Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup

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rounds for the North, Central American and Caribbean zone (

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). A total of 24 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 2.25 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. The

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, as hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 1.25 spot open for competition between 22 teams, because

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(Caribbean group) withdrew before playing. There would be three rounds of play.

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and

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received byes and advanced to the second round directly. The remaining 20 teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical considerations, as follows: *Caribbean Zone: The 14 teams played in knockout matches on a home-and-away basis to determine three winners advancing to the second round. *Central American Zone: The six teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the second round. In the second round, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. They played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the final round. In the final round, the four teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would qualify. The runner-up would advance to the CONCACAF–OFC intercontinental play-off.

Caribbean Zone

First preliminary round

Puerto Rico advanced to the second preliminary round, 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines advanced to the second preliminary round, 3–2 on aggregate.

Second preliminary round

2–2 on aggregate. Bermuda advanced to the first round on

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. ---- Jamaica advanced to the first round, 3–1 on aggregate. ---- Antigua and Barbuda advanced to the first round, 4–1 on aggregate. ---- Suriname advanced to the first round, 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the first round, 5–1 on aggregate. ---- Cuba withdrew, so Saint Vincent and the Grenadines advanced to the first round automatically.

First round

Bermuda advanced to the second round, 5–1 on aggregate. ---- Jamaica advanced to the second round, 3–2 on aggregate. ---- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines advanced to the second round, 2–1 on aggregate.

Central American Zone

First round

Honduras advanced to the second round, 2–0 on aggregate. ---- El Salvador advanced to the second round, 10–1 on aggregate. ---- Costa Rica advanced to the second round, 5–2 on aggregate.

Second round

Group A

Mexico and Honduras advanced to the final round. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Group B

El Salvador and Canada advanced to the final round. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Final round

Mexico qualified. Canada advanced to the CONCACAF–OFC play-off. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Inter-confederation play-offs

Qualified teams

The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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* Francisco Uribe ;6 goals * Alex Bunbury *

Mágico González Jorge Alberto González Barillas (born 13 March 1958), popularly known as ''El Mágico'' (The Magical One), is a Salvadoran former footballer who played mainly as a forward. At the club level, he played mainly for FAS and Spain's Cádiz in a ...

* Óscar Ulloa ;5 goals * Juan Flores Madariaga * César Obando ;4 goals *

John Catliff John Terrence Catliff (born 8 January 1965) is a Canadian former professional soccer player, who played as a striker. He retired ranked second all-time on the Canadian national team with 18 international "A" goals between 1984 and 1994. In 20 ...

* Javier Astua *

Carlos Castro Borja Carlos Alfonso Castro Borja (born August 1, 1967) is a retired Salvadoran football player. His position was defender. Club career In 1985, he became part of Destroyer in the B League and in 1986 made his Premier League debut with ADET and t ...

* Hector Wright *

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Carlos Hermosillo Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortúa (born 24 August 1964) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also known as ''El Grandote de Cerro Azul'' ("The big tall one from Cerro Azul"). He is the fifth all-time le ...

;3 goals * Derrick Edwards * Dale Mitchell *

Domenic Mobilio Domenic Mobilio (January 14, 1969 – November 13, 2004) was a Canadian professional soccer player who played as a striker. Club career Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mobilio was a long-time member of the Vancouver 86ers turned Vancouv ...

* Milton Meléndez *

Eduardo Bennett José Eduardo Bennett (born 11 September 1968, in La Ceiba) is a Honduran former footballer. He is currently manager of UPNFM. Club career Born in La Ceiba, Bennett played in the youth teams of local side Victoria and moved to Tegucigalpa aged ...

* Richardson Smith * Nicolás Suazo * Paul Davis *

Marcelino Bernal Marcelino Bernal Pérez (born 27 May 1962) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career A talented all-around midfielder, able to win possession effectively as well as score goals, Bernal spent most of his ...

* Luis Flores * Alberto Garcia Aspe * Ramón Ramírez ;2 goals * Kentoine Jennings * Colin Miller * Juan Carlos Arguedas *

Luis Diego Arnáez Luis Diego Arnáez Villegas (born 6 November 1967) is a retired Costa Rican football player who is currently manager of Municipal Grecia. Club career A midfielder, Arnáez made his professional debut on 2 August 1987 for Puntarenas against ...

* Austin Berry * Óscar Ramírez * Richard Smith *

Dinardo Rodríguez Dinardo Alexis Rodríguez Bueno (born 8 June 1968) is a Dominican retired football striker, who was the scorer of the first ever Dominican goal in World Cup qualification. Club career Born in Monte Cristi, Rodríguez moved to Santo Domingo ag ...

Mauricio Cienfuegos José Mauricio Cienfuegos (born 12 February 1968) is a Salvadoran former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Cienfuegos began his professional career in 1985 with Racing Junior. He played the next two seaso ...

Raúl Díaz Arce Raúl Díaz Arce (born February 1, 1970 in San Miguel, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is El Salvador's most prolific goal scorer, with 39 goals in just 68 appearances. Playing career 1 ...

Guillermo Rivera José Guillermo Rivera Escobar (born November 25, 1969) is a retired Salvadoran professional football player. Club career Nicknamed ''Memo'', Rivera came through the youth ranks at FAS, where he would stay for over a decade and win two lea ...

