2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

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

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round
Tournament details
Dates22 – 31 March 2015
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored51 (3.64 per match)
Attendance35,468 (2,533 per match)
Top scorer(s)Bermuda Nahki Wells
Saint Kitts and Nevis Harry Panayiotou
(3 goals each)
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Format

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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

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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)
  1.   Turks and Caicos Islands (181)
  2.   Curaçao (182)
  3.   U.S. Virgin Islands (191)
  4.   Bahamas (193)
  5.   Cayman Islands (197)
  6.   British Virgin Islands (201)
  7.   Anguilla (207)

Matches

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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
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Bermuda  3–0  Bahamas
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Bermuda won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Guatemala.


British Virgin Islands  2–3  Dominica
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Dominica  0–0  British Virgin Islands
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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  6–2  Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Harris   18'
  • T. Leader   43'
  • O. Mitchum   45+3', 90'
  • Hanley   68'
  • O'Loughlin   86'
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Attendance: 2,000
Turks and Caicos Islands  2–6  Saint Kitts and Nevis
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Saint Kitts and Nevis won 12–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against El Salvador.


Nicaragua  5–0  Anguilla
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Anguilla  0–3  Nicaragua
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Nicaragua won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Suriname.


Belize  0–0  Cayman Islands
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Attendance: 1,924
Cayman Islands  1–1  Belize
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  • Kuylen   20'

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


Curaçao  2–1  Montserrat
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Montserrat  2–2  Curaçao
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Curaçao won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Cuba.

Goalscorers

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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

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  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

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  1. ^ a b "CONCACAF to Hold Preliminary FIFA World Cup Qualifying Draw in Miami on January 15". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 16 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. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – August 2014 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
  5. ^ "BVI to play FIFA home qualifying matches in Dominica". Virgin Islands Daily News. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.
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