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CONCACAF W Futsal
Championship 2025
Campeonato Concacaf W de Futsal 2025
Tournament details
Host countryGuatemala
DatesApril 28 – May 4
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Canada (1st title)
Runners-up Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored96 (6.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Esther Brossard
(8 goals)
Best player(s)Canada Esther Brossard
Best goalkeeperCanada Léa Palacio-Tellier
Fair play award Canada
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The 2025 CONCACAF W Futsal Championship was the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF W Futsal Championship, the international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's national teams of North, Central America and the Caribbean. The tournament took place in Guatemala from April 28 to May 4, 2025.[1][2]

The tournament served as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup. The top two teams qualified for the inaugural 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup in the Philippines as CONCACAF representatives.[3] Canada is the inaugural champion winning over Panama in the final.[4]

Participating teams

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All CONCACAF member associations were eligible to participate in the tournament.[2] Of the 41 eligible nations, only nine members entered the final tournament.[5]

Teams

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Team FIFA ranking[6]
at start of event
 Canada[7] NR
 Costa Rica[8] 26
 Cuba NR
 Guatemala (host) NR
 Honduras NR
 Mexico[3] NR
 Nicaragua 33
 Panama NR
 United States[9] 73

Squads

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Each national team have to submit a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. Changes to the final squad are permitted only in the event of a serious injury and must be made no later than 24 hours before the team's first match.[10]

 Canada  Costa Rica  Cuba  Guatemala
 Honduras  Mexico  Nicaragua  Panama  United States

Venue

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The Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City served as the sole venue.[5]

Guatemala City
Domo Polideportivo
Capacity: 7,500

Draw

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The draw for the tournament took place on 19 February 2025[5] All nine teams were placed on Pot 1 with the team positions of the participating teams spread on two groups placed on Pot 2. The Guatemala as hosts are automatically allocated to A1, Costa Rica as the highest ranked team are placed in B1. Honduras and Nicaragua are to play in qualification round; for the purpose of the proceedings there are drawn together.[11]

Match officials

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CONCACAF appointed the following 18 futsal referees to officiate the tournament.

Referees
  • Costa Rica Yeraldin Araya (2016)
  • Costa Rica Andy León (2023)
  • Costa Rica Kimberly Valverde (2025)
  • Cuba Julio Pascual (2024)
  • Cuba Yordanka Pouyoux (2024)
  • Dominican Republic Diego Zuárez (2023)
  • El Salvador Manuel Barrera (2022)
  • Guatemala Andrés Cux (2025)
  • Guatemala Andrea Dávila (2025)
  • Guatemala Mynor Quintana (2025)
  • Guyana Colin Abel (2023)
  • Mexico Eduardo Reynoso (2024)
  • Nicaragua Ramón Mejia (2025)
  • Panama Gregorio Evila (2025)
  • Puerto Rico Héctor Santos (2025)
  • Suriname Anthony Terborg (2022)
  • United States Krystin Pahia (2024)
  • United States Matthew Rodman (2024)
The year in parentheses indicates when each referee became a FIFA international official.

Preliminary round

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Honduras and Nicaragua participated in the preliminary round, with the winner (Honduras) joining the remaining seven teams in the group stage.

Honduras 6–5 (a.e.t.) Nicaragua
  • Amador Goal 3'14", 10'44", 37'17"
  • Alvarado Goal 4'18", 46'19" (2pen.)
  • Moncada Goal 36'25"
 Report
  • Hernández Goal 9'55", 15'00"
  • Mena Goal 25'27", 25'38"
  • Arvizú Goal 31'48"
Referee: Andrea Dávila (Guatemala)
Yordanka Pouyoux (Cuba)

Group stage

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All times are local, CST (UTC-6).

