2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)

2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for North, Central America and the Caribbean. A total of 34 teams took part (out of 35 eligible – only Puerto Rico declined to participate), competing for 3.5 places in the World Cup.
The qualification process was divided in four stages. In the first stage, the 34 teams were divided in 10 groups of three teams each and two groups of two teams each. Groups with three teams had two rounds, with the best ranked team according to FIFA in each group entering the competition in the second round. In each group, teams were paired 2-by-2 and played home-and-away matches.
The 12 winners of the second stage advanced to the third stage, where they were divided into three groups of four teams each. Teams in each group would play against each other home-and-away, and the two teams with most points in each group would advance to the final round.
In the fourth stage, the six teams were put in a single group, and played against each other home-and-away. The three teams with most points qualified to the World Cup. The fourth placed team advanced to the AFC–CONCACAF play-off against the winner of a play-off between third placed teams in the Third Round of Asia.
Format
The First and Second Rounds reduced the 34 entrants to 24 and 12 teams, respectively. The remaining 12 teams were then placed into three Third Round groups of four, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the Fourth and final qualification group. The Third Round began in August 2004 and ended in November 2004. The top three teams from the Fourth Round group of six (held from February 2005 to October 2005) qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The fourth-placed team competed in a home-and-away play-off against the fifth-placed team from Asia.
First round
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Second round
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Third round
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Fourth round
United States finished ahead of Mexico based on results between tied teams which were the first tiebreaker.
Mexico, United States and Costa Rica advanced to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the AFC-CONCACAF play-off.
Inter-confederation play-offs
The Fourth Round fourth-placed team then played the fifth-placed team of the AFC qualifying group, Bahrain, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals.
Qualified teams
The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There were 378 goals scored in 112 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 3.38 goals per match.
14 goals
Jared Borgetti
12 goals
Stern John
11 goals
Jaime Lozano
10 goals
Carlos Ruiz
Francisco Fonseca
8 goals
Paulo Wanchope
7 goals
John Barry Nusum
Ian Lake
Landon Donovan
Eddie Johnson
6 goals
Marlon King
Roberto Brown
5 goals
Carlos Hernández
Lester Moré
Luis Ernesto Pérez
Julio Dely Valdés
4 goals
Damon Ming
Dwayne De Rosario
Amado Guevara
David Suazo
Dwight Pezzarossi
Adolfo Bautista
Sergio Santana
Luis Tejada
George Isaac
Shandel Samuel
Marlon Felter
DaMarcus Beasley
Brian McBride
3 goals
Ralph Bean
Khano Smith
Rónald Gómez
Álvaro Saborío
Vincent Casimir
Johnny Descouines
Héctor Altamirano
Sinha
Errol McFarlane
2 goals
Maurice Escalona
Shannon Burgess
Jim Brennan
Tomasz Radzinski
Walter Centeno
Roy Myrie
Juan Contrera
Kervin Severino
Alfredo Pacheco
Víctor Velásquez
Ricky Charles
Jason Roberts
Juan Carlos Plata
Guillermo Ramírez
Gonzalo Romero
Jean-Philippe Peguero
Jesús Arellano
Rafael Márquez
Daniel Osorno
Brutil Hosé
Emilio Palacios
Keith Gumbs
Calum Willock
Titus Elva
Sheldon Emmanuel
Earl Jean
Jarvin Skeete
Renson Haynes
Kendall Velox
Gordon Kinsaini
Patrick Zinhagel
Angus Eve
Brian Ching
Eddie Lewis
Steve Ralston
1 goal
Quentin Clarke
Winston Roberts
Damani Horton
Gregory Goodridge
Kenroy Skinner
Nesley Jean
Clevon Hill
Rohann Simons
Otis Steede
Meshach Wade
Jason de Vos
Atiba Hutchinson
Kevin McKenna
Paul Peschisolido
Thomas Elliot
Rolando Fonseca
Andy Herron
Douglas Sequeira
Alonso Solís
William Sunsing
Whayne Wilson
Alain Cervantes
Luis Marten
Kelly Peters
José Martínez
Jorge Rodríguez
Anthony Augustine
Nigel Bishop
Byron Bubb
Anthony Modeste
Kennedy Phillip
Dennis Rennie
Freddy García
Élmer Ponciano
Selvyn Ponciano
Mario Rafael Rodríguez
Edwin Villatoro
Carey Harris
Roody Lormera
Corriolan Wadson
Edgar Álvarez
Julio César de León
Iván Guerrero
Saul Martínez
Carlos Pavón
Danilo Turcios
Ian Goodison
Micah Hyde
Damani Ralph
Theodore Whitmore
Andy Williams
Duilio Davino
Guillermo Franco
Ramón Morales
David Oteo
Francisco Palencia
Pavel Pardo
Eugene Martha
Rocky Siberie
Rudel Calero
Felipe Baloy
Alberto Blanco
José Luis Garcés
Ricardo Phillips
Darryl Gomez
Austin Huggins
Adam Newton
Andy Baptiste
Elijah Joseph
Rodney Jack
Marlon James
Gino Brandon
Carlos Loswijk
Dennis Purperhart
Clifton Sandvliet
Marvin Andrews
Carlos Edwards
Cornell Glen
Russell Latapy
Dennis Lawrence
Jerren Nixon
Hector Sam
Jason Scotland
Scott Sealy
Densill Theobald
Carlos Bocanegra
Cobi Jones
Kyle Martino
Taylor Twellman
Greg Vanney
Josh Wolff
1 own goal
Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera (playing against Mexico)
Carlos Alonso (playing against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
Felipe Baloy (playing against Guatemala)
José Anthony Torres (playing against the United States)
Alexander Riley (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)
Marvin Andrews (playing against Guatemala)
Lawrence Harvey (playing against Haiti)
References
CONCACAF
FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
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