The Confederation for North, Central American and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF) has confirmed the referees for the Caribbean Futsal Qualifying Tournament billed for next month at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The tournament will take place from March 5-9 at the indoor facility on Homestretch Avenue and will feature host Guyana, Haiti, St. Maarten, Puerto Rico, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago
The 10 Referees officiating are from (Costa Rica) Jorge Antonio Fernandez and Victor Prenadas); (Cuba) Antonio Alvarez and Ricardo Lage ; (Guatemala) Carlos Del Cid and Nelson Norales; (Panama) Ricardo Diaz and Elix Peraltz; and from the USA Shane Butler and Feliciano Palomino.
The six-team Caribbean tournament will qualify two squads to the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship. Group A will comprise Haiti and st. Maarten while Group B consists of Puerto Rico, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.The two Caribbean qualifiers will join Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, USA and the host, Guatemala at the 2008 CONCACAF Futsal Championship at the Domo Polideportivo in Guatemala City from 2-8 June. The CONCACAF Championship will also progress three teams to the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil from 1-19 October.
Guyana will play St. Maarten in the feature match of a double header card at 20:00 h on March 5 with Trinidad and Tobago coming up against Puerto Rico in the first match at 18:00 h
On March 6, Haiti will tackle St. Maarten and Puerto Rico will oppose Suriname, while on March 7 Guyana will take on Haiti and Suriname will play Trinidad and Tobago in the final round of preliminary games.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has shortlisted a 32-man squad to train for the tournament.
