 USA 1 URU ARG MEX 12 98 2006 (CONCACAF)2006 (CONMEBOL) 2008 (CONCACAF)2008 (CONMEBOL) The 2007 CONCACAF and CONMEBOL Beach Soccer championship also known as the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for CONCACAF and CONMEBOL a beach soccer championship for nations of the Americas, held in August 2007, in Acapulco, Mexico, to determine the best countries' national teams in the region and hence which nations would progress to the World Cup later that year. The United States won the championship, beating Uruguay in the final, whilst Argentina beat Mexico in the third place play off to finish third and fourth respectively. These nations moved on to play in the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2 November - 11 November.http://www.concacaf.com/page/BeachSoccer/HistoricalStatsDetail/0,,12813~1967082,00.html 2007 CONCACAF/CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Tournament 2011-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20121005023056/http://www.concacaf.com/page/BeachSoccer/HistoricalStatsDetail/0,,12813~1967082,00.html 2012-10-05 dead The two groups were originally staged as two separate championships for each of the confederations; the winners of those groups were deemed to of won their respective confederation titles. Concluding the event were a set of friendly matches between the respective winners, runners-up etc. of each championship, to unofficially rank the teams collectively from 1st through 6th place. However, since 2010, CONCACAF who organised the event has retrospectively amended history to now refer to the event as one single joint championship between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF nations. Following the group stage, the concluding friendly matches are now deemed to have been the final stage of the tournament, officially determining final placements and podium finishes of the combined nations of both confederations in one set of final standings. Participating nations North, Central American and Caribbean zone: Costa Rica El Salvador MEX USA South American zone: ARG URU VEN Note: Brazil did not play in the championship as they qualified to the 2007 World Cup as hosts. Group stage CONCACAF and CONMEBOL were split up into two separate groups, before playing each other in the play off stage. CONCACAF Group (North, Central American and Caribbean zone) TeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsNotesUSA3301912+79Qualified to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World CupMexico3211310+36Costa Rica312811-33El Salvador3031219-70 9 August 2007 USA 9–5 SLV Acapulco 9 August 2007 MEX 3–1 CRC Acapulco 10 August 2007 USA 5–3 CRC Acapulco 10 August 2007 MEX 6–4 SLV Acapulco 11 August 2007 CRC 4–3 SLV Acapulco 11 August 2007 USA 5–4 MEX Acapulco CONMEBOL Group (South America) TeamPldWLGFGAGDPtsNotesUruguay22083+56Qualified to the 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World CupArgentina21175+23Venezuela20218-70 9 August 2007 ARG 4–1 VEN Acapulco 10 August 2007 URU 4–0 VEN Acapulco 11 August 2007 URU 4–3 ARG Acapulco Play off stage Fifth place play off 12 August 2007 VEN 7–5 yes CRC Acapulco Third place play off 12 August 2007 ARG 6–5 MEX Acapulco Final 12 August 2007 USA 4–3 URU Acapulco Winners beachsoccer 2007 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification winners: United States Second Final standings RankTeam 1 USA 2 URU 3 ARG 4 MEX 5 VEN 6 CRC 7 SLV References Category:CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship Category:FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) Beach Category:International association football competitions hosted by Mexico Beach Beach Beach Category:2007 in beach soccer