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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Tournament details
Dates March 2021 – March 2022
Teams 35 (from 1 confederation)

New formatEdit[edit]

On 27 July 2020, CONCACAF announced a new qualifying format for the World Cup.

  • First round: CONCACAF teams ranked 1 to 35 based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020 were split into 12 from Group 1 to group 11 consist 3 teams and Group 12 consist 2 teams. From Group 1 to 11 teams will play 2 matches 1 at home and 1 away while Group 12 teams will a home and away playoff. All group winners will advance to the final round including the the Group 12 playoff winners.
  • Group 1 to group 11 Only the group winners advance to Final Round should the score remain level after regular playing time, extra time will be played and should the score still be level after extra time has been played, a penalty shoot-out will take place to determine the match winners. This rule was introduced to reduce the chance of a team's fate being decided by a drawing of lots.
  • Group 12 The two teams competed in a two-legged home-and-away play-off In each tie, The winners, decided on aggregate score If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time is playedThe away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out. Winners of the tie advance to Final round
  • Final Round: The 12 teams which advanced from the first round were divided into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The Group winners of each group qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and the two second place teams advanced to the 3rd place playoff.
  • Third Place playoff: The two runners from the final round will play a two-legged home-and-away series. The two winners, decided on aggregate score, qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e. the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e. if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out.

EntrantsEdit[edit]

All 35 FIFA-affiliated national teams from CONCACAF will enter qualification. Teams were seeded based on their July 2020 FIFA rankings.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Mexico  Guatemala  Saint Lucia
 United States of America  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Puerto Rico
 Costa Rica  Suriname  Cuba
 Jamaica  Nicaragua  Montserrat
 Honduras  Dominican Republic  Dominica
 El Salvador  Grenada  Cayman Islands
 Canada  Barbados  Bahamas
 Curaçao  Guyana  Aruba
 Panama  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Turks and Caicos Islands
 Haiti  Bermuda  U.S. Virgin Islands
 Trinidad and Tobago  Belize  British Virgin Islands
 Antigua and Barbuda  Anguilla

ScheduleEdit[edit]

The schedule of the competition is expected to be as follows, according to the FIFA International Match Calendar.

On 25 June 2020, FIFA announced that the inter-confederation play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in March 2022, were moved to June 2022. On 8 September 2020, CONCACAF announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021.

Stage Matchday FIFA international dates
Window 1 March 2021
First round Window 2 March 2021
Window 3 March 2021
Final round Matchday 1 June 2021
Matchday 2 June 2021
Matchday 3 June 2021
Matchday 4 September 2021
Matchday 5 September 2021
Matchday 6 October 2021
Matchday 7 October 2021
Matchday 8 November 2021
Matchday 9 November 2021
Matchday 10 January 2022
Third Place Playoff First Leg March 27
Second Leg March 29


TiebreakersEdit[edit]

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regulation, extra time or penalties, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Goal difference;
  2. Goals scored;
  3. Away goals scored;
  4. Drawing of lots.



First round[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification El Salvador Dominican Republic United States Virgin Islands
1 El Salvador El Salvador (ELS) 2 2 0 0 +9 0 +9 6 Advance to Final Round El Salvador _ 2-0 X
2  Dominican Republic 2 1 0 1 +6 --2 +4 3 Dominican Republic X _ 6-0
3  U.S. Virgin Islands 2 0 0 2 0 0 -13 0 United States Virgin Islands 0-7 X _

V

V

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Group 2[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Canada Guyana Cayman Islands
1  Canada(CAN) 2 2 0 1 +7 -1 +12 6 Advance to Final Round Canada 4–1 X
2  Guyana(GUY) 2 1 0 1 +4 -4 0 3 Guyana X 3-0
3  Cayman Islands 2 0 0 4 0 -7 -7 0 Cayman Islands 0-4 X


Group 3[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification United States Bermuda Aruba
1  United States 2 2 0 0 +10 0 +10 6 Advance to Final Round United States 5-0 X
2  Bermuda(BER) 2 1 0 1 +3 -6 -3 3 Bermuda X 3-1
3  Aruba (ARU) 2 0 0 2 +1 -8 -7 0 Aruba 0-5 X

