2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round
The first round of CONCACAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played in March and June 2021.[1]
Format
A total of 30 teams (CONCACAF teams ranked 6 to 35 based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020) were divided into six groups of five teams each. In each group, teams played against each other once in a single round-robin format, for a total of four matches per team (two home and two away). The top team of each of the six groups advanced to the second round.[2]
Seeding
The draw for the first round was held, along with the draw for the third round, on 19 August 2020, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[3]
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2020 (shown in parentheses). Teams in Pot 1 were pre-seeded to positions A1 to F1 based on their ranking (A1 as the highest-ranked team in Pot 1, and F1 as the lowest-ranked in Pot 1). The remaining teams were drawn by pot into the first available group alphabetically. Each team was assigned the position in their group based on their pot number (Pot 2 was placed in position 2, Pot 3 was placed in position 3).[4]
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.
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Schedule
The matches were originally scheduled for 7–13 October and 11–17 November 2020. However, CONCACAF announced on 8 September 2020 that the matches would be postponed, and would not begin until March 2021.[6][7] The schedule for the March 2021 matches was announced on 26 February 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America and related quarantine and travel restrictions in certain countries, some matches took place at neutral venues.[8][9]
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2 v 4 | 7 October 2020 | 24 March 2021 |
1 v 3 | 8 October 2020 | 25 March 2021 |
5 v 2 | 10 October 2020 | 27 March 2021 |
4 v 1 | 11 October 2020 | 28–29 March 2021 |
3 v 5 | 13 October 2020 | 30 March 2021 |
4 v 5 | 11 November 2020 | 2 June 2021 |
2 v 3 | 13 November 2020 | 4 June 2021 |
5 v 1 | 14 November 2020 | 5 June 2021 |
3 v 4 | 17 November 2020 | 8 June 2021 |
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Groups
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | 1–1 | — | — | — | 4–0 | ||
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | — | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | — | ||
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | — | 1–2 | — | — | 1–0 | ||
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | 0–7 | — | 0–3 | — | — |
Antigua and Barbuda ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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El Salvador ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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U.S. Virgin Islands ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Montserrat ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Grenada ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Montserrat ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Antigua and Barbuda ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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U.S. Virgin Islands ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Grenada ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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El Salvador ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 12 | Advance to second round | — | 4–0 | 5–1 | — | — | |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | — | — | 6–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | — | — | — | 5–0 | 1–1 | ||
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 3 | 0–7 | 0–6 | — | — | — | ||
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 1 | 0–11 | — | — | 1–3 | — |
Suriname ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Cayman Islands ![]() | 0–11 | ![]() |
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Cayman Islands ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Bermuda ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | — | |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 10 | — | — | 1–0 | 10–0 | — | ||
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 5–0 | ||
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 3 | — | — | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | 0–8 | 0–3 | — | — | — |
Guatemala ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Curaçao ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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British Virgin Islands ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Cuba ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Cuba ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Guatemala ![]() | 10–0 | ![]() |
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 12 | Advance to second round | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | — | |
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | ||
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 | ||
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4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | 0–13 | 0–6 | — | — | — |
Dominican Republic ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Panama ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Anguilla ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Dominica ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Barbados ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Dominica ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Dominican Republic ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Barbados ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Group E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Advance to second round | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | — | |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | — | — | 3–0 | — | — | ||
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | 5–0 | — | ||
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 | 0–10 | 0–7 | — | — | — | ||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | — | — | — |
Saint Lucia withdrew before playing.
Turks and Caicos Islands ![]() | 0–7 | ![]() |
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Belize ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to second round | — | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 8 | 2–0 | — | — | 3–0 | — | ||
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4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | — | 1–1 | — | — | 7–0 | ||
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | — | — | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | ||
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
Saint Kitts and Nevis ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Bahamas ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Puerto Rico ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Guyana ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Puerto Rico ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() |
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Guyana ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Goalscorers
There were 214 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Quinton Griffith
Joshua John
Emile Saimovici
Carlos Bernárdez
Mark-Anthony Kaye
Onel Hernández
Maikel Reyes
Juninho Bacuna
Leandro Bacuna
Kenji Gorré
Michaël Maria
Julian Wade
Nowend Lorenzo
Dorny Romero
Marvin Monterroza
Saydrel Lewis
Robin Betancourth
Moisés Hernández
Darwin Lom
Luis Martínez
Adrian Clifton
Ariagner Smith
Jair Catuy
Isaac Angking
Sheraldo Becker
Shaquille Pinas
1 goal
D'Andre Bishop
Rhys Browne
Peter Byers
Eugene Kirwan
Terence Groothusen
Niall Reid-Stephen
Jesse August
Deon McCaulay
Deshawon Nembhard
Jaylon Bather
Kole Hall
Dante Leverock
Knory Scott
Zachary Brault-Guillard
Theo Corbeanu
Junior Hoilett
Alistair Johnston
Richie Laryea
Frank Sturing
David Wotherspoon
Jonah Ebanks
Mark Ebanks
Cavafe
Luis Paradela
Dairon Reyes
Jarchinio Antonia
Elson Hooi
Anthony van den Hurk
Brandley Kuwas
Chad Bertrand
Audel Laville
Briel Thomas
Luis Espinal
Fran Núñez
Domingo Peralta
Manny Rodríguez
Walmer Martinez
Gerson Mayen
Joshua Pérez
Juan Carlos Portillo
Eriq Zavaleta
Rudy Barrientos
Marvin Ceballos
Gerardo Gordillo
John Méndez
Oscar Santis
Jorge Vargas
Kadell Daniel
Omari Glasgow
Terence Vancooten
Emery Welshman
Ricardo Adé
Derrick Etienne Jr.
Steven Séance
Rohan Ince
Nathan Pond
Byron Bonilla
Marvin Fletes
Dshon Forbes
Matias Moldskred
Richard Rodríguez
Jorman Aguilar
Yoel Bárcenas
Miguel Camargo
Armando Cooper
José Fajardo
Aníbal Godoy
Francisco Palacios
Alberto Quintero
Gerald Díaz
Lester Hayes
Jaden Servania
Devin Vega
Rowan Liburd
Vinceroy Nelson
Romaine Sawyers
Omari Sterling-James
Oalex Anderson
Zidane Sam
Azinho Solomon
Roland Alberg
Ryan Donk
Florian Jozefzoon
Gleofilo Vlijter
Sheldon Bateau
Levi García
Khaleem Hyland
Joevin Jones
Duane Muckette
Ryan Telfer
1 own goal
Tafari Smith (against Panama)
Francois Croes (against Suriname)
Briel Thomas (against Panama)
Notes
- ^ The Cayman Islands vs Canada match, originally to be played at 16:00 UTC−4, 28 March 2021, was postponed because the Cayman team could not provide their negative COVID-19 tests to FIFA.[10]
- ^ The Bermuda v Cayman Islands match, originally to be played at 20:00 UTC-4, was delayed by 65 minutes due to lightning in the area.[11][non-primary source needed]
References
- ^ "Draw procedures confirmed for First Round of Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "New CONCACAF Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "CONCACAF preliminary draw for FIFA World Cup 2022 to take place on 19 August". FIFA. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Draw (CONCACAF): Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "St Lucia players in the dark about World Cup qualifiers". SportsMax. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "CONCACAF confirms schedule for Concacaf Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Update on the CONCACAF Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Update on upcoming CONCACAF qualifiers in March 2021". FIFA. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "CONCACAF Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Canada's World Cup qualifying game vs. Cayman Islands postponed". Sportsnet. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "The match is now expected to kick-off at 10:05pm". 8 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Twitter.