2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Third Round

The third round of CONCACAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification will be played from September 2021 to March 2022.[1]

Format

A total of eight teams (CONCACAF teams ranked 1 to 5 based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020, and the three winners of the second round) will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 14 matches per team. The top three teams will qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, while the fourth-placed team will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.[2]

Schedule

The third round was originally scheduled to begin in June 2021, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Matchday Original dates Revised dates Fixtures
Matchday 1 June 2021 September 2021 1 v 2, 3 v 4, 5 v 6, 7 v 8
Matchday 2 4 v 1, 3 v 2, 6 v 7, 8 v 5
Matchday 3 1 v 3, 2 v 4, 5 v 7, 6 v 8
Matchday 4 October 2021 7 v 1, 2 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8
Matchday 5 September 2021 8 v 1, 7 v 2, 6 v 3, 5 v 4
Matchday 6 1 v 5, 2 v 8, 3 v 7, 4 v 6
Matchday 7 October 2021 November 2021 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 8, 4 v 7
Matchday 8 1 v 7, 6 v 2, 5 v 3, 8 v 4
Matchday 9 November 2021 January 2022 2 v 1, 4 v 3, 6 v 5, 8 v 7
Matchday 10 1 v 4, 2 v 3, 7 v 6, 5 v 8
Matchday 11 January 2022 3 v 1, 4 v 2, 7 v 5, 8 v 6
Matchday 12 March 2022 6 v 1, 5 v 2, 8 v 3, 7 v 4
Matchday 13 March 2022 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5
Matchday 14 5 v 1, 8 v 2, 7 v 3, 6 v 4

Qualified teams

The top five teams based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020 (shown in parentheses) received a bye to the third round.[4]

  1.  Mexico (11)
  2.  United States (22)
  3.  Costa Rica (46)
  4.  Jamaica (48)
  5.  Honduras (62)

Additionally, the three winners of the second round qualify.

  • Winner of A v F
  • Winner of B v E
  • Winner of C v D

Draw

The draw for the third round was held, along with the draw for the first round, on 19 August 2020, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[5]

Teams were drawn from a single pot, and then were allocated a position (from 1 to 8) to determine the match schedule. The identity of the three second round winners was not known at the time of the draw.[6]

Draw
position		 Team
1 Winner of B v E[lower-alpha 1]
2 Honduras
3 Winner of A v F[lower-alpha 1]
4 United States
5 Winner of C v D[lower-alpha 1]
6 Costa Rica
7 Mexico
8 Jamaica
  1. Identity of the team unknown at the time of the draw.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Winner of B v E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — Sep Sep Jan '22 Oct Nov Nov Mar '22
2  Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan '22 — Jan '22 Sep Nov Oct Mar '22 Oct
3 Winner of A v F 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan '22 Sep — Sep Oct Mar '22 Oct Nov
4  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs Sep Jan '22 Jan '22 — Mar '22 Oct Nov Oct
5 Winner of C v D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar '22 Mar '22 Nov Oct — Sep Sep Jan '22
6  Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar '22 Nov Oct Mar '22 Jan '22 — Sep Sep
7  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct Oct Mar '22 Mar '22 Jan '22 Jan '22 — Sep
8  Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct Mar '22 Mar '22 Nov Sep Jan '22 Jan '22 —
First match(es) will be played on September 2021. Source: FIFA

Matches
Winner of B v E v Honduras
Winner of A v F v United States
Winner of C v D v Costa Rica
Mexico v Jamaica
United States v Winner of B v E
Winner of A v F v Honduras
Costa Rica v Mexico
Jamaica v Winner of C v D
Winner of B v E v Winner of A v F
Honduras v United States
Winner of C v D v Mexico
Costa Rica v Jamaica
Mexico v Winner of B v E
Honduras v Costa Rica
Winner of A v F v Winner of C v D
United States v Jamaica
Jamaica v Winner of B v E
Mexico v Honduras
Costa Rica v Winner of A v F
Winner of C v D v United States
Winner of B v E v Winner of C v D
Honduras v Jamaica
Winner of A v F v Mexico
United States v Costa Rica
Winner of B v E v Costa Rica
Honduras v Winner of C v D
Winner of A v F v Jamaica
United States v Mexico
Winner of B v E v Mexico
Costa Rica v Honduras
Winner of C v D v Winner of A v F
Jamaica v United States
Honduras v Winner of B v E
United States v Winner of A v F
Costa Rica v Winner of C v D
Jamaica v Mexico
Winner of B v E v United States
Honduras v Winner of A v F
Mexico v Costa Rica
Winner of C v D v Jamaica
Winner of A v F v Winner of B v E
United States v Honduras
Mexico v Winner of C v D
Jamaica v Costa Rica
Costa Rica v Winner of B v E
Winner of C v D v Honduras
Jamaica v Winner of A v F
Mexico v United States
Winner of B v E v Jamaica
Honduras v Mexico
Winner of A v F v Costa Rica
United States v Winner of C v D
Winner of C v D v Winner of B v E
Jamaica v Honduras
Mexico v Winner of A v F
Costa Rica v United States

References
  1. "Draw to determine schedule for Final Round of CONCACAF Qualifiers to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. "New CONCACAF Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. "CONCACAF confirms schedule for Concacaf Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. "FIFA Men's Ranking – July 2020 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 16 July 2020.
  5. "CONCACAF preliminary draw for FIFA World Cup 2022 to take place on 19 August". FIFA. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. "FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Draw (CONCACAF): Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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