March 2020

Home. Bermuda Bermuda 3–1  Aruba Away

March 2020

Home. Aruba Aruba 0–5  United States Away

March 2020

Home. United States United States 5–0  Bermuda Aw


Group 4[edit]

Pos Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Jamaica Barbados Anguilla
1  Jamaica(JAM) 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 6 Advance to Final Round Jamaica 3–1 2–1
2  Barbados (BAR) 2 1 0 1 5 9 −4 3 Barbados 0–3 0–2
3 Anguilla Anguilla (ANG) 2 0 0 2 5 11 −6 0 Anguilla 1–5 1–4

Group 5[edit]

Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Puerto Rico
1  Mexico 2 2 0 0 15 3 +12 6 Qualification to Final Round Mexico 4–1 7–0
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent 2 1 0 1 10 4 +6 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2–0 6–0
3  Puerto Rico 2 0 0 2 0 9 -9 0 Puerto Rico 0–4 0–1

V

V

V

Group 6[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Haiti(HAI) 4 3 0 1 15 3 +12 9 Qualification to Final Round 4–1 7–0
2  Grenada 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9 2–0 6–0
3  Saint Lucia 4 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0 0–4 0–1

V

V

V


Group 7[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica Bermuda Cuba
1  Costa Rica(CR) 4 3 0 1 15 3 +12 9 Qualification to Final Round Costa Rica 4–1 7–0
2  Bermuda(Ber) 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9 Bermuda 2–0 6–0
3  Cuba (CUB) 4 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0 Cuba 0–4 0–1


Group 8[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 4 3 0 1 15 3 +12 9 Qualification to Final Round 4–1 7–0
2 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9 2–0 6–0
3 4 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0 0–4 0–1

V

V

V


Group 9[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 4 3 0 1 15 3 +12 9 Qualification to Final Round 4–1 7–0
2 4 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9 2–0 6–0
3 4 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0 0–4 0–1

V

V

V


Group 10[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 2 3 0 1 15 3 +12 9 Qualification to Final Round 4–1 7–0
2 2 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9 2–0 6–0
3 2 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0 0–4 0–1

V

V

V


Group 11[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Honduras Nicaragua The Bahamas
1  Honduras 2 3 0 1 15 3 +12 9 Qualification to Final Round Honduras 4–1 7–0
2  Nicaragua 2 3 0 1 10 4 +6 9 Nicaragua 2–0 6–0
3  Bahamas 2 0 0 4 0 18 −18 0 The Bahamas 0–4 0–1

V

V

V



Group 12[edit]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Panama 21–0  Turks and Caicos Islands 14–0 7–0.


Panama Panama 14–0  Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands 0–7 Panama Panama

Panama won 21-0 on Agg and Advance to the Final Round

Third round[edit]

(First Round ) Teams Qualified
1  El Salvador Group 1 Winners
2  Canada Group 2 Winners
3  United States Group 3 Winners
4  Jamaica Group 4 Winners
5  Mexico Group 5 Winners
6 Group 6 Winners
7 Group 7 Winners
8 Group 8 Winners
9 Group 9 Winners
10 Group 10 Winners
11 Group 11 Winners
12  Panama Group 12 Play off winners



Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 10 6 4 0 10 2 +8 22 Qualification to 2022 fifa world cup 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0
2 10 4 3 3 11 10 +1 15 Advance to third place playoff 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–2
3 10 3 4 3 9 8 +1 13 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–1
4 10 4 1 5 6 7 −1 13 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
5 10 3 3 4 8 10 −2 12 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
6 10 2 1 7 8 15 −7 7 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–2


Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 10 6 4 0 10 2 +8 22 Qualification to 2022 fifa world cup 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0
2 10 4 3 3 11 10 +1 15 Advance to third place playoff 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 3–2
3 10 3 4 3 9 8 +1 13 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 3–1
4 10 4 1 5 6 7 −1 13 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0
5 10 3 3 4 8 10 −2 12 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0
6 10 2 1 7 8 15 −7 7 0–1 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–2