2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF fourth round

In the CONCACAF fourth round of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the United States, Costa Rica, and Honduras finished in the top three places and qualified directly for the 2014 World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place and defeated New Zealand in the CONCACAF – OFC play-off to gain a spot in the World Cup. Mexico finished in fourth place ahead of Panama 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.[1]

Format

The fourth round saw the three group winners and the three group runners-up from the third round compete in a single group of six teams.[2] 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 1998 FIFA World Cup.

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 play-off against New Zealand, the winner of the Oceania qualifiers.

Qualified teams

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

Group A Group B Group C

 United States
 Jamaica

 Mexico
 Costa Rica

 Honduras
 Panama

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 10 7 1 2 15 8 +7 22 Qualification to 2014 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–0
2  Costa Rica 10 5 3 2 13 7 +6 18 3–1 — 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
3  Honduras 10 4 3 3 13 12 +1 15 2–1 1–0 — 2–2 2–2 2–0
4  Mexico 10 2 5 3 7 9 −2 11 Advance to inter-confederation play-offs 0–0 0–0 1–2 — 2–1 0–0
5  Panama 10 1 5 4 10 14 −4 8 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 — 0–0
6  Jamaica 10 0 5 5 5 13 −8 5 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 —
Source: [3]

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.[4] The draw for the fixtures was conducted by CONCACAF and FIFA on 7 November 2012, in Miami Beach, Florida.[5][6]

Honduras 2–1 United States
J. García 40'
Bengtson 79'		 Report Dempsey 36'
Attendance: 32,000
Panama 2–2 Costa Rica
Henríquez 15'
R. Torres 27'		 Report Saborío 39'
Ruiz 84'
Attendance: 25,000
Mexico 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 43,002
Honduras 2–2 Mexico
Costly 77'
Bengtson 80'		 Report Hernández 28', 54'
Attendance: 38,500
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Jamaica 1–1 Panama
Elliott 23' Report Henríquez 66'
Attendance: 25,000
Costa Rica 2–0 Jamaica
Umaña 22'
Calvo 82'		 Report
Attendance: 32,427
Panama 2–0 Honduras
Tejada 1'
Pérez 74'		 Report
Attendance: 18,253
Mexico 0–0 United States
Report
Attendance: 85,500
Jamaica 0–1 Mexico
Report De Nigris 48'
Attendance: 16,483
Jamaica 1–2 United States
Beckford 89' Report Altidore 30'
Evans 90+2'
Attendance: 12,130
Panama 0–0 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 27,100
Costa Rica 1–0 Honduras
Miller 25' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Mexico 0–0 Costa Rica
Report
Attendance: 65,753
Honduras 2–0 Jamaica
O. García 10'
Rojas 88'		 Report
Attendance: 29,000
United States 2–0 Panama
Altidore 36'
E. Johnson 53'		 Report
Attendance: 40,847
United States 1–0 Honduras
Altidore 73' Report
Attendance: 20,250
Costa Rica 2–0 Panama
Ruiz 49'
Borges 52'		 Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Mexico 1–2 Honduras
Peralta 6' Report Bengtson 63'
Costly 66'
Attendance: 73,981
Costa Rica 3–1 United States
Acosta 2'
Borges 9'
Campbell 75'		 Report Dempsey 43' (pen.)
Attendance: 35,000
Panama 0–0 Jamaica
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Jamaica 1–1 Costa Rica
Anderson 90+2' Report Brenes 74'
Attendance: 6,100
United States 2–0 Mexico
E. Johnson 49'
Donovan 78'		 Report
Attendance: 24,584
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Honduras 2–2 Panama
Costly 28'
Palacios 62'		 Report G. Torres 50'
Chen 90+1'
Attendance: 26,582
United States 2–0 Jamaica
Zusi 77'
Altidore 81'		 Report
Attendance: 18,467
Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)
Mexico 2–1 Panama
Peralta 39'
Jiménez 85'		 Report Tejada 81'
Attendance: 90,758
Costa Rica 2–1 Mexico
Ruiz 24'
Saborío 63'		 Report Peralta 28'
Attendance: 35,000
Jamaica 2–2 Honduras
Claros 3' (o.g.)
Austin 59' (pen.)		 Report Costly 2'
Figueroa 32'
Attendance: 6,000
Panama 2–3 United States
G. Torres 18'
Tejada 83'		 Report Orozco 64'
Zusi 90+2'
Jóhannsson 90+3'
Attendance: 18,254
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.1 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ The fixture Jamaica v Mexico on 18 June was moved to 4 June to allow Mexico to participate in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup.[6]

References

  1. ^ Steven Goff (16 October 2013). "Wild finish to CONCACAF World Cup qualifying: U.S. late goals at Panama rescue Mexico". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil – Preliminary Competition Format and Draw Procedure – North, Central and Caribbean Zone" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2011.
  3. ^ "FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) 2014, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Draw to decide CONCACAF hexagonal schedule". CONCACAF.com. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  5. ^ "CONCACAF to Hold Draw for the Hexagonal Round of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers". CONCACAF.com. 5 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Hexagonal fixtures confirmed in CONCACAF". FIFA.com. 8 November 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
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