* Charlie Eliezar * Ignacio Ambríz * Hugo Sanchez *

Claudio Suárez Claudio Suárez Sánchez (; born 17 December 1968) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Nicknamed ''El Emperador'' (The Emperor). Club career Born in Texcoco, State of Mexico and nicknamed ''El Emperador' ...

* José Manuel de la Torre * Zague *

Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include: *Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer) *Víctor Cabrera (Chilean footballer) * Víctor Hugo Cabrera ...

* Earl Jean *

Curtis Joseph Curtis Shayne Joseph (né Munro; born April 29, 1967) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player. Nicknamed "Cujo", Joseph was immediately recognizable on the ice for his masks featuring a snarling dog, drawing inspiration fro ...

Hutson Charles Hutson Brent Charles (born 16 September 1965) is a Trinidadian retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Charles is also known as "Baba". As a player, he represented Defence Force. Charles participated in Trinidad's 1990, 1994 and 1998 FIF ...

;1 goal * Quentin Clarke * Luke Ivor *

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* Paul Cann *

Kyle Lightbourne Kyle Lavince Lightbourne (born 29 September 1968) is a Bermudian professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward for Scarborough F.C., Scarborough, Walsall F.C., Walsall, Coventry City F.C., ...

* Neil Paynter * Sammy Swan * Kenneth Thompson *

Geoff Aunger Geoffrey "Geoff" Edward Ramer Aunger (born 4 February 1968 in Red Deer, Alberta) is a former Canadian soccer player. He played in various Canadian leagues and the lower tiers of the English leagues system before playing in the United States in ...

Lyndon Hooper Lyndon Hooper (born May 30, 1966) is a Canadian former professional soccer player and former assistant coach of the Toronto Lynx soccer team of the United Soccer Leagues First Division. He was a prominent Canadian international. Club career ...

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* Rónald González Brenes *

Hernán Medford Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan ( , ; born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican former Association football, football player and coach. Highly regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Central American football, Medford achieved su ...

Miguel Estrada Miguel Angel Estrada Castañeda (born September 25, 1961) is a Honduran-American attorney who became embroiled in controversy following his 2001 nomination by President George W. Bush to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Colu ...

William Renderos Iraheta William Alexander Renderos Iraheta (born 3 October 1971) is a former Salvadoran professional footballer and currently manager. Club career Renderos started his professional football career at FAS where he would stay for twelve years, except ...

* Julio Palacios Lozano *

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* Antonhy Stanton * Marco Antonio Anariba * Eugenio Dolmo Flores *

Alex Pineda Chacón Alex Mauricio Pineda Chacón (born 19 December 1969 in Santa Cruz de Yojoa) is a retired Honduran footballer. Professional career Chacón spent most of his career with Club Olimpia of Honduras, joining the side in 1988, and leading the team ...

* Antonio Zelaya *

Winston Anglin Winston Anglin (27 August 1962 – 5 September 2004) was a Jamaican international football player. Club career Nicknamed ''Twinny Bug'' he played for local sides Wadadah F.C., Waterhouse F.C. and Village United F.C. He was one of the islan ...

* Ricardo Hyde * Peter Isaacs *

Roderick Reid Roderick Reid (born 10 January 1970) is a former Jamaican international footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, ...

* Linnal Wilson *

Francisco Javier Cruz Francisco Javier Cruz Jiménez (born 24 May 1966) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played for Monterrey and Tigres UANL, becoming one of the few players to be successful in both professional teams from Monterrey. He is nicknamed ...

* Giovanni Regales * César Rostrán *

Ramiro Borja Ramiro Borja is a retired Ecuadorean-American soccer player. He played professionally in the MISL I, Major Indoor Soccer League, American Indoor Soccer Association and American Professional Soccer League. Borja, brother of Chico Borja, attended ...

* Andre Espinoza *

Marcos Lugris Mark 'Marcos' Lugris (born January 1, 1962) is a former Puerto Rican football player. He played his professional club football mostly in the United States. He represented Puerto Rico in the 1990-94-98 FIFA World Cup Qualifying .Lugris was captain ...

* Franco Paonessa *

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* Francis Dupont * Rodney Jack *

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* Eric Godlieb * Marciano Leyman * Stanley Samson * Brian Haynes *

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* Kerry Jamerson *

Russell Latapy Russell Nigel Latapy CM (born 2 August 1968) is a Trinidadian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and is currently the assistant coach of Macarthur. In a senior career which spanned more than twenty years at b ...

Leonson Lewis Leonson Edward Jeffrey Lewis (born 30 December 1966 in Port of Spain) is a Trinidad and Tobago retired footballer who played as a striker. External links * * *Trinidad and Tobago – Record International Players at RSSSF The Rec.Sport.Soccer ...

;1 own goal *

Nick Dasovic Nick Robert Dasovic (born December 5, 1968) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He began his career with Croatian club HNK Segesta in 1988, followed by short stints at NK Dinamo Zagreb and NK Zagreb. He ...

(playing against

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) * Dangelo Bautista (playing against

) * Richardson Smith (playing against

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