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Mexico’s national beach soccer team will compete with four other national beach soccer teams from United States, El Salvador and Costa Rica here in Vallarta to participate in the World Beach Soccer Championship, to be held this coming July in Marseilles, France.

The events take place at Agustín Flores Contreras Stadium, which is on Blvd. Fco Medina Ascencio B7-K, from April 17-20 (Thursday - Sunday), with matches at 5:15 pm & 6:30 pm. Admission is FREE.

Several tons of sand has transformed a field at the Agustin Flores Contreras sports complex into a beach soccer stadium to welcome teams from the four North American countries competing for two tickets to this sport’s world championship.

This is the first time that México will host this international event. This is also the qualifying venue for the World Cup, the most important competition of the season for the Confederación Norte, Centroamérica y el Caribe de Futbol (Concacaf (Northern, Central American, Caribbean Federation).

The four participating teams will compete for the two tickets to the world championship in Marseilles during the three day event.

Each day there will be back-to-back games, with the first game starting at 5:15 pm and the second at 6:30 pm.

Thursday, April 17
5:15 pm — United States vs Costa Rica
6:30 pm — El Salvador vs Mexico

Friday, April 18,
5:15 pm — El Salvador vs United States
6:30 pm — México vs Costa Rica.

Saturday, April 19
5:15 pm — El Salvador vs Costa Rica
6:30 pm — Mexico vs United States

Sunday, April 20, there will be a game featuring Mexican team against an international “All Stars” team, with players from around the globe.

Marseilles will host the Beach Soccer World Cup next July, following the preliminary rounds held in:
Puerto Vallarta by Concacaf
Buenos Aires by the South American Soccer Association (Confederacion Sudamericana de futbol)
Durban, South Africa
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Benidorm, Spain,
allowing teams from all continents.

Sixteen teams will be selected from among these teams to play in the World Cup, which will follow the finals in Benidorm.

The coach for the national selection for beach soccer, Ramón Raya, announced that the support from the Fidecomiso de Turismo (Tourism Trust) and the Ayuntamineto de Puerto Vallarta (Puerto Vallarta City Government) has made this great sporting event possible for the city. He also says they are “very eager to have such an event. We will be prepared and our main objective will be to be represented during the world championship in Marseilles. We hope to have the support of Vallartans to continue making history in this sport.”

Mark your calendar now…
Agustín Flores Contreras Stadium
Blvd. Fco Medina Ascencio B7-K
April 17-20, 5:15pm & 6:30pm
Free admission