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The first round of CONCACAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played in March and June 2021.

Format

A total of 30 teams (CONCACAF teams ranked 6 to 35 based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020) were divided into six groups of five teams each. In each group, teams played against each other once in a single round-robin format, for a total of four matches per team (two home and two away). The top team of each of the six groups advanced to the second round.

Seeding

The draw for the first round was held, along with the draw for the third round, on 19 August 2020, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.

The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2020 (shown in parentheses). Teams in Pot 1 were pre-seeded to positions A1 to F1 based on their ranking (A1 as the highest-ranked team in Pot 1, and F1 as the lowest-ranked in Pot 1). The remaining teams were drawn by pot into the first available group alphabetically. Each team was assigned the position in their group based on their pot number (Pot 2 was placed in position 2, Pot 3 was placed in position 3).

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.

1. Saint Lucia were drawn into Group E in the first round, but later withdrew before their first match.

Schedule

The matches were originally scheduled for 7–13 October and 11–17 November 2020. However, CONCACAF announced on 8 September 2020 that the matches would be postponed, and would not begin until March 2021. The schedule for the March 2021 matches was announced on 26 February 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America and related quarantine and travel restrictions in certain countries, some matches took place at neutral venues.

Groups

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	4	3	1	0	13	1	+12	10	Advance to second round		—	—	3–0	2–0	—
2	Montserrat	4	2	2	0	9	4	+5	8			1–1	—	—	—	4–0
3	Antigua and Barbuda	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7			—	2–2	—	1–0	—
4	Grenada	4	1	0	3	2	5	−3	3			—	1–2	—	—	1–0
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	4	0	0	4	0	15	−15	0			0–7	—	0–3	—	—

Antigua and Barbuda	2–2	Montserrat
Kirwan 23' Bishop 45'	Report	L. Taylor 7' (pen.), 26'

El Salvador	2–0	Grenada
Mayen 23' Rugamas 46'	Report

U.S. Virgin Islands	0–3	Antigua and Barbuda
	Report	Byers 26' Griffith 34' (pen.), 42'

Montserrat	1–1	El Salvador
L. Taylor 89'	Report	Rugamas 4'

Grenada	1–0	U.S. Virgin Islands
Lewis 33'	Report

Montserrat	4–0	U.S. Virgin Islands
Pond 39' Ince 60' Clifton 66', 83'	Report

Antigua and Barbuda	1–0	Grenada
Browne 20'	Report

U.S. Virgin Islands	0–7	El Salvador
	Report	Monterrosa 23', 86' J. Portillo 30' Rugamas 78', 82', 90' Pérez 79'

Grenada	1–2	Montserrat
Lewis 51'	Report	L. Taylor 85', 87' (pen.)

El Salvador	3–0	Antigua and Barbuda
Zavaleta 40' Rugamas 68' Martinez 85'	Report

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	27	1	+26	12	Advance to second round		—	4–0	5–1	—	—
2	Suriname	4	3	0	1	15	4	+11	9			—	—	6–0	—	3–0
3	Bermuda	4	1	1	2	7	12	−5	4			—	—	—	5–0	1–1
4	Aruba	4	1	0	3	3	19	−16	3			0–7	0–6	—	—	—
5	Cayman Islands	4	0	1	3	2	18	−16	1			0–11	—	—	1–3	—

Suriname	3–0	Cayman Islands
Pinas 22' Donk 38' (pen.) G. Vlijter 76'	Report

Canada	5–1	Bermuda
Larin 19', 27', 69' Laryea 53' Corbeanu 81'	Report	Crichlow 63'

Aruba	0–6	Suriname
	Report	Hasselbaink 19', 37', 55' Croes 27' (o.g.) Jozefzoon 70' Alberg 74'

Cayman Islands	0–11	Canada
	Report	Sturing 6' Larin 13' Wotherspoon 25' Davies 27' (pen.), 73' Kaye 32', 63' Johnston 44' Cavallini 68', 74', 76'

