2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round

International football competition

The second round of CONCACAF matches of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification is expected to take place during the months of June 2024 and June 2025.

Format

As Canada, Mexico, and the United States qualified for the final tournament as hosts, they will not take part in the qualification tournament. Thirty teams – the top twenty-eight from the December 2023 FIFA World Ranking and the two first round winners – were drawn into six groups of five teams each, and each team will play each other team in their group once with two home matches and two away matches (one-off matches each). The winners and runners-up from each group will advance to the third round.[1]

Seeding

The draw took place on 25 January 2024 in Zürich, Switzerland.[2] Teams were seeded based on the FIFA Men's World Ranking of December 2023 (shown in parentheses).[3]

From the December 2023 FIFA Men's World Ranking[4]
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  1.  Panama (41)
  2.  Costa Rica (52)
  3.  Jamaica (55)
  4.  Honduras (76)
  5.  El Salvador (78)
  6.  Haiti (89)
  1.  Saint Kitts and Nevis (147)
  2.  Dominican Republic (151)
  3.  Guyana (157)
  4.  Puerto Rico (160)
  5.  Saint Lucia (167)
  6.  Cuba (169)
Pot 4 Pot 5
  1.  Bermuda (171)
  2.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (173)
  3.  Grenada (174)
  4.  Montserrat (176)
  5.  Barbados (178)
  6.  Dominica (180)
  1.  Belize (182)
  2.  Aruba (193)
  3.  Cayman Islands (197)
  4.  Bahamas (202)
  5.  British Virgin Islands (207)[a]
  6.  Anguilla (209)[a]
  1. ^ a b Winners of the first round, whose identities were not known at the time of the draw

Schedule

The fixtures were predetermined based on the pots that the teams were drawn from.[3] CONCACAF confirmed the match dates on 29 January 2024, with fixtures to be played from 5–11 June 2024 and 4–10 June 2025.[5]

Match Date
2 v 4 5 June 2024
1 v 3 6 June 2024
5 v 2 8 June 2024
4 v 1 9 June 2024
3 v 5 11 June 2024
4 v 5 4 June 2025
2 v 3 6 June 2025
5 v 1 7 June 2025
3 v 4 10 June 2025
1 v 2

Groups

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Honduras Cuba Cayman Islands Antigua and Barbuda Bermuda
1  Honduras 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 6 Advance to third round — 3–1 — 10 Jun '25 —
2  Cuba 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3 — — 3–0[a] — 10 Jun '25
3  Cayman Islands 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3 7 Jun '25 — — 1–0 —
4  Antigua and Barbuda 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 — 6 Jun '25 — — 1–1
5  Bermuda 2 0 1 1 2 7 −5 1 1–6 — 4 Jun '25 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Cuba were awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit, due to visa issues from the Cayman Islands team.[6]
Antigua and Barbuda 1–1 Bermuda
  • Deterville 26'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
  • Ming 90'
ABFA Technical Centre, Piggotts
Attendance: 404
Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
Honduras 3–1 Cuba
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 10,111
Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)
Cayman Islands 1–0 Antigua and Barbuda
  • Campbell 90+1'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 453
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)
Bermuda 1–6 Honduras
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Karen Hernández Andrade (Mexico)
Cuba 3–0
Awarded[note 2]		 Cayman Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Bermuda v Cayman Islands
Report
Antigua and Barbuda v Cuba
Report
Cayman Islands v Honduras
Report
Cuba v Bermuda
Report
Honduras v Antigua and Barbuda
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Costa Rica Trinidad and Tobago Saint Kitts and Nevis Grenada The Bahamas
1  Costa Rica 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Advance to third round — 10 Jun '25 4–0 — —
2  Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 1 0 9 3 +6 4 — — 6 Jun '25 2–2 —
3  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3 — — — 10 Jun '25 1–0
4  Grenada 2 0 1 1 2 5 −3 1 0–3 — — — 4 Jun '25
5  Bahamas 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0 7 Jun '25 1–7 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 Grenada
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Costa Rica 4–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 5,150
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
Bahamas 1–7 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
  • Shaw 6', 66'
  • Jones 14' (pen.)
  • Muckette 43', 45+1'
  • Moore 56'
  • James 84'
SKNFA Technical Center, Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Attendance: 165
Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava (Mexico)
Grenada 0–3 Costa Rica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 2,780
Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1–0 Bahamas
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Grenada v Bahamas
Report
Trinidad and Tobago v Saint Kitts and Nevis
Report
Bahamas v Costa Rica
Report
Saint Kitts and Nevis v Grenada
Report
Costa Rica v Trinidad and Tobago
Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Curaçao Haiti Saint Lucia Aruba Barbados
1  Curaçao 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to third round — — 6 Jun '25 — 4–1
2  Haiti 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 10 Jun '25 — 2–1 — —
3  Saint Lucia 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1 — — — 2–2 10 Jun '25
4  Aruba 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1 0–2 7 Jun '25 — — —
5  Barbados 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0 — 1–3 — 4 Jun '25 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Curaçao 4–1 Barbados
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Haiti 2–1 Saint Lucia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Wildey Turf, Wildey (Barbados)
Attendance: 88
Aruba 0–2 Curaçao
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Barbados 1–3 Haiti
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
Saint Lucia 2–2 Aruba
  • Stanislas 45+2'
  • Pearson 66'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
  • Bennett 22'
  • Marselia 43'
Wildey Turf, Wildey (Barbados)
Attendance: 42
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)
Barbados v Aruba
Report
Curaçao v Saint Lucia
Report
Aruba v Haiti
Report
Saint Lucia v Barbados
Report
Haiti v Curaçao
Report

