The North, Central America and Caribbean’s Preliminary Competition offers three and a half berths at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.
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Road to Russia
Round 1MAR 2015
14
The 14 lowest-ranked Participating Member Associations (PMAs), PMA Rank 22 through to PMA Rank 35 (based on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking of August 2014), will contest Round One.
AIAAnguilla
BAHBahamas
BERBermuda
BLZBelize
BRBBarbados
CAYCayman Islands
CUWCuracao
DMADominica
MSRMontserrat
NCANicaragua
SKNSt. Kitts and Nevis
TCATurks and Caicos Islands
VGBBritish Virgin Islands
VIRUS Virgin Islands
The 14 teams will be paired into 7 home-and-away series.
- 1
- BAHBahamas
- VS
- BERBermuda
- 2
- VGBBritish Virgin Islands
- VS
- DMADominica
- 3
- BRBBarbados
- VS
- VIRUS Virgin Islands
- 4
- SKNSt. Kitts and Nevis
- VS
- TCATurks and Caicos Islands
- 5
- NCANicaragua
- VS
- AIAAnguilla
- 6
- BLZBelize
- VS
- CAYCayman Islands
- 7
- CUWCuracao
- VS
- MSRMontserrat
Round 2JUN 2015
7+13
The 7 Round One winners will then join the 13 PMAs ranked 9 to 21 in Round Two.
ARUAruba
ATGAntigua and Barbuda- BERBermuda
- BLZBelize
- BRBBarbados
CANCanada
CUBCuba- CUWCuracao
- DMADominica
DOMDominican Republic
GRNGrenada
GUAGuatemala
GUYGuyana
LCASt. Lucia- NCANicaragua
PURPuerto Rico- SKNSt. Kitts and Nevis
SLVEl Salvador
SURSuriname
VINSt. Vincent / Grenadines
The 20 teams will be paired into 10 home-and-away series.
- 1
- VINSt. Vincent / Grenadines
- VS
- GUYGuyana
- 2
- ATGAntigua and Barbuda
- VS
- LCASt. Lucia
- 3
- PURPuerto Rico
- VS
- GRNGrenada
- 4
- DMADominica
- VS
- CANCanada
- 5
- DOMDominican Republic
- VS
- BLZBelize
- 6
- GUAGuatemala
- VS
- BERBermuda
- 7
- ARUAruba
- VS
- BRBBarbados
- 8
- SKNSt. Kitts and Nevis
- VS
- SLVEl Salvador
- 9
- CUWCuracao
- VS
- CUBCuba
- 10
- NCANicaragua
- VS
- SURSuriname
Round 3AUG 2015 - SEP 2015
10+2
The 10 Round Two winners will then join the 2 PMAs ranked seven and eight in Round Three.
- ARUAruba
- ATGAntigua and Barbuda
- BLZBelize
- CANCanada
- CUWCuracao
- GRNGrenada
- GUAGuatemala
HAIHaiti
JAMJamaica- NCANicaragua
- SLVEl Salvador
- VINSt. Vincent / Grenadines
The 12 teams will be paired into 6 home-and-away series.
- 1
- CUWCuracao
- VS
- SLVEl Salvador
- 2
- CANCanada
- VS
- BLZBelize
- 3
- GRNGrenada
- VS
- HAIHaiti
- 4
- JAMJamaica
- VS
- NCANicaragua
- 5
- VINSt. Vincent / Grenadines
- VS
- ARUAruba
- 6
- ATGAntigua and Barbuda
- VS
- GUAGuatemala
Round 4NOV 2015 - SEP 2016
6+6
The 6 teams qualifying from Round Three will then join the 6 PMAs ranked one to six in Round Four.
CRCCosta Rica
HONHonduras
MEXMexico
PANPanama
TRITrinidad and Tobago
USAUSA- SLVEl Salvador
- CANCanada
- HAIHaiti
- JAMJamaica
- VINSt. Vincent / Grenadines
- GUAGuatemala
The 12 teams will be drawn into three round-robin, home-and-away groups of four teams each.
Group A
- MEXMexico
- HONHonduras
- CANCanada
- SLVEl Salvador
Group B
- CRCCosta Rica
- PANPanama
- HAIHaiti
- JAMJamaica
Group C
- USAUSA
- GUAGuatemala
- TRITrinidad and Tobago
- VINSt. Vincent / Grenadines
Round 5NOV 2016 - OCT 2017
6
The 6 teams qualifying from Round Four will take part in Round Five.
- CRCCosta Rica
- HONHonduras
- MEXMexico
- PANPanama
- TRITrinidad and Tobago
- USAUSA
The 6 teams will be placed into one round-robin, home-and-away group of six teams.
- MEXMexico
- CRCCosta Rica
- PANPanama
- HONHonduras
- USAUSA
- TRITrinidad and Tobago
The top three placed teams will qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™.
Play-offNOV 2017
2
The 2 teams will be paired into 1 home-and-away series.
AUSAustralia- HONHonduras
The 2 PMAs participating in the CONCACAF-Asian Zone play-off will meet each other home and away.
- 1
- HONHonduras
- VS
- AUSAustralia
2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™
14 Jun - 15 Jul
3 + 0.5
The three teams qualified from Round 5 and the winners of the intercontinental play-off.
- CRCCosta Rica
- MEXMexico
- PANPanama
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