View attachment 141451
2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF)
View attachment 141449
The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification acts as qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Russia, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). A total of 3.5 slots (3 direct slots and 1 inter-confederation play-off slot) in the final tournament are available for CONCACAF teams.
In a change to previous qualification tournaments for this confederation, the first three rounds will be played as knockout rounds, with both the fourth round and the final round or The Hexagonal, played as group stages.
All 35 FIFA-affiliated national teams from CONCACAF entered qualification.
The format of this competition is:
First round: A total of 14 teams (teams ranked 22–35) will play home-and-away over two legs. The seven winners will advance to the second round.
Second round: A total of 20 teams (teams ranked 9–21 and seven first round winners) will play home-and-away over two legs. The ten winners will advance to the third round.
Third round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 7–8 and ten second round winners) will play home-and-away over two legs. The six winners will advance to the fourth round.
Fourth round: A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 1–6 and six third round winners) will be divided into three groups of four teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group will advance to the fifth round.
Fifth round: The six teams which advance from the fourth round will play home-and-away round-robin matches in one single group. The top three teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the fourth-placed team will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.
The Entrants (From the August 2014 FIFA World Rankings)
[TABLE="width: 750, align: center"]
[TR]
[TD]
Bye to fourth round
(Ranked 1st to 6th)
[/TD]
[TD]
Bye to third round
(Ranked 7th to 8th)
[/TD]
[TD]
Bye to second round
(Ranked 9th to 21st)
[/TD]
[TD]
Competing in first round
(Ranked 22nd to 35th)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
1. Costa Rica (15)
2. Mexico (17)
3. United States (18)
4. Honduras (43)
5. Panama (63)
6. Trinidad and Tobago (80)
[/TD]
[TD]
7. Jamaica (85)
8. Haiti (117)
[/TD]
[TD]
9. Canada (122)
10. Cuba (124)
11. Aruba (124)
12. Dominican Republic (126)
13. El Salvador (127)
14. Suriname (131)
15. Guatemala (134)
16. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (134)
17. Saint Lucia (138)
18. Grenada (142)
19. Antigua and Barbuda (149)
20. Guyana (153)
21. Puerto Rico (155)
[/TD]
[TD]
22. Saint Kitts and Nevis (159)
23. Belize (162)
24. Montserrat (165)
25. Dominica (168)
26. Barbados (169)
27. Bermuda (173)
28. Nicaragua (175)
29. Turks and Caicos Islands (181)
30. Curaçao (182)
31. U.S. Virgin Islands (191)
32. Bahamas (193)
33. Cayman Islands (197)
34. British Virgin Islands (201)
35. Anguilla (207)
[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Lets review the 1st three rounds:
First Round
[TABLE="width: 750, align: center"]
[TR]
[TD]
Team 1[/TD]
[TD]
Agg.[/TD]
[TD]
Team 2[/TD]
[TD]
1st Leg[/TD]
[TD]
2nd Leg[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bahamas[/TD]
[TD]0-8[/TD]
[TD]
Bermuda[/TD]
[TD]0-5[/TD]
[TD]0-3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]British Virgin Islands[/TD]
[TD]2-3[/TD]
[TD]
Dominica[/TD]
[TD]2-3[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Barbados[/TD]
[TD]4-1[/TD]
[TD]U.S Virgin Islands[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]4-0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Saint Kitts and Nevis[/TD]
[TD]12-4[/TD]
[TD]Turks and Caicos Islands[/TD]
[TD]6-2[/TD]
[TD]6-2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Nicaragua[/TD]
[TD]8-0[/TD]
[TD]Anguilla[/TD]
[TD]5-0[/TD]
[TD]3-0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Belize[/TD]
[TD]1-1 (a)[/TD]
[TD]Cayman Islands[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]1-1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Curaçao[/TD]
[TD]4-3[/TD]
[TD]Montserrat[/TD]
[TD]2-1[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Second Round
[TABLE="width: 750, align: center"]
[TR]
[TD]
Team 1[/TD]
[TD]
Agg.[/TD]
[TD]
Team 2[/TD]
[TD]
1st Leg[/TD]
[TD]
2nd Leg[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[/TD]
[TD]6-6 (a)[/TD]
[TD]Guyana[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[TD]4-4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Antigua and Barbuda[/TD]
[TD]5-4[/TD]
[TD]Saint Lucia[/TD]
[TD]1-3[/TD]
[TD]4-1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Puerto Rico[/TD]
[TD]1-2[/TD]
[TD]
Grenada[/TD]
[TD]1-0[/TD]
[TD]0-2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dominica[/TD]
[TD]0-6[/TD]
[TD]
Canada[/TD]
[TD]0-2[/TD]
[TD]0-4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dominican Republic[/TD]
[TD]1-5[/TD]
[TD]
Belize[/TD]
[TD]1-2[/TD]
[TD]0-3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Guatemala[/TD]
[TD]1-0[/TD]
[TD]Bermuda[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]1-0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Aruba[/TD]
[TD]3-2[/TD]
[TD]Barbados[/TD]
[TD]0-2[/TD]
[TD]3-0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Saints Kitts and Nevis[/TD]
[TD]3-6[/TD]
[TD]
El Salvador[/TD]
[TD]2-2[/TD]
[TD]1-4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Curaçao[/TD]
[TD]1-1 (a)[/TD]
[TD]Cuba[/TD]
[TD]0-0[/TD]
[TD]1-1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Nicaragua[/TD]
[TD]4-1[/TD]
[TD]Suriname[/TD]
[TD]1-0[/TD]
[TD]3-1[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Third Round
[TABLE="width: 750, align: center"]
[TR]
[TD]
Team 1[/TD]
[TD]
Agg.[/TD]
[TD]
Team 2[/TD]
[TD]
1st Leg[/TD]
[TD]
2nd Leg[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Curaçao[/TD]
[TD]0-2[/TD]
[TD]
El Salvador[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[TD]0-1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Canada[/TD]
[TD]4-1[/TD]
[TD]Belize[/TD]
[TD]3-0[/TD]
[TD]1-1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Grenada[/TD]
[TD]1-6[/TD]
[TD]
Haiti[/TD]
[TD]1-3[/TD]
[TD]0-3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Jamaica[/TD]
[TD]4-3[/TD]
[TD]Nicaragua[/TD]
[TD]2-3[/TD]
[TD]2-0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]
Saints Vincent and the Grenadines[/TD]
[TD]3-2[/TD]
[TD]Aruba[/TD]
[TD]2-0[/TD]
[TD]1-2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Antigua and Barbuda[/TD]
[TD]1-2[/TD]
[TD]
Guatemala[/TD]
[TD]1-0[/TD]
[TD]0-2[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Fourth Round
View attachment 141437
Canada fixtures:
View attachment 141436
View attachment 141435