Maintained by Erdinç Sivritepe
CONCACAFAll members of this confederation entered the competition. 3 teams will qualify to the WC2002.
The Games
Final Round: Top three teams will qualify to World Cup 2002. G W D L F A P Costa Rica 10 7 2 1 17 7 23 WC2002 Mexico 10 5 2 3 16 9 17 WC2002 USA 10 5 2 3 11 8 17 WC2002 Honduras 10 4 2 4 17 17 14 Jamaica 10 2 2 6 7 14 8 Trinidad & Tobago 10 1 2 7 5 17 5 Please visit Qualifiers - Finals for details. Feb 28, 2001 Jamaica 1-0 Trinidad & Tobago USA 2-0 Mexico Costa Rica 2-2 Honduras Mar 25, 2001 Mexico 4-0 Jamaica Mar 28, 2001 Costa Rica 3-0 Trinidad & Tobago Honduras 1-2 USA Apr 25, 2001 Jamaica 1-1 Honduras Trinidad & Tobago 1-1 Mexico USA 1-0 Costa Rica Jun 16, 2001 Jamaica 0-0 USA Trinidad & Tobago 2-4 Honduras Mexico 1-2 Costa Rica Jun 20, 2001 Honduras 3-1 Mexico USA 2-0 Trinidad & Tobago Costa Rica 2-1 Jamaica Jun 30, 2001 Honduras 2-3 Costa Rica Trinidad & Tobago 1-2 Jamaica Mexico 1-0 USA Sep 1, 2001 Trinidad & Tobago 0-2 Costa Rica USA 2-3 Honduras Sep 2, 2001 Jamaica 1-2 Mexico Sep 5, 2001 Honduras 1-0 Jamaica Mexico 3-0 Trinidad & Tobago Costa Rica 2-0 USA Oct 7, 2001 Honduras 0-1 Trinidad & Tobago USA 2-1 Jamaica Costa Rica 0-0 Mexico Nov 11, 2001 Jamaica 0-1 Costa Rica Trinidad & Tobago 0-0 USA Mexico 3-0 Honduras
Semi-finals: - September/December 2000 Top two teams in each group will qualify to the Final Round. Group C: G W D L F A P Trinidad & Tobago 6 5 0 1 14 7 15 in Finals Mexico 6 4 1 1 17 2 13 in Finals Canada 6 1 2 3 1 8 5 Panama 6 0 1 5 1 16 1 Please visit Qualifiers - Group C for details. Jul 16,2000 15:00 Panama 0-1 Mexico 18:00 Canada 0-2 Trinidad & Tobago Jul 23,2000 13:00 Panama 0-0 Canada 16:00 Trinidad & Tobago 1-0 Mexico Aug 15,2000 14:00 Mexico 2-0 Canada Aug 16,2000 16:00 Trinidad & Tobago 6-0 Panama Sep 3,2000 12:00 Mexico 7-1 Panama 16:00 Trinidad & Tobago 4-0 Canada Oct 8,2000 12:00 Mexico 7-0 Trinidad & Tobago Oct 9,2000 16:00 Canada 1-0 Panama Nov 15,2000 Panama 0-1 Trinidad & Tobago 19:00 Canada 0-0 Mexico Group D: G W D L F A P Honduras 6 5 0 1 25 5 15 in Finals Jamaica 6 4 0 2 7 4 12 in Finals El Salvador 6 3 0 3 13 13 9 St.Vincent/Grenadines 6 0 0 6 2 25 0 Please visit Qualifiers - Group D for details. Jul 16,2000 15:00 El Salvador 2-5 Honduras 15:30 St.Vincent/Grenadines 0-1 Jamaica Jul 23,2000 15:00 El Salvador 7-1 St.Vincent/Grenadines 18:00 Jamaica 3-1 Honduras Aug 16,2000 19:30 Honduras 6-0 St.Vincent/Grenadines 19:00 Jamaica 1-0 El Salvador Sep 2,2000 20:05 Honduras 5-0 El Salvador Sep 3,2000 17:00 Jamaica 2-0 St.Vincent/Grenadines Oct 8,2000 15:30 St.Vincent/Grenadines 1-2 El Salvador 16:00 Honduras 1-0 Jamaica Nov 14,2000 St.Vincent/Grenadines 