CONCACAF unveils Caribbean Zone Futsal Preliminary Qualification
fixtures

First steps to Chinese Taipei

26.03.2004: CONCACAF unveiled today the complete fixtures for the 2004 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Preliminary Futsal Qualification Tournament from 19-23 April at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago.

The CFU Futsal Preliminary event, which is sponsored by the Hindu Credit Union Group of Companies, will advance three nations to the 2004 CONCACAF Final Round Qualification scheduled for July in Costa Rica.

Eight nations have been divided into two groups of four at the first-ever CFU Futsal Tournament. Group A is composed of Grenada, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico and the host, while Group B has Guyana, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Surinam and Turks & Caicos Islands.

The top team from each group will advance to the CONCACAF Futsal Final Round and will also play for the Caribbean title on 23 April. The two runners-up from group play will meet for a third-place play-off game to claim the final CFU berth in the tournament in Costa Rica.

The Caribbean representatives will join three qualifiers from the North/Central Preliminary Series, along with Cuba, and the host, Costa Rica in the eight-team CONCACAF Final Round. This event will qualify two CONCACAF nations to the 2004 FIFA Futsal World Championship to be held in Chinese Taipei from 22 November - 12 December.

2004 CFU Preliminary Futsal Qualification
19-23 April in St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago

All games at the University of the West Indies

Group A:
Grenada, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago
Group B:
Guyana, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Surinam, Turks & Caicos Islands

19/4/2004
(17:00) Surinam - St. Vincent & The Grenadines 7-0
(18:00) Grenada - Netherlands Antilles 2-6
(19:00) Guyana - Turks & Caicos Islands 11-2
(20:00) Trinidad & Tobago - Puerto Rico 4-2

20/4/2004
(17:00) Turks & Caicos Islands - Surinam 1-15
(18:00) Puerto Rico - Grenada 1-6
(19:00) St. Vincent & The Grenadines - Guyana 2-11
(20:00) Netherlands Antilles - Trinidad & Tobago 3-4

21/4/2004
(17:00) Turks & Caicos Islands - St. Vincent & The Grenadines 0-2
(18:00) Puerto Rico - Netherlands Antilles 3-7
(19:00) Surinam - Guyana 5-7
(20:00) Trinidad & Tobago - Grenada 9-2

Group A - Standing
1. Trinidad & Tobago --------------3-3-0-0-17--7-9
2. Netherlands Antilles -----------3-2-0-1-16--9-6
3. Grenada ------------------------3-1-0-2-10-16-3
4. Puerto Rico --------------------3-0-0-3--6-17-0

Group B - Standing
1. Guyana -------------------------3-3-0-0-29--9-9
2. Surinam ------------------------3-2-0-1-27--8-6
3. St. Vincent & The Grenadines ---3-1-0-2--4-18-3
4. Turks & Caicos Islands ---------3-0-0-3--3-28-0

23/4/2004

3rd place match
(19:15) Surinam - Netherlands Antilles 9-4

FINAL
(20:15) Trinidad & Tobago - Guyana 5-0

CFU Preliminary Futsal Qualification Tournament Winner:
Trinidad & Tobago

Teams Qualified for the Final CONCACAF Tournament:
Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Surinam