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01-04-2008, 11:02 AM
FIFA World Cup 2010 - North, Central America, and the Caribbean (CONCACAF)
There will be two preliminary rounds (with first matches to be played on February 6, 2008 which will reduce the 35 entrants to 24 and then 12, this will be followed by 3 semifinal groups of 4 (likely to occur in the second half of 2008). The top two in each semifinal group will advance to a final 6-team group (timeframe of all of 2009). The top 3 teams from the final group will qualify for the. The 4th place team will compete in a home-and-home playoff against the fifth-place team from CONMEBOL. Those ranked #14 to #35 represent the 22 Stage One teams.
Group 1:
1A:
Dominica vs. Barbados
USA vs. winner
1B:
Turks and Caicos vs. St. Lucia
Guatemala vs. winner
1C:
Bermuda vs. Cayman Islands
T&T vs. winner
1D:
Aruba vs. Antigua and Barbuda
winner vs. Cuba
Group 2:
2A:
Belize vs. St. Kitts and Nevis
winner vs. Mexico
2B:
Bahamas vs. British Virgin Islands
Jamaica vs. winner
2C:
Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico
Honduras vs. winner
2D:
Canada vs. St. Vincent's and the Grenadines
Group 3:
3A:
US Virgin Islands vs. Grenada
winner vs. Costa Rica
3B:
Suriname vs. Montserrat
Winner vs. Guyana
3C:
El Salvador vs. Anguilla
Panama vs. winner
3D:
Nicaragua vs. Netherlands Antilles
Haiti vs. winner
First leg is on 6th of Feb and the second leg will be 26th of March.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/ (http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/index.html)
There will be two preliminary rounds (with first matches to be played on February 6, 2008 which will reduce the 35 entrants to 24 and then 12, this will be followed by 3 semifinal groups of 4 (likely to occur in the second half of 2008). The top two in each semifinal group will advance to a final 6-team group (timeframe of all of 2009). The top 3 teams from the final group will qualify for the. The 4th place team will compete in a home-and-home playoff against the fifth-place team from CONMEBOL. Those ranked #14 to #35 represent the 22 Stage One teams.
Group 1:
1A:
Dominica vs. Barbados
USA vs. winner
1B:
Turks and Caicos vs. St. Lucia
Guatemala vs. winner
1C:
Bermuda vs. Cayman Islands
T&T vs. winner
1D:
Aruba vs. Antigua and Barbuda
winner vs. Cuba
Group 2:
2A:
Belize vs. St. Kitts and Nevis
winner vs. Mexico
2B:
Bahamas vs. British Virgin Islands
Jamaica vs. winner
2C:
Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico
Honduras vs. winner
2D:
Canada vs. St. Vincent's and the Grenadines
Group 3:
3A:
US Virgin Islands vs. Grenada
winner vs. Costa Rica
3B:
Suriname vs. Montserrat
Winner vs. Guyana
3C:
El Salvador vs. Anguilla
Panama vs. winner
3D:
Nicaragua vs. Netherlands Antilles
Haiti vs. winner
First leg is on 6th of Feb and the second leg will be 26th of March.
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/ (http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/nccamerica/matches/index.html)