2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF First Round
This page provides the summaries of the CONCACAF First Round matches for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Format
In this round the ten lowest seeded teams were drawn into 5 home-and-away ties.[1][2]
The matches were scheduled to be held prior to the main draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Originally, the first legs were scheduled for 3 June 2011 and the second legs on 7 June. However, the matches were postponed to scattered days in June and July, between 15 June and 17 July.[3] The five winners advanced to the second round of the CONCACAF qualifiers.[4]
Participating teams
Belize
Dominican Republic
British Virgin Islands
Saint Lucia
Turks and Caicos Islands
Bahamas
Aruba
U.S. Virgin Islands
Anguilla
Montserrat
Results
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Montserrat ![]() |
3–8 | ![]() |
2–5 | 1–3 |
Anguilla ![]() |
0–6 | ![]() |
0–2 | 0–4 |
U.S. Virgin Islands ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–1 |
Aruba ![]() |
6–6 (4–5 p) | ![]() |
4–2 | 2–4 (a.e.t.) |
Turks and Caicos Islands ![]() |
0–10[note 1] | ![]() |
0–4 | 0–6 |
Montserrat ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Hodgson ![]() |
Report | McCaulay ![]() Róches ![]() Kuylen ![]() |
Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva (Trinidad and Tobago)[note 2] Attendance: 100 Referee: Bryan Willett (Antigua and Barbuda) |
Belize won 8–3 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Anguilla ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Report | Peralta ![]() Faña ![]() |
Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, (Dominican Republic)[note 4] Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago) |
Dominican Republic won 6–0 on aggregate and advances to the Second Round.
U.S. Virgin Islands won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Aruba ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
---|---|---|
Santos de Gouveia ![]() Escalona ![]() Gomez ![]() D. Abdul ![]() |
Report | Edward ![]() Valcin ![]() |
Saint Lucia ![]() |
4–2 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
---|---|---|
J. Joseph ![]() Frederick ![]() |
Report | Gomez ![]() Barradas ![]() |
Penalties | ||
Pierre ![]() Justin ![]() Frederick ![]() Edward ![]() Williams ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
6–6 on aggregate. Saint Lucia won the penalty shoot-out 5–4 and advanced to the Second Round.
Bahamas won 10–0 on aggregate and advanced to the Second Round.
Goalscorers
There were a total of 44 goals scored over 10 games, for an average of 4.4 goals per game.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
Woody Gibson (playing against Bahamas)
Notes
- ↑ Order of legs reversed from originally published draw.
- ↑ As Montserrat had no facilities on the island that meet international standards, they elected to play their home tie in Trinidad and Tobago.[5]
- ↑ The second leg was originally scheduled to be played on 19 June 2011 at FFB Field, Belmopan, but it was postponed as the FIFA Emergency Committee suspended the Football Federation of Belize (FFB) on 17 June due to severe governmental interference.[6] The match had to be rescheduled no later than 10 July, provided that the situation is back to normal regarding the FFB and the suspension has been lifted by that date; if not, Belize would be excluded from the qualifying competition.[7] On 7 July, FIFA announced that the suspension was provisionally lifted and the match will take place before 17 July outside of Belize.[8] The FFB secured the qualifier to be played at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.[9]
- ↑ As Anguilla had no facilities on the island that meet international standards, they elected to play their home tie in the Dominican Republic.[10]
References
- ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedure – North, Central and Caribbean Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com.
- ↑ "Play-off matches in CONCACAF". fifa.com. FIFA. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ↑ "Montserrat-Belize to open World Cup qualifying". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
- ↑ "Concacaf Fixtures". fifa.com. FIFA. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ↑ "Minnows take marks on the road to Rio". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 13 June 2011. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ↑ Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize
- ↑ Belize-Montserrat qualifier postponed
- ↑ Suspension of the Football Federation of Belize provisionally lifted
- ↑ Belize to play home qualifier in Honduras Archived 19 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Eliminatorias al mundial 8 y 10 de julio en el Estadio Panamericano" (in Spanish). Balompie Dominicano. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.