The Confederation of North, Central American and the Caribbean Futsal (CONCACFUTSAL)0 is the governing body of futsal for countries and regions under the Asociación Mundial de Futsal (AMF).
Formation | 2000 |
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Headquarters | Curaçao |
President | Wilfrido Coffi |
Vice president | Carlos Briceño |
Vice President | Manuel Enrique Sanchez |
Secretary | Arthur Tjin-Kon-Fat |
History
editCONCACFUTSAL was founded on October 13, 2000 with professor Lorenzo Garcia of Mexico named its first president. Garcia served until 2006 when his vice president Wildrido Coffi was elected as leader. Coffi was re-elected at the III. Congress of CONCACFUTSAL in October 2011.
Suriname was named host of the 2015 AMF Futsal Men's World Cup qualifying played from October 11–19, 2014. Competing teams included Canada, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Mexico, Saint Martin and the United States. Curaçao won the right to represent the federation in Belarus.[1]
Members
editCountry | Association | CONCACFUTSAL
affiliation |
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Aruba | Futsal Aruba | 2000 |
Bonaire | Futsal Bonaire | |
Canada | Canadian Futsalon Federation | 2011 |
Colombia | Federación Colombiana de Fútbol de Salón | 2000 |
Costa Rica | Asociacion de Futbol Salon Costa Rica | 2000 |
Curaçao | Curaçao Futsal Federation | 2000 |
El Salvador | Association Salvadorena de Futsal | 2013 [2] |
Mexico | Federación Mexicana de Futsal | 2000 |
Puerto Rico | Futsal Puerto Rico | 2006 |
Sint Maarten | SXM Futsal | 2006 |
Suriname | Surinaamse ZaalVoetBalBond | 2012 [3] |
United States | AMF USA | 2018 |
Venezuela | Federacion Venezolana de Futbol de Salon |
CONCACFUTSAL at AMF World Cup
editCONCACFUTSAL nations have won the AMF Men's World Cup on four occasions. Before the CONCACFUTSAL formation, Venezuela captured the world title in 1997. Colombia (2000, 2011, 2015) is the current cup holder. Colombia hosted the second edition of the AMF Women's World Cup in 2013, defeating Venezuela in the Final by 3–2.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Draw for the 2015 Futsal World Cup in Belarus". Belarusian Futsal Federation. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Salvadorian Futsal Association joined officially the CONCACFUTSAL". CONCACFUTSAL. 28 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21.
- ^ "Surinam Futsal Federation joined the CONCACFUTSAL". CONCACFUTSAL. 3 August 2012.
- ^ "Brazil triumphs in the 2017 AMF Futsal Women's World Cup". VAVEL.com. 26 November 2017.