A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF first group phase on MON 14-TUE 15 NOV 2011. more...

A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF first group phase on FRI 07 OCT 2011. more...

A quick summary of action around the CONCACAF first group phase on FRI 02 SEP 2011. more...

The qualifying draw for Brazil 2014 set the first group phase and semifinal round of CONCACAF qualifiers, and the road will steepen quickly. For El Salvador, a relatively easy first phase looms, with Suriname the toughest test in Group A. But if they advance, they meet Mexico and Costa Rica in semifinal group B, and likely Trinidad-Tobago from first phase group B. Two teams from each semifinal group reach the final round, where the top three qualify and the fourth meets the OFC winner in the playoffs. more...

At the qualifying draw for Brazil 2014, the draw for the CONCACAF first group phase and semifinal round will be made. The five winners in the preliminary round – Belize, Dominican Rep, US Virgin Is, St Lucia, and Bahamas – have been assigned to the lowest pot. The six groups of the first group phase will be allocated one team from each of Pots 4-7. Then, to draw the semifinal round, the three groups will each take one team from Pot 1, one from Pot 2, and two of the first group phase winners’ slots from Pot 3. more...

All but one CONCACAF preliminary round serieses have completed, placing four teams in the first group phase. Series aggregate results are shown below. more...

The first qualifier for the 2014 Men’s World Cup will see Montserrat host Belize at Couva in Trinidad-Tobago on WED 15 JUN 2011. This is one of five serieses in the CONCACAF preliminary round that is played over the coming month; the match that was to kick off the campaign, St Lucia-Aruba, has now been rescheduled to SAT 09 JUL 2011. In all, more than 800 qualifying matches are scheduled to be played to decide the other 31 nations that join automatic qualifiers Brazil.

Some changes have been made to the opening rounds of CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2014 Men’s World Cup. Instead of an opening round involving all 35 member nations, there will now be a preliminary round in which the ten lowest ranked teams play off for five places in the first group phase. Here, six groups of four teams each are formed, and the group winners proceed. These teams, plus six other teams that received byes, enter the semifinal round. From then on, the qualifying campaign proceeds as normal. The top two teams in each of the three semifinal groups advance to the final round, a single group from which the top three qualify and the fourth placed team enters the playoffs. more...

Still three years away from the final tournament, the qualifiers for the 2014 Men’s World Cup are about to begin. The first qualifier is between St Lucia and Aruba, and more than 800 additional matches will be played over the next two and one half years to determine which 31 of the 203 hopefuls will join Brazil in 2014.