Bermuda	5–0	Aruba
Crichlow 36', 80' Bather 40' Leverock 57' Scott 64'	Report

Cayman Islands	1–3	Aruba
J. Ebanks 30' (pen.)	Report	John 40', 75' Groothusen 45+2'

Suriname	6–0	Bermuda
Becker 3', 36' Hasselbaink 15', 37', 65' Pinas 74'	Report

Aruba	0–7	Canada
	Report	Cavallini 17', 45+2' Hoilett 20' (pen.) Brault-Guillard 49' Davies 78' Larin 87' David 89'

Bermuda	1–1	Cayman Islands
Hall 65'	Report	M. Ebanks 23'

Canada	4–0	Suriname
Davies 37' David 59', 73', 77' (pen.)	Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Curaçao	4	3	1	0	15	1	+14	10	Advance to second round		—	0–0	—	5–0	—
2	Guatemala	4	3	1	0	14	0	+14	10			—	—	1–0	10–0	—
3	Cuba	4	2	0	2	7	3	+4	6			1–2	—	—	—	5–0
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	4	1	0	3	3	16	−13	3			—	—	0–1	—	3–0
5	British Virgin Islands	4	0	0	4	0	19	−19	0			0–8	0–3	—	—	—

Guatemala	1–0	Cuba
L. Martínez 59'	Report

Curaçao	5–0	Saint Vincent and the G.
J. Bacuna 1', 35' Van den Hurk 17' Antonia 45' Hooi 87'	Report

British Virgin Islands	0–3	Guatemala
	Report	Lom 21' Hernández 44' Betancourth 81'

Cuba	1–2	Curaçao
O. Hernández 27'	Report	L. Bacuna 11' Benschop 44'

Saint Vincent and the G.	3–0	British Virgin Islands
Anderson 10' Sam 20' Solomon 86'	Report

Cuba	5–0	British Virgin Islands
Paradela 33' O. Hernández 68' M. Reyes 76' Cavafe 80' D. Reyes 90+1'	Report

Guatemala	10–0	Saint Vincent and the G.
Lom 2' Barrientos 12' Santis 16' Hernández 33' (pen.) Gordillo 41' L. Martínez 52' Betancourth 66' Ceballos 79' (pen.) Vargas 85' Méndez 89'	Report

British Virgin Islands	0–8	Curaçao
	Report	Kuwas 7' Maria 9', 27' L. Bacuna 11' Benschop 18' (pen.), 22' Gorré 57', 90+1'

Saint Vincent and the G.	0–1	Cuba
	Report	M. Reyes 64'

Curaçao	0–0	Guatemala
	Report

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Panama	4	4	0	0	19	1	+18	12	Advance to second round		—	3–0	1–0	—	—
2	Dominican Republic	4	2	1	1	8	4	+4	7			—	—	1–1	1–0	—
3	Barbados	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5			—	—	—	1–1	1–0
4	Dominica	4	1	1	2	5	4	+1	4			1–2	—	—	—	3–0
5	Anguilla	4	0	0	4	0	23	−23	0			0–13	0–6	—	—	—

Dominican Republic	1–0	Dominica
F. Núñez 52'	Report

Panama	1–0	Barbados
Catuy 82'	Report

Anguilla	0–6	Dominican Republic
	Report	Romero 22' (pen.), 27' Lorenzo 25', 46' Peralta 66' Espinal 75'

Dominica	1–2	Panama
Laville 82'	Report	Thomas 28' (o.g.) Fajardo 85'

Barbados	1–0	Anguilla
Saimovici 81'	Report

Dominica	3–0	Anguilla
Thomas 3' C. Bertrand 34' Wade 42'	Report

Dominican Republic	1–1	Barbados
Rodríguez 90+2'	Report	Reid-Stephen 42'

Anguilla	0–13	Panama
	Report	Cooper 7' Waterman 18', 50' Aguilar 31' Torres 35' (pen.), 53', 70', 83' (pen.) Smith 48' (o.g.) Camargo 58' Catuy 73' Quintero 84' Palacios 90'

