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The third round of CONCACAF matches for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, nicknamed the Octagonal (for the eight teams participating),[1] was played from September 2021 to March 2022.[2] Canada (qualifying for the first time since 1986), Mexico, and the United States qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, while Costa Rica advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. Panama, Jamaica, El Salvador, and Honduras were eliminated in this round.

The match on 16 November 2021 between Canada and Mexico, held in Edmonton, marked the coldest match played in Mexican football history, kicking off at −9 °C (16 °F) with a heavy snowstorm the day before.[3][4] The match was seen by 2.1 million viewers in the United States on the day of its original broadcast, becoming Telemundo's most-watched sporting event since the 2019 Copa América Final.[5]

Eight teams (CONCACAF teams ranked 1 to 5 based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020, and the three winners of the second round) played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format for a total of 14 matches per team. The top three teams qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, while the fourth-placed team advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs in Qatar.[6][7][8]

Schedule[edit]

The third round was originally scheduled to begin in June 2021, but was postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] The full schedule for the third round was announced on 16 June 2021,[10] and confirmed on 9 August 2021.

Qualified teams[edit]

The top five teams based on the FIFA rankings of July 2020 (shown in parentheses) received a bye to the third round.[12] For consistency, the three winners of the second round are shown with their FIFA rankings as of July 2020.[12]

The draw for the third round was held, along with the draw for the first round, on 19 August 2020, 19:00 CEST (UTC+2), at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland.[13]

Teams were drawn from a single pot, and then were allocated a position (from 1 to 8) to determine the match schedule. The identity of the three second round winners was not known at the time of the draw.[14]

Note: Bolded teams qualified for the World Cup. Costa Rica advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Standings[edit]

Matches[edit]

Matchday 1[edit]

Matchday 2[edit]

Matchday 3[edit]

Matchday 4[edit]

Matchday 5[edit]

Matchday 6[edit]

Matchday 7[edit]

Matchday 8[edit]

Matchday 9[edit]

Matchday 10[edit]

Matchday 11[edit]

Matchday 12[edit]

Matchday 13[edit]

Matchday 14[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 118 goals scored in 56 matches, for an average of 2.11 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of the third round of qualifying after the conclusion of the campaign.[24]

CONCACAF Nations League play begins on Thursday, June 2, 2022 (6/2/22) when Panama vs. Costa Rica at Estadio Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez in Panama City, Panama. The Nations League final will be played in June 2023.

League A consists of Mexico, Jamaica, Suriname, Costa Rica, Panama, Martinique, Canada, Honduras, Curaçao, United States, El Salvador and Grenada.

Fans can watch every group stage match (excluding United States matches) for free via a trial to Paramount+.

Here’s the streaming schedule for each League A match:

Thursday, June 2

Panama vs. Costa Rica, 7:30 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Friday, June 3

Curaçao vs. Honduras, 8 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Saturday, June 4

Suriname vs. Jamaica, 7 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

El Salvador vs. Granada, 10 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Sunday, June 5

Costa Rica vs. Martinique, 1 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Monday, June 6

Honduras vs. Curaçao, 10 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Tuesday, June 7

Grenada vs. El Salvador, 7 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Jamaica vs. Suriname, 9 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Thursday, June 9

Panama vs. Martinique, 8 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Canada vs. Curaçao, 10:30 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Friday, June 10

United States vs. Grenada, 10 p.m. ET (ESPN+, TUDN)

Saturday, June 11

Mexico vs. Suriname, 10 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Sunday, June 12

Martinique vs. Panama, 6 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Monday, June 13

Honduras vs. Canada, 10 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

Tuesday, June 14

Jamaica vs. Mexico, 8 p.m. ET (Paramount+)

El Salvador vs. United States, 10 p.m. ET (FS1, Univision)

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Suriname vs. Mexico (Paramount+)

Friday, March 24, 2023

Grenada vs. United States, TBD

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Curaçao vs. Canada (Paramount+)

Martinique vs. Costa Rica (Paramount+)

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Mexico vs. Jamaica (Paramount+)

Monday, March 27

United States vs. El Salvador, TBD

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The third edition of the Nations League begins this week with many participants already thinking about the World Cup.

National teams will get a rare opportunity to play several matches in a row — practically serving as a preseason — as the international dates were moved to June because of the World Cup beginning in November.

Some teams will play four matches in June and two more in September to finish the group stage of the biennial Nations League ahead of the World Cup in Qatar.

“This is a competition that is really close to the World Cup, so obviously these matches will be meaningful,” Portugal midfielder William Carvalho said.

The Nations League starts later Wednesday with Wales visiting Poland in the top-tier League A. On Thursday, the highlight will be the match between Spain, last year’s runner-up, and Portugal, the inaugural winner of the competition.

“We are already thinking about Portugal, it’s the start of this Nations League and we want to make it to the Final Four and, above all, prepare for the next World Cup, which will begin in no time and we will have to be ready,” Spain defender Dani Carvajal said.

For some teams, like Wales, the Nations League begins even before it has been able to qualify for the World Cup. It will visit Poland without some of its regular starters as the match comes just four days before it faces either Scotland or Ukraine in a World Cup playoff.

Scotland and Ukraine will also face each other in the Nations League as they were drawn in the same second-tier group.

Defending Nations League champion France debuts on Friday at home against Denmark, while the Netherlands visits Belgium.

“For us, playing against Holland is a real derby, a footballing derby, a big occasion and is the perfect preparation for the World Cup,” Belgium coach Roberto Martínez said. “As much as we want to enjoy the games and we want to see the games for what they are, they bring that extra dimension which is preparing for the World Cup.”

On Saturday, England is at Hungary and Germany is at Italy, one of the teams that will likely have more to play for in the Nations League as it missed out on the World Cup again.

“We have the world’s best in our sights. We want to continue down this path and we’ll see after the matches how far we still have to go,” Germany coach Hansi Flick said ahead of the nation’s four games over 10 days.

Italy and England are in the same group and in future games will play a rematch of the 2020 European Championship final won by the Italians. Likewise, France will play against Croatia in a rematch of the 2018 World Cup final.

The Nations League will also give players a chance to try to secure their spot in the World Cup if they do well so close to the tournament in Qatar.

“This is an important call-up, with the games coming just before the World Cup,” Spain forward Pablo Sarabia said. “We want to win these four matches, they will be important for the players and also as a preparation for the World Cup, which obviously we want to win.”

Many coaches will likely rotate their squads considerably in the four matches, both to test and rest players after a long season.

Belgium coach Martínez is certainly taking it seriously. He said he will use his best players to test his team ahead of the World Cup.

“This is the real competitive camp,” he said. “We’ve got 14 days, four games, something that we have never done before. It is important that we get that time together.”

Flick challenged players who were left out of his 26-man Nations League squad to keep fighting for a World Cup place even if they were not called up now.

The four group winners in the main league will make it to the Final Four, with one of the nations that qualified expected to host the finals in June next year.

The group winners in the lower tiers will gain promotion, while the last-place finishers in the top two tiers will move down.