2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF second round
Tournament details
Dates5 June 2024 – 10 June 2025
Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored216 (3.66 per match)
Attendance285,997 (4,847 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gervane Kastaneer
Oalex Anderson
(5 goals each)
← 2022
2030 →

The second round of CONCACAF matches of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification took 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 did 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 played 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 advanced 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
Pot 4 Pot 5
  1. ^ a b Winners of the first round, whose identities were not known at the time of the draw

Note: Bold indicates team advancing to the third round.

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
1  Honduras 4 4 0 0 12 2 +10 12 Advance to third round — — 3–1 — 2–0
2  Bermuda 4 2 1 1 9 8 +1 7 1–6 — — 5–0 —
3  Cuba 4 2 0 2 6 5 +1 6 — 1–2 — 3–0[a] —
4  Cayman Islands 4 1 0 3 1 9 −8 3 0–1 — — — 1–0
5  Antigua and Barbuda 4 0 1 3 1 5 −4 1 — 1–1 0–1 — —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ Cuba were awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit after Cayman Islands were prevented from traveling to Cuba by visa issues stemming from the United States government's restrictions on travel to Cuba.[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)		 Reyes 23'
Attendance: 10,111
Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)
Cayman Islands 1–0 Antigua and Barbuda
Campbell 90+1' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 637
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)
Bermuda 1–6 Honduras
Lewis 45+4' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico)
Cuba 3–0
Awarded[note 2]		 Cayman Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)
Bermuda 5–0 Cayman Islands
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)
Antigua and Barbuda 0–1 Cuba
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Bravo 45+8'
ABFA Technical Centre, Piggotts
Attendance: 428
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Cayman Islands 0–1 Honduras
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Robinson 86' (o.g.)
Referee: Adonis Carrasco (Dominican Republic)
Cuba 1–2 Bermuda
Aguirre 58' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Estadio Antonio Maceo, Santiago de Cuba
Attendance: 3,600
Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)
Honduras 2–0 Antigua and Barbuda
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 7,905
Referee: Waldir García (El Salvador)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Costa Rica 4 4 0 0 17 1 +16 12 Advance to third round — 2–1 — 4–0 —
2  Trinidad and Tobago 4 2 1 1 16 7 +9 7 — — 2–2 6–2 —
3  Grenada 4 2 1 1 11 7 +4 7 0–3 — — — 6–0
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 1 0 3 5 13 −8 3 — — 2–3 — 1–0
5  Bahamas 4 0 0 4 1 22 −21 0 0–8 1–7 — — —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Trinidad and Tobago 2–2 Grenada
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Hippolyte 24' (pen.), 28'
Attendance: 8,500
Costa Rica 4–0 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 15,700
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
Bahamas 1–7 Trinidad and Tobago
Julmis 86' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
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
Bristow 12' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 539
Grenada 6–0 Bahamas
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 2,235
Referee: Shavin Greene (Guyana)
Trinidad and Tobago 6–2 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 20,353
Bahamas 0–8 Costa Rica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Wildey Turf, Wildey (Barbados)
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2–3 Grenada
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 700
Referee: Cristhofer Corado (Guatemala)
Costa Rica 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 L. García 58'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Daniel Quintero (Mexico)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Curaçao 4 4 0 0 15 2 +13 12 Advance to third round — — 4–0 — 4–1
2  Haiti 4 3 0 1 11 7 +4 9 1–5 — 2–1 — —
3  Saint Lucia 4 1 1 2 5 9 −4 4 — — — 2–2 2–1
4  Aruba 4 0 2 2 3 10 −7 2 0–2 0–5 — — —
5  Barbados 4 0 1 3 4 10 −6 1 — 1–3 — 1–1 —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Curaçao 4–1 Barbados
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Reid-Stephen 90+2' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,254
Haiti 2–1 Saint Lucia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Elva 18'
Wildey Turf, Wildey (Barbados)
Attendance: 88
Barbados 1–3 Haiti
Reid-Stephen 73' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
Saint Lucia 2–2 Aruba
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Wildey Turf, Wildey (Barbados)
Attendance: 41
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)
Barbados 1–1 Aruba
Leacock 7' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Luydens 15'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Andrew Samuel (Trinidad and Tobago)
Curaçao 4–0 Saint Lucia
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 7,715
Referee: José Raúl Torres Rivera (Puerto Rico)
Aruba 0–5 Haiti
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 673
Saint Lucia 2–1 Barbados
Elva 42' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Richards 12'
Attendance: 144
Referee: Sergio Reyna (Guatemala)
Haiti 1–5 Curaçao
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 1,115
Referee: Steven Madrigal (Costa Rica)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Panama 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 12 Advance to third round — 3–0 2–0 — —
2  Nicaragua 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 9 — — 1–0 4–1 —
3  Guyana 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6 — — — 3–0 3–1
4  Montserrat 4 1 0 3 3 10 −7 3 1–3 — — — 1–0
5  Belize 4 0 0 4 1 10 −9 0 0–2 0–4 — — —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Nicaragua 4–1 Montserrat
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Barzey 9'
Attendance: 14,320
Panama 2–0 Guyana
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 8,575
Referee: Filiberto Martinez (El Salvador)
Belize 0–4 Nicaragua
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Montserrat 1–3 Panama
Simon 49' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 155
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Guyana 3–1 Belize
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Bernárdez 89'
Wildey Turf, Wildey (Barbados)
Attendance: 110
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Montserrat 1–0 Belize
Rogers 2' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva (Trinidad and Tobago)
Attendance: 93
Referee: Kimbell Ward (St. Kitts and Nevis)
Nicaragua 1–0 Guyana
Moreno 41' Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 18,532
Belize 0–2 Panama
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
Panama 3–0 Nicaragua
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Ismael López (Mexico)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jamaica 4 4 0 0 8 2 +6 12 Advance to third round — 3–0 1–0 — —
2  Guatemala 4 3 0 1 13 5 +8 9 — — 4–2 6–0 —
3  Dominican Republic 4 2 0 2 11 5 +6 6 — — — 5–0 4–0
4  Dominica 4 1 0 3 5 14 −9 3 2–3 — — — 3–0
5  British Virgin Islands 4 0 0 4 0 11 −11 0 0–1 0–3 — — —
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Guatemala 6–0 Dominica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 18,313
Referee: Víctor Cáceres Hernández (Mexico)
Jamaica 1–0 Dominican Republic
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 9,266
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Dominica 2–3 Jamaica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 6,500
Dominican Republic 4–0 British Virgin Islands
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
Dominica 3–0 British Virgin Islands
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 754
Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico)
Guatemala 4–2 Dominican Republic
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Romero 16'
Mörschel 36'
Attendance: 13,642
Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr. (United States)
British Virgin Islands 0–1 Jamaica
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Brown 17'
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Dominican Republic 5–0 Dominica
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 6,850
Referee: Marianela Araya (Costa Rica)
Jamaica 3–0 Guatemala
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: David Gómez (Costa Rica)

