2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Third Round

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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Third Round
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Promotional image
Tournament details
Dates2 September 2021 – 30 March 2022
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored68 (2.13 per match)
Attendance663,455 (20,733 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Cyle Larin
(4 goals)
← 2018
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 16 November 2021.

The third round of CONCACAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, nicknamed the Octagonal,[1] is being played from September 2021 to March 2022.[2]

The match on 16 November 2021 between Canada and Mexico marked the coldest match played in Mexican football history, kicking off at −9 °C with a heavy snowstorm the day before.[3][4] The match was also seen by 2.1 million viewers on the day of its original broadcast, becoming Telemundo's most-watched sporting event since the 2019 Copa América Final.[5]

Format[]

Eight teams (CONCACAF teams ranked 1 to 5 based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020, and the three winners of the second round) 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 in Qatar against a team from the OFC.[6][7][8]

Schedule[]

The third round was originally scheduled to begin in June 2021, but was postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] The full schedule for the third round was announced on 16 June 2021,[10] and confirmed on 9 August 2021.[11]

Matchday Dates Matches Original dates
Matchday 1 2 September 2021 1 v 2, 3 v 4, 5 v 6, 7 v 8 June 2021
Matchday 2 5 September 2021 4 v 1, 3 v 2, 6 v 7, 8 v 5
Matchday 3 8 September 2021 1 v 3, 2 v 4, 5 v 7, 6 v 8
Matchday 4 7 October 2021 7 v 1, 2 v 6, 3 v 5, 4 v 8
Matchday 5 10 October 2021 8 v 1, 7 v 2, 6 v 3, 5 v 4 September 2021
Matchday 6 13 October 2021 1 v 5, 2 v 8, 3 v 7, 4 v 6
Matchday 7 12 November 2021 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 8, 4 v 7 October 2021
Matchday 8 16 November 2021 1 v 7, 6 v 2, 5 v 3, 8 v 4
Matchday 9 27 January 2022 2 v 1, 4 v 3, 6 v 5, 8 v 7 November 2021
Matchday 10 30 January 2022 1 v 4, 2 v 3, 7 v 6, 5 v 8
Matchday 11 2 February 2022 3 v 1, 4 v 2, 7 v 5, 8 v 6 January 2022
Matchday 12 24 March 2022 6 v 1, 5 v 2, 8 v 3, 7 v 4
Matchday 13 27 March 2022 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5 March 2022
Matchday 14 30 March 2022 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.[12]

Bye to third round Second round winners
  1.  Mexico (11)
  2.  United States (22)
  3.  Costa Rica (46)
  4.  Jamaica (48)
  5.  Honduras (62)
  1.  El Salvador (69)
  2.  Canada (70)
  3.  Panama (78)

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.[13]

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.[14]

Draw
position 		Team
1  Canada [a]
2  Honduras
3  El Salvador [a]
4  United States
5  Panama [a]
6  Costa Rica
7  Mexico
8  Jamaica
  1. ^ a b c Identity of the team unknown at the time of the draw.

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 8 4 4 0 13 5 +8 16 Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup — 30 Jan 2–1 4–1 1–0 27 Mar 3–0 1–1
2  United States 8 4 3 1 12 5 +7 15 1–1 — 2–0 27 Mar 2–1 2–0 27 Jan 2 Feb
3  Mexico 8 4 2 2 11 7 +4 14 1–1 24 Mar — 2 Feb 30 Jan 2–1 30 Mar 3–0
4  Panama 8 4 2 2 11 9 +2 14 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs 30 Mar 1–0 1–1 — 0–0 30 Jan 2–1 24 Mar
5  Costa Rica 8 2 3 3 6 7 −1 9 24 Mar 30 Mar 0–1 27 Jan — 1–1 2–1 2–1
6  Jamaica 8 1 4 3 6 10 −4 7 0–0 1–1 27 Jan 0–3 2 Feb — 24 Mar 30 Mar
7  El Salvador 8 1 3 4 4 10 −6 6 2 Feb 0–0 0–2 1–0 27 Mar 1–1 — 0–0
8  Honduras 8 0 3 5 5 15 −10 3 27 Jan 1–4 27 Mar 2–3 0–0 0–2 30 Jan —
Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2021. Source: FIFA, CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Matches[]

Matchday 1[]

Canada 1–1 Honduras
  • Larin Goal 66' (pen.)
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 14,822
Referee: (Mexico)
Panama 0–0 Costa Rica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: (El Salvador)
Mexico 2–1 Jamaica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 0[15][16]
Referee: (Honduras)
El Salvador 0–0 United States
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: (Costa Rica)

Matchday 2[]

Jamaica 0–3 Panama
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 0
Referee: (El Salvador)
El Salvador 0–0 Honduras
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 29,000
Costa Rica 0–1 Mexico
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,000
United States 1–1 Canada
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Nissan Stadium, Nashville
Attendance: 43,028
Referee: (Jamaica)

Matchday 3[]

