2021 CONCACAF Futsal Championship

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking as of February 2020. A total of 20 teams originally entered the tournament. The highest-ranked 12 entrants would have advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the lowest-ranked eight entrants would have had to participate in the qualifying stage, where winners of the four matchups (played as two-game series) would have advanced to the group stage of the final tournament. On 11 February 2021, CONCACAF announced that a total of 16 teams were going to play in the tournament. On 12 April 2021, CONCACAF announced that only 13 teams were going to play in the tournament. Championship years are in bold, hosting years are in italics ;Notes ==Venues==

The matches were played at the Domo Polideportivo de la CDAG in Guatemala City. Before the postponement of the tournament, matches were originally also to be played at the Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium. ==Draw==

The draw for the group stage took place on 20 February 2020, 14:00 EST (UTC−5), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami. The qualifying stage matchups were determined based on the CONCACAF Futsal Ranking, with the highest-ranked team playing the lowest-ranked team, etc. The qualifying stage winners 1, 2, 3 and 4 were then placed in groups A, B, C and D respectively. Original draw The original draw results involving the 20 teams were as follows: Following the withdrawals of Sint Maarten, Curaçao, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Puerto Rico, only 16 teams were left, so the qualifying stage was no longer necessary, and the 16 remaining teams were placed in the four groups as before as there were four teams in each group. Following the withdrawals of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and French Guiana, only 13 teams were left, and as there were only two teams left in Group A, to ensure that each group had a minimum of three teams, Dominican Republic were moved from Group C to Group A. ==Match officials==

The list of match officials were announced on 20 April 2021. ==Squads==

Each team must register a squad of 14 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. ==Group stage==

The top two teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals. ;Tiebreakers The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7): Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ==Knockout stage==

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. Bracket Quarter-finals Winners qualify for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Third place match Final ==Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup==

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. :1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. ==Awards==

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: • Best Player Award: Milinton Tijerino • Young Player Award: Tomas Pondeca • Top Scorer Award: Carlos Pérez (8 goals) • Best Goalkeeper Award: Cesar Vargas • Fair Play Award: ==References==