2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Third Round

The third round of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 4 to 8 September 2015.[1][2]

Format

A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 7–8 in the CONCACAF entrant list and 10 second round winners) played home-and-away over two legs. The six winners advanced to the fourth round.

Seeding

The draw for the third round was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (UTC+3), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1][3][4]

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of August 2014 (shown in parentheses).[5] The 12 teams were seeded into two pots:

Each tie contained a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the order of legs decided by draw.

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the fourth round.

Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Jamaica (85)
  2.  Haiti (117)
  3.  Canada (122)
  4.  Aruba (124)
  5.  El Salvador (127)
  6.  Guatemala (134)
  1.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (134)
  2.  Grenada (142)
  3.  Antigua and Barbuda (149)
  4.  Belize (162)
  5.  Nicaragua (175)
  6.  Curaçao (182)

Note: Guatemala were seeded into Pot 3 as they have more FIFA ranking points (203.24) than the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (202.53). In the FIFA World Rankings, teams share the same ranking if their ranking points round to the same whole number.

Matches

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Curaçao  0–2  El Salvador 0–1 0–1
Canada  4–1  Belize 3–0 1–1
Grenada  1–6  Haiti 1–3 0–3
Jamaica  4–3  Nicaragua 2–3 2–0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  3–2  Aruba 2–0 1–2
Antigua and Barbuda  1–2  Guatemala 1–0 0–2

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
19:05 UTC−4
Curaçao  0–1  El Salvador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF) 		Larín  12'
Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
19:35 UTC−6
El Salvador  1–0  Curaçao
Barrios  9' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

El Salvador won 2–0 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round (Group A).

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
19:37 UTC−4
Canada  3–0  Belize
Ricketts  25', 63'
Hutchinson  90' 		Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
BMO Field, Toronto
Attendance: 10,412
Referee: Jhon Pitti (Panama)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
19:00 UTC−6
Belize  1–1  Canada
McCaulay  26' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF) 		Johnson  45'
FFB Stadium, Belmopan
Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

Canada won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round (Group A).

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
16:21 UTC−4
Grenada  1–3  Haiti
Straker  33' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF) 		Maurice  27'
Jérôme  38'
Nazon  56'

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
19:00 UTC−4
Haiti  3–0  Grenada
Guerrier  26'
Nazon  38'
Belfort  50' 		Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)

Haiti won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round (Group B).

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
20:00 UTC−5
Jamaica  2–3  Nicaragua
Mattocks  69'
Mariappa  78' 		Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF) 		Rosas  5' (pen.)
Chavarría  8'
Galeano  48'
Independence Park, Kingston
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08)
19:30 UTC−6
Nicaragua  0–2  Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF) 		Mattocks  13'
Dawkins  89'

Jamaica won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round (Group B).

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round (Group C).

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04)
20:05 UTC−4
Antigua and Barbuda  1–0  Guatemala
Weston  72' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)

Guatemala won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the fourth round (Group C).

Goalscorers

There were 29 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 2.42 goals per match.

2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. 1 2 "CONCACAF to Hold Preliminary FIFA World Cup Qualifying Draw in Miami on January 15". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "USMNT to start 2018 World Cup qualifying in November of 2015". Sports Illustrated. 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Draw Procedures – North, Central American & Caribbean Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  4. ↑ "Draw shines light on CONCACAF’s WCQ path". CONCACAF. 25 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "FIFA Men's Ranking – August 2014 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 14 August 2014.

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