2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
The 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification, ran from 2000 to 2001 in order to determine the three representatives at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 35 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Guyana withdrew before playing, leaving 34 nations in the race. Mexico, USA, Jamaica and Costa Rica, the four highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the semi-finals, while Canada advanced directly to the "play-offs" between Caribbean and Central teams. The remaining teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations, as follows:
- Caribbean Zone: The 24 teams were divided into groups of eight teams each. The teams played in a three-round knockout tournament. The winners would advance to the semi-finals, while the runners-up would advance to the play-offs. Due to Guyana not playing, Antigua & Barbuda joined the second round directly.
- Central American Zone: The six teams are divided intolerance groups of three teams each. The teams played against each other. The winners of the group would advance to the semi-finals, while the runners-up would advance to the play-offs.
- In the play-offs, Canada and the five concerned teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. A team from North or Central America would play against a team from the Caribbean, and the three winners would advance to the semi-finals.
In the semi-finals round, the 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the final round.
In the final round, the six teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams would qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. This year there is no play-off against another continent.
Caribbean Zone
Group 1
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||||||||
Cuba | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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Cayman Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Cuba | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Suriname | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Lucia | 1 | 0 | 1(1) | ||||||||||||||
Suriname (p) | 0 | 1 | 1(3) | ||||||||||||||
Cuba | 1 | 1 | 2(4) | ||||||||||||||
Barbados (p) | 1 | 1 | 2(5) | ||||||||||||||
Aruba | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Aruba | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Barbados | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Barbados (aet) | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Grenada | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Group 2
In the first round, Guyana were suspended by FIFA, Antigua and Barbuda obtained a bye to Round 2.
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||||||||
Antigua and Barbuda (w/o) | |||||||||||||||||
Guyana | |||||||||||||||||
Antigua and Barbuda (aet) | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Bermuda | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
British Virgin Islands | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Bermuda | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Virgin Islands | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group 3
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | |||||||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
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Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Montserrat | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
Haiti | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Haiti | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Dominica | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Haiti | 9 | 4 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Anguilla | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Bahamas | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Central American Zone
Caribbean/Central American Play-offs
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cuba | 0–1 | Canada | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1–9 | Guatemala | 0–1 | 1–8 |
Honduras | 7–1 | Haiti | 4–0 | 3–1 |
Semifinal round
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 15 | Advance to the final round | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | |
2 | Mexico | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 13 | 7–0 | — | 2–0 | 7–1 | ||
3 | Canada | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Panama | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Honduras | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 15 | Advance to the final round | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | 6–0 | |
2 | Jamaica | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 12 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
3 | El Salvador | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2–5 | 2–0 | — | 7–1 | ||
4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | 0–7 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — |
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | United States | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 11 | Advance to the final round | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 7–0 | |