Barbados	1–1	Dominica
Saimovici 48'	Report	Wade 57'

Panama	3–0	Dominican Republic
Godoy 8' Bárcenas 67' Waterman 86'	Report

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Haiti	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Advance to second round		—	1–0	2–0	—	—
2	Nicaragua	3	2	0	1	10	1	+9	6			—	—	3–0	—	—
3	Belize	3	1	0	2	5	5	0	3			—	—	—	5–0	—
4	Turks and Caicos Islands	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0			0–10	0–7	—	—	—
5	Saint Lucia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew		—	—	—	—	—

Saint Lucia withdrew before playing.

Haiti	2–0	Belize
Adé 50' Séance 81'	Report

Turks and Caicos Islands	0–7	Nicaragua
	Report	Barrera 3', 59' Smith 8', 45+2' Fletes 46' Forbes 78' Moldskred 87'

Belize	5–0	Turks and Caicos Islands
Bernárdez 45+3', 48' August 47' Nembhard 81' McCaulay 90+1'	Report

Nicaragua	3–0	Belize
Rodríguez 25' Bonilla 46' Barrera 51'	Report

Turks and Caicos Islands	0–10	Haiti
	Report	Nazon 27', 30', 34', 37' Antoine 42', 53', 83' Pierrot 75', 87', 90+2'

Haiti	1–0	Nicaragua
Etienne 63'	Report

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	9	Advance to second round		—	—	1–0	3–0	—
2	Trinidad and Tobago	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	8			2–0	—	—	3–0	—
3	Puerto Rico	4	2	1	1	10	2	+8	7			—	1–1	—	—	7–0
4	Guyana	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3			—	—	0–2	—	4–0
5	Bahamas	4	0	1	3	0	15	−15	1			0–4	0–0	—	—	—

Saint Kitts and Nevis	1–0	Puerto Rico
Nelson 42'	Report

Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	Guyana
L. García 7' Bateau 15' Telfer 44'	Report

Bahamas	0–4	Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Report	Freeman 25', 65' Liburd 53' (pen.) Sterling-James 82'

Puerto Rico	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
R. Rivera 72'	Report	Jones 54'

Guyana	4–0	Bahamas
Vancooten 8' Daniel 54' Glasgow 75' Welshman 81'	Report

Puerto Rico	7–0	Bahamas
Díaz 3' R. Rivera 13', 43' (pen.) Angking 31' Vega 62' Servania 66' Hayes 90+2'	Report

Saint Kitts and Nevis	3–0	Guyana
Freeman 9' (pen.), 36' Sawyers 67'	Report

Bahamas	0–0	Trinidad and Tobago
	Report

Guyana	0–2	Puerto Rico
	Report	R. Rivera 12' Angking 25' (pen.)

Trinidad and Tobago	2–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Muckette 36' Hyland 74'	Report

Goalscorers

There were 214 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match.

6 goals

• David Rugamas
• Nigel Hasselbaink

5 goals

• Lucas Cavallini
• Cyle Larin
• Lyle Taylor

4 goals

• Jonathan David
• Alphonso Davies
• Duckens Nazon
• Gabriel Torres
• Ricardo Rivera
• Keithroy Freeman

3 goals

• Kane Crichlow
• Charlison Benschop
• Carnejy Antoine
• Frantzdy Pierrot
• Juan Barrera
• Cecilio Waterman

2 goals

• Quinton Griffith
• Joshua John
• Emile Saimovici
• Carlos Bernárdez
• Mark-Anthony Kaye
• Onel Hernández
• Maikel Reyes
• Juninho Bacuna
• Leandro Bacuna
• Kenji Gorré
• Michaël Maria
• Julian Wade
• Nowend Lorenzo
• Dorny Romero
• Marvin Monterroza
• Saydrel Lewis
• Robin Betancourth
• Moisés Hernández
• Darwin Lom
• Luis Martínez
• Adrian Clifton
• Ariagner Smith
• Jair Catuy
• Isaac Angking
• Sheraldo Becker
• Shaquille Pinas

