Guyana went down to Curacao 5 – 2, when the CFU Futsal Tournament got on the way in Havana, Cuba on Friday. It was the Guyanese first showing at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) event since 2008.

Reports on the tournament which will determine the CFU’s representative at the CONCACAF Futsal Championship is scares, with not even the CFU providing much information on the games played.

The Guyanese were set face Trinidad and Tobago yesterday, but up to press time, results from the game were not available by the usual sources or the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

At Guyana’s last outing at the tournament (2008), they finished fourth behind winners and hosts Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti (second place) and Suriname (third place).

The top two teams from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) tournament will advance to the CONCACAF Futsal Championship. The 2016 CONCACAF Futsal Championship will be held in Costa Rica in May.

Same as previous editions, the CFU Futsal tournament acts as the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA Futsal World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the CONCACAF representatives.

Technical Director Claude Bolton is the Head Coach for the Guyanese team which features Goalkeepers Travis Bess and Richard Reynolds, along with Konata Mannings, Eusi Phillips, Daniel Favourite, Solomon Austin, Jerome Richardson, Travis Grant, Jermain Junor and Sherwin Skeete.

Joseph ‘Bill’ Wilson will be Bolton’s assistant, and Denzel Thompson is the Goalkeeping coach. Mark Young with the team’s Manager.

In other opening day results, Guadeloupe defeated Jamaica 9 – 3, Trinidad & Tobago mauled Antigua and Barbuda 7 – 1, and the home side (Cuba) walked away 5 – 0 winners of St. Maarteen.