Football World Cup 2022 / Qualification (CONCACAF)

The continental association CONCACAF

The associations of the North and Central American and Caribbean Football Confederation ( CONCACAF ) are entitled to three permanent places for the 2022 World Cup . A team can secure a possible fourth place in the final round in intercontinental decision-making encounters. All 35 CONCACAF associations, which are also members of the world association FIFA , take part in the qualification .

FIFA regulations

According to FIFA regulations, the preliminary round matches in the form of group matches and cup matches can be played in home and return matches or, in exceptional cases, in tournament form in one of the participating countries. In the group games, three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw. The following criteria are decisive:

1. higher number of points
2. better goal difference
3. higher number of goals scored
4. higher number of points from the direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals
5. better goal difference from the direct encounters between the teams with the same points and goals
6. higher number of goals from direct encounters between teams with equal points and goals
7. higher number of away goals from direct encounters between teams with the same points and goals if only two teams are affected.

If two teams are equal according to these criteria, a play-off can be scheduled.

In the cup games, if there is a tie after the two games, the higher number of away goals scored counts . If the number of away goals is the same, extra time is played. If no goal is scored in extra time, the match will be decided on penalties . If the same number of goals are scored in extra time, the away team qualifies due to more away goals scored.

mode

The qualification was originally supposed to take place in two largely independent competitions. The best six teams in the FIFA world rankings from 11 June 2020 should play out the three direct starting places in a group of six from September 2020 to September 2021. The fourth would have made it to the play-off round. The remaining teams would have played the second participant of the play-off round in a group stage and a subsequent final round, each with a return game. The winner of the play-off round, which was scheduled for October 2021, would have qualified for the intercontinental play-offs.

After the schedule could not be adhered to due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the mode was changed significantly. The five best teams in the world rankings from July 16, 2020 are directly qualified for the third round in the new mode. The teams in places 6 to 35 will be drawn for the first round in six groups of five. A single round-robin tournament will be played in October and November 2020, in which each team has two home and two away games. The six group winners will play the remaining three places for the third round in the second round with two legs in March 2021. The third round takes place as a group of eight as a double round tournament from June to March 2022. The top three teams in this group will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the fourth will qualify for the intercontinental play-offs.

First round

The draw for the first round took place on August 19, 2020.

Group A

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Grenada	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Montserrat	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	American Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Game results

07.10.2020		Antigua and Barbuda	-	Montserrat	-: - (- :–)
08/10/2020		El Salvador	-	Grenada	-: - (- :–)
10/10/2020		American Virgin Islands	-	Antigua and Barbuda	-: - (- :–)
10/11/2020		Montserrat	-	El Salvador	-: - (- :–)
13/10/2020		Grenada	-	American Virgin Islands	-: - (- :–)

11/11/2020		Montserrat	-	American Virgin Islands	-: - (- :–)
11/13/2020		Antigua and Barbuda	-	Grenada	-: - (- :–)
11/14/2020		American Virgin Islands	-	El Salvador	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Grenada	-	Montserrat	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		El Salvador	-	Antigua and Barbuda	-: - (- :–)

Group B

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Suriname	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Bermuda	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Cayman Islands	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Aruba	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Game results

07.10.2020		Suriname	-	Cayman Islands	-: - (- :–)
08/10/2020		Canada	-	Bermuda	-: - (- :–)
10/10/2020		Aruba	-	Suriname	-: - (- :–)
10/11/2020		Cayman Islands	-	Canada	-: - (- :–)
13/10/2020		Bermuda	-	Aruba	-: - (- :–)

11/11/2020		Cayman Islands	-	Aruba	-: - (- :–)
11/13/2020		Suriname	-	Bermuda	-: - (- :–)
11/14/2020		Aruba	-	Canada	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Bermuda	-	Cayman Islands	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Canada	-	Suriname	-: - (- :–)

Group C

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Curacao	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Cuba	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	British Virgin Islands	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Game results

07.10.2020		Guatemala	-	Cuba	-: - (- :–)
08/10/2020		Curacao	-	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-: - (- :–)
10/10/2020		British Virgin Islands	-	Guatemala	-: - (- :–)
10/11/2020		Cuba	-	Curacao	-: - (- :–)
13/10/2020		St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-	British Virgin Islands	-: - (- :–)

11/11/2020		Cuba	-	British Virgin Islands	-: - (- :–)
11/13/2020		Guatemala	-	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-: - (- :–)
11/14/2020		British Virgin Islands	-	Curacao	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-	Cuba	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Curacao	-	Guatemala	-: - (- :–)

Group D

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Panama	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Barbados	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Dominica	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Anguilla	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Game results

07.10.2020		Dominican Republic	-	Dominica	-: - (- :–)
08/10/2020		Panama	-	Barbados	-: - (- :–)
10/10/2020		Anguilla	-	Dominican Republic	-: - (- :–)
10/11/2020		Dominica	-	Panama	-: - (- :–)
13/10/2020		Barbados	-	Anguilla	-: - (- :–)

11/11/2020		Dominica	-	Anguilla	-: - (- :–)
11/13/2020		Dominican Republic	-	Barbados	-: - (- :–)
11/14/2020		Anguilla	-	Panama	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Barbados	-	Dominica	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Panama	-	Dominican Republic	-: - (- :–)

Group E

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Haiti	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Belize	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	St. Lucia	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Game results

07.10.2020		Nicaragua	-	St. Lucia	-: - (- :–)
08/10/2020		Haiti	-	Belize	-: - (- :–)
10/10/2020		Turks and Caicos Islands	-	Nicaragua	-: - (- :–)
10/11/2020		St. Lucia	-	Haiti	-: - (- :–)
13/10/2020		Belize	-	Turks and Caicos Islands	-: - (- :–)

11/11/2020		St. Lucia	-	Turks and Caicos Islands	-: - (- :–)
11/13/2020		Nicaragua	-	Belize	-: - (- :–)
11/14/2020		Turks and Caicos Islands	-	Haiti	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Belize	-	St. Lucia	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Haiti	-	Nicaragua	-: - (- :–)

Group F.

