2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

The CONCACAF qualification stage for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa has 35 national teams competing for the three berths given automatically to CONCACAF by FIFA. The fourth place finisher will play a two game playoff with the CONMEBOL fifth place finisher [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/regulations/index.html FIFA.com ] ] for a possible fourth berth.

Format

There will be two preliminary rounds [ [http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4041 Concacaf ] ] which will reduce the 35 entrants to 24 and then 12. This will be followed by 3 third round groups of 4 (held across the second half of 2008), with the top two in each group advancing. The top 3 teams from the fourth round group of 6 (held from February to October 2009) will qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The 4th place team will compete in a home-and-away playoff against the fifth-place team from CONMEBOL.

eeding

The draw took place on November 25 2007 in Durban, South Africa [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news;_ylt=AjM4hnGLRY4YZKl2rUPfzEUmw7YF?slug=ap-worldcup-us&prov=ap&type=lgns U.S. receives first-round bye in World Cup qualifying] ] [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=23914&rank=157 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - CONCACAF Zone] ] and it determined the fixtures for the preliminary rounds. In addition, because second round winners are paired off for the third round, the top 13 seeds have been subdivided as follows: [ [http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/preldraw/2010%5ffwc%5fpreliminary%5fdrawinformation%5fnorth%5fcentral%5famerica%5fcaribbean%5fe%5f28448.pdf Preliminary Draw Information - North, Central America and Caribbean] , FIFA, retrieved 23 November 2007

* Pot A: The top 3 teams, who would be top seeds of each third round group.
* Pot B: The next 3 teams, who would be the seconds seeds of the third round groups.
* Pot C: The next 6 teams, who would receive a bye to the second round, and would not be drawn against a Pot A or Pot B team in that round.
* Pot D: St. Vincent and the Grenadines, who also receive a bye in the first round, but would be paired against one of the top 12 teams in Round 2.

In the 2nd round, the 13 top-ranked CONCACAF teams from the May 2007 FIFA World Ranking will join 11 winners from the 1st Round.

First Round

The 22 teams ranked 14 to 35 competed in the First Round. Teams ranked 14th–24th were randomly drawn against teams ranked 25th–35th. Teams played home and away against their opponents, except three ties: Puerto Rico–Dominican Republic, Grenada–U.S. Virgin Islands and Montserrat–Suriname, which were played over one leg in late March due to several Member Associations failing to meet the new FIFA Stadium standards and being unable to secure a home venue. [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=670749.html#new+world+fixtures+firmed New World fixtures firmed] , FIFA; 2008-01-11.] The winners advanced to the Second Round.

-! colspan="5" | Group 1
-! colspan="5" | Group 2
-! colspan="5" | Group 3

¹ Belize moved their home leg to Guatemala.

² Both legs played in the Bahamas.

³ Played as one leg due to a lack of acceptable grounds for FIFA competition.

⁴ Played as one leg at Trinidad and Tobago because neither side are able to provide a suitable venue according to FIFA's guidelines.

⁵ Played in the United States because Anguilla's stadium is not a suitable venue. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2008-01-22-1578071612_x.htm Anguilla-El Salvador World Cup qualifier moved to Washington] , USA Today; 2008-01-22.]

Belize, Puerto Rico and Netherlands Antilles were the only teams from Pot F to qualify for the Second Round.

econd Round

In the Second Round, the 11 first round winners joined the 13 teams which received a bye to the Second Round. Teams ranked 1st–12th were randomly drawn against the unseeded teams (the 11 first round winners plus Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which was ranked 13th). Teams played home and away against their opponents and the winners advanced to the next round. Matches took place in June 2008.

-! colspan="5" | Group 1
-! colspan="5" | Group 2
-! colspan="5" | Group 3

¹ Saint Lucia moved their home leg to the United States.

² Belize moved their home leg to the United States. [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/soccer/wires/04/15/2080.ap.soc.wcup.mexico.belize.0137/index.html Mexico-Belize World Cup qualifier moved to Houston] , SI.com; 2008-04-15.]

³ The Bahamas elected to play their home leg in Jamaica. [ [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/html/20080411T220000-0500_134457_OBS_HOME_ADVANTAGE_.asp Jamaica to host both legs of WC Qualifier against The Bahamas] , Jamaica Observer; 2008-04-11.]

⁴ Order of legs reversed subsequent to original draw. [ [http://www.canadian-soccer.com/en/viewarticle.asp?id=264 Opener Against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Moved] , The Voyageurs; 2008-01-10.]

Suriname and El Salvador were the only teams from outside Pots A-C to qualify for the Third Round.

Third Round

The winners from the Second Round will be placed into three groups of four teams, where they will play a double round robin Home and Away schedule. The top two teams from each group move on to the Final Round.

Match days are: [ [http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_4030464.html The Official Site of U.S. Soccer - Men's National Team ] ] [ [http://www.concacaf.com/viewCompetition.aspx?id=233 CONCACAF] ]
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Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Fourth Round

The six teams that reach the fourth round will form one double-round-robin, home-and-away group. The top three teams will qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The fourth place team will compete in a home-and-away playoff against the fifth-place team from CONMEBOL.

Qualified Teams:
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Match days are:
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#6 June 2009
#10 June 2009
#19 August 2009
#5 September 2009
#9 September 2009
#10 October 2009
#14 October 2009

Play-off

The 4th place team will then play the 5th place team from the CONMEBOL Qualification in a home and away play-off. The winner of this play-off will qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.

The order that the two matches will be played is yet to be determined.

Goalscorers

As of September 10, 2008.Bold print indicates a player whose team is still active in qualifying.

— – Bye X – Eliminated

;Own goal

External links

* [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/index.html North, Central America & Caribbean Zone] at FIFA.com

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