0-7 Honduras Nov 15,2000 El Salvador 2-0 Jamaica Group E: G W D L F A P USA 6 3 2 1 14 3 11 in Finals Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 9 6 10 Play-off with Guatemala Guatemala 6 3 1 2 9 6 10 Play-off with Costa Rica Barbados 6 1 0 5 3 20 3 Please visit Qualifiers - Group E for details. Jul 16,2000 11:00 Guatemala 1-1 USA 20:00 Barbados 2-1 Costa Rica Jul 22,2000 16:00 Guatemala 2-0 Barbados Jul 23,2000 11:00 Costa Rica 2-1 USA Aug 15,2000 11:00 Costa Rica 2-1 Guatemala Aug 16,2000 20:00 USA 7-0 Barbados Sep 3,2000 11:00 Costa Rica 3-0 Barbados 14:00 USA 1-0 Guatemala Oct 8,2000 20:00 Barbados 1-3 Guatemala Oct 11,2000 20:00 USA 0-0 Costa Rica Nov 15,2000 Guatemala 2-1 Costa Rica Barbados 0-4 USA Play-off: Jan 6,2001 Miami Costa Rica 5-2 Guatemala
Preliminary Round The winners advance to the Semi-Finals. The Play-offs: 10/11 - 24/25 June 2000 Please visit Inter-zone Play-offs for details. Jun 4 16:00 - Le Habana Winnipeg - Jun 11 19:00 Cuba 0-1 0-1 0-0 Canada Jun 11 16:00 - Antigua Guatemala - Jun 17 20:00 Antigua and Barbuda 0-1 1-9 1-8 Guatemala Jun 3 19:00 - San Pedro Sula Port-au-Prince - Jun 17 18:00 Honduras 4-0 7-1 3-1 Haiti
Preliminary Round Central American Zone: The winners advance to Semi-Finals, the seconds advance to the Play-offs. Group A: G W D L F A P El Salvador 4 3 1 0 10 2 10 Qualified to the Semi-finals Guatemala 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 Qualified to the Play-offs Belize 4 0 1 3 2 10 1 Mar 5 15:00 - San Salvador El Salvador 5-0 Belize Mar 19 15:30 - Belize City Belize 1-2 Guatemala a Apr 2 16:00 - Guatemala City Guatemala 0-1 El Salvador Apr 16 15:30 - Belize City Belize 1-3 El Salvador May 7 15:00 - San Salvador El Salvador 1-1 Guatemala May 19 16:00 - Guatemala City Guatemala 0-0 Belize b a - The game was moved to Panama, a neutral ground, because of the border disputes. The game was moved to San Pedro Sula/Honduras later. b - The game was moved to Panama, a neutral ground, because of the border disputes. The game was moved to Tegucigalpa/Honduras to different date - May 20, later. Please visit Qualifiers - Central America for details. Group B: G W D L F A P Panama 4 3 0 1 8 3 9 Qualified to the Semi-finals Honduras 4 3 0 1 7 2 9 Qualified to the Play-offs Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 0 10 0 Mar 4 19:30 - San Pedro Sula Honduras 3-0 Nicaragua Mar 19 15:00 - Diriamba Nicaragua 0-2 Panama Apr 2 14:00 - Panama City Panama 1-0 Honduras Apr 16 15:00 - Diriamba Nicaragua 0-1 Honduras May 7 16:00 - Tegucigalpa Honduras 3-1 Panama May 21 16:00 - Panama City Panama 4-0 Nicaragua Please visit Qualifiers - Central America for details.
