2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round

In the CONCACAF Fourth Round of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the United States, Costa Rica, and Honduras finished in the top three places and qualified directly for the 2014 World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place and defeated New Zealand in the CONCACAF – OFC play-off to gain a spot in the World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place ahead of Panama after the United States scored two goals against Panama in stoppage time in the final match of qualifying; had Panama retained its 2-1 lead, they would have finished in fourth place and eliminated Mexico on goals scored, who had qualified for the previous five World Cups.[1]

Format

The fourth round saw the three group winners and the three group runners-up from the third round compete in a single group of six teams.[2] This stage is referred to as the Hexagonal or Hex, and has been used by CONCACAF to determine its World Cup finals entrants since the qualification tournament for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

The matches were played from 6 February to 15 October 2013. The top three teams advanced to the World Cup finals tournament in Brazil, and the fourth-placed team advanced to a play-off against New Zealand, the winner of the Oceania qualifiers.

Qualified teams

The qualifiers for this round were determined by 16 October 2012.

Group A Group B Group C

 United States
 Jamaica

 Mexico
 Costa Rica

 Honduras
 Panama

Standings

Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 10 7 1 2 15 8 +722
 Costa Rica 10 5 3 2 13 7 +618
 Honduras 10 4 3 3 13 12 +115
 Mexico 10 2 5 3 7 9 211
 Panama 10 1 5 4 10 14 48
 Jamaica 10 0 5 5 5 13 85
  Costa Rica Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama United States
Costa Rica  1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–1
Honduras  1–0 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–1
Jamaica  1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2
Mexico  0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0
Panama  2–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–3
United States  1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
  Top three teams qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
  Fourth-placed team advanced to the CONCACAF v OFC play-off

Matches

The representative from the six national associations met together on 19 October 2012, but could not agree on the schedule for the fourth round.[3] The draw for the fixtures was conducted by CONCACAF and FIFA on 7 November 2012, in Miami Beach, Florida.[4][5]

6 February 2013
21:00 UTC−5
Panama  2–2  Costa Rica
Henríquez  15'
R. Torres  27'
Report Saborío  39'
Ruiz  84'

6 February 2013
20:30 UTC−6
Mexico  0–0  Jamaica
Report

22 March 2013
15:05 UTC−6
Honduras  2–2  Mexico
Costly  77'
Bengtson  80'
Report Hernández  28', 54'
Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

22 March 2013
20:30 UTC−5
Jamaica  1–1  Panama
Elliott  23' Report Henríquez  66'

26 March 2013
20:00 UTC−6
Costa Rica  2–0  Jamaica
Umaña  22'
Calvo  82'
Report

26 March 2013
21:00 UTC−5
Panama  2–0  Honduras
Tejada  1'
Pérez  74'
Report

26 March 2013
20:30 UTC−6
Mexico  0–0  United States
Report
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 85,500
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

4 June 2013[note 1]
20:35 UTC−5
Jamaica  0–1  Mexico
Report de Nigris  48'

7 June 2013
20:30 UTC−5
Jamaica  1–2  United States
Beckford  89' Report Altidore  30'
Evans  90+2'
Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 12,130
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

7 June 2013
21:05 UTC−5
Panama  0–0  Mexico
Report

7 June 2013
20:10 UTC−6
Costa Rica  1–0  Honduras
Miller  25' Report

11 June 2013
19:00 UTC−5
Mexico  0–0  Costa Rica
Report

11 June 2013
19:00 UTC−6
Honduras  2–0  Jamaica
O. García  10'
Rojas  88'
Report

11 June 2013
19:08 UTC−7
United States  2–0  Panama
Altidore  36'
E. Johnson  53'
Report
CenturyLink Field, Seattle
Attendance: 40,847
Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

18 June 2013
19:06 UTC−6
United States  1–0  Honduras
Altidore  74' Report
Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy
Attendance: 20,250
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

18 June 2013
20:00 UTC−6
Costa Rica  2–0  Panama
Ruiz  49'
Borges  52'
Report
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

6 September 2013
20:30 UTC−5
Mexico  1–2  Honduras
Peralta  6' Report Bengtson  63'
Costly  66'
Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Attendance: 73,981
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

6 September 2013
20:00 UTC−6
Costa Rica  3–1  United States
Acosta  3'
Borges  10'
Campbell  76'
Report Dempsey  43' (pen.)

6 September 2013
21:00 UTC−5
Panama  0–0  Jamaica
Report

10 September 2013
19:00 UTC−5
Jamaica  1–1  Costa Rica
Anderson  90+2' Report Brenes  74'

10 September 2013
20:06 UTC−5
United States  2–0  Mexico
E. Johnson  49'
Donovan  78'
Report
Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Attendance: 24,584
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

10 September 2013
19:00 UTC−6
Honduras  2–2  Panama
Costly  28'
Palacios  62'
Report G. Torres  50'
Chen  90+1'

11 October 2013
17:36 UTC−5
United States  2–0  Jamaica
Zusi  77'
Altidore  80'
Report
Sporting Park, Kansas City
Attendance: 18,467
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

11 October 2013
20:30 UTC−5
Mexico  2–1  Panama
Peralta  39'
Jiménez  85'
Report Tejada  81'

15 October 2013
19:30 UTC−6
Costa Rica  2–1  Mexico
Ruiz  24'
Saborío  63'
Report Peralta  28'

15 October 2013
20:30 UTC−5
Jamaica  2–2  Honduras
Claros  3' (o.g.)
Austin  59' (pen.)
Report Costly  2'
Figueroa  32'

15 October 2013
20:30 UTC−5
Panama  2–3  United States
G. Torres  18'
Tejada  83'
Report Orozco  64'
Zusi  90+2'
Jóhannsson  90+3'
Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City
Attendance: 18,254
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 30 games, for an average of 2.10 goals per game.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. The fixture Jamaica v Mexico on 18 June was moved to 4 June to allow Mexico to participate in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[5]

References

External links

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