# 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF first round

The first round of CONCACAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification was played in March and June 2021.

## Format

A total of 30 teams (CONCACAF teams ranked 6 to 35 based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020) were divided into six groups of five teams each. In each group, teams played against each other once in a single round-robin format, for a total of four matches per team (two home and two away). The top team of each of the six groups advanced to the second round.

## Seeding

The draw for the first round was held, along with the draw for the third round, on 19 August 2020, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.
The seeding was based on the FIFA World Rankings of July 2020 (shown in parentheses). Teams in Pot 1 were pre-seeded to positions A1 to F1 based on their ranking (A1 as the highest-ranked team in Pot 1, and F1 as the lowest-ranked in Pot 1). The remaining teams were drawn by pot into the first available group alphabetically. Each team was assigned the position in their group based on their pot number (Pot 2 was placed in position 2, Pot 3 was placed in position 3).
Note: Bolded teams qualified for the second round.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
| El Salvador (69) Canada (73) Curaçao (80) Panama (81) Haiti (86) Trinidad and Tobago (105) | Antigua and Barbuda (126) Guatemala (130) Saint Kitts and Nevis (139) Suriname (141) Nicaragua (151) Dominican Republic (158) | Grenada (159) Barbados (162) Guyana (166) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (167) Bermuda (168) Belize (170) | Saint Lucia (176) Puerto Rico (178) Cuba (179) Montserrat (183) Dominica (184) Cayman Islands (193) | Bahamas (195) Aruba (200) Turks and Caicos Islands (203) U.S. Virgin Islands (207) British Virgin Islands (208) Anguilla (210) |
* ↑ Saint Lucia were drawn into Group E in the first round, but later withdrew before their first match.

## Schedule

The matches were originally scheduled for 7–13 October and 11–17 November 2020. However, CONCACAF announced on 8 September 2020 that the matches would be postponed, and would not begin until March 2021. The schedule for the March 2021 matches was announced on 26 February 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America and related quarantine and travel restrictions in certain countries, some matches took place at neutral venues.
| Match | Original date | Revised date |
| 2 v 4 | 7 October 2020 | 24 March 2021 |
| 1 v 3 | 8 October 2020 | 25 March 2021 |
| 5 v 2 | 10 October 2020 | 27 March 2021 |
| 4 v 1 | 11 October 2020 | 28–29 March 2021 |
| 3 v 5 | 13 October 2020 | 30 March 2021 |
| 4 v 5 | 11 November 2020 | 2 June 2021 |
| 2 v 3 | 13 November 2020 | 4 June 2021 |
| 5 v 1 | 14 November 2020 | 5 June 2021 |
| 3 v 4 | 17 November 2020 | 8 June 2021 |
| 1 v 2 | 17 November 2020 | 8 June 2021 |

## Groups
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | El Salvador | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | Montserrat | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 8 | | 1–1 | — | — | — | 4–0 |
| 3 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | — | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 4 | Grenada | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | | — | 1–2 | — | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | | 0–7 | — | 0–3 | — | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 12 | Advance to second round | — | 4–0 | 5–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Suriname | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | | — | — | 6–0 | — | 3–0 |
| 3 | Bermuda | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 4 | | — | — | — | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| 4 | Aruba | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 3 | | 0–7 | 0–6 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Cayman Islands | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 1 | | 0–11 | — | — | 1–3 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Curaçao | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | — |
| 2 | Guatemala | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 10 | | — | — | 1–0 | 10–0 | — |
| 3 | Cuba | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 3 | | — | — | 0–1 | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | British Virgin Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | | 0–8 | 0–3 | — | — | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Panama | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 12 | Advance to second round | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Barbados | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | | — | — | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Dominica | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 3–0 |
| 5 | Anguilla | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | | 0–13 | 0–6 | — | — | — |

### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Haiti | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Advance to second round | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 6 | | — | — | 3–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Belize | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | | — | — | — | 5–0 | — |
| 4 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 | | 0–10 | 0–7 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | — | — | — | — |
Saint Lucia withdrew before playing.

### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | | |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Advance to second round | — | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 8 | | 2–0 | — | — | 3–0 | — |
| 3 | Puerto Rico | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | | — | 1–1 | — | — | 7–0 |
| 4 | Guyana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | | — | — | 0–2 | — | 4–0 |
| 5 | Bahamas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 1 | | 0–4 | 0–0 | — | — | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 214 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 3.82 goals per match.
6 goals
* David Rugamas
* Nigel Hasselbaink
5 goals
* Lucas Cavallini
* Cyle Larin
* Lyle Taylor
4 goals
* Jonathan David
* Alphonso Davies
* Duckens Nazon
* Gabriel Torres
* Ricardo Rivera
* Keithroy Freeman
3 goals
* Kane Crichlow
* Charlison Benschop
* Carnejy Antoine
* Frantzdy Pierrot
* Juan Barrera
* Cecilio Waterman
2 goals
* Quinton Griffith
* Joshua John
* Emile Saimovici
* Carlos Bernárdez
* Mark-Anthony Kaye
* Onel Hernández
* Maikel Reyes
* Juninho Bacuna
* Leandro Bacuna
* Kenji Gorré
* Michaël Maria
* Julian Wade
* Nowend Lorenzo
* Dorny Romero
* Marvin Monterroza
* Saydrel Lewis
* Robin Betancourth
* Moisés Hernández
* Darwin Lom
* Luis Martínez
* Adrian Clifton
* Ariagner Smith
* Jair Catuy
* Isaac Angking
* Sheraldo Becker
* Shaquille Pinas
1 goal
* [[Peter Byers (footballer)|]]
* D'Andre Bishop
* Rhys Browne
* Eugene Kirwan
* Terence Groothusen
* Niall Reid-Stephen
* Jesse August
* Deon McCaulay
* Deshawon Nembhard
* Jaylon Bather
* Kole Hall
* Dante Leverock
* Knory Scott
* Zachary Brault-Guillard
* Theo Corbeanu
* Junior Hoilett
* Alistair Johnston
* Richie Laryea
* Frank Sturing
* David Wotherspoon
* Jonah Ebanks
* Mark Ebanks
* Cavafe
* Luis Paradela
* Dairon Reyes
* Jarchinio Antonia
* Elson Hooi
* Anthony van den Hurk
* Brandley Kuwas
* Chad Bertrand
* Audel Laville
* Briel Thomas
* Luis Espinal
* Fran Núñez
* Domingo Peralta
* Manny Rodríguez
* Walmer Martinez
* Gerson Mayen
* Joshua Pérez
* Juan Carlos Portillo
* Eriq Zavaleta
* Rudy Barrientos
* Marvin Ceballos
* Gerardo Gordillo
* John Méndez
* Oscar Santis
* Jorge Vargas
* Kadell Daniel
* Omari Glasgow
* Terence Vancooten
* Emery Welshman
* Ricardo Adé
* Derrick Etienne Jr.
* Steven Séance
* Rohan Ince
* Nathan Pond
* Byron Bonilla
* Marvin Fletes
* Dshon Forbes
* Matias Moldskred
* Richard Rodríguez
* Jorman Aguilar
* Yoel Bárcenas
* Miguel Camargo
* Armando Cooper
* José Fajardo
* Aníbal Godoy
* Francisco Palacios
* Alberto Quintero
* Gerald Díaz
* Lester Hayes
* Jaden Servania
* Devin Vega
* Rowan Liburd
* Vinceroy Nelson
* Romaine Sawyers
* Omari Sterling-James
* Oalex Anderson
* Zidane Sam
* Azinho Solomon
* Roland Alberg
* Ryan Donk
* Florian Jozefzoon
* Gleofilo Vlijter
* Sheldon Bateau
* Levi García
* Khaleem Hyland
* Joevin Jones
* Duane Muckette
* Ryan Telfer
1 own goal
* Tafari Smith (against Panama)
* Francois Croes (against Suriname)
* Briel Thomas (against Panama)