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Suriname 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 10 Advance to third round — — 1–0 4–1 —
2  El Salvador 4 2 2 0 7 2 +5 8 1–1 — 0–0 — —
3  Puerto Rico 4 2 1 1 10 2 +8 7 — — — 2–1 8–0
4  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4 1 0 3 9 9 0 3 — 1–3 — — 6–0
5  Anguilla 4 0 0 4 0 21 −21 0 0–4 0–3 — — —
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)
Attendance: 10,851
Anguilla 0–4 Suriname
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 600
Referee: Hakeem Harvey (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
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)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6–0 Anguilla
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)
Suriname 1–0 Puerto Rico
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)
Anguilla 0–3 El Salvador
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 543
Referee: Filip Dujic (Canada)
El Salvador 1–1 Suriname
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Attendance: 20,675
Referee: Jon Freemon (United States)

Goalscorers

There were 216 goals scored in 59 matches, for an average of 3.66 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Steven Austin (against Suriname)
  • Wesley Robinson (against Honduras)
  • Donervon Daniels (against Nicaragua)

Discipline

A player was automatically suspended for the next match for the following infractions:[7]

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious infractions)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (yellow card suspensions are carried forward to further qualification rounds, but not the finals or any other future international matches)

The following suspensions were served during the second round:

Team Player Infraction(s) Suspended for match(es)
 Antigua and Barbuda Leroy Graham vs Cuba (6 June 2025) vs Honduras (10 June 2025)
 Aruba Fernando Lewis vs Curaçao (8 June 2024)
vs Saint Lucia (11 June 2024)		 vs Barbados (4 June 2025)
 Bahamas Jean Tilo   vs Saint Kitts and Nevis (11 June 2024) vs Grenada (4 June 2025)
 Barbados Nicoli Brathwaite vs Haiti (9 June 2024)
vs Aruba (4 June 2025)		 vs Saint Lucia (10 June 2025)
 British Virgin Islands Luka Chalwell vs Guatemala (8 June 2024)
vs Dominica (4 June 2025)		 vs Jamaica (7 June 2025)
 Dominican Republic Jean Carlos López vs Jamaica (6 June 2024)
vs Guatemala (6 June 2025)		 vs Dominica (10 June 2025)
 Montserrat Lenni Cirino vs Nicaragua (5 June 2024)
vs Belize (4 June 2025)		 vs Guyana (10 June 2025)
 Panama José Córdoba vs Guyana (6 June 2024)
vs Belize (7 June 2025)		 vs Nicaragua (10 June 2025)
José Luis Rodríguez vs Guyana (6 June 2024)
vs Belize (7 June 2025)		 vs Nicaragua (10 June 2025)
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Lois Maynard vs Costa Rica (6 June 2024)
vs Bahamas (11 June 2024)		 vs Trinidad and Tobago (6 June 2025)
Omari Sterling-James vs Costa Rica (6 June 2024)
vs Trinidad and Tobago (6 June 2025)		 vs Grenada (10 June 2025)
 Saint Lucia Melvin Doxilly vs Haiti (6 June 2024)
vs Aruba (11 June 2024)		 vs Curaçao (6 June 2025)
 Suriname Stefano Denswil vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5 June 2024)
vs Anguilla (8 June 2024)		 vs Puerto Rico (6 June 2025)

Notes

  1. ^ Postponed from originally scheduled start time of 15:30 UTC−5.
  2. ^ Cuba were awarded a 3–0 victory by forfeit after Cayman Islands were prevented from traveling to Cuba by visa issues stemming from the United States government's restrictions on travel to Cuba.[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.
  7. ^ "Regulations: FIFA World Cup 2026 Preliminary Competition" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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