The Miscellaneous Group was present at the Official Draw for the 2017 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship at the Intercontinental Hotel in Doral,  Miami on Monday October 17th.

Company CEO Sham Mohammed along with Miscellaneous contracted coach Alexandre Soares were guests at the event following invitations from Beach Soccer Worldwide.

Mohammed and Soares held meetings with Beach Soccer Vice President Joan Cusco, CONCACAF Director of Development Hugo Salcedo and Bahamas Football Association President Anton Sealy.

The Championship takes place in Bahamas in February.

The draw, which determined the groups and match schedule for the tournament that kicks off on February 20, in Nassau, was opened with welcoming remarks from Philippe Moggio, CONCACAF General Secretary and Anton Sealey, President of the Bahamas Football Association. The event was conducted with the assistance of Bahamas National Team players Gavin Christie and Leslie St. Fleur.

Tournament host Bahamas, who was seeded into Group A will face Jamaica, Belize and Guyana. In Group B, defending CONCACAF Beach Soccer champion Mexico was joined by Guatemala, Canada and Guadeloupe, while the United States, Trinidad & Tobago, Antigua & Barbuda and US Virgin Islands make up Group C. El Salvador will be in Group D with Costa Rica, Panama and Turks & Caicos Islands.

The Malcom Beach Soccer Facility will host all group, quarter-final, semifinal, third place and final matches.

The champion and the runner-up of the competition will join host Bahamas as the three CONCACAF representatives in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2017. In case Bahamas (host of the World Cup) and/or Guadeloupe (Non-FIFA Member) reach the final match, the World Cup spot(s) will be allocated to the next best-placed team(s).

Miscellaneous CEO Sham Mohammed (centre) with Alexandre Soares (left) and Hugo Salcedo.

Members pose following the official draw for the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in Miami.