The first round of
CONCACAF matches for
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations to decide 31 of the 32 teams which would play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with Russia qualifying automatically as hosts. All 210 ...
was played between 22 and 31 March 2015.
Format
A total of 14 teams (teams ranked 22–35 in the
CONCACAF entrant list) played home-and-away over
two legs. The seven winners advanced to the
second round.
Seeding
The draw for the first round was held on 15 January 2015, 19:40
EST (
UTC−5), at the W Hotel at
Miami Beach, Florida, United States.
The seeding was based on the
FIFA World Rankings
The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Brazil . The teams of the men's member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the ...
of August 2014 (shown in parentheses).
The 14 teams were seeded into two pots:
*Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–7 (i.e., 22–28 in the
CONCACAF entrant list).
*Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 8–14 (i.e., 29–35 in the
CONCACAF entrant list).
Each tie contained a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, with the order of legs decided by draw.
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the
second round.
Matches
Bermuda
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won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the
second round against
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the ar ...
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Dominica won 3–2 on aggregate and advanced to the
second round against
British Virgin Islands
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Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate) ...
won 4–1 on aggregate and advanced to the
second round against
U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain ...
won 12–4 on aggregate and advanced to the
second round against
Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands (abbreviated TCI; and ) are a British Overseas Territory consisting of the larger Caicos Islands and smaller Turks Islands, two groups of tropical islands in the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean and n ...
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the countr ...
won 8–0 on aggregate and advanced to the
second round against
Anguilla
Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The terr ...
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1–1 on aggregate.
Belize
Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
won on the
away goals rule and advanced to the
second round against
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...
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Curaçao won 4–3 on aggregate and advanced to the
second round against
Montserrat.
Goalscorers
Notes
References
External links
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Qualifiers – North, Central America and Caribbean: Round 1 FIFA.com
World Cup Qualifying – Men CONCACAF.com
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