Canada 3–0 El Salvador
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 15,000
Panama 1–1 Mexico
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 16,000
Costa Rica 1–1 Jamaica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Honduras 1–4 United States
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: (Mexico)

Matchday 4[]

United States 2–0 Jamaica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: (Grenada)
Honduras 0–0 Costa Rica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 19,000
Mexico 1–1 Canada
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 61,200
Referee: (El Salvador)
El Salvador 1–0 Panama
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Jamaica)

Matchday 5[]

Jamaica 0–0 Canada
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 0
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica 2–1 El Salvador
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 5,000
Panama 1–0 United States
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Mexico 3–0 Honduras
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 70,000

Matchday 6[]

United States 2–1 Costa Rica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 20,165
Referee: (Jamaica)
Canada 4–1 Panama
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 26,622
Referee: (United States)
Honduras 0–2 Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: (Guatemala)
El Salvador 0–2 Mexico
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 31,000
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Matchday 7[]

Honduras 2–3 Panama
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
El Salvador 1–1 Jamaica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Puerto Rico)
Canada 1–0 Costa Rica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 48,806
United States 2–0 Mexico
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Matchday 8[]

Jamaica 1–1 United States
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 4,100
Referee: (Costa Rica)
Costa Rica 2–1 Honduras
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 5,000
Panama 2–1 El Salvador
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Mexico)
Canada 2–1 Mexico
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 44,212

Matchday 9[]

Matchday 10[]

Matchday 11[]

Matchday 12[]

Costa Rica v Canada
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Panama v Honduras
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Jamaica v El Salvador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Mexico v United States
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)

Matchday 13[]

Canada v Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Honduras v Mexico
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
El Salvador v Costa Rica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
United States v Panama
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)

Matchday 14[]

Panama v Canada
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Jamaica v Honduras
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Mexico v El Salvador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Costa Rica v United States
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)

Goalscorers[]

There have been 68 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.12 goals per match (as of 16 November 2021).

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Attendance[]

As of the end of Matchday 8
Rank Country Highest Lowest Games Average
 Mexico1 70,000 0 3 43,733
 Canada 48,806 14,822 5 29,892
 United States 43,028 20,165 4 27,423
 El Salvador 31,000 10,000 5 21,800
 Honduras 31,000 10,000 4 19,500
 Panama 21,000 14,000 4 16,500
 Costa Rica 5,000 3,000 4 4,000
 Jamaica 0 0 2 0
1FIFA penalized Mexico with one game to be played without fans. This penalty was imposed at the Mexico v Jamaica match.

Notes[]

  1. ^ The Panama v Mexico match was originally scheduled on 8 September 2021, 20:05 local time,[11] but was re-scheduled to 19:05 local time since Panama maintains a curfew which begins at 00:00 as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]
  2. ^ The Honduras v United States match was originally scheduled on 8 September 2021, 20:05 local time,[11] but was re-scheduled to 20:30 local time.[18]
  3. ^ The Panama v United States match was originally scheduled on 10 October 2021, 20:05 local time,[11] but was rescheduled to 17:00 local time.[19]
  4. ^ The Mexico v Honduras match was originally scheduled on 10 October 2021, 17:45 local time,[11] but was rescheduled to 18:00 local time.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ Creditor, Avi (1 September 2021). "The Favorites, Potential Pitfalls and Features of Concacaf's World Cup Qualifying Octagonal". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "The Iceteca: Canada beats Mexico 2-1 in Edmonton chill".
  4. ^ "Sources: Canada loss Mexico's coldest on record". ESPN.com. 17 November 2021.
  5. ^ Haring, Bruce (17 November 2021). "Telemundo Deportes' Canada Vs. Mexico World Cup Match Is Its Most-Watched Sporting Event In Two Years". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  6. ^ "New CONCACAF Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. ^ "European and intercontinental play-off draw results and reaction". FIFA. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  8. ^ Allen, William (26 November 2021). "2022 World Cup inter-confederation play-off draw: fixtures and format". as.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  9. ^ "CONCACAF confirms schedule for Concacaf Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Eight teams confirmed for Final Round of Concacaf WCQ". CONCACAF. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Concacaf and FIFA confirm schedule for region's Final Round of World Cup Qualifying". CONCACAF. 9 August 2021.
  12. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – July 2020 (CONCACAF)". FIFA.com. 16 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020.
  13. ^ "CONCACAF preliminary draw for FIFA World Cup 2022 to take place on 19 August". FIFA. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  14. ^ "FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Draw (CONCACAF): Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Mexico hit with FIFA fan ban at two home World Cup qualifiers". Reuters. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  16. ^ "FIFA reduces penalty on Mexico for anti-gay chants at games". Associated Press. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  17. ^ Yu, Kevin (7 September 2021). "El Panamá vs. México del Octagonal Final cambia de horario" (in Spanish). TUDN.
  18. ^ "Honduras-Estados Unidos cambia de horario" (in Spanish). Diario Mas. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Concacaf and FIFA confirm schedule for November's Final Round matches of World Cup Qualifying". CONCACAF. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

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