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]
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]
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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- Saint Lucia were drawn into Group E in the first round, but later withdrew before their first match.[5]
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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Group A
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| 1 | El Salvador |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | |
| 2 | Montserrat |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | 1–1 | — | — | — | 4–0 | ||
| 3 | Antigua and Barbuda |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | — | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | — | ||
| 4 | Grenada |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | — | 1–2 | — | — | 1–0 | ||
| 5 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | 0–7 | — | 0–3 | — | — |
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| Antigua and Barbuda | 2–2 | Montserrat |
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Attendance: 0
Referee: Trevester Richards (St. Kitts and Nevis)
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| Montserrat | 1–1 | El Salvador |
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Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal (Dominican Republic)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)
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| Antigua and Barbuda | 1–0 | Grenada |
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| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–7 | El Salvador |
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Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
Group B
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| 1 | Canada |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 12 | Advance to second round | — | 4–0 | 5–1 | — | — | |
| 2 | Suriname |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | — | — | 6–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Bermuda |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | — | — | — | 5–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | Aruba |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 3 | 0–7 | 0–6 | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Cayman Islands |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 1 | 0–11 | — | — | 1–3 | — |
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IMG Academy, Bradenton (United States)
Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)
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Group C
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| 1 | Curaçao |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | — | |
| 2 | Guatemala |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 10 | — | — | 1–0 | 10–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Cuba |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 5–0 | ||
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 3 | — | — | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | British Virgin Islands |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | 0–8 | 0–3 | — | — | — |
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Referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica)
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| British Virgin Islands | 0–3 | Guatemala |
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Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City (Guatemala)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Germán Martínez (El Salvador)
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Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City (Guatemala)
Attendance: 0
Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)
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Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's (Grenada)
Attendance: 50
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Group D
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| 1 | Panama |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 12 | Advance to second round | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Dominican Republic |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Barbados |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||
| 4 | Dominica |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 | ||
| 5 | Anguilla |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | 0–13 | 0–6 | — | — | — |
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| Dominican Republic | 1–0 | Dominica |
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Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)
Inter Miami CF Stadium, Fort Lauderdale (United States)
Referee: Rubiel Vázquez (United States)
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Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Diego Montaño Robles (Mexico)
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Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
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Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jaime Herrera Bonilla (El Salvador)
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Group E
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| 1 | Haiti |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Advance to second round | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Nicaragua |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | — | — | 3–0 | — | — | ||
| 3 | Belize |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | — | — | — | 5–0 | — | ||
| 4 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 | 0–10 | 0–7 | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | Saint Lucia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | — | — | — |
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Saint Lucia withdrew before playing.
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Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal (Dominican Republic)
Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)
Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal (Dominican Republic)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)
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Group F
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| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to second round | — | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 8 | 2–0 | — | — | 3–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Puerto Rico |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | — | 1–1 | — | — | 7–0 | ||
| 4 | Guyana |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | — | — | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | ||
| 5 | Bahamas |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | — | — |
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Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal (Dominican Republic)
Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)
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| Bahamas | 0–4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Referee: Óscar Macías Romo (Mexico)
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Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
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Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
Attendance: 0
Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)
There were 214 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
Jonathan David- Alphonso Davies
Duckens Nazon
Gabriel Torres
Ricardo Rivera
Keithroy Freeman
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
- 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)
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