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 Qualification
 United States 10 7 1 2 15 8 +7 22 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
 Costa Rica 10 5 3 2 13 7 +6 18 3–1 — 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
 Honduras 10 4 3 3 13 12 +1 15 2–1 1–0 — 2–2 2–2 2–0
 Mexico 10 2 5 3 7 9 −2 11 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–1 0–0
 Panama 10 1 5 4 10 14 −4 8 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 — 0–0
 Jamaica 10 0 5 5 5 13 −8 5 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 —
Source:

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]

Honduras 2–1 United States
J. García  40'
Bengtson  79'		 Report Dempsey  36'
Attendance: 32,000
Panama 2–2 Costa Rica
Henríquez  15'
R. Torres  27'		 Report Saborío  39'
Ruiz  84'
Attendance: 25,000
Mexico 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 43,002
Honduras 2–2 Mexico
Costly  77'
Bengtson  80'		 Report Hernández  28', 54'
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Jamaica 1–1 Panama
Elliott  23' Report Henríquez  66'
Attendance: 25,000
United States 1–0 Costa Rica
Dempsey  16' Report
Attendance: 19,734
Costa Rica 2–0 Jamaica
Umaña  22'
Calvo  82'		 Report
Attendance: 32,427
Panama 2–0 Honduras
Tejada  1'
Pérez  74'		 Report
Attendance: 18,253
Mexico 0–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 85,500
Jamaica 0–1 Mexico
Report De Nigris  48'
Attendance: 16,483
Jamaica 1–2 United States
Beckford  89' Report Altidore  30'
Evans  90+2'
Attendance: 12,130
Panama 0–0 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 27,100
Costa Rica 1–0 Honduras
Miller  25' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Mexico 0–0 Costa Rica
Report
Attendance: 65,753
Honduras 2–0 Jamaica
O. García  10'
Rojas  88'		 Report
Attendance: 29,000
United States 2–0 Panama
Altidore  36'
E. Johnson  53'		 Report
Attendance: 40,847
United States 1–0 Honduras
Altidore  74' Report
Attendance: 20,250
Costa Rica 2–0 Panama
Ruiz  49'
Borges  52'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Mexico 1–2 Honduras
Peralta  6' Report Bengtson  63'
Costly  66'
Attendance: 73,981
Costa Rica 3–1 United States
Acosta  3'
Borges  10'
Campbell  76'		 Report Dempsey  43' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Panama 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Jamaica 1–1 Costa Rica
Anderson  90+2' Report Brenes  74'
Attendance: 6,100
United States 2–0 Mexico
E. Johnson  49'
Donovan  78'		 Report
Attendance: 24,584
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Honduras 2–2 Panama
Costly  28'
Palacios  62'		 Report G. Torres  50'
Chen  90+1'
Attendance: 26,582
Honduras 1–0 Costa Rica
Bengtson  64' Report
Attendance: 38,500
United States 2–0 Jamaica
Zusi  77'
Altidore  80'		 Report
Attendance: 18,467
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Mexico 2–1 Panama
Peralta  39'
Jiménez  85'		 Report Tejada  81'
Attendance: 90,758
Costa Rica 2–1 Mexico
Ruiz  24'
Saborío  63'		 Report Peralta  28'
Attendance: 35,000
Jamaica 2–2 Honduras
Claros  3' (o.g.)
Austin  59' (pen.)		 Report Costly  2'
Figueroa  32'
Attendance: 6,000
Panama 2–3 United States
G. Torres  18'
Tejada  83'		 Report Orozco  64'
Zusi  90+2'
Jóhannsson  90+3'
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
  1. Steven Goff (16 October 2013). "Wild finish to CONCACAF World Cup qualifying: U.S. late goals at Panama rescue Mexico". The Washington Post.
  2. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedure – North, Central and Caribbean Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
  3. "Draw to decide CONCACAF hexagonal schedule". CONCACAF.com. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  4. "CONCACAF to Hold Draw for the Hexagonal Round of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  5. "Hexagonal fixtures confirmed in CONCACAF". FIFA.com. 8 November 2012.
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