2 | Costa Rica | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | ||
3 | Guatemala | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Barbados | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | — |
6 January 2001 Tie-breaker match | Costa Rica | 5–2 | Guatemala | Miami, United States |
Wanchope 7' Fonseca 43', 59' Parks 58' Soto 73' |
4', 89' (pen.) Ruiz | Stadium: Miami Orange Bowl Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador) |
Final round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | Costa Rica | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 23 | Qualified to the 2002 FIFA World Cup | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
2 | Mexico | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 17 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | ||
3 | United States | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 17 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Honduras | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | ||
5 | Jamaica | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 8 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | ||
6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | — |
Qualified teams
The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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Costa Rica | Final round winners | 5 September 2001 | 1 (1990) |
Mexico | Final round runners-up | 11 November 2001 | 11 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998) |
United States | Final round third place | 7 October 2001 | 6 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994, 1998) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
- 15 goals
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- Jerry Alexander
- Paulo Wanchope
- Raúl Díaz Arce
- 6 goals
- Samuel Caballero
- Jared Borgetti
- James Chewitt
- Angus Eve
- 5 goals
- Llewlyn Riley
- Freddy García
- Francisco Ramírez
- Alwyn Guy
- Arnold Dwarika
- Dwight Yorke
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- Gregory Grayson
- Shaun Goater
- Hernán Medford
- Jorge Roberto Rodríguez
- Juan Carlos Plata
- Vladimir Edouard
- Gabriel Michel
- Danilo Turcios
- José Manuel Abundis
- Víctor Ruiz
- Jorge Dely Valdés
- Julio Dely Valdés
- Keith Gumbs
- Alexis Saddler
- Stern John
- Russell Latapy
- Nigel Pierre
- Ante Razov
- 2 goals
- Theodore Filomina
- Kevin Davies
- Anton Haven
- Gregory Goodridge
- Stephen Astwood
- Shannon Burgess
- John Barry Nusum
- Rónald Gómez
- Jafet Soto
- Lester More
- Luis Omar Zapata
- Elías Montes
- Guillermo Rivera
- Anthony Modeste
- Guillermo Ramírez
- Julio César de León
- David Suazo
- Deon Burton
- Antonio de Nigris
- Miguel Zepeda
- Raphel Ortiz
- Leroy Francis
- Austin Huggins
- George Isaac
- John Smith
- Kenlyn Gonsalves
- Marlon James
- Clint Mathis
- Brian McBride
- Josh Wolff
- 1 goal
- Kenneth Hughes
- Richard O'Connor
- Desmond Bleau
- Wandel Gross
- Santana Vander Kross
- Oswalding Mackay
- Mark Mackay
- Rafael Santana
- George Moussis
- Norman Forde
- Emory Núñez
- Norman Nuñez
- Devarr Boyles
- Paul Cam
- Stanton Lewis
- Kyle Lightbourne
- Tokia Russell
- Meshach Wade
- Avondale Williams
- Jim Brennan
- Jason de Vos
- Steven Bryce
- Rodrigo Cordero
- Alejandro Madrigal
- Luis Marín
- Reynaldo Parks
- Mauricio Solís
- William Sunsing
- Ariel Álvarez
- Miguel Gandara
- Osmin Hernández
- Luis Marten
- Serguei Prado
- Kelvyn Peters
- Vladimir Gregorio
- Miguel Pérez
- Carlos Reyes
- Luis Omar Sanchez
- Carlos Castro Borja
- Ronald Cerritos
- Mauricio Cienfuegos
- Vladimir Cubías
- Elmer Martínez
- Roberto Guadalupe Martínez
- Juan Carlos Padilla
- Daniel Sagastizaga
- William Torres
- Franklyn Baptiste
- Otis Roberts
- Mario Acevedo
- Juan Manuel Funes
- Dwight Pezzarossi
- Rudy Ramírez
- Edgar Valencia
- Roosevelt Desir
- Dieuphane Thelamour
- Jorge Bengoché
- Renán Bengoche
- Alex Pineda Chacon
- Ivan Guerrero
- Rony Morales
- Francisco Antonio Pavón
- José Luis Pineda
- Luis Alfredo Ramírez
- Christian Santamaría
- Luis Santamaría
- Wilmer Velasquez
- Ricardo Gardner
- Jamie Lawrence
- Tyrone Marshall
- Theodore Whitmore
- Andy Williams
- José Manuel Abundis
- Jesus Arellano
- Duilio Davino
- Alberto Garcia Aspe
- Rafael Márquez
- Francisco Palencia
- Pável Pardo
- Ramón Ramírez
- Wayne Dyer
- Angelo Martina
- Roberto Brown
- Neftali Díaz
- Mario Méndez
- Carlos Astondoa
- Michael Crawford
- Renne Regis
- Jamal Ballantyne
- Wesley Charles
- Vincent John
- Kendal Velox
- Alberto Doesburg
- Reynold Carrington
- Stokely Mason
- Anthony Rougier
- John O'Brien
- Cobi Jones
- Eddie Pope
- Tab Ramos
- Joaquim Santos
- 1 own goal
- Philip Skeal (playing against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
- Carlos Geerman (playing against Puerto Rico)
- Paul Fenwick (playing against Mexico)
- Alexander Cruzata (playing against Barbados)
- Heriberto Morales (playing against Jamaica)
- Jorge Dely Valdés (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)
Broadcasting rights
Americas
- United States: Setanta Sports and Sun Sports
- Canada: Setanta Sports and Sportsnet
- Puerto Rico: Setanta Sports en Español
- Honduras: Televicentro and VTV
- El Salvador: TCS