Preliminary Round Caribbean Zone: Teams play two games, one at home the other away. Aggregate score(score in the middle) defines the winner. Round 3: The winners advance to the Semi-Finals, the losers to the play-offs. Please visit Qualifiers - Caribbean - Round 3 for details. May 7 16:00 - Le Habana St.Michael - May 21 20:00 Cuba 1-1 2-2 1-1 Barbados a May 7 16:00 - Antigua Kingstown - May 21 15:30 Antigua and Barbuda 2-1 2-5 0-4 St.Vincent/Grenadines May 7 16:00 - Port of Spain Port-au-Prince - May 20 18:00 Trinidad & Tobago 3-1 4-2 1-1 Haiti a - Barbados won 5-4 on penalties. Round 2: The winners advance to the Round 3. Please visit Qualifiers - Caribbean - Round 2 for details. Apr 2 16:00 - Le Habana Paramaribo - Apr 16 18:00 Cuba 1-0 1-0 0-0 Suriname Apr 1 20:00 - Oranjestad St.Michael - Apr 16 20:00 Aruba 1-3 1-7 0-4 Barbados Apr 16 16:00 - Antigua Hamilton - Apr 23 15:00 St.Vincent/Grenadines 1-0 3-1 2-1 St.Kitts & Nevis Apr 16 15:00 - St.Vincent Basseterre - Apr 22 19:00 Antigua and Barbuda 0-0 1-1 1-1 Bermuda Apr 2 15:30 - Port of Spain Santa Domingo - Apr 16 15:30 Trinidad & Tobago 3-0 4-0 1-0 Dominican Republic Apr 1 18:00 - Port au Prince Nassau - Apr 16 15:00 Haiti 9-0 13-0 4-0 Bahamas Round 1: The winners advance to the Round 2. Please visit Qualifiers - Caribbean - Round 1 for details. Mar 5 15:00 - Le Habana Grand Cayman - Mar 19 19:00 Cuba 4-0 4-0 0-0 Cayman Islands Mar 5 16:00 - Castries Paramaribo - Mar 19 18:00 St.Lucia 1-0 1-1 0-1 Suriname a Mar 11 20:00 - Oranjestad San Juan - Mar 18 19:30 Aruba 4-2 6-4 2-2 Puerto Rico Mar 5 19:00 - St.Michael St.George - Mar 18 15:30 Barbados 2-2 5-4 3-2 Grenada Mar 5 16:00 - Kingstown St.George - Mar 19 16:00 St.Vincent/Grenadines 9-0 14-1 5-1 US Virgin Islands Mar 18 19:00 - Basseterre Basseterre(St.Kitts) - Mar 21 19:00 St.Kitts & Nevis 8-0 14-0 6-0 Turks and Caicos Islands b ... ... Guyana - NP - Antigua and Barbuda c Mar 5 16:00 - Tortola Hamilton - Mar 19 15:00 British Virgin Islands 1-5 1-14 0-9 Bermuda Mar 4 18:00 - Port of Spain Willemstad - Mar 18 20:00 Trinidad & Tobago 5-0 6-1 1-1 Netherlands Antilles Mar 5 15:30 - San Cristobal Port of Spain(Trinidad) - Mar 19 16:00 Dominican Republic 3-0 6-1 3-1 Montserrat d Mar 11 18:00 - Port Au Prince Roseau - Mar 19 16:00 Haiti 4-0 7-1 3-1 Dominica Mar 5 15:00 - The Valley Nassau - Mar 19 16:00 Anguilla 1-3 2-5 1-2 Bahamas a - Suriname won 3-1 on penalties. b - Turk and Caicos Islands does not have a suitable stadium, yet. c - Guyana is suspended by FIFA. They will be prohibited from playing for World Cup. d - Monserrat's only acceptable venue was damaged by the volcano. The game was originally scheduled for Antigua, but moved to Trinidad.
Format of the Qualifiers Final Round: 6 teams will play in one group. The top 3 teams will qualify to WC2002. Semi-Final Round: 12 semifinalists will play in three groups. Mexico, USA, and Jamaica are seeded to the groups. Two teams from each group will qualify to the Final Round. Preliminary Round: Since most of the teams of the North America Zone are seeded as bye, they will not make a group of their own, they will play in the Caribbean Zone. Central American Zone: 6 teams will play in two groups. The winners qualify to the semi-finals. The seconds qualify to a two-legged play-off with a Caribbean Zone second. Caribbean Zone: 22 teams of the Caribbean and Bahamas and Bermuda of North American Zone will play two-legged cup style games in three rounds in 3 groups. The Group winners will qualify to the semi-finals. Play-offs: Group 1 second will qualify to the play-off with Canada - a North American Zone team. Group 2 second will qualify to the play-off with Central American Group A second. Group 3 second will qualify to the play-off with Central American Group B second. The 3 play-off winners will also qualify to the semi-finals. Byes for this round: Mexico, USA, Jamaica, and Costa Rica.
