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.
| Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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| Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
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Matches
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  |
6–6 (a) |  Guyana |
2–2 | 4–4 |
Antigua and Barbuda  |
5–4 |  Saint Lucia |
1–3 | 4–1 |
Puerto Rico  |
1–2 |  Grenada |
1–0 | 0–2 |
Dominica  |
0–6[note 1] |  Canada |
0–2 | 0–4 |
Dominican Republic  |
1–5 |  Belize |
1–2 | 0–3 |
Guatemala  |
1–0 |  Bermuda |
0–0 | 1–0 |
Aruba  |
3–2 |  Barbados |
0–2 | 3–0[note 2] |
Saint Kitts and Nevis  |
3–6 |  El Salvador |
2–2 | 1–4 |
Curaçao  |
1–1 (a) |  Cuba |
0–0 | 1–1 |
Nicaragua  |
4–1 |  Suriname |
1–0 | 3–1 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2–2 | Guyana |
|---|---|---|
Stewart  51'Slater 84' |
Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Beresford 27' Shakes 77' |
| Guyana |
4–4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
|---|---|---|
| Welshman 40', 77' Danns 50' (pen.), 87' |
Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Samuel 16' Slater 41', 58'Anderson 67' |
6–6 on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the away goals rule and advanced to the third round.
| Antigua and Barbuda |
1–3 | Saint Lucia |
|---|---|---|
| Harriette 21' |
Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Paul 26' Henry 61'Greenidge 90+1' |
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Kimbett Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis) |
| Saint Lucia |
1–4 | Antigua and Barbuda |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick 81' (pen.) |
Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Parker 72', 90+3' Harriette 85'Tumwa 90+5' |
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound (Antigua and Barbuda)[note 3] Attendance: 700 Referee: David Gantar (Canada) |
Antigua and Barbuda won 5–4 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Grenada won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Canada won 6–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Belize won 5–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Guatemala won 1–0 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
Aruba won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the third round.
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2–2 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
| Mitchum 68' Sawyers 71' |
Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Herrera 41' Bonilla 87' |
| El Salvador |
4–1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
|---|---|---|
| Cerén 3' Bonilla 52', 80'Alvarez 62' |
Report (FIFA) Report (CONCACAF) |
Harris 69' |
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 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
- Aaron Tumwa
- Hadan Holligan
- Elroy Kuylen
- Harrison Róchez
- Tesho Akindele
- Russell Teibert
- Yénier Márquez
- Papito Merencia
- Geremy Lombardi
- Arturo Alvarez
- Darwin Cerén
- Irvin Herrera
- Jamal Charles
- Stefano Cincotta
- Brandon Beresford
- Ricky Shakes
- Raúl Leguías
- Manuel Rosas
- Deniz Bozkurt
- Atiba Harris
- Orlando Mitchum
- Romaine Sawyers
- Kurt Frederick
- Troy Greenidge
- David Henry
- Tremain Paul
- Oalex Anderson
- Myron Samuel
- Cornelius Stewart
- Roxey Fer
- 1 own goal
- Joan Morales (playing against Grenada)
Notes
- ↑ Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
- 1 2 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 2 "CONCACAF to Hold Preliminary FIFA World Cup Qualifying Draw in Miami on January 15". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "FIFA Men's Ranking – August 2014 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 14 August 2014.
- ↑ "Barbados sanctioned for fielding ineligible player". FIFA. 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "Saint Lucia set for FIFA World Cup qualifiers". St. Lucia News Online. 5 June 2015.
- ↑ "El Salvador 4–1 Saint Kitts and Nevis". Soccerway. 16 June 2015.
External links
- Official FIFA World Cup website
- World Cup Qualifying – Men, CONCACAF.com