2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

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The first round of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played between 22 and 31 March 2015.[1][2]

Format

A total of 14 teams (teams ranked 22–35 in the CONCACAF entrant list) played home-and-away over two legs. The seven winners advanced to the second round.

Seeding

The draw for the first round was held on 15 January 2015, 19:40 EST (UTC−5), at the W Hotel at Miami Beach, Florida, United States.[3]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of August 2014 (shown in parentheses).[1][4] The 14 teams were seeded into two pots:

Each tie contained a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the order of legs decided by draw.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.

Pot 1 Pot 2
  1.  Saint Kitts and Nevis (159)
  2.  Belize (162)
  3.  Montserrat (165)
  4.  Dominica (168)
  5.  Barbados (169)
  6.  Bermuda (173)
  7.  Nicaragua (175)

Matches

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bahamas  0–8  Bermuda 0–5 0–3
British Virgin Islands  2–3  Dominica 2–3 0–0
Barbados  4–1  U.S. Virgin Islands 0–1 4–0
Saint Kitts and Nevis  12–4[note 1]  Turks and Caicos Islands 6–2 6–2
Nicaragua  8–0  Anguilla 5–0 3–0
Belize  1–1 (a)  Cayman Islands 0–0 1–1
Curaçao  4–3  Montserrat 2–1 2–2
Bahamas 0–5 Bermuda
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Leverock 4'
Wells 14' (pen.)
Lewis 29'
Donawa 57', 70'
Attendance: 3,500
Bermuda 3–0 Bahamas
Wells 79', 87'
Burgess 81'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 4,370

Bermuda won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Guatemala.

British Virgin Islands 2–3 Dominica
E. Moss 42'
Johnson 52'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Elizee 45+1'
Mit. Joseph 65'
Peltier 80'
Attendance: 1,169
Referee: Karl Tyrell (Jamaica)
Dominica 0–0 British Virgin Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 2,661

Dominica won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Canada.

Barbados won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Aruba.

Saint Kitts and Nevis won 12–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against El Salvador.

Nicaragua 5–0 Anguilla
Galeano 12'
Copete 25', 39'
Barrera 37'
Lazo 63'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 4,214
Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)
Anguilla 0–3 Nicaragua
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Leguías 22', 67'
Barrera 45+1'
Attendance: 1,200

Nicaragua won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Suriname.

Belize 0–0 Cayman Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 1,924
Cayman Islands 1–1 Belize
M. Ebanks 5' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Kuylen 20'
Attendance: 1,800

1–1 on aggregate. Belize won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round against Dominican Republic.

Curaçao 2–1 Montserrat
Merencia 8'
Zschusschen 39' (pen.)		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Taylor 24'
Attendance: 9,000

Curaçao won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Cuba.

Goalscorers

There were 51 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.64 goals per match.

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
  2. ^ Both legs were played in Dominica due to incomplete work at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground of the British Virgin Islands.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "CONCACAF to Hold Preliminary FIFA World Cup Qualifying Draw in Miami on January 15". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015.
  2. ^ "USMNT to start 2018 World Cup qualifying in November of 2015". Sports Illustrated. 12 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Russia 2018". CONCACAF.com. 15 January 2015.
  4. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – August 2014 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 14 August 2014.
  5. ^ "BVI to play FIFA home qualifying matches in Dominica". Virgin Islands Daily News. 3 February 2015.

External links

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