2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round
The second round of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 7 to 16 June 2015.[1][2]
Format
A total of 20 teams (teams ranked 9–21 in the CONCACAF entrant list and seven first round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The ten winners advanced to the third round.
Seeding
The draw for the second round was held on 15 January 2015, 19:40 EST (UTC−5), at the W Hotel at Miami Beach, Florida, United States.[3] The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of August 2014 (shown in parentheses).[1][4] The 20 teams were seeded into four pots:
- Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 8–10 (i.e., 16–18 in the CONCACAF entrant list).
- Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 11–13 (i.e., 19–21 in the CONCACAF entrant list).
- Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 1–7 (i.e., 9–15 in the CONCACAF entrant list).
- Pot 6 contained the seven first round winners.
Each tie contained a team from Pot 3 and a team from Pot 4 (first three ties), or a team from Pot 5 and a team from Pot 6 (last seven ties), with the order of legs decided by draw. As the draw was held before the first round was played, the identities of teams in Pot 6 (first round winners) were not known at the time of the draw. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the third round.
Matches
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg | 2–2 | File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana |
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6–6 on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the away goals rule and advanced to the third round.
Antigua and Barbuda won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Puerto Rico File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada |
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Grenada File:Flag of Grenada.svg | 2–0 | File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico |
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Grenada won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Dominica File:Flag of Dominica.svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada |
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Canada File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg | 4–0 | File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica |
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Canada won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Dominican Republic File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg | 1–2 | File:Flag of Belize (1981–2019).svg Belize |
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Belize won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Guatemala File:Flag of Guatemala.svg | 0–0 | File:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda |
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Bermuda File:Flag of Bermuda.svg | 0–1 | File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala |
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Guatemala won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Aruba File:Flag of Aruba.svg | 0–2 | File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados |
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Barbados File:Flag of Barbados.svg | 0–3 Awarded[note 2] | File:Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba |
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Aruba won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
El Salvador File:Flag of El Salvador.svg | 4–1 | File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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El Salvador won 6–3 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
1–1 on aggregate. Curaçao won on the away goals rule and advanced to the third round.
Nicaragua File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg | 1–0 | File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname |
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Suriname File:Flag of Suriname.svg | 1–3 | File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua |
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Nicaragua won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Goalscorers
There were 56 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.8 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
- Antigua and Barbuda Aaron Tumwa
- Barbados Hadan Holligan
- Belize Elroy Kuylen
- Belize Harrison Róchez
- Canada Tesho Akindele
- Canada Russell Teibert
- Cuba Yénier Márquez
- Curaçao Papito Merencia
- Dominican Republic Geremy Lombardi
- El Salvador Arturo Álvarez
- El Salvador Darwin Cerén
- El Salvador Irvin Herrera
- Grenada Jamal Charles
- Guatemala Stefano Cincotta
- Guyana Brandon Beresford
- Guyana Ricky Shakes
- Nicaragua Raúl Leguías
- Nicaragua Manuel Rosas
- Puerto Rico Deniz Bozkurt
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Atiba Harris
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Orlando Mitchum
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Romaine Sawyers
- Saint Lucia Kurt Frederick
- Saint Lucia Troy Greenidge
- Saint Lucia David Henry
- Saint Lucia Tremain Paul
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Oalex Anderson
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Myron Samuel
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart
- Suriname Roxey Fer
1 own goal
- Puerto Rico Joan Morales (against Grenada)
Notes
- ↑ Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 FIFA awarded Aruba a 3–0 win as a result of Barbados fielding the ineligible player Hadan Holligan. Holligan failed to serve an automatic one match suspension for receiving two yellow cards earlier in the competition.[5] The match originally ended 1–0 to Barbados.
- ↑ Both legs were played in Antigua and Barbuda due to the unavailability of a suitable home venue for Saint Lucia.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "CONCACAF to Hold Preliminary FIFA World Cup Qualifying Draw in Miami on January 15". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
- ↑ "USMNT to start 2018 World Cup qualifying in November of 2015". Sports Illustrated. 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "Official Draw: CONCACAF Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Russia 2018". CONCACAF.com. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
- ↑ "FIFA Men's Ranking – August 2014 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on December 2, 2014.
- ↑ "Barbados sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". FIFA. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Saint Lucia set for FIFA World Cup qualifiers". St. Lucia News Online. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "El Salvador 4–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis". Soccerway. 16 June 2015.