2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
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The 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.
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.
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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.[1] 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.[2]
- 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 (Semifinal 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 semifinal 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.[3] (World rankings shown in parentheses)[4]
Bye to third round (Ranked 1st to 6th) |
Bye to second round (Ranked 7th to 25th) |
Competing in first round (Ranked 26th to 35th) |
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First round
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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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Montserrat | 3–8 | Belize | 2–5 | 1–3 |
Anguilla | 0–6 | Dominican Republic | 0–2 | 0–4 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 4–1 | British Virgin Islands | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Aruba | 6–6 (4–5 p) | Saint Lucia | 4–2 | 2–4 (a.e.t.) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 0–101 | Bahamas | 0–4 | 0–6 |
- Note 1: Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
Second round
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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.[2]
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.[2] 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.
† First round winners
Groups
Note: Scores marked by * are results awarded by FIFA.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Group E
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Group F
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Third round
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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.[2]
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.[2]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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† Second round winners whose identity was not known at the time of the draw
Groups
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Fourth round
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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'.[10] The draw for 'The Hex' was conducted by FIFA on 7 November 2012.[11]
The top three teams qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals, while the fourth-placed team will play a home-away series against New Zealand, the winner of Oceania. 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.
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Intercontinental play-off
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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, and the second leg was played on 20 November 2013.[12]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mexico | 9–3 | New Zealand | 5–1 | 4–2 |
Goalscorers
There were 441 goals scored over 144 games, for an average of 3.06 goals per game.
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
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- 5 goals
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- 4 goals
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- 3 goals
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- 2 goals
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- Quinton Griffith
- Frederick Gomez
- Nesley Jean
- Harrison Róches
- Nahki Wells
- Will Johnson
- Mark Ebanks
- Sendley Bito
- Shanon Carmelia
- Domingo Peralta
- Jaime Alas
- Luis Anaya
- Christian Bautista
- Isidro Gutiérrez
- Rodolfo Zelaya
- Clive Murray
- Shane Rennie
- Minor López
- Marco Pappa
- Trayon Bobb
- Vurlon Mills
- Chris Nurse
- Ricky Shakes
- Jean Alexandre
- James Marcelin
- Mario Martínez
- Demar Phillips
- Dane Richards
- Luton Shelton
- Rodolph Austin
- Carlos Salcido
- Jesús Zavala
- Raúl Jiménez
- Raúl Leguías
- Nelson Barahona
- Rolando Blackburn
- Ricardo Buitrago
- Amir Waithe
- Luis Henríquez
- Gabriel Torres
- Andrés Cabrero
- Myron Samuel
- Cornelius Stewart
- Friso Mando
- Carlos Bocanegra
- Graham Zusi
- Herculez Gomez
- Reid Klopp
- 1 goal
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- Dexter Blackstock
- Ranjae Christian
- Justin Cochrane
- George Dublin
- Marc Joseph
- Keiran Murtagh
- Kerry Skepple
- Jamie Thomas
- David Abdul
- Rensy Barradas
- Maurice Escalona
- Erik Santos de Gouveia
- Cameron Hepple
- Jackner Louis
- Diquan Adamson
- Sheridan Grosvenor
- Daniel Jiménez
- Elroy Kuylen
- Luis Mendez
- Ryan Simpson
- John Nusum
- Antwan Russell
- Kwame Steede
- Trevor Peters
- David Edgar
- Christian Bolaños
- José Miguel Cubero
- Cristian Gamboa
- Roy Miller
- Michael Umaña
- Diego Calvo
- Johnny Acosta
- Alberto Gómez
- Angelo Cijntje
- Orin de Waard
- Everon Espacia
- Rihairo Meulens
- Angelo Zimmerman
- Johan Cruz
- César García
- Jack Michael Morillo
- Kerbi Rodríguez
- Jhoan Sánchez
- Xavier García
- Alfredo Pacheco
- Steve Purdy
- Edwin Sánchez
- Herbert Sosa
- Victor Turcios
- Lancaster Joseph
- Marcus Julien
- Cassim Langaigne
- Gustavo Cabrera
- Carlos Figueroa
- Yony Flores
- Carlos Gallardo
- Angelo Padilla
- Guillermo Ramírez
- Fredy Thompson
- Anthony Abrams
- Shawn Beveney
- Leon Cort
- Charles Pollard
- Gregory Richardson
- Judelin Aveska
- Réginal Goreux
- Wilde-Donald Guerrier
- Kim Jaggy
- Kevin Lafrance
- Jean Monuma
- Listner Pierre-Louis
- Víctor Bernárdez
- Juan Carlos Garcia
- Marvin Chávez
- Roger Rojas
- Oscar García
- Wilson Palacios
- Maynor Figueroa
- Ryan Johnson
- Nyron Nosworthy
- Jermaine Beckford
- Marvin Elliott
- Jermaine Anderson
- Giovani dos Santos
- Andrés Guardado
- Héctor Moreno
- Ángel Reyna
- Aldo de Nigris
- Paul Aguilar
- Rafael Márquez
- Carlos Alberto Peña
- Daniel Reyes
- Félix Rodríguez
- Roberto Chen
- Román Torres
- Cristian Arrieta
- Joseph Marrero
- Devaughn Elliott
- Jevon Francis
- Orlando Mitchum
- Kevin Edward
- Kurt Frederick
- Tremain Paul
- Zaine Pierre
- Giovanni Drenthe
- Evani Esperance
- Naldo Kwasie
- Keon Daniel
- Hughton Hector
- Kevin Molino
- Darryl Roberts
- Aron Jóhannsson
- Brad Evans
- Landon Donovan
- Michael Orozco Fiscal
- Jamie Browne
- Keithroy Cornelius
- Alderman Lesmond
- Dwayne Thomas
- 1 own goal
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- Angelo Zimmerman (playing against Haiti)
- Lyndon Joseph (playing against Guatemala)
- Nicko Williams (playing against Guatemala)
- Charles Pollard (playing against Mexico)
- J. P. Rodrigues (playing against Mexico)
- Jorge Claros (playing against Jamaica)
- Héctor Moreno (playing against Guyana)
- Román Torres (playing against Nicaragua)
- Woody Gibson (playing against Bahamas)
References
- ↑ CONCACAF to seek change in World Cup qualifying[dead link]
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