2006 FIFA World Cup qualification - CONCACAF Preliminary Round

In the Preliminary Round, 34 teams were divided in 10 groups of 3 teams each and 2 groups of 2 teams each. Groups with 3 teams had two rounds, with the best ranked team according to FIFA in each group entering the competition in the second round. In each group, teams were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away matches. The 12 winners of this round advanced to the Semifinal Round.

Group 1

First Round

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date = February 28, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|GRN
score = 5 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35936.html Report]
team2 = fb|GUY
goals1 = Nigel Bishop 34'
Kennedy Phillip 39'
Anthony Augustine 72'
Anthony Modeste 81'
Dennis Rennie 91'
goals2 =
stadium = Grenada National Stadium
St. George's, Grenada Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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date = March 14, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|GUY
score = 1 - 3| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35937.html Report]
team2 = fb|GRN
goals1 = Carey Harris 29'
goals2 = Ricky Charles 15'
Jason Roberts 69'
Byron Bubb 87'
stadium = Blairmont Community Centre
Blairmont, Guyana Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)

* Grenada won 8-1 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 13, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|USA
score = 3 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35938.html Report]
team2 = fb|GRN
goals1 = DaMarcus Beasley 45', 71'
Greg Vanney 90'
goals2 =
stadium = Columbus Crew Stadium
Columbus, United States Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

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date = June 20, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|GRN
score = 2 - 3| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35939.html Report]
team2 = fb|USA
goals1 = Jason Roberts 12' (pen)
Ricky Charles 77'
goals2 = Landon Donovan 6'
Josh Wolff 19'
DaMarcus Beasley 76'
stadium = Grenada National Stadium
St. George's, Grenada Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

* United States won 6-2 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 2

First Round

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date = February 29, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|BER
score = 13 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35940.html Report]
team2 = fb|MSR
goals1 = Damon Ming 5', 20', 50'
John Nusum 15', 54', 60'
Khano Smith 36'
Ralph Bean 41', 52'
Otis Steede 43'
Meshach Wade 77'
Rohann Simons 83'
Shannon Burgess 87'
goals2 =
stadium = Bermuda National Stadium
Hamilton, Bermuda Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Michael Kennedy (USA)

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date = March 21, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|MSR
score = 0 - 7| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35941.html Report]
team2 = fb|BER
goals1 =
goals2 = Clevon Hill 15'
John Nusum 21', 44'
Ralph Bean 29'
Khano Smith 45', 46'
Damon Ming 76'
stadium = Blakes Estate Stadium
Plymouth, Montserrat Attendance: 250
Referee: Martin Charles (Dominica)

* Bermuda won 20-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 13, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|SLV
score = 2 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35942.html Report]
team2 = fb|BER
goals1 = Jose Martinez 14'
Victor Velasquez 54'
goals2 = John Nusum 30'
stadium = Estadio Cuscatlan
San Salvador, El Salvador Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Donald Campos (Nicaragua)

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date = June 20, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|BER
score = 2 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35943.html Report]
team2 = fb|SLV
goals1 = Shannon Burgess 4' (pen)
John Nusum 20'
goals2 = Alfredo Pacheco 20', 41' (pen)
stadium = Bermuda National Stadium
Hamilton, Bermuda Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Alfredo Whittaker (Cayman Islands)

* El Salvador won 4-3 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 3

First Round

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date = February 18, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|HAI
score = 5 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35950.html Report]
team2 = fb|TCA
goals1 = Jean-Philippe Peguero 6'
Johnny Descouines 43', 45', 50'
Corriolan Wadson 71'
goals2 =
stadium = Orange Bowl
Miami, United States Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

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date = February 21, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|TCA
score = 0 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35951.html Report]
team2 = fb|HAI
goals1 =
goals2 = Roody Loimera 10' (pen)
Lawrence Harvey 41' (own goal)
stadium = Ted Hendricks Stadium
Miami, United States Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (USA)

* Haiti won 7-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 12, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|HAI
score = 1 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35952.html Report]
team2 = fb|JAM
goals1 = Jean-Philippe Peguero 50'
goals2 = Marlon King 39'
stadium = Orange Bowl
Miami, United States Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

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date = June 20, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|JAM
score = 3 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35953.html Report]
team2 = fb|HAI
goals1 = Marlon King 4', 14', 31'
goals2 =
stadium = Independence Park
Kingston, Jamaica Attendance: 22,000
Referee:Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

* Jamaica won 4-1 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 4

First Round

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date = February 22, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|VGB
score = 0 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35978.html Report]
team2 = fb|LCA
goals1 =
goals2 = Titus Elva 55'
stadium = Sherly Ground
Road Town, British Virgin Islands Attendance: 800
Referee: Victor Stewart (Jamaica)

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date = March 28, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|LCA
score = 9 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35979.html Report]
team2 = fb|VGB
goals1 = Sheldon Emmanuel 13' (pen), 66'
Elijah Joseph 26'
Earl Jean 28', 52'
Jarvin Skeete 49', 55'
Titus Elva 69'
Andy Jean-Baptiste 90'
goals2 =
stadium = Vieux Fort National Stadium
Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia Attendance: 665
Referee:Jean-François Corrivault (Canada)

