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:

  • Pot 3 contains the teams ranked 1–6 (i.e., Jamaica and Haiti, ranked 7–8 in the CONCACAF entrant list, plus four higher-ranked second round winners).
  • Pot 4 contains the teams ranked 7–12 (i.e., six lower-ranked second round winners).

Each tie contained a team from Pot 3 and a team from Pot 4, 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)

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
Curaçao 0–1 El Salvador
Report (FIFA)
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Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)
El Salvador 1–0 Curaçao
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Attendance: 27,884

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

Canada 3–0 Belize
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Attendance: 10,400
Referee: Jhon Pitti (Panama)
Belize 1–1 Canada
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Attendance: 2,500

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

Grenada 1–3 Haiti
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Attendance: 5,100
Haiti 3–0 Grenada
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Attendance: 13,764
Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

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

Jamaica 2–3 Nicaragua
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Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 18,300
Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)
Nicaragua 0–2 Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2–0 Aruba
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Attendance: 4,100
Referee: Rodphin Harris (Trinidad and Tobago)
Aruba 2–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Attendance: 950

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

Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 Guatemala
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Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 7,005
Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)
Guatemala 2–0 Antigua and Barbuda
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Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 5,206

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. "CONCACAF to Hold Preliminary FIFA World Cup Qualifying Draw in Miami on January 15". CONCACAF. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  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. Archived from the original on 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  5. "FIFA Men's Ranking – August 2014 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 14 August 2014.
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