2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
CONCACAF qualifiers - Road to Qatar - Logo.svg
Tournament details
Dates24 March 2021 – 30 March 2022
Teams34 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played118
Goals scored345 (2.92 per match)
Attendance999,020 (8,466 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cyle Larin
(13 goals)
2018
2026

The North, Central American and Caribbean section of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [1] acted as the qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Qatar, for national teams which are members of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). Three direct slots and one inter-confederation play-off slot in the final tournament were available for CONCACAF teams. [2]

Contents

Format

Original format

On 10 July 2019, CONCACAF announced a restructured qualifying format for the World Cup. [3] After CONCACAF initially announced in March 2018 that they would use the CONCACAF Ranking Index to determine the seeding of CONCACAF teams for qualifying to international tournaments, [4] it was determined that FIFA Rankings would be used instead.

Original qualifying schedule (pre-format change)
StageMatchdayFIFA international dates [5]
Top-seeded round
HexagonalMatchday 131 August – 8 September 2020
Matchday 2
Matchday 35–13 October 2020
Matchday 4
Matchday 59–17 November 2020
Matchday 6
Matchday 722–30 March 2021
Matchday 8
Matchday 930 August – 7 September 2021
Matchday 10
Lower-seeded round
Group stageMatchday 131 August – 8 September 2020
Matchday 2
Matchday 35–13 October 2020
Matchday 4
Matchday 59–17 November 2020
Matchday 6
Knockout stageQuarter-finalsFirst leg22–30 March 2021
Second leg
Semi-finalsFirst leg31 May – 8 June 2021
Second leg
FinalFirst leg30 August – 7 September 2021
Second leg
Play-off round
Play-offFirst leg4–12 October 2021
Second leg

However, on 25 June 2020, following FIFA's decision to postpone the September 2020 international window because of the COVID-19 pandemic, CONCACAF noted that "the challenges presented by postponements to the football calendar, and the incomplete FIFA rankings cycle in our confederation, means our current World Cup qualifying process has been compromised and will be changed." [6]

New format

On 27 July 2020, CONCACAF announced a new qualifying format for the World Cup. [7]

Entrants

All 35 FIFA-affiliated national teams from CONCACAF originally entered qualification. Teams were seeded based on their July 2020 FIFA rankings. However, Saint Lucia later withdrew, reducing the total number of teams to 34.

From the July 2020 FIFA World Rankings [8]
Bye to third round
(ranked 1st to 5th)
Competing in first round
(ranked 6th to 35th)
  1. Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (11)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg  United States (22)
  3. Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica (46)
  4. Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica (48)
  5. Flag of Honduras (1949-2022).svg  Honduras (62)
  1. Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador (69)
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (73)
  3. Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao (80)
  4. Flag of Panama.svg  Panama (81)
  5. Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti (86)
  6. Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago (105)
  7. Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda (126)
  8. Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala (130)
  9. Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis (139)
  10. Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname (141)
  11. Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua (151)
  12. Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic (158)
  13. Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada (159)
  14. Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados (162)
  15. Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana (166)
  1. Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (167)
  2. Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda (168)
  3. Flag of Belize.svg  Belize (170)
  4. Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia (176)W
  5. Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (178)
  6. Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba (179)
  7. Flag of Montserrat.svg  Montserrat (183)
  8. Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica (184)
  9. Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands (193)
  10. Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas (195)
  11. Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba (200)
  12. Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands (203)
  13. Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands (207)
  14. Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands (208)
  15. Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla (210)

W Later withdrew

Schedule

On 25 June 2020, FIFA announced that the inter-confederation play-offs, originally scheduled to be played in March 2022, were moved to June 2022, and that the June 2021 window would be extended from two matchdays to four for CONCACAF. [9] On 8 September 2020, CONCACAF announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021. [10] On 4 December 2020, FIFA announced that the September 2021, October 2021, January 2022 and March 2022 windows in the FIFA International Match Calendar would each be extended by one day to allow for three matchdays to be played per window. [11] [12] On the same day, CONCACAF announced the revised qualification schedule, which was updated on 16 June 2021. [13]

RoundMatchdayDates
First round Window 124–30 March 2021
Window 22–8 June 2021
Second round First leg12 June 2021
Second leg15 June 2021
Third round Matchday 12 September 2021
Matchday 25 September 2021
Matchday 38 September 2021
Matchday 47 October 2021
Matchday 510 October 2021
Matchday 613 October 2021
Matchday 712 November 2021
Matchday 816 November 2021
Matchday 927 January 2022
Matchday 1030 January 2022
Matchday 112 February 2022
Matchday 1224 March 2022
Matchday 1327 March 2022
Matchday 1430 March 2022
Original qualifying schedule (revised format)
StageMatchdayFIFA international dates
First round Window 17, 8, 10, 11 & 13 October 2020
Window 211, 13, 14 & 17 November 2020
Second round First leg22–30 March 2021
Second leg
Third round Matchday 131 May – 15 June 2021
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Matchday 4
Matchday 530 August – 7 September 2021
Matchday 6
Matchday 74–12 October 2021
Matchday 8
Matchday 98–16 November 2021
Matchday 10
Matchday 1124 January – 1 February 2022
Matchday 12
Matchday 1321–29 March 2022
Matchday 14