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Nicaragua Panama Guyana Montserrat Belize
1  Nicaragua 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Advance to third round — — 6 Jun '25 4–1 —
2  Panama 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 10 Jun '25 — 2–0 — —
3  Guyana 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 — — — 10 Jun '25 3–1
4  Montserrat 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0 — 1–3 — — 4 Jun '25
5  Belize 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0 0–4 7 Jun '25 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Nicaragua 4–1 Montserrat
  • Moreno 3'
  • Arteaga 23'
  • Montes 69'
  • Medina 90+3'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 14,320
Panama 2–0 Guyana
  • Martínez 62'
  • Rodríguez 65'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 8,575
Referee: Filiberto Martinez (El Salvador)
Belize 0–4 Nicaragua
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
  • Hernandez 40', 65'
  • Barrera 56'
  • Moreno 89'
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Montserrat 1–3 Panama
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
  • Welch 41'
  • Fajardo 62'
  • Rodríguez 71'
Attendance: 155
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Guyana 3–1 Belize
  • Moore 66', 72'
  • Gordon 67'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Wildey Turf, Wildey (Barbados)
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Montserrat v Belize
Report
Nicaragua v Guyana
Report
Belize v Panama
Report
Guyana v Montserrat
Report
Panama v Nicaragua
Report

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Guatemala Jamaica Dominican Republic Dominica British Virgin Islands
1  Guatemala 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Advance to third round — — 6 Jun '25 6–0 —
2  Jamaica 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 10 Jun '25 — 1–0 — —
3  Dominican Republic 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3 — — — 10 Jun '25 4–0
4  Dominica 2 0 0 2 2 9 −7 0 — 2–3 — — 4 Jun '25
5  British Virgin Islands 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0 0–3 7 Jun '25 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Guatemala 6–0 Dominica
  • Galindo 4', 48'
  • Yanes 27'
  • Rubin 58'
  • Martínez 78'
  • Morales 83'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 18,313
Referee: Víctor Cáceres Hernández (Mexico)
Jamaica 1–0 Dominican Republic
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Independence Park, Kingston
Attendance: 9,266
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
British Virgin Islands 0–3 Guatemala
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Dominica 2–3 Jamaica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Windsor Park, Roseau
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)
Dominican Republic 4–0 British Virgin Islands
  • Núñez 2', 31'
  • Romero 15' (pen.), 90+3'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
Dominica v British Virgin Islands
Report
Guatemala v Dominican Republic
Report
British Virgin Islands v Jamaica
Report
Dominican Republic v Dominica
Report
Jamaica v Guatemala
Report

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Suriname Puerto Rico El Salvador Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Anguilla
1  Suriname 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Advance to third round — 6 Jun '25 — 4–1 —
2  Puerto Rico 2 1 1 0 8 0 +8 4 — — — 10 Jun '25 8–0
3  El Salvador 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4 10 Jun '25 0–0 — — —
4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0 — — 1–3 — 4 Jun '25
5  Anguilla 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0 0–4 — 7 Jun '25 — —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2024. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Suriname 4–1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,220
Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)
El Salvador 0–0 Puerto Rico
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Anguilla 0–4 Suriname
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–3 El Salvador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Shavin Greene (Guyana)
Puerto Rico 8–0 Anguilla
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines v Anguilla
Report
Suriname v Puerto Rico
Report
Anguilla v El Salvador
Report
Puerto Rico v Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Report
El Salvador v Suriname
Report

Goalscorers

There have been 111 goals scored in 29 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match (as of 11 June 2024).

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Anguilla Steven Austin (against Suriname)

Notes

  1. ^ Postponed from originally scheduled start time of 15:30 UTC−5.
  2. ^ Cuba were awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit, due to visa issues from the Cayman Islands team[6]

References

  1. ^ "FIFA announces draw details for Concacaf FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers". CONCACAF. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Draw reveals groups for second round of Concacaf World Cup Qualifiers". CONCACAF. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Draw Procedures for the CONCACAF Preliminary Draw for the FIFA World Cup 26" (PDF). FIFA. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ "FIFA Men's Ranking – December 2023". FIFA. 21 December 2023.
  5. ^ "CONCACAF announces schedule for first two rounds of CONCACAF Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2026". CONCACAF. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Cayman forfeits Cuba game after first match win in WC". Cayman News. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

External links

  • Official FIFA World Cup website