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18th March 2023, 10:27 PM
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North American Qualification
The North American Qualification will consist of 3 stages. 3 teams will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2 teams will qualify for the Intercontinental Play-Offs. As hosts, United States of America, Mexico and Canada have already qualified. Round 1 - The 4 lowest ranked teams will be drawn into two 2-legged ties with the winners qualifying for Round 2. Matches will be played in March 2024. Round 2 - The 30 teams (28 highest ranked teams and the 2 winners from Round 1) will be drawn into 6 groups of 5 teams and will play single round robin fixtures. The 5 group winners and 5 group runners-up will qualify for Round 3. Matches will be played between June 2024 and June 2025. Round 3 - The 12 qualifiers from Round 2 will be drawn into 3 groups of 4 teams and will play home-and-away round-robin fixtures. The 3 group winners will qualify directly to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The two best group runners-up will qualify for the Intercontinental Play-Offs. Matches will be played between September - November 2025. |
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13th July 2023, 07:53 PM
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Interesting to see there's still only 3 spots up for grabs for North America - probably means the Caribbean teams will still miss out sadly.
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13th July 2023, 08:23 PM
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Interesting to see there's still only 3 spots up for grabs for North America - probably means the Caribbean teams will still miss out sadly. The 3 is in addition to the auto-qualified hosts so there’s a decent chance of a Caribbean qualifier. If we go by the Current World Rankings it would be Costa Rica, Panama & Jamaica taking up the 3 qualifying spots with El Salvador and Honduras in the Play-Offs |
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13th July 2023, 08:39 PM
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Ah yep, completely overlooked that! That's good to hear - hopefully Jamaica might have a change of making it in then.
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18th July 2023, 01:41 PM
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Normally I would say Trinidad & Tobago could challenge too but their recent performance in the Gold Cup, including a 4-1 defeat to Jamaica tells me they're still not back to their former quality.
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16th December 2023, 07:08 PM
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Round 1 - The bottom four nations in the World Rankings will compete in a two-leg final with the 2 winners advancing into Round 2.
Anguilla - Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands - British Virgin Islands The matches will be played in March before Round 2 begins in June. |
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16th December 2023, 07:21 PM
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The battle of the Virgin Islands!
Would be interesting to see those teams play as I don't think I have done before. |
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25th January 2024, 06:49 PM
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The draw for Round 2 has just been completed. The top two teams from each group will qualify for Round 3.
Group A Honduras Antigua and Barbuda Cuba Bermuda Cayman Islands Group B Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago Saint Kitts and Nevis Grenada Bahamas Group C Haiti Curaçao Saint Lucia Barbados Aruba Group D Panama Nicaragua Guyana Montserrat Belize Group E Jamaica Guatemala Dominican Republic Dominica Winner Play-Off 2 (British Virgin Islands/U.S. Virgin Islands) Group F El Salvador Suriname Puerto Rico Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Winner Play-Off 1 (Turks and Caicos Islands/Anguilla) |
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25th January 2024, 06:55 PM
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They feel like reasonably even groups! It does feel a little odd that all of USA/Canada/Mexico are missing from the qualifiers thanks to being hosts.
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24th March 2024, 08:05 PM
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Round 1 - First Leg
Anguilla 0-0 Turks and Caicos Islands U.S. Virgin Islands 1-1 British Virgin Islands It's safe to say we didn't learn much about who might progress from those 1st legs. BVI were saved by a stoppage time equalizer. |
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27th March 2024, 10:43 AM
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Round 1 - Second Leg
Turks and Caicos Islands 1-1 Anguilla (3-4 pens) British Virgin Islands 0-0 U.S. Virgin Islands (4-2 pens) Anguilla and British Virgin Islands qualify for Round 2. |
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27th March 2024, 09:07 PM
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Not the most thrilling of first-round matches then! Let's see if either of them can make a decent inroads in the second round.
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