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1st edition of the CONCACAF Futsal Championship
1996 CONCACAF Futsal Championship Campeonato de Futsal de CONCACAF 1996 Host country Guatemala City Guatemala City Dates 30 August – 7 September Teams 6 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) Gimnasio Teodoro Palacios Flores Champions United States (1st title) Runners-up Cuba Third place Mexico Fourth place Guatemala Matches played 10 Goals scored 75 (7.5 per match)
International football competition
The 1996 CONCACAF Futsal Championship was the 1st 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 Guatemala City , Guatemala between 30 August and 7 September 1996.[ 1] [ 2]
The tournament acted as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup . The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Spain as the CONCACAF representatives.
CONCACAF announced that 6 teams will play in the tournament.
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Winners qualify for 1996 FIFA Futsal World Cup .
Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup [ edit ]
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Cup on 5 September 1996.
Tournaments Qualification Squads