2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for North, Central America and the Caribbean. A total of 34 teams took part (out of 35 eligible – only Puerto Rico declined to participate), competing for 3.5 places in the World Cup.

The qualification process was divided in three stages. In the first stage, the 34 teams were divided in 10 groups of three teams each and two groups of two teams each. Groups with three teams had two rounds, with the best ranked team according to FIFA in each group entering the competition in the second round. In each group, teams were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away matches.

The 12 winners of the first stage advanced to the second stage, where they were divided into three groups of four teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the two teams with most points in each group would advance to the Final Round.

In the third stage, the six teams were put in a single group, and played against each other home-and-away. The three teams with most points qualified to the World Cup. The fourth placed team advanced to the AFC–CONCACAF play-off against the winner of a play-off between third placed teams in the Third Round of Asia.

Format

The First and Second Rounds reduced the 34 entrants to 24 and 12 teams, respectively. The remaining 12 teams were then placed into three Third Round groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the Fourth and final qualification group. The Third Round began in August 2004 and ended in November 2004. The top three teams from the Fourth Round group of six (held from February 2005 to October 2005) qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The fourth-placed team competed in a home-and-away play-off against the fifth-placed team from Asia.

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Grenada  8–1  Guyana 5–0 3–1
Bermuda  20–0  Montserrat 13–0 7–0
Haiti  7–0  Turks and Caicos Islands 5–0 2–0
British Virgin Islands  0–10  Saint Lucia 0–1 0–9
Cayman Islands  1–5  Cuba 1–2 0–3
Aruba  2–10  Suriname 1–2 1–8
Antigua and Barbuda  2–3  Netherlands Antilles 2–0 0–3
Dominica  4–2  Bahamas 1–1 3–1
U.S. Virgin Islands  0–11  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–4 0–7
Dominican Republic  6–0  Anguilla 0–0 6–0

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
United States  6–2  Grenada 3–0 3–2
El Salvador  4–3  Bermuda 2–1 2–2
Haiti  1–4  Jamaica 1–1 0–3
Panama  7–0  Saint Lucia 4–0 3–0
Cuba  3–3 (a)  Costa Rica 2–2 1–1
Suriname  2–4  Guatemala 1–1 1–3
Netherlands Antilles  1–6  Honduras 1–2 0–4
Canada  8–0  Belize 4–0 4–0
Dominica  0–18  Mexico 0–10 0–8
Barbados  2–5  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0–2 2–3
Dominican Republic  0–6  Trinidad and Tobago 0–2 0–4
Nicaragua  3–6  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2–2 1–4

Third round

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 6 3 3 0 13 3 +1012
 Panama 6 2 2 2 8 11 −38
 Jamaica 6 1 4 1 7 5 +27
 El Salvador 6 1 1 4 2 11 −94
  El Salvador Jamaica Panama United States
El Salvador  – 0–3 2–1 0–2
Jamaica  0–0 – 1–2 1–1
Panama  3–0 1–1 – 1–1
United States  2–0 1–1 6–0 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 12 8 +410
 Guatemala 6 3 1 2 7 9 −210
 Honduras 6 1 4 1 9 7 +27
 Canada 6 1 2 3 4 8 −45
  Canada Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras
Canada  – 1–3 0–2 1–1
Costa Rica  1–0 – 5–0 2–5
Guatemala  0–1 2–1 – 1–0
Honduras  1–1 0–0 2–2 –

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 6 6 0 0 27 1 +2618
 Trinidad and Tobago 6 4 0 2 12 9 +312
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 2 0 4 5 12 −76
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 0 0 6 2 24 −220
  Mexico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago
Mexico  – 8–0 7–0 3–0
Saint Kitts and Nevis  0–5 – 0–3 1–2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  0–1 1–0 – 0–2
Trinidad and Tobago  1–3 5–1 2–1 –

Fourth round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 10 7 1 2 16 6 +1022
 Mexico 10 7 1 2 22 9 +1322
 Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15 14 +116
 Trinidad and Tobago 10 4 1 5 10 15 −513
 Guatemala 10 3 2 5 16 18 −211
 Panama 10 0 2 8 4 21 −172
  Costa Rica Guatemala Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States
Costa Rica  – 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0
Guatemala  3–1 – 0–2 2–1 5–1 0–0
Mexico  2–0 5–2 – 5–0 2–0 2–1
Panama  1–3 0–0 1–1 – 0–1 0–3
Trinidad and Tobago  0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 – 1–2
United States  3–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 –

AFC–CONCACAF play-off

The Fourth Round winner then played the fifth-placed team of the AFC qualifying group, Bahrain, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Trinidad and Tobago  2–1  Bahrain 1–1 1–0

As a result, Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

14 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals


8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

References

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