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.

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
CONCACAF Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

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
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF 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
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF 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
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Third Round

Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 6 3 3 0 13 3 +10 12 — 6–0 1–1 2–0
 Panama 6 2 2 2 8 11 −3 8 1–1 — 1–1 3–0
 Jamaica 6 1 4 1 7 5 +2 7 1–1 1–2 — 0–0
 El Salvador 6 1 1 4 2 11 −9 4 0–2 2–1 0–3 —
Source:

Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 12 8 +4 10 — 5–0 2–5 1–0
 Guatemala 6 3 1 2 7 9 −2 10 2–1 — 1–0 0–1
 Honduras 6 1 4 1 9 7 +2 7 0–0 2–2 — 1–1
 Canada 6 1 2 3 4 8 −4 5 1–3 0–2 1–1 —
Source:

Group 3
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Mexico 6 6 0 0 27 1 +26 18 — 3–0 7–0 8–0
 Trinidad and Tobago 6 4 0 2 12 9 +3 12 1–3 — 2–1 5–1
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 2 0 4 5 12 −7 6 0–1 0–2 — 1–0
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 0 0 6 2 24 −22 0 0–5 1–2 0–3 —
Source:

Fourth round
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States 10 7 1 2 16 6 +10 22[lower-alpha 1] — 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
2  Mexico 10 7 1 2 22 9 +13 22[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 — 2–0 2–0 5–2 5–0
3  Costa Rica 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 16 3–0 1–2 — 2–0 3–2 2–1
4  Trinidad and Tobago 10 4 1 5 10 15 −5 13 1–2 2–1 0–0 — 3–2 2–0
5  Guatemala 10 3 2 5 16 18 −2 11 0–0 0–2 3–1 5–1 — 2–1
6  Panama 10 0 2 8 4 21 −17 2 0–3 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 —
Source:
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: United States +1, Mexico −1.
  • United States finished ahead of Mexico based on results between tied teams which were the first tiebreaker.
  • Mexico, United States and Costa Rica advanced to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
  • Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the AFC-CONCACAF play-off.

Inter-confederation play-offs
Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–AFC play-off)

The Fourth Round fourth-placed team 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

Qualified teams

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1
 United StatesFourth round winners3 September 20057 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002)
 MexicoFourth round runners-up7 September 200512 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002)
 Costa RicaFourth round third place8 October 20052 (1990, 2002)
 Trinidad and TobagoCONCACAF-AFC play-off winners16 November 20050 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 378 goals scored in 112 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.38 goals per match.

14 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References
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