2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
# 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

The 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 3rd edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship organised by CONCACAF for the men's national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. The tournament was held in Heredia, Costa Rica between 23 July–1 August 2004. A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Chinese Taipei as the CONCACAF representatives.

## Qualification

### Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Previous best performances | Previous FIFA Futsal World Cup appearances |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| North American Zone (NAFU) qualified through North / Central American qualifying play-off |||||
| Mexico | Play-off winner | 3rd | Third place (1996) | 0 |
| United States | Play-off winner | 3rd | Winners (1996) | 3 |
| Central American Zone (UNCAF) qualified through North / Central American qualifying play-off |||||
| Costa Rica | Hosts | 3rd | Winners (2000) | 2 |
| Panama | Play-off winner | 1st | — | 0 |
| Caribbean Zone (CFU) qualified through Caribbean qualifying tournament |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | Winners | 1st | — | 0 |
| Guyana | Runners-up | 1st | — | 0 |
| Suriname | Third place | 2nd | Group stage (2000) | 0 |
| Cuba | Automatic | 3rd | Runners-up (1996, 2000) | 1 |

## Venues

The matches were played at the Palacio de los Deportes in Heredia.

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The semi-final winners qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship. The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:

* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
* Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC−6).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Suriname | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Guyana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 30 July – Heredia | 30 July – Heredia |
| Costa Rica | 0 |
| Costa Rica | 0 | 1 August – Heredia | 1 August – Heredia |
| United States | 4 | 1 August – Heredia | 1 August – Heredia |
| United States | 4 | United States | 2 |
| 30 July – Heredia | 30 July – Heredia | | United States | 2 |
| 30 July – Heredia | 30 July – Heredia | Cuba | 0 |
| Cuba | 5 | Cuba | 0 |
| Mexico | 4 | | |
| Mexico | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 1 August – Heredia | 1 August – Heredia |
| | | Costa Rica | 12 |
| | | Mexico | 5 |

## Winner

* 2004 CONCACAF Futsal Championship
* United States Second title

## Final ranking

* Teams qualified for the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship

| Rank | Team |
| - | - |
| | United States |
| | Cuba |
| | Costa Rica |
| 4 | Mexico |
| 5 | Panama |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 7 | Suriname |
| 8 | Guyana |
