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was played from 13 November 2015 to 6 September 2016.

Format

A total of 12 teams (teams ranked 1 to 6 in the CONCACAF entrant list and 6

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winners) were divided into three groups of four teams each. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of six matches per team. The top two teams of each group (three group winners and three runners-up) advanced to the

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(also called the 'Hexagonal' or 'Hex').

Seeding

The draw for the fourth round was held as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Preliminary Draw on 25 July 2015, starting 18:00 MSK (

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), at the Konstantinovsky Palace in

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, Russia. The seeding was based on the

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of August 2014 (shown in parentheses). The six direct qualifiers are seeded into two pots: *Pot 1 contains the teams ranked 1–3. *Pot 2 contains the teams ranked 4–6. Each group contained a team from Pot 1, a team from Pot 2, and two

winners which were automatically allocated into each group (series winners 1 and 2 into Group A, series winners 3 and 4 into Group B, series winners 5 and 6 into Group C). As the draw was held before the third round was played, the identities of the third round winners were not known at the time of the draw. The fixtures of each group were automatically decided based on the respective pot or series won of each team. Note: Bolded teams qualified for the

Groups

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Goalscorers

References

External links

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Qualifiers – North, Central America and Caribbean: Round 4
FIFA.com
World Cup Qualifying – Men
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