Tiebreakers

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Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 12.5):[12]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  3. If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above criteria
    1. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
    2. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
    3. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  4. Highest-performing in the Fair play ranking;
  5. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 13 4 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  Panama 3 2 0 1 11 7 +4 6
3  Guatemala (H) 3 1 0 2 14 12 +2 3
4  Cuba 3 0 0 3 4 19 −15 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Cuba 2–6 Panama
 Report
  • Escartín Goal 11'13"
  • Abadía Goal 15'44" (2pen.), 17'27" (2pen.)
  • Salas Goal 16'33"
  • Rangel Goal 30'43", 35'38"
Referee: Krystin Pahia (United States)
Matthew Rodman (United States)
Guatemala 2–7 Mexico
  • Chajón Goal 20'35"
  • Santizo Goal 21'55"
 Report
  • Aguiar Goal 0'14", 17'47"
  • Soto Goal 4'06"
  • Carrera Goal 6'10"
  • E. González Goal 18'45"
  • I. Cruz Goal 30'37"
  • M. González Goal 34'43"
Referee: Yeraldin Araya (Costa Rica)
Kimberly Valverde (Costa Rica)
Mexico 4–1 Cuba
  • Benítez Goal 23'16"
  • I. Cruz Goal 35'09"
  • P. Cruz Goal 37'45"
  • Aguiar Goal 38'08"
 Report
  • Aguilar Goal 2'43"
Referee: Andy León (Costa Rica)
Héctor Santos (Puerto Rico)
Panama 4–3 Guatemala
 Report
  • Santizo Goal 29'33"
  • Garzaro Goal 30'53"
  • Chajón Goal 36'14"
Referee: Anthony Terborg (Suriname)
Ramón Mejia (Nicaragua)
Panama 1–2 Mexico
 Report
  • I. Cruz Goal 10'39"
  • Dorantes Goal 36'47"
Referee: Kimberly Valverde (Costa Rica)
Yeraldin Araya (Costa Rica)
Guatemala 9–1 Cuba
  • Garzaro Goal 4'40"
  • Santizo Goal 10'25", 29'39", 33'45", 37'43"
  • Gómez Goal 14'20"
  • Domínguez Goal 16'53", 32'29"
  • Chávez Goal 39'21"
 Report
  • Zunzunequi Goal 24'28"
Referee: Manuel Barrera (El Salvador)
Krystin Pahia (United States)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 11 4 +7 7 Knockout stage
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3  United States 3 1 1 1 10 5 +5 4
4  Honduras 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Costa Rica 3–2 Canada
  • Varela Goal 13'46"
  • López Goal 23'23"
  • Alfaro Goal 26'51"
 Report
  • Brossard Goal 6'12"
  • He Goal 34'54"
Referee: Julio Pascual (Cuba)
Andrés Cux (Guatemala)
Honduras 0–7 United States
Report
  • Martin Goal 2'03", 3'11", 29'51"
  • Henderson Goal 8'26", 34'43"
  • Korienek Goal 19'01", 27'28"
Referee: Manuel Barrera (El Salvador)
Eduardo Reynoso (Mexico)
Canada 6–0 Honduras
  • Brossard Goal 0'52", 20'26"
  • Dadaille Goal 4'09"
  • Gaspar-Freire Goal 17'55"
  • Gosselin Goal 22'13"
  • He Goal 33'16"
 Report
Referee: Colin Abel (Guyana)
Gregorio Evila (Panama)
United States 2–2 Costa Rica
  • Martin Goal 5'17", 23'09"
 Report
  • Varela Goal 31'53"
  • Cascante Goal 39'45"
Referee: Mynor Quintana (Guatemala)
Andrea Dávila (Guatemala)
Costa Rica 6–0 Honduras
  • Pastrana Goal 0'19" (o.g.)
  • López Goal 11'15"
  • Barquero Goal 17'26"
  • Solís Goal 27'53"
  • Arias Goal 30'19"
  • Ramírez Goal 32'09"
 Report
Referee: Yordanka Pouyoux (Cuba)
Diego Suárez (Dominican Republic)
United States 1–3 Canada
  • Pierson Goal 5'43"
 Report
  • Dadaille Goal 3'17"
  • Gaspar-Freire Goal 16'26"
  • Hindmarsh Goal 27'39"
Referee: Eduardo Reynoso (Mexico)
Andrés Cux (Guatemala)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time shall be played (two periods of five minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 3
 
 
 Costa Rica1
 
May 4
 
 Panama3
 
 Panama2
 
May 3
 
 Canada8
 
 Mexico4 (3)
 
 
 Canada4 (4)
 

Semi-finals

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Costa Rica 1–3 Panama
  • López Goal 21'52"
 Report
Referee: Andrés Cux (Guatemala)
Julio Pascual (Cuba)
Mexico 4–4 (a.e.t.) Canada
  • Aguiar Goal 1'48", 13'30"
  • Dorantes Goal 17'00"
  • Carrera Goal 39'58"
 Report
  • Houmphanh Goal 21'19"
  • Gaspar-Freire Goal 22'43"
  • Brossard Goal 23'24", 26'37"
Penalties
  • Aguiar soccer ball with check mark
  • Soto soccer ball with check mark
  • E. González soccer ball with red X
  • Benítez soccer ball with check mark
  • Carrera soccer ball with red X
 3–4
  • soccer ball with check mark Gosselin
  • soccer ball with check mark Brossard
  • soccer ball with red X Dadaille
  • soccer ball with check mark Houmphanh
  • soccer ball with check mark Gaspar-Freire
Referee: Matthew Rodman (United States)
Colin Abel (Guyana)

