- CONCACAF will keep the current qualifying system
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- CONCACAF will choose the March 2015 ranking for seeding
The March 2015 FIFA ranking will include matches played between March 2011 and March 2015. This means we're currently in the 0.5 time frame and things will start to get interesting.
This the March 2015 ranking (for CONCACAF only) using matches played up to and including December 5th, 2013 and matches scheduled up to March 2014 (only those on fifa.com).
The "0.5" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).
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Changes since the last update:
El Salvador replace Haiti in pot 2 of the third round.
Guatemala replace Dominican Republic in pot 1 of the second round.
St. Lucia replace Antigua and Barbuda in pot 2 of the second round.
First round
Pot 1: Barbados, Dominica, Curacao, Bahamas, Montserrat
Pot 2: US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Anguilla, Turks and Caicos Islands
Second round (group stage)
Pot 1: Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba, Canada, Guatemala
Pot 2: Dominican Republic, Suriname, Belize, St. Lucia, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Pot 3: Antigua and Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, Aruba, Bermuda
Pot 4: Nicaragua + 5 winners from the first round
Third round (group stage)
Pot 1: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica
Pot 2: Honduras, Panama, El Salvador
Pot 3: 6 group winners from the second round
Rank - Team - Points
1 1 USA 527 2 2 Mexico 457 3 3 Costa Rica 402 ----------------------------------------- 4 5 Honduras 385 5 4 Panama 377 6 7 El Salvador 255 ----------------------------------------- 7 6 Haiti 237 8 8 Trinidad and Tobago 235 9 9 Jamaica 203 10 11 Cuba 157 11 12 Canada 142 12 13 Guatemala 127 ----------------------------------------- 13 10 Dominican Republic 123 14 15 Suriname 94 15 14 Belize 88 16 20 St. Lucia 85 17 16 Grenada 77 17 16 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 77 ----------------------------------------- 19 18 Antigua and Barbuda 74 20 19 Puerto Rico 73 21 21 Guyana 63 22 22 St. Kitts and Nevis 58 23 22 Aruba 55 23 22 Bermuda 55 ----------------------------------------- 25 25 Nicaragua 51 ----------------------------------------- 26 26 Barbados 48 27 28 Dominica 33 28 30 Curacao 30 29 27 Bahamas 26 30 28 Montserrat 20 ----------------------------------------- 31 31 US Virgin Islands 16 32 32 British Virgin Islands 8 33 33 Cayman Islands 5 34 34 Anguilla 2 35 35 Turks and Caicos Islands 0
Has there been any recent news on the possibility of an increase to the number of members in CONCACAF that participate in WC qualifying? Thought I saw it could grow to 40.
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