Qualifying Round:
Mexico did not participate in order to focus on hosting the 1986 FIFA World Cup
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 8–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | |
| Canada | w/o | n/a | n/a | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–4 | |
| Costa Rica | w/o | n/a | n/a | |
| Panama | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | w/o | n/a | n/a | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2–5 [A] | 0–4 | 2–1 | |
| Suriname | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 29 July 1984 | El Salvador | 5–0 | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador | |
| Hernández Rivas Alfaro López Medrano | Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala) |
| 5 August 1984 | Puerto Rico | 0–3 (0–8 agg.) | Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
| Zapata Rivas Perla | Referee: Osborne (Bermuda) |
El Salvador advanced.
Jamaica withdrew, so Canada qualified automatically.
| 29 September 1984 | Netherlands Antilles | 0–0 | Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles | |
| Referee: Goede (Suriname) |
| 6 October 1984 | United States | 4–0 (4–0 agg.) | Busch Stadium, St. Louis, United States | |
| DiBernardo Coker Kapp | Referee: Fusco (Canada) |
United States advanced.
| Costa Rica | w/o | |||
| Withdrew |
Barbados withdrew, so Costa Rica qualified automatically.
| 15 June 1984 | Panama | 0–3 | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón, Panama | |
| Figueroa Laing | Referee: Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador) |
| 24 June 1984 | Honduras | 1–0 (4–0 agg.) | Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras | |
| Figueroa | Referee: Gus Constantine (United States) |
Honduras advanced.
| Trinidad and Tobago | w/o | |||
| Withdrew |
Grenada withdrew, so Trinidad and Tobago qualified automatically.
| 4 August 1984 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0–4 | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti [2] | |
| Auguste Thomas | Referee: Taylor (Jamaica) |
| 7 August 1984 | Haiti | 1–2 (5–2 agg.) | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |
| Vorbe | Gonzalves Roberts | Referee: Campbell (Jamaica) |
Haiti advanced.
| 15 August 1984 | Suriname | 1–0 | André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname | |
| Edwards | Referee: Lee (Netherlands Antilles) |
| 29 August 1984 | Guyana | 1–1 (1–2 agg.) | Georgetown Cricket Club Ground "Bourda", Georgetown, Guyana | |
| Archer | Klinker | Referee: Sirjuesingh (Trinidad and Tobago) |
Suriname qualified.