Final

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Panama 2–8 Canada
  • Rangel Goal 23'48"
  • Arguelles Goal 30'28"
 Report
  • Hindmarsh Goal 5'04"
  • Brossard Goal 6'58", 15'54", 24'39"
  • Gosselin Goal 14'04"
  • Melenhorst Goal 28'19"
  • Dadaille Goal 36'33"
  • He Goal 39'12"
Referee: Yeraldin Araya (Costa Rica)
Krystin Pahia (United States)

Goalscorers

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There have been 96 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 6.4 goals per match.

8 goals

  • Canada Esther Brossard

6 goals

  • Guatemala Grecia Santizo

5 goals

3 goals

  • Canada Stephie-Ann Dadaille
  • Canada Cynthia Gaspar-Freire
  • Canada Shayla He
  • Costa Rica Roxiny López
  • Mexico Itzel Cruz
  • Panama Ariadna Abadía
  • Panama Gloria Sáenz

2 goals

  • Canada Joëlle Gosselin
  • Canada Erica Hindmarsh
  • Costa Rica Yerlin Varela
  • Cuba Yarianna Zunzunequi
  • Guatemala Andrea Chajón
  • Guatemala Danyssa Domínguez
  • Guatemala Katherine Garzaro
  • Mexico Rubí Carrera
  • Mexico Ariatna Dorantes
  • United States Ashley Henderson
  • United States Kiersen Korienek

1 goal

  • Canada Jade Houmphanh
  • Canada Keera Melenhorst
  • Costa Rica Mariela Alfaro
  • Costa Rica Karol Arias
  • Costa Rica Ariel Barquero
  • Costa Rica Tatiana Cascante
  • Costa Rica Fabiola Ramírez
  • Costa Rica Mariela Solís
  • Cuba Nahomi Aguilar
  • Cuba Katheryn Rodríguez
  • Guatemala Allisson Chávez
  • Guatemala Thaily Gómez
  • Mexico Xanic Benítez
  • Mexico Paulina Cruz
  • Mexico Evelyn González
  • Mexico Mariana González
  • Mexico Ericka Soto
  • Panama Arianys Arguelles
  • Panama Laurie Batista
  • Panama Nadia Ducreux
  • Panama Maritza Escartín
  • Panama Estefanía Salas
  • United States Paige Pierson

1 own goal

  • Honduras Allison Pastrana (against Costa Rica)

Source: CONCACAF

Final ranking and awards

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Final ranking

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Pos. Team G Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  Canada B 5 3 1 1 10 23 10 +13
2  Panama A 5 3 0 2 9 16 16 0
Eliminated in the semi-finals
3  Mexico A 4 3 1 0 10 17 8 +9
4  Costa Rica B 4 2 1 1 7 12 7 +5
Eliminated in the group stage
5  United States B 3 1 1 1 4 10 5 +5
6  Guatemala A 3 1 0 2 3 14 12 +2
7  Cuba A 3 0 0 3 0 4 19 −15
8  Honduras B 3 0 0 3 0 0 19 −19

Individual awards

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Award Winner(s)
Best player Canada Esther Brossard
Top scorer
Best goalkeeper Canada Léa Palacio-Tellier
Fair play  Canada

Qualified teams for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup

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The following two teams from CONCACAF will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.[13]

Team Qualified on
 Panama 3 May 2025
 Canada

References

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  1. ^ Rodríguez Campos, Juan Pablo (October 3, 2024). "The date for the women's futsal pre-world cup has been set". semanariouniversidad.com (in Spanish). Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Guatemala to host inaugural Concacaf W Futsal Championship". insideworldfootball.com. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Convocatoria Campeonato Nacional de Futsal Femenil 2025". fmf.mx (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. January 14, 2025. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
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  6. ^ "FIFA Futsal Women's World Ranking - 4 Apr 52023". FIFA. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
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  8. ^ Silva, Allan (November 5, 2024). "Sele Femenina de Futsal comienza su ruta hacia el sueño mundialista". fcrf.cr (in Spanish). Costa Rican Football Federation. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
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