2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

November 2020 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 15 June 2011 – 15 October 2013 35 1 {{#expr: 100 + 150 + 1000 + 1500 + 350 + 600 + 300 + 500 + 1021 + 1600 + 1000 + 25272 + 2300 + 2200 + 2323 + 2100 + 1200 + 17570 + 1000 + 500 + 1750 + 9659 + 6000 + 4500 + 775 + 3500 + 2500 + 2243 + 3000 + 2573 + 1000 + 18000 + 1000 + 2000 + 3000 + 10521 + 4000 + 10846 + 2100 + 8000 + 11500 + 2500 + 2005 + 4000 + 1005 + 2500 + 12178 + 1000 + 4000 + 350 + 1050 + 10235 + 2600 + 24000 + 3027 + 2500 + 3000 + 1200 + 21107 + 2000 + 300 + 13710 + 200 + 500 + 12000 + 2000 + 250 + 5000 + 406 + 2563 + 7800 + 1500 + 210 + 8000 + 3000 + 2000 + 23971 + 14000 + 8500 + 18000 + 25000 + 8000 + 5000 + 23881 + 7000 + 20717 + 8000 + 16947 + 80401 + 23701 + 11000 + 29712 + 24000 + 32500 + 4141 + 44007 + 12115 + 35082 + 27500 + 26333 + 7000 + 28215 + 16132 + 21000 + 8000 + 17586 + 20000 + 12000 + 17712 + 27000 + 3500 + 38000 + 32000 + 25000 + 43002 + 38500 + 25000 + 19734 + 32427 + 18253 + 85500 + 16483 + 12130 + 27100 + 35000 + 65753 + 29000 + 40847 + 20250 + 35000 + 73981 + 35000 + 20000 + 6100 + 24584 + 26582 + 38500 + 18467 + 90758 + 35000 + 6000 + 18254 | top_scorer = BLZ 1981 Deon McCaulay(11 goals) | prevseason = 2010 | nextseason = 2018 }} thumb|right|300px| #0000ff Country qualified #ff0000 Country failed to qualifyThe CONCACAF qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of four rounds of competition, in which the 35 member nations competed for three automatic berths at the finals in Brazil. FIFA The United States, Costa Rica, and Honduras qualified. The fourth-place finisher, Mexico, played a two-game series against New Zealand, the first-placed team from Oceania and qualified to the Finals. Format In March 2011, following news that CONCACAF would not receive four spots in the 2014 World Cup, officials within CONCACAF indicated that the first format proposed would be revised.CONCACAF to seek change in World Cup qualifying https://web.archive.org/web/20120918030823/http://www.concacaf.com/page/ConfederationDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2046674%2C00.html 18 September 2012 Several days later, officials within CONCACAF announced the qualifying format they would present to FIFA. The proposed format, which was subsequently accepted by FIFA, consists of 4 stages.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/33/2014fwc_drawprocedures_northcentralamericacaribbean_en.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20111026093232/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/33/2014fwc%5fdrawprocedures%5fnorthcentralamericacaribbean%5fen.pdf dead 26 October 2011 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedure – North, Central and Caribbean Zone FIFA.com Round One. Teams ranked 26–35 will play-off to reduce the number of entrants to 30. Round Two. 6 groups of 4 teams. This round includes the 5 qualifiers from the preliminary round plus teams ranked 7–25. The top team in each group advances to the next stage. Round Three (Semi-final round). 3 groups of 4. Teams ranked 1–6 face off against the 6 group winners from the previous round. The top two in each group advance. Round Four (Hexagonal). The top two teams in each group from the semi-final round compete in one group of 6. The top three teams advance to the World Cup finals, while the 4th place team advances to an intercontinental play-off. Entrants All 35 FIFA-affiliated national teams from CONCACAF entered qualification. The seeding – used to draw the first three rounds of the qualifiers – was based on the FIFA World Rankings of March 2011.http://www.concacaf.com/page/WCQ/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2347474,00.html World Cup qualifying to begin June 3 Concacaf.com 27 August 2009 6 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120924100913/http://www.concacaf.com/page/WCQ/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2347474%2C00.html 24 September 2012 dead (World rankings shown in parentheses)https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=23914&rank=202 https://web.archive.org/web/20070603154230/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=23914&rank=202 dead 3 June 2007 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - March 2011 (CONCACAF) Fifa.com 6 November 2012 Bye to third round (ranked 1st to 6th)Bye to second round (ranked 7th to 25th)Competing in first round (ranked 26th to 35th)USA (19) MEX (27) HON 1949 (38) JAM (48) CRC (53) CUB (64)7 PAN (68) CAN (84) SLV (92) GRN (94) TRI (95) HAI (99) ATG (101) GUY (109) SUR (114) SKN (119) GUA (125) DMA (130) PUR (131) BRB (137) CUW (146) VIN (148) CAY (158) NCA (164) BER (165)26 BLZ 1981 (166) DOM (166) VGB (177) LCA (182) TCA (193) BAH (193) ARU (199) VIR (200) AIA (202) MSR (202) Schedule The schedule of the competition was as follows.https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/calendar/events.