1 goal

• ]
• D'Andre Bishop
• Rhys Browne
• Eugene Kirwan
• Terence Groothusen
• Niall Reid-Stephen
• Jesse August
• Deon McCaulay
• Deshawon Nembhard
• Jaylon Bather
• Kole Hall
• Dante Leverock
• Knory Scott
• Zachary Brault-Guillard
• Theo Corbeanu
• Junior Hoilett
• Alistair Johnston
• Richie Laryea
• Frank Sturing
• David Wotherspoon
• Jonah Ebanks
• Mark Ebanks
• Cavafe
• Luis Paradela
• Dairon Reyes
• Jarchinio Antonia
• Elson Hooi
• Anthony van den Hurk
• Brandley Kuwas
• Chad Bertrand
• Audel Laville
• Briel Thomas
• Luis Espinal
• Fran Núñez
• Domingo Peralta
• Manny Rodríguez
• Walmer Martinez
• Gerson Mayen
• Joshua Pérez
• Juan Carlos Portillo
• Eriq Zavaleta
• Rudy Barrientos
• Marvin Ceballos
• Gerardo Gordillo
• John Méndez
• Oscar Santis
• Jorge Vargas
• Kadell Daniel
• Omari Glasgow
• Terence Vancooten
• Emery Welshman
• Ricardo Adé
• Derrick Etienne Jr.
• Steven Séance
• Rohan Ince
• Nathan Pond
• Byron Bonilla
• Marvin Fletes
• Dshon Forbes
• Matias Moldskred
• Richard Rodríguez
• Jorman Aguilar
• Yoel Bárcenas
• Miguel Camargo
• Armando Cooper
• José Fajardo
• Aníbal Godoy
• Francisco Palacios
• Alberto Quintero
• Gerald Díaz
• Lester Hayes
• Jaden Servania
• Devin Vega
• Rowan Liburd
• Vinceroy Nelson
• Romaine Sawyers
• Omari Sterling-James
• Oalex Anderson
• Zidane Sam
• Azinho Solomon
• Roland Alberg
• Ryan Donk
• Florian Jozefzoon
• Gleofilo Vlijter
• Sheldon Bateau
• Levi García
• Khaleem Hyland
• Joevin Jones
• Duane Muckette
• Ryan Telfer

1 own goal

• Tafari Smith (against Panama)
• Francois Croes (against Suriname)
• Briel Thomas (against Panama)

Notes

1. The Cayman Islands vs Canada match, originally to be played at 16:00 UTC−4, 28 March 2021, was postponed because the Cayman team could not provide their negative COVID-19 tests to FIFA.
2. The Bermuda v Cayman Islands match, originally to be played at 20:00 UTC-4, was delayed by 65 minutes due to lightning in the area.

References

1. "Draw procedures confirmed for First Round of Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
2. "New CONCACAF Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 27 July 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
3. "CONCACAF preliminary draw for FIFA World Cup 2022 to take place on 19 August". FIFA. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
4. "FIFA World Cup 2022 Preliminary Draw (CONCACAF): Draw procedures" (PDF). FIFA. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
5. "St Lucia players in the dark about World Cup qualifiers". SportsMax. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
6. "CONCACAF confirms schedule for Concacaf Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 4 December 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
7. "Update on the CONCACAF Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
8. "Update on upcoming CONCACAF qualifiers in March 2021". FIFA. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
9. "CONCACAF Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022" (PDF). FIFA. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
10. "Canada's World Cup qualifying game vs. Cayman Islands postponed". Sportsnet. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
11. "The match is now expected to kick-off at 10:05pm". 8 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021 – via Twitter.

External links

• Official FIFA World Cup website
• Qualifiers – North, Central America and Caribbean: Matches, FIFA.com
• World Cup Qualifying – Men, CONCACAF.com

• 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
• 2020–21 in CONCACAF football
• March 2021 sports events in North America
• June 2021 sports events in North America
• Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Canada at the 2022 FIFA World Cup