2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22 – 31 March 2015 |
| Teams | 14 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 51 (3.64 per match) |
| Attendance | 35,468 (2,533 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Nahki Wells
 Harry Panayiotou(3 goals each) |
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The first round of CONCACAF matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played between 22 and 31 March 2015.[1][2]
Format
[edit]A total of 14 teams (teams ranked 22–35 in the CONCACAF entrant list) played home-and-away over two legs. The seven winners advanced to the second round.
Seeding
[edit]The draw for the first 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 14 teams were seeded into two pots:
- Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–7 (i.e., 22–28 in the CONCACAF entrant list).
- Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 8–14 (i.e., 29–35 in the CONCACAF entrant list).
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 second round.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 |
|---|---|
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Matches
[edit]| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bahamas 
|
0–8 | Bermuda
|
0–5 | 0–3 |
British Virgin Islands 
|
2–3 |  Dominica
|
2–3 | 0–0 |
Barbados 
|
4–1 |  U.S. Virgin Islands
|
0–1 | 4–0 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
12–4[note 1] |  Turks and Caicos Islands
|
6–2 | 6–2 |
Nicaragua 
|
8–0 |  Anguilla
|
5–0 | 3–0 |
Belize 
|
1–1 (a) |  Cayman Islands
|
0–0 | 1–1 |
Curaçao 
|
4–3 |  Montserrat
|
2–1 | 2–2 |
Bermuda won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Guatemala.
| British Virgin Islands | 2–3 | Dominica |
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Dominica won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Canada.
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 0–4 | Barbados |
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Barbados won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Aruba.
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2–6 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis won 12–4 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against El Salvador.
Nicaragua won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Suriname.
| Cayman Islands | 1–1 | Belize |
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1–1 on aggregate. Belize won on the away goals rule and advanced to the second round against Dominican Republic.
| Curaçao | 2–1 | Montserrat |
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| Montserrat | 2–2 | Curaçao |
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Curaçao won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round against Cuba.
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 51 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.64 goals per match.
3 goals
2 goals
Justin Donawa
Juan Barrera- Luis Copete
- Raúl Leguías
Joash Leader- Orlando Mitchum
Widlin Calixte
1 goal
Jabarry Chandler- Jamal Chandler
- Mario Harte
- Raheim Sargeant
Elroy Kuylen- Tyrell Burgess
- Dante Leverock
- Zeiko Lewis
Edward Moss- Jordan Johnson
Mark Ebanks
Darryl Lachman- Papito Merencia
- Charlton Vicento
- Felitciano Zschusschen
Glensworth Elizee- Mitchell Joseph
- Randolph Peltier
Lyle Taylor- Jamal Willer
- Bradley Woods-Garness
- Luis Galeano
- Norfran Lazo
- Tishan Hanley
- Atiba Harris
- Thrizen Leader
- Errol O'Loughlin
- Ryan Robbins
- Billy Forbes
Jamie Browne
1 own goal
- Thrizen Leader (against Turks and Caicos Islands)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
- ^ Both legs were played in Dominica due to incomplete work at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground of the British Virgin Islands.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CONCACAF to Hold Preliminary FIFA World Cup Qualifying Draw in Miami on January 15". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 16 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. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – August 2014 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
- ^ "BVI to play FIFA home qualifying matches in Dominica". Virgin Islands Daily News. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015.