* St. Lucia won 10-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 13, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|PAN
score = 4 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35980.html Report]
team2 = fb|LCA
goals1 = Julio Dely Valdes 5'
Luis Tejada 18'
Ricardo Phillips 39'
Roberto Brown 75'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Rommel Fernandez
Panama City, Panama Attendance: 15,000
Referee: George Phillip (Grenada)

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date = June 20, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|LCA
score = 0 - 3| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35981.html Report]
team2 = fb|PAN
goals1 =
goals2 = Luis Tejada 14'
Julio Dely Valdes 88'
Alberto Blanco 89'
stadium = Vieux Fort National Stadium
Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia Attendance: 400
Referee: Roger Gurley (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

* Panama won 7-0 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 5

First Round

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date = February 22, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|CAY
score = 1 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35982.html Report]
team2 = fb|CUB
goals1 = Thomas Elliot 72'
goals2 = Lester Moré 53'
Luis Marten 89'
stadium = Truman Bodden Stadium
George Town, Cayman Islands Attendance: 1789
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador)

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date = March 27, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|CUB
score = 3 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35983.html Report]
team2 = fb|CAY
goals1 = Lester Moré 7', 50', 66'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Pedro Marrero
Havana, Cuba Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Marco Rodriguez (Mexico)

* Cuba won 5-1 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 12, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|CUB
score = 2 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35984.html Report]
team2 = fb|CRC
goals1 = Lester Moré 24', 75'
goals2 = Douglas Sequeira 12'
Alvaro Saborio 42'
stadium = Estadio Pedro Marrero
Havana, Cuba Attendance: 18,500
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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date = June 20, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|CRC
score = 1 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35985.html Report]
team2 = fb|CUB
goals1 = Ronald Gomez 31'
goals2 = Alain Cervantes 46+'
stadium = Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Alajuela, Costa Rica Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

* Costa Rica advance on away goal rule (2-1) to the Semifinal Round.

Group 6

First Round

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date = February 28, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|ARU
score = 1 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35986.html Report]
team2 = fb|SUR
goals1 = Maurice Escalona 89'
goals2 = Marlon Felter 54' (pen)
Patrick Zinhagel 63'
stadium = Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium
Oranjestad, Aruba Attendance: 2,108
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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date = March 27, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|SUR
score = 8 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35987.html Report]
team2 = fb|ARU
goals1 = Gordon Kinsaini 6', 49'
Carlos Loswijk 14'
Marlon Felter 18', 65', 66'
Clifton Sandvliet 42'
Patrick Zinhagel 90'
goals2 = Maurice Escalona 24'
stadium = André Kamperveen Stadion
Paramaribo, Suriname Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

* Suriname won 10-2 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 12, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|SUR
score = 1 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35988.html Report]
team2 = fb|GUA
goals1 = Dennis Purperhart 14'
goals2 = Guillermo Ramirez 36'
stadium = André Kamperveen Stadion
Paramaribo, Suriname Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Alexandro Jimenez (Costa Rica)

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date = June 20, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|GUA
score = 3 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35989.html Report]
team2 = fb|SUR
goals1 = Carlos Ruiz 21', 85'
Dwight Pezzarossi 80'
goals2 = Gino Brandon 82'
stadium = Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala City, Guatemala Attendance: 19,610
Referee: Marco Rodriguez (Mexico)

* Guatemala won 4-2 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 7

First Round

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date = February 18, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|ATG
score = 2 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35944.html Report]
team2 = fb|ANT
goals1 = Winston Roberts 39'
Quentin Clarke 89'
goals2 =
stadium = Antigua Recreation Ground
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

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date = March 31, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|ANT
score = 3 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35945.html Report]
team2 = fb|ATG
goals1 = Richmar Siberie 27'
Eugene Martha 46'
Brutil Hose 48'
goals2 =
stadium = Stadion Ergilio Hato
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Richard Piper (Trinidad & Tobago)

* Netherlands Antilles won 3-2 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 12, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|ANT
score = 1 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35946.html Report]
team2 = fb|HON
goals1 = Brutil Hose 75'
goals2 = David Suazo 9', 68'
stadium = Stadion Ergilio Hato
Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Roy McArthur (Guyana)

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date = June 19, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|HON
score = 4 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35947.html Report]
team2 = fb|ANT
goals1 = Amado Guevara 7'
David Suazo 22'
Edgar Alvarez 50'
Carlos Pavón 70'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano
San Pedro Sula, Honduras Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Gilberto Alcala (Mexico)

* Honduras won 6-1 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 8

*fb|PUR was rejected entry by FIFA for one Round.