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070603165849/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/calendar/events.html dead 3 June 2007 FIFA Calendar FIFA.com RoundMatchdayDateFirst roundFirst leg15 June – 17 July 2011Second legSecond roundMatchday 12–18 September 2011Matchday 2Matchday 37–15 October 2011Matchday 4Matchday 511–15 November 2011Matchday 6Third roundMatchday 18–12 June 2012Matchday 2Matchday 37–11 September 2012Matchday 4Matchday 512–16 October 2012Matchday 6RoundMatchdayDateFourth roundMatchday 16 February 2013Matchday 222–26 March 2013Matchday 3Matchday 44–18 June 2013Matchday 5Matchday 6Matchday 76–10 September 2013Matchday 8Matchday 911–15 October 2013Matchday 10 The inter-confederation play-off between the fourth-placed team from CONCACAF (Mexico) and the winning team from OFC (New Zealand) was played between 13 and 20 November 2013. First round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round The first round of the CONCACAF qualifiers saw the bottom 10 teams being paired up into five home-and-away series, with the highest ranked team facing the lowest ranked team and so on. The winners of these series proceeded to the second round. The matchups were announced by FIFA on 26 April 2011.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1424713/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110429210904/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1424713/index.html dead 29 April 2011 Play-off-matches in CONCACAF The-FIFA.com Fédération Internationale de Football Association 26 April 2011 26 April 2011 Early indications were that the matches would be played on 3 and 7 June 2011; However, the matches were postponed to scattered days in June and July, between 15 June and 17 July.http://www.concacaf.com/page/WCQ/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2375767,00.html Montserrat-Belize to open World Cup qualifying CONCACAF.com CONCACAF 13 June 2011 13 June 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110618011331/http://www.concacaf.com/page/WCQ/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2375767%2C00.html 18 June 2011 The 5 winners (in bold, below) advanced to the second round of the CONCACAF qualifiers: Belize, Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, Saint Lucia, and the Bahamas.https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071129205133/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/index.html dead 29 November 2007 Concacaf Fixtures FIFA 8 June 2011 8 June 2011 The two wins for the U.S. Virgin Islands were their first two ever in World Cup play, with their only other win prior to this coming in 1998. MSR 3–8 BLZ 1981 2–5 1–3 AIA 0–6 DOM 0–2 0–4 VIR 4–1 VGB 2–0 2–1 ARU 6–6 (4–5 p) LCA 4–2 2–4 TCA 0–101 BAH 0–4 0–6 |} Note 1: Order of legs reversed from originally published draw. Second round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round In the second round, the teams ranked 7–25 were joined by the 5 winners from the first round. These teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011. The matches were played from 2 September to 15 November 2011. The top team from each group advanced to the third round. Seeding Teams were seeded into four pots – designated Pots 4 to 7 in the draw. Pot 4 included teams ranked 7–12, Pot 5 teams ranked 13–18, Pot 6 teams ranked 19–24, and Pot 7 the team ranked 25 along with the 5 first round winners. Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6Pot 7PAN CAN SLV GRN TRI HAIATG GUY SUR SKN GUA DMAPUR BRB CUW VIN CAY NCABER BLZ 1981† DOM† LCA† BAH† VIR† † First round winners Groups Group A Group A Group B Group B Group C Group C Bahamas withdrew from the tournament on 19 August 2011 and were not replaced.http://www.concacaf.com/page/WCQ/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2426184,00.html Bahamas withdraws from World Cup qualifying concacaf.com CONCACAF 19 August 2011 20 August 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120314091842/http://www.concacaf.com/page/WCQ/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2426184%2C00.html 14 March 2012 https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1496896/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20111106223644/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/news/newsid=1496896/index.html dead 6 November 2011 Bahamas withdraw from 2014 World Cup qualifiers FIFA 22 August 2011 22 August 2011 Group D Group D Group E Group E Group F