The Draw:
12 nations play in three groups.
Group 1: The winners of Groups 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Stage 1
Group 2: The winners of Groups 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Stage 1
Group 3: The winners of Groups 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Stage 1
Top two in each group qualify to Stage 3.
The Games
Group 1:
G W D L F A P
USA 6 3 3 0 13 4 12
Panama 6 2 2 2 8 11 8
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Jamaica 6 1 4 1 6 5 7
El Salvador 6 1 1 4 3 11 4
18/08/2004 Jamaica 1-1 USA
18/08/2004 El Salvador 2-1 Panama
04/09/2004 USA 2-0 El Salvador
04/09/2004 Jamaica 1-2 Panama
08/09/2004 Panama 1-1 USA
08/09/2004 El Salvador 0-3 Jamaica
09/10/2004 El Salvador 0-2 USA
09/10/2004 Panama 1-1 Jamaica
13/10/2004 USA 6-0 Panama
13/10/2004 Jamaica 0-0 El Salvador
17/11/2004 USA 1-1 Jamaica
17/11/2004 Panama 3-0 El Salvador
Group 2:
G W D L F A P
Costa Rica 6 3 1 2 12 8 10 3 6-2
Guatemala 6 3 1 2 7 9 10 3 2-6
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Honduras 6 1 4 1 9 7 7
Canada 6 1 2 3 4 8 5
18/08/2004 Canada 0-2 Guatemala
18/08/2004 Costa Rica 2-5 Honduras
04/09/2004 Canada 1-1 Honduras
05/09/2004 Guatemala 2-1 Costa Rica
08/09/2004 Honduras 2-2 Guatemala
08/09/2004 Costa Rica 1-0 Canada
09/10/2004 Costa Rica 5-0 Guatemala
09/10/2004 Honduras 1-1 Canada
13/10/2004 Guatemala 1-0 Honduras
13/10/2004 Canada 1-3 Costa Rica
17/11/2004 Guatemala 0-1 Canada
17/11/2004 Honduras 0-0 Costa Rica
Group 3:
G W D L F A P
Mexico 6 6 0 0 27 1 18
Trinidad and Tobago 6 4 0 2 12 9 12
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St.Vincent/Grenadines 6 2 0 4 5 12 6
St.Kitts and Nevis 6 0 0 6 2 24 0
18/08/2004 St.Vincent/Grenadines 0-2 Trinidad and Tobago
04/09/2004 St.Kitts and Nevis 1-2 Trinidad and Tobago
08/09/2004 Trinidad and Tobago 1-3 Mexico
10/09/2004 St.Vincent/Grenadines 1-0 St.Kitts and Nevis
06/10/2004 Mexico 7-0 St.Vincent/Grenadines 2
2 - Originally postponed when a hurricane didn't let St.Vincent/Grenadines travel
10/10/2004 St.Vincent/Grenadines 0-1 Mexico
10/10/2004 Trinidad and Tobago 5-1 St.Kitts and Nevis
13/10/2004 Mexico 3-0 Trinidad and Tobago
13/10/2004 St.Kitts and Nevis 0-3 St.Vincent/Grenadines
13/11/2004 St.Kitts and Nevis 0-5 Mexico 1
1 - Postponed from 18/08/2004 because of the Olympic Games
17/11/2004 Mexico 8-0 St.Kitts and Nevis
17/11/2004 Trinidad and Tobago 2-1 St.Vincent/Grenadines
1st Stage
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The Draw:
This stage is played in two rounds with cup style two-legged games on home and away basis.
The nations play in 12 groups, two of which do not have a first round games.
The nations are placed in 6 different pots:
Pot A: Mexico, USA, Costa Rica - WC2002 Finals Teams
Pot B: Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica - WC2002 CONCACAF Qualifiers Final Round nations
Pot C: Barbados, Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, St.Vincent/Grenadines - WC2002 CONCACAF Qualifiers Semi Finalists
Pot D: Nicaragua, Belize - The rest of the Central America Zone nations
Pot E: Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, St.Lucia, St.Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Surinam, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic - The rest of the North America Zone nations and the top 8 of the Caribbian Zone according to Oct 22, 2003 FIFA World Ranking.
Pot F: British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Guyana, Anguilla, US Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat - The rest of the Caribbean nations
Round 1
Round 1 will be played by nations of Pot E and Pot F.
They will be drawn to 12 groups, skipping groups 8 and 12, where there will be no Round 1 games.
Round 2:
Pota A, B, C, D will start their games in 12 groups:
Pot A nations will draw the groups 1, 5, and 9
Pot B Nations will draw the groups 3, 7, and 11
Pot C nations will draw the groups 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12
Pot D nations will draw the groups 8 and 12
The group winners qualify to 2nd Stage.
The Games
Group 1:
USA bye
28.02.04 14.03.04 Grenada 5-0 3-1 Guyana
13.06.04 20.06.04 USA 3-0 3-2 Grenada
Group 2:
El Salvador bye
29.02.04 21.03.04 Bermuda 13-0 7-0 Montserrat
13.06.04 20.06.04 El Salvador 2-1 2-2 Bermuda
Group 3:
Jamaica bye
18.02.04 21.02.04 Haiti 5-0 2-0 Turks and Caicos Islands
12.06.04 20.06.04 Haiti 1-1 0-3 Jamaica
Group 4:
Panama bye
22.02.04 28.03.04 British Virgin Islands 0-1 0-9 St.Lucia
20.06.04 13.06.04 Panama 4-0 3-0 St.Lucia
Group 5:
Costa Rica bye
22.02.04 27.03.04 Cayman Islands 1-2 0-3 Cuba
12.06.04 20.06.04 Cuba 2-2 1-1 Costa Rica
Group 6:
Guatemala bye
28.02.04 27.03.04 Aruba 1-2 1-8 Surinam
12.06.04 20.06.04 Surinam 1-1 1-3 Guatemala
Group 7:
Honduras bye
18.02.04 31.03.04 Antigua and Barbuda 2-0 0-3 Netherlands Antilles
12.06.04 19.06.04 Netherlands Antilles 1-2 0-4 Honduras
Group 8:
13.06.04 16.06.04 Canada 4-0 4-0 Belize
Group 9:
Mexico bye
26.03.04 28.03.04 Dominica 1-1 3-1 Bahamas
19.06.04 27.06.04 Dominica 0-10 0-5 Mexico
Group 10:
Barbados bye
18.02.04 31.03.04 US Virgin Islands 0-4 0-7 St.Kitts and Nevis
13.06.04 19.06.04 Barbados 0-2 2-3 St.Kitts and Nevis
Group 11:
Trinidad and Tobago bye
19.03.04 21.03.04 Dominican Republic 0-0 6-0 Anguilla
12.06.04 20.06.04 Dominican Republic 0-2 0-4 Trinidad and Tobago
Group 12:
13.06.04 20.06.04 Nicaragua 2-2 1-4 St.Vincent/Grenadines
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