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Guyana	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Bahamas	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Game results

07.10.2020		St. Kitts and Nevis	-	Puerto Rico	-: - (- :–)
08/10/2020		Trinidad and Tobago	-	Guyana	-: - (- :–)
10/10/2020		Bahamas	-	St. Kitts and Nevis	-: - (- :–)
10/11/2020		Puerto Rico	-	Trinidad and Tobago	-: - (- :–)
13/10/2020		Guyana	-	Bahamas	-: - (- :–)

11/11/2020		Puerto Rico	-	Bahamas	-: - (- :–)
11/13/2020		St. Kitts and Nevis	-	Guyana	-: - (- :–)
11/14/2020		Bahamas	-	Trinidad and Tobago	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Guyana	-	Puerto Rico	-: - (- :–)
11/17/2020		Trinidad and Tobago	-	St. Kitts and Nevis	-: - (- :–)

Second round

The pairings for the second round were already set when the new mode was announced. The games are expected to take place in March 2021.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Winner group A	ZR 1	Winner group F
Winner group B	ZR 2	Winner group E
Winner group C	ZR 3	Winner group D

Third round

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Mexico	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	United States	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Honduras	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Winner ZR 1	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Winner ZR 2	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00
1.	Winner ZR 3	0	0	0	0	000-000	± 0	00

Game results

Matchday 1
06.2021		Winner ZR 2	-	Honduras	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Winner ZR 1	-	United States	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Winner ZR 3	-	Costa Rica	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Mexico	-	Jamaica	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 2
06.2021		United States	-	Winner ZR 2	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Winner ZR 1	-	Honduras	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Costa Rica	-	Mexico	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Jamaica	-	Winner ZR 3	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 3
06.2021		Winner ZR 2	-	Winner ZR 1	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Honduras	-	United States	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Winner ZR 3	-	Mexico	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Costa Rica	-	Jamaica	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 4
06.2021		Mexico	-	Winner ZR 2	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Honduras	-	Costa Rica	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		Winner ZR 1	-	Winner ZR 3	-: - (- :–)
06.2021		United States	-	Jamaica	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 5
09.2021		Jamaica	-	Winner ZR 2	-: - (- :–)
09.2021		Mexico	-	Honduras	-: - (- :–)
09.2021		Costa Rica	-	Winner ZR 1	-: - (- :–)
09.2021		Winner ZR 3	-	United States	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 6
09.2021		Winner ZR 2	-	Winner ZR 3	-: - (- :–)
09.2021		Honduras	-	Jamaica	-: - (- :–)
09.2021		Winner ZR 1	-	Mexico	-: - (- :–)
09.2021		United States	-	Costa Rica	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 7
10.2021		Winner ZR 2	-	Costa Rica	-: - (- :–)
10.2021		Honduras	-	Winner ZR 3	-: - (- :–)
10.2021		Winner ZR 1	-	Jamaica	-: - (- :–)
10.2021		United States	-	Mexico	-: - (- :–)

Matchday 8
10.2021		Winner ZR 2	-	Mexico	-: - (- :–)
10.2021		Costa Rica	-	Honduras	-: - (- :–)
10.2021		Winner ZR 3	-	Winner ZR 1	-: - (- :–)
10.2021		Jamaica	-	United States	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 9
11.2021		Honduras	-	Winner ZR 2	-: - (- :–)
11.2021		United States	-	Winner ZR 1	-: - (- :–)
11.2021		Costa Rica	-	Winner ZR 3	-: - (- :–)
11.2021		Jamaica	-	Mexico	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 10
11.2021		Winner ZR 2	-	United States	-: - (- :–)
11.2021		Honduras	-	Winner ZR 1	-: - (- :–)
11.2021		Mexico	-	Costa Rica	-: - (- :–)
11.2021		Winner ZR 3	-	Jamaica	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 11
01.2022		Winner ZR 1	-	Winner ZR 2	-: - (- :–)
01.2022		United States	-	Honduras	-: - (- :–)
01.2022		Mexico	-	Winner ZR 3	-: - (- :–)
01.2022		Jamaica	-	Costa Rica	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 12
01.2022		Costa Rica	-	Winner ZR 2	-: - (- :–)
01.2022		Winner ZR 3	-	Honduras	-: - (- :–)
01.2022		Jamaica	-	Winner ZR 1	-: - (- :–)
01.2022		Mexico	-	United States	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 13
03.2022		Winner ZR 2	-	Jamaica	-: - (- :–)
03.2022		Honduras	-	Mexico	-: - (- :–)
03.2022		Winner ZR 1	-	Costa Rica	-: - (- :–)
03.2022		United States	-	Winner ZR 3	-: - (- :–)
Matchday 14
03.2022		Winner ZR 3	-	Winner ZR 2	-: - (- :–)
03.2022		Jamaica	-	Honduras	-: - (- :–)
03.2022		Mexico	-	Winner ZR 1	-: - (- :–)
03.2022		Costa Rica	-	United States	-: - (- :–)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Concacaf Announces format for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Confederation . In: CONCACAF.com . July 10, 2019. Accessed July 28, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b} New Concacaf Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 . In: CONCACAF.com . June 27, 2020. Accessed June 28, 2020.
3. ↑ Concacaf Qualifiers Draw sets path to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 . In: CONCACAF.com . August 19, 2020. Retrieved August 19, 2020.