Group F Third round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round The third round saw the top 6 seeds joined by the 6 group winners from the second round. These teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 30 July 2011. These matches were played from 8 June to 16 October 2012. The top two teams from each group advanced to the fourth round. Seeding As the draw for the third round was held before the previous matches were held, only the six teams with byes to the round were known at the time of the draw. Teams were seeded into three pots, with Pot 1 containing the top 3 seeds, Pot 2 seeds 4 to 6, and Pot 3 the 6 group winners from the second round. Each third round group contains one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2 and two teams from Pot 3. Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3USA MEX HON 1949JAM CRC CUBESA† GUY† PAN† CAN† GUA† ATG† † Second round winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw Groups Group A Group A no_hide_class_rules yes Group B Group B no_hide_class_rules yes Group C Group C no_hide_class_rules yes Fourth round 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round In the fourth round, the three group winners and three runners-up from the third round competed in a double round robin, including a home and away match against the other five teams between 6 February and 15 October 2013. The round is informally referred to as the 'Hexagonal' or just 'The Hex'.Whitecaps FC players set for important World Cup qualifying matches http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/10/whitecaps-fc-players-set-important-world-cup-qualifying-matches WhiteCapsFC.com 15 October 2012 11 October 2012 17 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131017032142/http://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/2012/10/whitecaps-fc-players-set-important-world-cup-qualifying-matches dead The draw for 'The Hex' was conducted by FIFA on 7 November 2012.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1194728/world-cup-qualifying----draw-set-for-concacaf-%27hex%27-round?cc=5901 World Cup qualifying - draw set for CONCACAF 'hex' round - ESPN FC ESPN 19 October 2012 6 November 2012 23 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023001039/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1194728/world-cup-qualifying----draw-set-for-concacaf-%27hex%27-round?cc=5901 dead The top three teams qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, while the fourth-placed team, Mexico, played a home-away series against New Zealand, the winner of Oceania qualifying. Teams are ranked first by total points in all games, then, if tied, by best goal differential in all games, then by total goals in all games. If still tied, the same criteria are applied to games among the tied teams. Inter-confederation play-offs 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–OFC play-off) The winner of the OFC qualification tournament, New Zealand, played against CONCACAF's fourth-placed team, Mexico, in a home-and-away play-off. Mexico, the winner of this play-off, qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The first leg was played on 13 November 2013 in Mexico City, and the second leg was played on 20 November 2013 in Wellington.https://www.fifa.com/mm/Document/WorldFootball/Calendar&Live/02/03/95/26/IMC2013-2018FIFAversionv28May2013_Neutral.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130807003210/http://www.fifa.com/mm/Document/WorldFootball/Calendar%26Live/02/03/95/26/IMC2013-2018FIFAversionv28May2013_Neutral.pdf dead 7 August 2013 International Match Calendar 2013–2018 FIFA.com 31 December 2021 playoff2 Qualified teams The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 USA 1 Fourth round winners 10 September 2013 9 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) CRC 2 Fourth round runners-up 10 September 2013 3 (1990, 2002, 2006) HON 1949 3 Fourth round third place 15 October 2013 2 (1982, 2010) MEX 1 CONCACAF–OFC play-off winners 20 November 2013 14 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. Top goalscorers 435 142 BLZ 1981 Deon McCaulay ATG Peter Byers MEX Oribe Peralta PAN Blas Pérez HON 1949 Jerry Bengtson CRC Álvaro Saborío USA Clint Dempsey HON 1949 Carlo Costly PAN Luis Tejada ATG Tamarley Thomas CUW Rocky Siberie SLV Osael Romero GUA Carlos Ruiz BAH Lesly St. Fleur DOM Erick Ozuna HAI Jean-Eudes Maurice MEX Javier Hernández Below are full goalscorer lists for each round: 22em First round Second round Third round Fourth round References External links Results and schedule (FIFA.com version) Results and schedule (CONCACAF.com version) Concacaf Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)