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date = June 13, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|CAN
score = 4 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35948.html Report]
team2 = fb|BLZ
goals1 = Paul Peschisolido 38'
Tomasz Radzinski 54'
Kevin McKenna 75'
Jim Brennan 83'
goals2 =
stadium = Richardson Memorial Stadium
Kingston, Canada Attendance: 8,245
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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date = June 16, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|BLZ
score = 0 - 4| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35949.html Report]
team2 = fb|CAN
goals1 =
goals2 = Tomasz Radzinski 45'
Dwayne de Rosario 63', 73'
Jim Brennan 85'
stadium = Richardson Memorial Stadium
Kingston, Canada Attendance: 5,124
Referee: Ted Gordon (Trinidad & Tobago)

* Canada won 8-0 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 9

First Round

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date = March 26, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|DMA
score = 1 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35954.html Report]
team2 = fb|BAH
goals1 = Damani Horton 66'
goals2 = Vincent Casimir 88'
stadium = Thomas Robinson Stadium
Nassau, The Bahamas Attendance: 800
Referee: Mark Forde (Barbados)

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date = March 28, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|BAH
score = 1 - 3| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35955.html Report]
team2 = fb|DMA
goals1 = Nesley Jean 67'
goals2 = Vincent Casimir 39', 86'
Kelly Peters 85'
stadium = Thomas Robinson Stadium
Nassau, The Bahamas Attendance: 900
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)

* Dominica won 4-2 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 19, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|DMA
score = 0 - 10| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35957.html Report]
team2 = fb|MEX
goals1 =
goals2 = Adolfo Bautista 9', 38'
Jared Borgetti 11', 36'
Rafael Marquez 16'
Daniel Osorno 49'
Jaime Lozano 74', 87'
Duilio Davino 77'
Francisco Palencia 92'
stadium = Alamodome
San Antonio, United States Attendance: 36,451
Referee: Barney Callender (Barbados)

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date = June 27, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|MEX
score = 8 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35956.html Report]
team2 = fb|DMA
goals1 = Adolfo Bautista 2', 36'
Jaime Lozano 17', 61'
Jared Borgetti 33', 38'
David Oteo 59'
Hector Altamirano 76'
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Victoria
Aguascalientes, Mexico Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

* Mexico won 18-0 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 10

First Round

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date = February 18, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|VIR
score = 0 - 4| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35994.html Report]
team2 = fb|SKN
goals1 =
goals2 = Austin Huggins 26'
Ian Lake 50', 64'
George Isaac 62'
stadium = Lionel Roberts Park
Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands Attendance: 225
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

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date = March 31, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|SKN
score = 7 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35995.html Report]
team2 = fb|VIR
goals1 = Ian Lake 8', 38', 46', 56', 77'
George Issac 80', 90'
goals2 =
stadium = Warner Park
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis Attendance: 800
Referee: Neftali Recinos (El Salvador)

* Saint Kitts and Nevis won 11-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 13, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|BRB
score = 0 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35997.html Report]
team2 = fb|SKN
goals1 =
goals2 = Keith Gumbs 78'
Adam Newton 88'
stadium = Barbados National Stadium
Bridgetown, Barbados Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Nery Alfaro (El Salvador)

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date = June 19, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|SKN
score = 3 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr35949.html Report]
team2 = fb|BRB
goals1 = Daryl Gomez 16'
Calum Willock 22', 29'
goals2 = Kenroy Skinner 33'
Gregory Goodridge 45'
stadium = Warner Park
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)

* Saint Kitts and Nevis won 5-2 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 11

First Round

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date = March 19, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|DOM
score = 0 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr36000.html Report]
team2 = fb|AIA
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Attendance: 400
Referee: William Mattus (Costa Rica)

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date = March 21, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|AIA
score = 0 - 6| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr36001.html Report]
team2 = fb|DOM
goals1 =
goals2 = Omar Zapata 15'
Kervin Severino 38', 61'
Juan Contrera 57', 90'
Luis Casquez 77'
stadium = Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Attendance: 850
Referee: Greivin Porras (Costa Rica)

* Dominican Republic won 6-0 on aggregate and advance to the Second Round.

econd Round

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date = June 13, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|DOM
score = 0 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr36002.html Report]
team2 = fb|TRI
goals1 =
goals2 = Marvin Andrews 62'
Stern John 90'
stadium = Estadio Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Attendance: 2500
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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date = June 20, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|TRI
score = 4 - 0| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr36003.html Report]
team2 = fb|DOM
goals1 = Jason Scotland 49'
Stern John 71'
Densill Theobald 73'
Scott Sealy 85'
goals2 =
stadium = Manny Ramjohn Stadium
Marabella, Trinidad & Tobago Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Antonius Pinas (Suriname)

* Trinidad & Tobago won 6-0 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.

Group 12

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date = June 13, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|NCA
score = 2 - 2| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr36004.html Report]
team2 = fb|VIN
goals1 = Emilio Palacio 37'
Rudel Calero 79'
goals2 = Renson Haynes 9'
Shandel Samuel 43'
stadium = Estadio Cacique Diriangén
Diriamba, Nicaragua Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Roberto Delgado (Cuba)

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date = June 20, 2004
team1 = fb-rt|VIN
score = 4 - 1| report= [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/t/mr/mr36005.html Report]
team2 = fb|NCA
goals1 = Shandel Samuel 14', 79'
Marlon James 15'
Carlos Alonso 86' (own goal)
goals2 = Emilio Palacio 60'
stadium = Arnos Vale Stadium
Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ibrahim Brohim (Dominica)

* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 6-3 on aggregate and advance to the Semifinal Round.