In the

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Fourth Round of

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for the

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, the

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, and

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

finished in the top three places and qualified directly for the 2014 World Cup.

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finished in fourth place and defeated

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in the CONCACAF – OFC play-off to gain a spot in the World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place ahead of

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after the United States scored two goals against Panama in stoppage time in the final match of qualifying; had Panama retained its 2–1 lead, they would have finished in fourth place and eliminated Mexico on goals scored, who had qualified for the previous five World Cups.

Format

The fourth round saw the three group winners and the three group runners-up from the

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compete in a single group of six teams. This stage is referred to as the ''Hexagonal'' or ''Hex'', and has been used by CONCACAF to determine its World Cup finals entrants since the qualification tournament for the

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. The matches were played from 6 February to 15 October 2013. The top three teams advanced to the World Cup finals tournament in Brazil, and the fourth-placed team advanced to a

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against

, the winner of the

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qualifiers.

Qualified teams

The qualifiers for this round were determined by 16 October 2012.

Standings

Matches

The representative from the six national associations met together on 19 October 2012, but could not agree on the schedule for the fourth round. The draw for the fixtures was conducted by CONCACAF and FIFA on 7 November 2012, in

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Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 30 games, for an average of 2.1 goals per game. ;4 goals *

Jerry Bengtson Jerry Ricardo Bengtson Bodden (born 8 April 1987) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Olimpia and the Honduras national team. Club career Vida On 12 August 2007, Bengtson made his official debut for C.D.S. ...

Carlo Costly Carlo Yaír Costly Molina (; born 18 July 1982) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga de Ascenso club Lone FC. Prior to moving to Europe, he played with Platense, where he was the top scorer of the Honduras A ...

Jozy Altidore Josmer Volmy "Jozy" Altidore ( ; born November 6, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution. Altidore made his professional debut in 2006, at the age of 16, with ...

;3 goals *

Clint Dempsey Clinton Drew Dempsey (; born March 9, 1983) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward and midfielder. During his career, he played in the Premier League for Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur and in Major League Soccer ...

Oribe Peralta Oribe Peralta Morones (born 12 January 1984) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Peralta began his professional career with Morelia in 2003. He later played for León and Monter ...

Bryan Ruiz Bryan Jafet Ruiz González (; born 18 August 1985) is a Costa Rican former footballer. A left-footed attacking midfielder, he also played as a second striker. Ruiz is the only Central American footballer to have played in the UEFA Champions L ...

Luis Tejada Luis Carlos "Matador" Tejada Hansell (born 28 March 1982) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Molinos El Pirata. Club career Tejada's debut in professional soccer was with Tauro in the local league, where he man ...

;2 goals *

Celso Borges Celso Borges Mora (born 27 May 1988), is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Liga FPD club Alajuelense and the Costa Rica national team. Early years His father is Alexandre Guimarães, Brazilian-born, Co ...

Álvaro Saborío Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón (; born 25 March 1982) is a Costa Rican professional footballer, who plays as a forward and captains Costa Rican club San Carlos from the Primera División de Costa Rica. Saborío originally retired in 2017, bu ...

Javier Hernández Javier Hernández Balcázar (; born 1 June 1988), commonly known by the nickname Chicharito (, Mexican Spanish: ''little pea''), is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. He is known ...

Luis Henríquez Luis Alfonso Henríquez Ledezma (born 23 November 1981 in Panama City) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Szturm Junikowo Poznań. Club career Nicknamed ''Coco'', Henríquez played for Sporting '89 and Árabe ...

Gabriel Torres Gabriel Arturo Torres Tejada (born 31 October 1988) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays for Deportes Antofagasta and the Panama national team. Career Club He was widely regarded as the top prospect from Panama and in 2007 he t ...

* Eddie Johnson *

Graham Zusi Graham Jonathan Zusi (; born August 18, 1986) is an American professional soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder or defender for Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City. From 2012 to 2017, Zusi represented the United States na ...

;1 goal *

Jhonny Acosta Jhonny Acosta Zamora (born 21 July 1983) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Costa Rica national team. Club career Acosta made his professional debut for Santos de Guápiles in the 2004/05 season and left ...

Randall Brenes Randall Brenes Moya , in Norway known as «Ragnar Bremnes» (born 13 August 1983) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer, who played most of his career as a striker for Cartaginés, rom which is currently the second historical goal ...

* Diego Calvo *

Joel Campbell Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels (; born 26 June 1992) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Liga MX club León and the Costa Rica national team. Campbell joined Arsenal in 2011 and was thereafter l ...

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Michael Umaña Míchael Umaña Corrales (born 16 July 1982) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who last played as a defender for Comunicaciones in the Liga Nacional. He represented the Costa Rica national team. Club career Early career Born in Sant ...

Maynor Figueroa Maynor Alexis Figueroa Róchez (born 2 May 1983) is a Honduran professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He is best known for his time at Wigan Athletic, where he made 179 Premier League appearances and won the 2013 FA Cup. Figueroa ...

* Juan Carlos García * Óscar García *

Wilson Palacios Wilson Roberto Palacios Suazo (; born 29 July 1984) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Born in La Ceiba, he played for Victoria and Olimpia in Honduras before moving to England, where he played ...

* Roger Rojas *

Jermaine Anderson Jermaine Anderson may refer to: * Jermaine Anderson (basketball) (born 1983), Canadian basketball player * Jermaine Anderson (English footballer) (born 1996) * Jermaine Anderson (Jamaican footballer) Jermaine "Tuffy" Anderson (born 22, February ...

Rodolph Austin Rodolph William Austin (born 1 June 1985) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is renowned as a tough tackling central midfielder who can play in attacking and central midfield as well as a central defender. He b ...

Jermaine Beckford Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford (born 9 December 1983) is an English Football pundit and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He began his career as a trainee at Chelsea, and played for Wealdstone, Uxbridge, Leeds United, ...

* Marvin Elliott *

Raúl Jiménez Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez (; born 5 May 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Mexico national team. Jiménez began his career in Club América's youth system before ...

Aldo de Nigris Jesus Aldo de Nigris Guajardo (born 22 July 1983) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker, who is the current assistant manager of Liga MX club Monterrey. Club career He started his career at the youth divisions ...

Roberto Chen Roberto Leandro Chen Rodríguez (born 24 May 1994) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Salvadoran club FAS. He is also capable of playing on the right side and is good with the ball at his feet. Club ca ...

Blas Pérez Blas Antonio Pérez Ortega (born 13 March 1981) is a Panamanian footballer who plays as a forward for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League. Club career Pérez began his career in his native Panama with Panamá Viejo. He made ...

Román Torres Román Aureliano Torres Morcillo (; born 20 March 1986) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Dallas Sidekicks in the Major Arena Soccer League, and the Panama national team. He represented the Panama nat ...

Landon Donovan Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player. Donovan is also the co-founder and vice-president of soccer operations for USL Championship side San Diego Loyal SC, and serves as strategic advisor fo ...

Brad Evans Bradley Ray Evans (born April 20, 1985) is an American retired professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. Born in Phoenix, Evans was drafted out of University of California, Irvine in the second round of the 2007 MLS SuperDraft by ...

* Aron Jóhannsson * Michael Orozco ;1 own goal * Jorge Claros (against Jamaica)

Notes

References

External links

Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)Results and schedule (CONCACAF.com version)
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