First round

The six highest ranked teams of the first round were pre-seeded into groups A through F. Teams in their groups played each other once, a total of four matches; two home and two away matches. The draw for the first round was held on 19 August 2020, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich. [14] [15] The top team from each group advanced to the second round. The COVID-19 pandemic caused many "home" games to be played at neutral venues.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of El Salvador.svgFlag of Montserrat.svgFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svgFlag of Grenada.svgFlag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg
1Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 4310131+1210Advance to second round 3–0 2–0
2Flag of Montserrat.svg  Montserrat 422094+58 1–1 4–0
3Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 421165+17 2–2 1–0
4Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 41032533 1–2 1–0
5Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  U.S. Virgin Islands 4004015150 0–7 0–3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Canada (Pantone).svgFlag of Suriname.svgFlag of Bermuda.svgFlag of Aruba.svgFlag of the Cayman Islands.svg
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4400271+2612Advance to second round 4–0 5–1
2Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 4301154+119 6–0 3–0
3Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 411271254 5–0 1–1
4Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 4103319163 0–7 0–6
5Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 4013218161 0–11 1–3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Curacao.svgFlag of Guatemala.svgFlag of Cuba.svgFlag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svgFlag of the British Virgin Islands.svg
1Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao 4310151+1410Advance to second round 0–0 5–0
2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 4310140+1410 1–0 10–0
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 420273+46 1–2 5–0
4Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4103316133 0–1 3–0
5Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 4004019190 0–8 0–3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group D

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Panama.svgFlag of the Dominican Republic.svgFlag of Barbados.svgFlag of Dominica.svgFlag of Anguilla.svg
1Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 4400191+1812Advance to second round 3–0 1–0
2Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 421184+47 1–1 1–0
3Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 41213305 1–1 1–0
4Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 411254+14 1–2 3–0
5Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla 4004023230 0–13 0–6
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group E

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Haiti.svgFlag of Nicaragua.svgFlag of Belize.svgFlag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svgFlag of Saint Lucia.svg
1Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 3300130+139Advance to second round 1–0 2–0
2Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 3201101+96 3–0
3Flag of Belize.svg  Belize 31025503 5–0
4Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands 3003022220 0–10 0–7
5Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 00000000Withdrew
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group F

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svgFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svgFlag of Puerto Rico.svgFlag of Guyana.svgFlag of the Bahamas.svg
1Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 430182+69Advance to second round 1–0 3–0
2Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 422061+58 2–0 3–0
3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4211102+87 1–1 7–0
4Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 41034843 0–2 4–0
5Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 4013015151 0–4 0–0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Second round

The second round saw the six group winners from the first round playing in three home-and-away ties of predetermined pairings. The winners advanced to the third round.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Saint Kitts and Nevis  Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg0–6Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 0–4 0–2
Haiti  Flag of Haiti.svg0–4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0–1 0–3
Panama  Flag of Panama.svg2–1Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao 2–1 0–0

Third round

As a result of CONCACAF's revision to their World Cup qualifying format, the traditional Hexagonal with six teams and ten games per team was expanded to eight teams and fourteen games per team for the final and decisive round. The top five CONCACAF teams in the July 2020 FIFA rankings entered in the third round, joining the three winners of the second round. The draw to determine the schedule for the third round was held on 19 August 2020, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich. [16] [17]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationFlag of Canada (Pantone).svgFlag of Mexico.svgFlag of the United States.svgFlag of Costa Rica.svgFlag of Panama.svgFlag of Jamaica.svgFlag of El Salvador.svgFlag of Honduras.svg
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14842237+1628 2022 FIFA World Cup 2–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 4–0 3–0 1–1
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 14842178+928 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 147432110+1125 1–1 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–0 3–0
4Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 14743138+525 inter-confederation play-offs 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1
5Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 146351719221 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1
6Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1425712221011 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1
7Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 142488181010 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0
8Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 140410726194 0–2 0–1 1–4 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–2
Source: FIFA, CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Inter-confederation play-off

The inter-confederation play-off was determined by a draw held on 26 November 2021. The fourth-placed team from CONCACAF third round was drawn against the representative team from the OFC. [18] The play-off was played as a single match in Qatar on 14 June 2022. [19]

Team 1 Score Team 2
Costa Rica  Flag of Costa Rica.svg 1–0 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Qualified teams

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup 1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Third round winners27 March 20221 (1986)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Third round runners-up30 March 202216 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970 , 1978, 1986 , 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Third round third place30 March 202210 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994 , 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica CONCACAF v OFC play-off winners14 June 20225 (1990, 2002, 2006, 2014, 2018)
1Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Top goalscorers

There were 345 goals scored in 118 matches, for an average of 2.92 goals per match.

13 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Links to the lists of goalscorers for each round are below:

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