2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round explained
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]
Results
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Belize won 8–3 on aggregate and advanced to the second round.----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.----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.
Notes
- Web site: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedure – North, Central and Caribbean Zone. https://web.archive.org/web/20111026093232/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/44/46/33/2014fwc%5fdrawprocedures%5fnorthcentralamericacaribbean%5fen.pdf. dead. 26 October 2011. FIFA.com.
- News: Play-off matches in CONCACAF. https://web.archive.org/web/20110429210904/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1424713/index.html. dead. 29 April 2011. FIFA . 26 April 2011 . 26 April 2011 .
- News: Montserrat-Belize to open World Cup qualifying . CONCACAF.com . CONCACAF . 13 June 2011 . 13 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110618011331/http://www.concacaf.com/page/WCQ/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C12813~2375767%2C00.html . 18 June 2011 .
- News: Concacaf Fixtures. https://web.archive.org/web/20071129205133/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/index.html. dead. 29 November 2007. FIFA . 8 June 2011. 8 June 2011.
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